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It should be about £11 a bottle - well worth it in my opinion.
Ha ha ha sorry
This is the first that came up in my search
Bit of a price difference lol
See now that it’s for a case 😴
 

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All this wine talk's got me craving some red. All I've got around the house is my star anise mead. Well, it was due a taster!
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It's surprisingly refreshing. Sweet and a bit herbaly. I might have to make this a habit.
 
First Tasting: AG#66 American Stout

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As you can see from the picture it's pretty much black - it's a stout, what else would you expect? But actually the head is much more tan in the flesh than the cream it looks in the photo.

Carbonation is a little low - I like it low-ish but it could do with just a touch more: this was fermented with BRY-97 which I'm still getting used to. I've used MJ M36 in a BIPA a few times which seems to ferment a bit more in the bottle so I probably played it over-cautious with the priming sugar. No need for such concerns with BRY-97 it would seem.

Aroma is quite hoppy - more than I'd have expected considering there was no dry hop, just a whirlpool.

Mouthfeel is decent enough - it's certainly not a thick Imperial Stout or Baltic Porter but I think it punches above the modest 3.8% ABV.

Flavour is really nice, lots going on: It's hoppy, quite fruity. I definitely get some bitter chocolate flavours. It's roasty but not too roasty and it's bitter but not too bitter, which combines to quite a dry finish.

I tried my most recent BIPA after this, which is not a million miles away in terms of malt and almost identical in hopping - the BIPA is nice but a bit lacking in the malt department, I much prefer the additional malt character of this American Stout.

Only a couple of things I'd change - the carbonation, which is easily fixed next time. And I'd probably change the hops: I think the Simcoe works but I'd probably leave out the Amarillo and Citra, which are maybe a bit fruity, and try something a bit more dank or piney/resiney - some combination of Centennial, Chinook and/or Columbus springs to mind.
 
Ha ha ha sorry
This is the first that came up in my search
Bit of a price difference lol
See now that it’s for a case 😴

That was my last bottle so I’ve just ordered another half-dozen. You can buy from Laithwaites or Amazon at the same price. Six bottles were £73.99 so they have gone up a little at £12.33 each but I don’t mind that for a really nice wine as an occasional treat.
 
That was my last bottle so I’ve just ordered another half-dozen. You can buy from Laithwaites or Amazon at the same price. Six bottles were £73.99 so they have gone up a little at £12.33 each but I don’t mind that for a really nice wine as an occasional treat.
Might get a few in as I like a good glass of full bodied red.
 
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