What are you drinking tonight 2021?

[Gerryjo]

Nice Belgian beer. Away camping in sunny Ireland
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How did the camping go?
Certainly a cracker of a day today for it....

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Judging from the photos, it's good weather on you side of the Channel. It's absolutely hissing down in sunny Brittany and has been all day.
Anybody following the Tour de France ? Some silly old bat leapt out of the crowd with a cardboard placard and brought the whole peleton down. Hope they hang her.

I think the rain hasn’t quite made it over the channel - yet!

I hope no serious injuries from that TdF incident. Bloody stupid thing to do, I can’t imagine anyone sympathising with whatever cause she’s trying to promote when she does something like that.

 

[Donegal john]

Another local beer and again a poor effort. Thank god I didn’t pay for it

 

[jayk34]

Back in the B&B and onto my favourite beer, however after an afternoon of hoppy beer its tasting very strange !!

 

[jayk34]

Another local beer and again a poor effort. Thank god I didn’t pay for itView attachment 49744

Have never seen them available locally. Going by the reviews on this thread I'm glad that I haven't seen them.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

More of the same but it’s a bit less summery now with clouds gathering.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

A Saison after watching first half of Wales game then 15 mins gardening. Now sat in garden as Wales are 2-0 down.

 

[TonyT]

Well here’s a Fur Cup. I decided to have a pint of last years cider in the warm sunshine. So far, so good. I then got down to the last third and decided to have a top up. The only problem is that I absent mindedly went to the wrong PB and topped it up with a Columbus smash. After exclaiming in the fashion of a miner who dropped a pick on his bunion, I took a sip, and surprisingly it’s not too bad. Might even have another.

 

[obscure]

Starting with a Summer Breeze (and feeling fine ).

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Sod it think I‘lol do the same.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Sod it think I‘lol do the same.

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You’ll have to try V2 next

 

[Donegal john]

Having a 9 hop Kent ale from westerham brewery. It says it has target goldings pilgrim sovereign progress first gold wgv bramling cross and spirit of Kent. Must be one of each.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

A Saison after watching first half of Wales game then 15 mins gardening.

Now sat in garden as Wales are 2-0 down.

One emoticon can’t cover that post, too contradictory.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Having a 9 hop Kent ale from westerham brewery. It says it has target goldings pilgrim sovereign progress first gold wgv bramling cross and spirit of Kent. Must be one of each. View attachment 49753

Sounds a bit gimmicky to me.

 

[obscure]

You’ll have to try V2 next

Alas when I bought the grain for this one I bought enough for two batches so it will be a while but defiantly plan to give it a go as while nice I do find it a tad sweet so am looking forward to seeing the impact of swapping out some of the Vienna for Pilsner.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Alas when I bought the grain for this one I bought enough for two batches so it will be a while but defiantly plan to give it a go as while nice I do find it a tad sweet so am looking forward to seeing the impact of swapping out some of the Vienna for Pilsner.

Nah, go straight to V2. You’ll still use the rest of the Vienna when you make the third batch.

 

[obscure]

Nah, go straight to V2. You’ll still use the rest of the Vienna when you make the third batch.

I might just do that just starting on a glass of Bramling Cross and Styrian Golding SASION and the contrast to the Simmer Breeze really brings home how sweet the Vienna leaves a beer.


Also reminds me how much I love SAISON it’s bone dry with an earthy floral flavour with a little black current.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

I might just do that just starting on a glass of Bramling Cross and Styrian Golding SASION and the contrast to the Simmer Breeze really brings home how sweet the Vienna leaves a beer.

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Also reminds me how much I love SAISON it’s bone dry with an earthy floral flavour with a little black current.

Yeah, you should move on to V2. Less sweet, more hoppy, dry finish, better colour.

 

[An Ankoù]

I might just do that just starting on a glass of Bramling Cross and Styrian Golding SASION and the contrast to the Simmer Breeze really brings home how sweet the Vienna leaves a beer.

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Also reminds me how much I love SAISON it’s bone dry with an earthy floral flavour with a little black current.

I'm ashamed to say that I know nothing about saison. I've never seen it on the shelves in the supermarkets, I guess it's a regional thing, and I've been reluctant to make it as I've heard that one of the yeast strains in it eats everything in its path and is extremely hard to get rid of (S. Diastaticus) or is this a myth?

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

One more Summer Breeze (probably) before moving on. A change of scenery too.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

I'm ashamed to say that I know nothing about saison. I've never seen it on the shelves in the supermarkets, I guess it's a regional thing, and I've been reluctant to make it as I've heard that one of the yeast strains in it eats everything in its path and is extremely hard to get rid of (S. Diastaticus) or is this a myth?

Certainly Saison yeast is high attenuating at well over 90% but I’ve never had a problem with follow-on brews of other ales and I take no special measures or precautions. It is a nice ale in the summer - dry, slightly fruity, spicy, and often quite spritzy.

Belle Saison is my favourite yeast.