What are you drinking tonight 2021?

[samale]

Where I come from if you had the bishops finger you would likely be entitled to compensation from Rome now.

 

[obscure]

Agreed £3 for a 440ml can of cloudy flat NEIPA is madness.

Starting to think best not to say how much I have paid for some Imperial Stouts. I do honestly think some beers can justify their £6-£8 or more a can price tag but their is an awful lot of dross.

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

I am way too tight to pay for anything other than the ones in the 4 for £6 selection

He agrees, it’s normally the 99p ones from Aldi

 

[dan125]

No I cold steeped 500g of carafa 3 in 3 litres of cold water. I added this to the boil.

Good man
The cold steep Is my preferred method with a bipa, and I think it paid off in your beer - minimal roast in the flavour.
What was your batch size? My last 28L batch used 0.9kg black malt steeped in approx 4L water.

 

[dan125]

No I cold steeped 500g of carafa 3 in 3 litres of cold water. I added this to the boil.

And I like to add the extract at flame out to hopefully avoid cooking it but heat it enough to kill off any nasties

 

[samale]

Good man
The cold steep Is my preferred method with a bipa, and I think it paid off in your beer - minimal roast in the flavour.
What was your batch size? My last 28L batch used 0.9kg black malt steeped in approx 4L water.

20 litres. I am brewing a hazy IPA for Leon competition. If I master bottling of the keg I will send you over a bottle. I have some mosiac lupomax hops lined up for it

 

[Clint]

I had a look in the fridge earlier and found the beers below i like Timothy Taylors landlord and i am sure i have had the Black Sheep ale before but i don't think i have had the London Pride before so i am looking forward to trying it.
She also got me a couple of bottles of my go to beers Old Peculier and Guinness West Indies Porter, happy days.




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Brew your own man...it's dead easy!

 

[dan125]

20 litres. I am brewing a hazy IPA for Leon competition. If I master bottling of the keg I will send you over a bottle. I have some mosiac lupomax hops lined up for it

Nice one
If next week goes a bit better than this I'll be brewing a neipa next weekend with citra and bru-1 lupomax. Would make for a good swap

 

[Donegal john]

WF American stout has well rounded out now the bitterness has mellowed and the roast coffee and chocolate flavours have taken over. Few of these will be had tonight.

 

[pilgrimhudd]

WF American stout has well rounded out now the bitterness has mellowed and the roast coffee and chocolate flavours have taken over. Few of these will be had tonight.

Bleddy hell! That looks nice!

 

[Donegal john]

Bleddy hell! That looks nice!

Cheers.

It’s a damm nice pint the taste lingers in your mouth and is very pleasant. The head has stayed then whole way down and the lacing on the glass is also great. Very happy with this one

 

[samale]

WF American stout has well rounded out now the bitterness has mellowed and the roast coffee and chocolate flavours have taken over. Few of these will be had tonight.

That's a nice pint.

 

[samale]

I need to get a stout in the kegs to try

 

[Donegal john]

That's a nice pint.

Huge change in the flavour since last week or so. Should have held back on the bottle I gave you as it was far too bitter. This might become a staple stout but will dial back the early additions and throw in a dry hop in the next batch.

 

[Donegal john]

I need to get a stout in the kegs to try

My water down here is perfect for stouts
Not so good for light beers without treatment.

 

[cushyno]

Last of a batch that should have been named "******* Child". For it is the illegitimate and indirect spawn of a bottle of Proper Job IPA and bag of brown malt. Anything else is inconsequential.

This recipe was actually based on recipe for London Porter from an article on brown malt by BYO. It's heavy on the brown malt and light on the yeast character (my fault not BYO's). The St Austell yeast I used (not suitable for style) was cultured up from a bottle of Proper Job is a cracking little yeast that compacts nicely and attenuates quite well. However, it is very clean and can't even be forced to provide character at higher temperatures. If you're looking for a clean IPA yeast, try the proper job bottle conditioned yeast.
This Porter is therefore all about the malt. Smooth once the brown has mellowed (but is still dominant), not too heavy, reasonable attenuation. It's a lovely pint, and the last . Those from a PB last year were excellent.

So long, dear friend.

 

[cushyno]

WF American stout has well rounded out now the bitterness has mellowed and the roast coffee and chocolate flavours have taken over. Few of these will be had tonight.

What are the stats on that one?

 

[Donegal john]

Head has kept me company right to the last drop. A cheesy grin type of beer.

 

[Alastair70]

Huge change in the flavour since last week or so. Should have held back on the bottle I gave you as it was far too bitter. This might become a staple stout but will dial back the early additions and throw in a dry hop in the next batch.

Isn’t interesting how much stouts evolve and improve with time. I’ve 20 odd bottles of a 4 month old chocolate chilli brew in the garage, and I’m trying to eek them out as far as possible.

 

[cushyno]

My water down here is perfect for stouts
Not so good for light beers without treatment.

I feel your pain. Oddly, for being so close to an area of soft water, ours is pumped in from about 20-30 miles away and mixed with local ground sources so is hard as Thor's hammer. I have to use CRS for everything other than stouts/porters. If I moved house 4 miles down the road it would cut my alkalinity in half. I'm considering RO.