What are you drinking tonight 2021?

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Sunny days like today are made for sitting out with a Summer Breeze

 

[samale]

No but I can do. It's on my work pc so I will try and remember on Monday. It's essentially a ramped up founders breakfast stout, with bourbon and oak chips. There is an excellent founders breakfast stout recipe on the byo website. And I got the KBS recipe from the American homebrewers association website.

Founder's do a lovely porter as well

 

[samale]

Trying my English golden ale. It's very young and hazy. Not sure what to expect from it. Should it be clear I added 500g of wheat malt, I was expecting it to be clearer. Yeast CML midland.
Any ideas

 

[Brewnaldo]

First of 2 from @DocAnna
A level 2 Festbier. Look how clear it is.... Superb.

Flavourwise, once again right in my wheelhouse. Lager with enough malty character from some Vienna and Crystal to give it colour and backbone and make it just a little bit more interesting than what probably would otherwise been a veey similar result to my own Helles (given its Mittelfruh hops and CML Hell) except that the clarity and flavour points to a much more robust lagering process than my own. Another excellent beer from Anna, but the reason for all of the beer swaps with her is up next.... The imperial stout

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[samale]

Pre match drinks @Rodcx500z . I haven't had this in a while

 

[phildo79]

Pre match drinks @Rodcx500z . I haven't had this in a while
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You can really tell the difference between the bottles and cans with that beer. Bottles are 5.6%, cans are 5%. The flavour is totally different...and not in a good way.

 

[Brewnaldo]

And heres Annas Imperial stout. She was good enough to review my own stout recently and told me it was a bit thin, which I agreed with and is something I am going to have work on re mash temperature. Anyway, I have been provided with a perfect exampke of how it should be. Pours and drinks thicker than Harry Kane. Lovely roast flavours with no astringency, coffee and burnt sugar, low carbonation which is just right for me (and will chin Anna for carb levels for my next stout)

Now I do know you were worried about the whisky levels Anna which is why I left it this long from when you gave me it. Clearly I dont know if they have mellowed, but they are right there in terms of flavour along with the oak, but theres no raw alcohol burn. Given what you said before about it, and the high abv of the stout itself, id say there must have been a mellowing.

Hugely glad I got in touch with you regarding this stout, because it has resulted in me trying way more hits than misses from you but especially this stout from which I hope to learn a lot.

Slainte Mhath

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

I’m having another Summer Breeze for the moment. I’m actually really keen to try my first mild - have to keep talking myself out of dipping a glass into the fermenter!

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

One more of these while my meatballs al forno is cooking.

 

[dad_of_jon]

Finally finished shopping and can start the weekend! Hubby is off work all next week so looking forward to spending some time with him. I’ve found this in the shop which looked interesting! It’s so good! Forgive the girly nature of the drink

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as long as you're not supervising a list of jobs to do on his week off and keeping him supplied with booze, that will be a long lasting relationship

 

[micklupulo]

The advantage of being the only one in the house to drink these 23 litre brews is that with a bit of effort I can sample ones going back a few months so have just started with a mature AG Wye Valley HPA copy.

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

First of 2 from @DocAnna
A level 2 Festbier. Look how clear it is.... Superb.

Flavourwise, once again right in my wheelhouse. Lager with enough malty character from some Vienna and Crystal to give it colour and backbone and make it just a little bit more interesting than what probably would otherwise been a veey similar result to my own Helles (given its Mittelfruh hops and CML Hell) except that the clarity and flavour points to a much more robust lagering process than my own. Another excellent beer from Anna, but the reason for all of the beer swaps with her is up next.... The imperial stout View attachment 52637

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I was lucky enough to try some of that - it’s ruddy gorgeous

 

[Brewnaldo]

I was lucky enough to try some of that - it’s ruddy gorgeous

Yeah as I said, a lot more hits than misses from Anna. Shes a very, very good brewer. Selfishly, great for me to have someone local enough to make it handy to meet up and swap, and also to learn from.

 

[obscure]

On to my third glass of the night of my Voss Pilsner Saaz smash, it’s 5% and ridiculously easy to drink perfect for a hot day.

 

[Rodcx500z]

Pre match drinks @Rodcx500z . I haven't had this in a while
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Hi Sam i am on after match drinks now and buzzing

 

[samale]

Hi Sam i am on after match drinks now and buzzing

Great result, Gilmore let me down for 600
All I need was him to be booked

 

[samale]

@Rodcx500z I am heading over end of October for a Richard Ashcroft concert. Hopefully I get a ticket for the Brighton Game as well but it's not easy at the min.
I must ask on the forum for some craft bars to visit. Love lane is one of one's I want to visit. I would love someone to recommend some bars I can try proper cask beer.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Time for something different, and very tasty

 

[Rodcx500z]

Hi Sam, sorry i totally mis read your post, i thought you were going to Brighton when i go i just head to L1 and the city centre lots of bars of which i have no names i just go in and sup whats on offer

 

[dan125]

Got my monies worth at the London craft beer festival today