What are you drinking tonight 2021?

[Buffers brewery]

Well the bread pudding is done....

...time for another beer.

 

[Rodcx500z]

Back on the bitter going to let the mild fester for longer, I have come along way in the last two and a half years on this journey and I will add a lot of advice and help from the members of this forum, thank you guys and gals so I decided I would help by becoming a supporting member.

 

[user 18729]

Celebrating tonight

After months of planning and years of dreaming (obsessing) I have finally started a commercial brewing venture

 

[samale]

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Celebrating tonight

After months of planning and years of dreaming (obsessing) I have finally started a commercial brewing venture

Brilliant news, hope everything goes well for you

 

[pilgrimhudd]

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Celebrating tonight

After months of planning and years of dreaming (obsessing) I have finally started a commercial brewing venture

Congrats! Nice one!

 

[Buffers brewery]

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Celebrating tonight

After months of planning and years of dreaming (obsessing) I have finally started a commercial brewing venture

Make sure you let us know the discount code

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

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Celebrating tonight

After months of planning and years of dreaming (obsessing) I have finally started a commercial brewing venture

Don’t forget about us amateurs Hoppy All the very best luck!

 

[dave_77]

Nice bitter

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

I’ve seen too many bitters tonight and now I’ve caved.

 

[user 18729]

Brilliant news, hope everything goes well for you

Cheers mate! Starting really small using my little three vessel set up my local bottle shop has ordered two cases already so exciting times ahead. Looking to prove concept and then fingers crossed scale up in the new year…

 

[user 18729]

Don’t forget about us amateurs Hoppy All the very best luck!

I could never forget about you H

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

I could never forget about you H

Jesus I was joking, but…you’re actually leaving me

 

[pilgrimhudd]

Cheers mate! Starting really small using my little three vessel set up my local bottle shop has ordered two cases already so exciting times ahead. Looking to prove concept and then fingers crossed scale up in the new year…

You should start a thread, i'd love to hear how you get on. Might inspire me to get the garage weatherproof and converted into a brewery...

 

[samale]

Cheers mate! Starting really small using my little three vessel set up my local bottle shop has ordered two cases already so exciting times ahead. Looking to prove concept and then fingers crossed scale up in the new year…

I am confident you will do well after tasting many of your beer. Keep things simple, remember your not Willy Wonka

 

[Jim Brewster]

Blackberry wheat this time. Shame I only made a 1 litre test batch, it's nice. Nothing like as sharp as the blackberry Saison, it's actually quite smooth drinking with some residual sweetness

 

[user 18729]

I am confident you will do well after tasting many of your beer. Keep things simple, remember your not Willy Wonka

Bugger… I’d better not brew that 12% black TIPA with chocolate and bourbon then actually that sounds like a challenge…

 

[531Man]

It was the Rigden Brewery with the last takeovers being by Fremlins and then Whitbread and the building now appears to be an outlet for Whites who sell fabrics. My chosen prize will involve you nipping round the corner and getting me a mixed crate of Shepherd Neames!

Oh, so close, but a faller at the last fence, so no case of Sheps. unfortunately.
Shame!
The correct answer was Tesco.
An alternative acceptable answer may have been Faversham Umbrellas.
My Best Man lived opposite the Fremlins main entrance and offices in 22 Court Street when he was a brewer at Shepherd Neame.
Yes, a pro.
It was a conversion of the roof space above the staff social club.
They forgot to insulate the rafter/tiles and subsequently it was f'ing freezing anytime except on Midsummer's day, when it was blistering hot!
Whites (A linen and lingerie shop! ) are up the top of Court Street at 2 - 3, adjacent to the Market.
Well done, though.
I thought @Hazelwood Brewery was a shoe-in for the points prize.
Just perching as it was too easy for him, perhaps.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

I did find this information but hadn’t posted before Mick.

 

[clib]

Yesterday I made a stout, bottled a wet hop blonde ale, and then sat down with a glass of beer that I made 12 months ago and I really enjoyed it - it's one of my favourite home brews of mine of recent years. It's a strong bitter, around 1.050 OG. Lots of hops. Verdant yeast. It took a while to get into its stride but has been fantastic. I based it on another beer I made the year before that was also excellent. I think I have one bottle left. I must rebrew immediately!

 

[moto748]

Dark mild 22L
pale ale malt 3.3kg
chocolate malt0.200g
crystal medium 0.200g
roasted barley 0.100g
hops
target 15g 60 mins
ekg 10g10 mins
ekg 15g 0 mins
yeast cml midland
protofloc 8g 10 mins
strike temp 70c
mash 65c
ferment 20c

Can I ask? That grain bill looks more or less like a stout to me. So what is it that is making this a mild, rather than a stout? Is it less hops? Or the yeast?