What are you drinking tonight 2021?

[Galena]

I wasn't going to drink tonight, but the end of a brew day and a nice sunny afternoon albeit a bit breezy and decided to go for a Czech Pilsner. I have never been a lager drinker but this brew is growing on me.

 

[Clint]

Is it as good as the 3C? I’ll be kegging my first batch of 3C on Wednesday evening.

It's a bit young and suffered chill haze since being in the fridge overnight but I don't care about that..it only had a bittering with magnum,40g of Chinook hopstand and a 60g dry hop. Not as complex as the 3c but it is rather good!

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

I wasn't going to drink tonight, but the end of a brew day and a nice sunny afternoon albeit a bit breezy and decided to go for a Czech Pilsner. I have never been a lager drinker but this brew is growing on me.

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I love a Czech Pilsner. I didn’t really get lagers & pilsners at all until I made my own. Beautiful!

 

[Tanglefoot]

Making the most of the afternoon sun in the garden with the familly and a couple of bottles
of Cabernet Sauvignon - very pleasant !

 

[Jim Brewster]

Trying my own Belgian blond after a couple of days in a test bottle. Its carbed up ok and got some flavour but I'm a little disappointed in both the body and the flavour. Oh well! I'll leave the others a week or two and hope for the best.

How do they do it? Colour, carbonation, initial hops? This was brewed at Heineken France, I suppose, although there's no indication on the label.

I know its potentially a myth about bottle colour but I suspect it's the green bottles. They smell really strong of hops but the smell is also a bit skunky. I'm also pretty sure almost every ale that doesnt come in a brown bottle tastes bland as hell too.
On a similar note I had 3 cans of carlsberg on Saturday with a Chinese and quite enjoyed them as a change

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Making the most of the afternoon sun in the garden with the familly and a couple of bottles
of Cabernet Sauvignon - very pleasant !
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I love a Cabernet! Hmmm, starting to see a bit of a trend here!

 

[Galena]

I love a Czech Pilsner. I didn’t really get lagers & pilsners at all until I made my own. Beautiful!

I see you are a regular Pilsner drinker and I agree I had brewed this for summer for visitors but I don't see it lasting that long. It's just a pity it's such a long process to brew.

 

[dave_77]

@dave_77
Made a starter last night with the wyeast 1214. It says it's slow to start. Not even a bubble tonight

I have never used that yeast before..is that for your Single?

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

I see you are a regular Pilsner drinker and I agree I had brewed this for summer for visitors but I don't see it lasting that long. It's just a pity it's such a long process to brew.

My advice - switch to MJ M64 California Lager Yeast. It’s all I use now, 12 days in the fermenter and drinking it a week after fermentation.

Edit: M54. Thanks @An Ankoù for pointing out the typo!

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Poured this one more slowly so @Markk doesn’t take the pi55

 

[Clint]

It's a bit young and suffered chill haze since being in the fridge overnight but I don't care about that..it only had a bittering with magnum,40g of Chinook hopstand and a 60g dry hop. Not as complex as the 3c but it is rather good!

Tasty,lip-smackin,juicy! Full head retention and great lacing.

 

[Benfleet Brewery]

Poured this one more slowly so @Markk doesn’t take the pi55

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Now that’s a pint

 

[Clint]

Poured this one more slowly so @Markk doesn’t take the pi55

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I have but a meagre amount of SAISON! left...I shall join you!
I think,tonight during proceedings an order of brewing stuff may happen...

 

[Dazzelknight]

Still on my Pennines Peak,, it’s really cleared up from last week, also seems to have got sweeter, still going down a treat.

 

[samale]

I have never used that yeast before..is that for your Single?

Yes it's the first of my run of Belgian Beers. I wanted to try a different yeast to my last run using wlp530.
The plan was a single, double and a tripel. Not at this rate, I will give it another 48 hrs to see if it kicks into life.
Searching the internet it seems to be a very slower starter. Time will tell

 

[Galena]

My advice - switch to MJ M64 California Lager Yeast. It’s all I use now, 12 days in the fermenter and drinking it a week after fermentation.

I will look into that, cheers

 

[An Ankoù]

My advice - switch to MJ M64 California Lager Yeast. It’s all I use now, 12 days in the fermenter and drinking it a week after fermentation.

That sounds too good to be true, @Hazelwood Brewery , but I'm going to look into that as well as I've pretty much missed the boat for lagering temperatures now. Well, I reckon I can sneak a crafty one in, if I'm quick.
Is it MJ M-54?

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

That sounds too good to be true, @Hazelwood Brewery , but I'm going to look into that as well as I've pretty much missed the boat for lagering temperatures now. Well, I reckon I can sneak a crafty one in, if I'm quick.

My Czech Pilsner came runner up in the lager comp and that beer was one week out of the fermenter on the day it was judged. It was still hazy but the flavour was good. It will clear but does take a little longer. This is a bottle after 4 weeks.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Is it MJ M-54?

Yes! Slip of the finger.

 

[samale]

Sneaky early try of my black IPA. This is entered into this month's competition.