What are you drinking tonight 2021?

[user 18729]

After a busy day of both work and pleasure, joinery ( bookcase ) and brewing ( a Simcoe pale ale )
now drinking this in the hope of thumping Italy tomorrow !
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I love Ringwood beers

 

[user 18729]

I’m starting with an English Bitter. I’m nearly out but will be kegging another tomorrow so I’ll have a fresh keg for the game

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Like a well oiled machine Mr Hazelwood

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Like a well oiled machine Mr Hazelwood

That why I have spare kegs - something is always running out!

 

[Hanglow]

Still on ze german wheat beers

 

[Chippy_Tea]

The first two tonight -

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[Leon103]

Back on the home made variety tonight.

First up a pale ale. Not sure which one this is but it seems like it's getting rather clear. Must be the end of the keg

 

[pilgrimhudd]

Finally got the kids to bed, staying at the outlaws tonight so swung by Asders to pick up a couple of beers that I haven't had for a little while.

 

[Leon103]

Found a bottle of year old saison in the fridge. Still tastes lovely.

 

[Rodcx500z]

Hi Leon i have just kegged my first siason, i have never tasted one so have no clue i did taste a small sample and it was all fruity quite nice, the hops were sorachi ace yeast cml lille siason, any pointers on taste would be most welcome

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

Pint of Bitter. My first attempt. Poured vigorously to make it look nice/better. Drank half of it in 5 minutes so it’s not too far off the style

Well done mate

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

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GH Yorkshire Bitter (4.1%)

I had forgotten I had a few of these still out in the garage found them whole sorting though a few odds and ends. Looking at my notes I brewed it in in November last year so it has being in their for over Six months. While I don’t think it has improved from when I was drinking it back in January I can’t detect any notable decline either, so seems to be at least fairly shelf stable. It is a tad more carbonated than I remember and I am wondering if it wasn’t quite finished fermenting when I bottled. But still a nice easy drinking bitter which I will finish off in short order,

I've got a Corny of the GH Yorkshire on the go too at the moment, but it's going down fast. Lovely easy-drinking beer, but it's got a bit of character to it.

 

[user 18729]

Pint of Bitter. My first attempt. Poured vigorously to make it look nice/better. Drank half of it in 5 minutes so it’s not too far off the style

That’s the best sort of test congrats, no going back now!

 

[Leon103]

Hi Leon i have just kegged my first siason, i have never tasted one so have no clue i did taste a small sample and it was all fruity quite nice, the hops were sorachi ace yeast cml lille siason, any pointers on taste would be most welcome

Never used sorachi. I hear they are quite unique taste.
A saison taste is hard to describe. Very dry, peppery and hint of spice. Depends on yeast and temperature you ferment at.

 

[LesTom]

Quite thin and watery but tasty enough, for only £1.29 out of Home Bargains

 

[samale]

Hi Leon i have just kegged my first siason, i have never tasted one so have no clue i did taste a small sample and it was all fruity quite nice, the hops were sorachi ace yeast cml lille siason, any pointers on taste would be most welcome

Sorachi ace is great in a Saison. You should get hints of lemon. Some say they get a taste of dill. The yeast should give a dry finish with pepper, spice.
Make sure you get a high carbonation it really improves this style of beer.

 

[Leon103]

A sabro porter to finish up.

 

[Leon103]

Sorachi ace is great in a Saison. You should get hints of lemon. Some say they get a taste of dill. The yeast should give a dry finish with pepper, spice.
Make sure you get a high carbonation it really improves this style of beer.

The cml doesn't seem to finish that low in my experience

 

[samale]

The cml doesn't seem to finish that low in my experience

I have never used it. I normally use belle Saison yeast. It usually finishes at 1.002

 

[Rodcx500z]

It finished at 1008, it's the taste i need to know having never had one in my life

 

[Rodcx500z]

Cheers Sam' i am away for a week on Monday' i have set it at 20psi which should give 2.8 volumes