What are you drinking tonight 2020.

[dave_77]

You've twisted my arm
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Everyone on the Life & Death Tonight

 

[dan125]

Everyone on the Life & Death Tonight

Trying to keep my sticky paws off the fancy beers till nearer xmas

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Trying to keep my sticky paws off the fancy beers till nearer xmas

Nah! Tuck in, you can buy more

 

[dan125]

Nah! Tuck in, you can buy more

If I'm being realistic - theres very little chance any of them will see xmas
But I need to limit myself to one more visit to the bottle shop before xmas after the amount I spent last time

 

[StoutWolf]

Today's advent brew from Siren was their session Ipa. Since I have a bottle of a thornbridge session Ipa to try as well, I thought I'd duo them.
The thornbridge has more hoppy bitterness and nearly a percent more abv, so not quite as sessionable!
The Siren is made with Earl Grey tea, which I'm partial to, but not sure I want it in my beer!
Both OK, and wouldn't be adverse to the odd bottle from the respective breweries mixed cases. Not going to be ordering either outside of that though.

 

[dave_77]

Trying to keep my sticky paws off the fancy beers till nearer xmas

Friday night then

 

[StoutWolf]

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Late to the party...as usual!
Just arrived! Butter the cat takes a bow in respect.

I want a Butter the cat! Reminds me of our Billy, who's now chasing butterflies (and anything not twice as big as him somewhere).
RIP Billy.

 

[samale]

Speaking of beers that won't see Christmas. My hazy IPA

 

[samale]

Bottling my American amber tonight. That verdant yeast doesn't like to drop at all. I can't cold crash this one, it's in my 30 litre fermentor

 

[strange-steve]

Speaking of beers that won't see Christmas. My hazy IPA
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Great colour on that!

 

[dan125]

Keeping with the Vocation theme....
Single hop Simcoe neipa

 

[SamBrewster]

Interesting one from the calendar

The 4% and low calorie claim on the can had me thinking this would be crap.

Not sure this is even a beer. Counts as a night off I think

 

[Pennine]

No I don't have a recipe but a quick Google suggests it's a blend of Mosaic and Citra. Vocation's site says there's 3kg of hops per barrel, which is about 380g in a 20L batch

Sounds like the one I just made. I was wondering why I like that one so much.

btw @samale and @Hazelwood Brewery I sent one your way yesterday.

 

[Pennine]

Keeping with the Vocation theme....
Single hop Simcoe neipa


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Where did you get that one?

 

[Pavros]

Keeping with the Vocation theme....
Single hop Simcoe neipa


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What's it like? I bought the Nelson and Galaxy ones in my last order from them (both very good) together with the Imperial Kirsch and Imperial Black Forest Cherry stouts which I'm trying to save until Christmas

 

[dan125]

Where did you get that one?

The not so local independent bottle shop

 

[samale]

I am putting an order in with vocation. Free delivery over 35 pounds. @Pennine did you see the barrel aged imperial stout with cherrys

 

[dan125]

What's it like? I bought the Nelson and Galaxy ones in my last order from them (both very good) together with the Imperial Kirsch and Imperial Black Forest Gateau stouts which I'm trying to save until Christmas

It's very good . Lots of fruit and pine... just what you'd expect from simcoe.
Its nice and soft and bitterness is much lower than the life and death

 

[Pennine]

I am putting an order in with vocation. Free delivery over 35 pounds. @Pennine did you see the barrel aged imperial stout with cherrys

nope will have a look.

 

[Pavros]

I am putting an order in with vocation. Free delivery over 35 pounds. @Pennine did you see the barrel aged imperial stout with cherrys

They seem to release barrel-aged stouts and single hop beers in pairs. They did a banana stout and a ginger one a couple of months ago. Six months ago I ordered the barrel-aged Belgian quad with raspberries which was delicious.