What are you drinking tonight 2021?

[Cheshire Cat]

Followed the Andromeda with my Kwak klone poured with carbonation but it's lost its head quicker than one of Henry the Eighth wives.

 

[Donegal john]

A very quaffable beer courtesy of Aldi, I'll buy this one again
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Had the stout and another one I’m not sure now what it was but they were nice. And a very good price

 

[chrisb8]

Returned from a 30 mile ride this morning and my partner said she would like us to go for a walk this afternoon... So after an 8.5 mile walk as well I think I deserve a pint of Rabbit Island pale. 3 weeks in the keg and this is starting to condition nicely.

 

[Fuzzy Growler]

Never had a bad beer from these, unfortunately it doesn't say what hops are in this but I'm getting sabro

 

[Donegal john]

On to a cascade chinook ipa that’s conditioning in the keg very nice but will be better in a week or so great mouth feel from the oats . First time using verdant ipa yeast and at first I wasn’t impressed with the odd taste but it’s mellowing. Just needed time.

 

[Donegal john]

Never had a bad beer from these, unfortunately it doesn't say what hops are in this but I'm getting sabro
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Had a few of those and another couple of their beers in their taphouse in Galway. Really enjoyed them. They have a dipa that was beautiful. €7 a half pint though so only had the one

 

[dave_77]

Just finished my first beer of the evening from @samale. English pale ,which I may have jumped the gun drinking. It was carbonated nicely, but it was very hazy for an English pale. Nice and refreshing with a citrus orange like aroma and tasted that way too. You didn't mention what yeast you used but it did taste a little yeasty, the English strains I have used seem to drop clear fairly quickly. Was it dry hopped. Looks like American pale

 

[stubrewworx]

A half filled bottle of my landlord clone, only 8 days conditioning. Opened with a fizz but zero head and slightly carbed, but hopefully will improve.

This came after tranferring and pitching yeast in my GH Altbier.

 

[samale]

Just finished my first beer of the evening from @samale. English pale ,which I may have jumped the gun drinking. It was carbonated nicely, but it was very hazy for an English pale. Nice and refreshing with a citrus orange like aroma and tasted that way too. You didn't mention what yeast you used but it did taste a little yeasty, the English strains I have used seem to drop clear fairly quickly. Was it dry hopped. Looks like American pale
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Your early on the go with that
This is a raw beer. No boil no chill, the orange flavour your picking up is off the first gold hops. This beer definitely hasn't worked out as planned. I used verdant IPA yeast. Hopefully it will condition out. I picked up a slight aftertaste. The beer is only 2 weeks old.

 

[dave_77]

I'm not happy at the moment...2nd beer is one of mine and I'm not happy. My Mosiac and Blanc pale has not been socially distancing from O2 by the looks of it..

Just after kegging this beer I fitted some new secondary regulators. The night after I came back to check on them and the pressure was at zero on this keg( I hadn't figured out how far to tighten the valve). So I can only think that the seal dropped enough to let O2 in when I crashed the temp to carbonate.
I have ditched one beer in the past and probably one that should have been poured(Mrs muntons @dan125), once the flavour goes completely I think this is on its way...ugly

 

[samale]

That's the recipe @dave_77
No boil no chill English pale ale. Just to use up stocks
5.8 kg Minch malt
500 carahell
300g golden naked oats

Wort heated up to 90 degree's 40g EKG & 40g first gold and left to steep.
Currently cooling, dry hop on day 8 of 60g first gold
Yeast: verdant IPA yeast
22 litres @ 1.058

 

[dave_77]

Your early on the go with that
This is a raw beer. No boil no chill, the orange flavour your picking up is off the first gold hops. This beer definitely hasn't worked out as planned. I used verdant IPA yeast. Hopefully it will condition out. I picked up a slight aftertaste. The beer is only 2 weeks old.

Interesting, first raw beer that I have had. Also I had been reading that some batches with Verdant yeast take a while for a yeast flavour to go so couldn't have been that..it was nice but that slight yeasty twang was just in the background.

 

[Brianbrewed]

Tonight I'm on Water!


Had a Zoom beer club meeting last nigh.

One too many

 

[samale]

Interesting, first raw beer that I have had. Also I had been reading that some batches with Verdant yeast take a while for a yeast flavour to go so couldn't have been that..it was nice but that slight yeasty twang was just in the background.

Hopefully the yeast bite will condition out, if not the boys in work love free beer.
That's the third time using verdant yeast. The jury is still out on it.

 

[dave_77]

Hopefully the yeast bite will condition out, if not the boys in work love free beer.
That's the third time using verdant yeast. The jury is still out on it.

Not used it myself , but I think it will settle out and the flavour will go.

 

[samale]

Not used it myself , but I think it will settle out and the flavour will go.

More importantly I just picked up some frozen cranberries to add to some Brett Saison that I plan to split

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Another English Pale. Might try something else next

 

[matt76]

"Fig Stout" by @pilgrimhudd

Jet black. Nice tan head which just about sticks around. Carbonation is low, but for me and for this beer it's plenty.

Mouthfeel is a bit..... slick. And I don't mean that in a negative way, just how it comes across to me. It gives it a certain fullness and yet still very drinkable.

It's quite sweet. There's a bit of hotness but it's not unwelcome. It's a sipper rather than a guzzler - probably not what you want by the summer BBQ but just the job unwinding on a dark winter evening.

The flavour reminds me a lot of my Baltic Porter - I get dark flavours but not really any roast (I'm gonna stay well clear of the stout vs. porter question). I don't get anything that leaps out at me and screams fig (and I eat figs quite a bit). Actually my first thought was "has he been messing with the treacle again", then hmm maybe that's more liquorice actually.

When all is said and done it's a nice beer, I like it. Good work fella

 

[samale]

Bring plenty of cash there is a lot to tempt you with. Good selection of Belgians as well

Never made, I had to settle for Tesco. I will get a run in tomorrow

 

[Tanglefoot]

Got this as a substitution on my online grocery shop, pleasantly malty bitter with Fuggles and Cascade.