What are you drinking tonight 2020.

[samale]

Is there a secret to brewing a decent bitter, cos I've tried many times with very little success. Actually once I entered a BJCP competition with an ESB and although it didn't place it scored 41 which I couldn't believe. I rebrewed the exact same beer a bit later and entered it into another competition (organised by the same club now) and it scored 15! Neither were great in my opinion but I honestly thought the second was better
There might be a moral there somewhere but I don't know what it is.

Are you sure the first score wasn't 14

 

[Pennine]

There's definitely something cathartic and masochistic about heavy deadlifts while hungover, I recommend it

yep hit many a PR with that leftover reserve of rocket fuel.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Is there a secret to brewing a decent bitter, cos I've tried many times with very little success. Actually once I entered a BJCP competition with an ESB and although it didn't place it scored 41 which I couldn't believe. I rebrewed the exact same beer a bit later and entered it into another competition (organised by the same club now) and it scored 15! Neither were great in my opinion but I honestly thought the second was better
There might be a moral there somewhere but I don't know what it is.

It might be best for me to reserve comment until after @Hopsteep has scored this months competition!

I’m not aware of any secret, I think it’s a case of finding the right hops and using an appropriate yeast?

 

[Banbeer]

I think about going for a run far more often than I run

I thought about running the other day but sadly missed the bus.

 

[Pennine]

Grabbed this on the food run. Not good but not bad, way to minerally for my taste. Was curious to try locally grown cascade hops. Unfortunately they seem to be missing. Wished breweries used more hop stands and dry hops, not just one or two boil additions.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

@obscure had a Titanic plum porter recently and it’s been playing on my mind. My next beer therefore has to be a pint of my plum porter.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Grabbed this on the food run. Not good but not bad, way to minerally for my taste. Was curious to try locally grown cascade hops. Unfortunately they seem to be missing. Wished breweries used more hop stands and dry hops, not just one or two boil additions.

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Sounds nice, shame it didn’t live up to it’s promise.

 

[cushyno]

Supported my mate running round the Snowdonia hills in 24hrs. For me that meant 20 miles from 2:30am until midday. Running. Dark. Wet slippery rocks. Knackered. Beer.
I've earned this (she earned hers more).
Summer Lightning.

 

[cushyno]

Opened this by accident, thought it was a lager. Never mind, eh. Dirty Job porter.

 

[AMyd666]

This lovely selection from Lidl...ahaaaaaa!!

 

[Horners]

Tucking into the beers we were gifted by De Vere Windsor on last week's work trip. A couple of the other lads donated their bounty to me. First up this one: pale malt, wheat, target, ekuanot , enigma, mosaic. Tis indeed fruity - somewhere mid Atlantic.

 

[DavidHatton]

Sampling the Wee Heavy after 3 months

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

I’m going with a couple of bought beers next, on my way to quad street.

 

[Bobtheblob]

Northern Monk Ice Cream Pale Ale 6.2%
Black Sheep Pineapple Milkshake Juicy Tropical IPA 5.3%
Both are excellent and taste just like they are described. Yum yum.

 

[phildo79]

Any good? Morrison's will be stocking this beer

Really? Wow! A pity we don't have Morrison's in Ireland. It's a cracking beer. Needs a slight chill in the fridge before popping, IMO.

 

[Horners]

Next offering from Windsor & Eton - classic EKG Fuggles combo .

 

[phildo79]

Went to my local specialist offy earlier and got a half dozen selection of Amundsen beers. Heard good things about them. Not sure if I have ever had any of their beers before.

 

[obscure]

Picked up a growler of Plum Porter when I was in Oxford yesterday, and it remains one of my favourite commercial beers,

 

[NormanHurst]

Bottle of brew #4 Rye-PA with lots of ekuanot in there. Its hazy (to be polite) but tasty. Stronger than I meant at 6 and a bit % but really enjoyable before a bottle of Rhone with the slow cooked lamb.

 

[Tanglefoot]

My own Bulldog IPA followed by this Aldi IPA named Studio 54 - as a Chic fan how could I resist...nothing outstanding but quite quaffable