What are you drinking tonight 2021?
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I'm trying a beer in the garden while the Mrs has a snooze...spent a few hours on the allotment so well earned!
Stay hydrated!
Next up is a 5.4% Belgian Pale from @dave_77
The beer is a slightly hazy golden colour with a small off white head. It’s also bottle conditioned so it’s possible I disturbed the sediment or didn’t give the beer long enough to clear.
The malt in the aroma is very subtle. Sweet Belgian esters are more dominant and really very nice, typically bubblegum and those foam banana sweets. There’s also something far more like berry-fruit in there, it’s quite fresh like redcurrants maybe. This is quite new for me, I don’t think I’ve ever had redcurrent in a beer.
The flavours are like the aroma but that redcurrant is more prominent and completely unexpected. It’s also ever so slightly acidic but not at all unpleasant.
Because it’s quite fruity and clean, the impression I’m getting is of a fairly light bodied beer but the slight tackiness on my lips tells me the attenuation was more moderate than high and perfectly balances that slightly acidic berry.
I love a beer that makes you think and this has my mind racing!
The beer is a slightly hazy golden colour with a small off white head. It’s also bottle conditioned so it’s possible I disturbed the sediment or didn’t give the beer long enough to clear.
The malt in the aroma is very subtle. Sweet Belgian esters are more dominant and really very nice, typically bubblegum and those foam banana sweets. There’s also something far more like berry-fruit in there, it’s quite fresh like redcurrants maybe. This is quite new for me, I don’t think I’ve ever had redcurrent in a beer.
The flavours are like the aroma but that redcurrant is more prominent and completely unexpected. It’s also ever so slightly acidic but not at all unpleasant.
Because it’s quite fruity and clean, the impression I’m getting is of a fairly light bodied beer but the slight tackiness on my lips tells me the attenuation was more moderate than high and perfectly balances that slightly acidic berry.
I love a beer that makes you think and this has my mind racing!
Nice easy quaffer from @Hazelwood Brewery
Nice orangey hop flavour.
Not getting so much in the aroma but think I'm developing a cold.
Lovely and light with a touch of malt sweetness - Bitterness is really well balanced.
Great after work on a sunny afternoon
Nice orangey hop flavour.
Not getting so much in the aroma but think I'm developing a cold.
Lovely and light with a touch of malt sweetness - Bitterness is really well balanced.
Great after work on a sunny afternoon
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This is one of the beers I bought from No Frills Joe, the brewery that hosts the homebrew club I attended last Friday.
It’s a 7.5% DIPA and is nice - fruity, bitter, strong.
It’s a 7.5% DIPA and is nice - fruity, bitter, strong.
It must be Belgian night, bring out your Belgian brews...
This Belgian Blonde of mine is turning into something very enjoyable. I knew it would take a while and I'd consciously said to myself "wait until June".
It looks good, lighter than in the photo, darker than pale or golden ales, lighter than amber, so it hits the blonde sweet spot.
There's a spicy kick in the aroma that hovers above the honey and slight hint of banana.
Tastewise, alternate mouthfuls are giving me subtle banana or subtle clove, so I guess it is reasonably balanced. A rich and thick mouthfeel with a lingering spicy bitterness that wasn't there a couple of weeks back. This beer has developed and become more balanced and revealed more of what a good Belgian grain and hop bill can produce despite the lowly CML Belgian dried yeast. Really pleased with this.
Only criticism is the carbonation could be greater to hold a decent head.
It tastes like all of its 8.5% ABV.
This Belgian Blonde of mine is turning into something very enjoyable. I knew it would take a while and I'd consciously said to myself "wait until June".
It looks good, lighter than in the photo, darker than pale or golden ales, lighter than amber, so it hits the blonde sweet spot.
There's a spicy kick in the aroma that hovers above the honey and slight hint of banana.
Tastewise, alternate mouthfuls are giving me subtle banana or subtle clove, so I guess it is reasonably balanced. A rich and thick mouthfeel with a lingering spicy bitterness that wasn't there a couple of weeks back. This beer has developed and become more balanced and revealed more of what a good Belgian grain and hop bill can produce despite the lowly CML Belgian dried yeast. Really pleased with this.
Only criticism is the carbonation could be greater to hold a decent head.
It tastes like all of its 8.5% ABV.
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I was in the same Asda last weekend & grabbed a load of Punk. It was 5.4% but I thought Punk should be 5.6%.
I thought you would have been drinking your own.Welcome back...
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Starting to cut back on grain and hops do to maximise profit happens to all breweries and starts their downward slip into nothingness. Something brewdog “prides” itself on never doing apparently lol
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Every man I know has at least one of these glasses in their press. I only use mine for juice though.First of the night (excuse my limited glass selection). Not sure about it. Trying to broaden my horizons
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I’m done with buying it
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New one for me from Morrisons, Nightmare Porter,
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Bought it as a 2 for £9, couple of weeks back, thought they had canned the wrong beer.
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