It should be about £11 a bottle - well worth it in my opinion.Just had a google of it. The price!! £6 bottle of yellow tail Cabernet Sauvignon for me
What are you drinking tonight 2021?
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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!
It's surprisingly refreshing. Sweet and a bit herbaly. I might have to make this a habit.
It's surprisingly refreshing. Sweet and a bit herbaly. I might have to make this a habit.
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
Yeah, I don’t like it that much!
A habit...funny word that...
Started on the Cabalie while I finish preparing the food to go with it. Pork fillet in Madeira, fondant potatoes, broccoli.
Well it wasn’t going to be beans on toast with Cabalie!
Well it wasn’t going to be beans on toast with Cabalie!
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Oysters and the two can Directors kit. Burnt orange notes, the GF likes this one.
How delightful!
Seeing as I'm dodging a night shift I'm testing some Summer Breeze and SAISON! Mass preparations underway for a lamb tikka Rogan Josh...
First Tasting: AG#66 American Stout
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.
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.
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Started the night with a Aldi English Lager, it did taste similar to the st Austell lager.
On to my Belgian pale hopped with EKG & Cashmere
On to my Belgian pale hopped with EKG & Cashmere
It's good this stout: I prefer them a bit more bitter, but it's a good un
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Can't resist another taste of my first all grain batch, American Citra IPA
- will try and leave rest of the bottles for another couple of weeks now !
- will try and leave rest of the bottles for another couple of weeks now !
Not sure what I want to drink tonight so am having a dark lager while I decide.
Coffee, tea, water.... Night-shift is a PITA...
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.
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You cant complain @ £12 a bottle if it's nice, some of the cans of dipa's in the local tap room are £6+ and a few of them have been questionable lol.
Just watching James Martin on catch up happy Saturday
I agree. The problem is that I like it too much and one bottle is never enough!
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Might get a few in as I like a good glass of full bodied red.
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