What are you drinking tonight 2021?

[samale]

Always dependable

 

[Slid]

One of the best. Hard to beat this beer and my recent clone attempt will not come close I suspect !!

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From personal experience, my good friend, all you need is patience and you can make a beer easily, if in a time consuming approach, that will put the commercial version in a "cocked hat", if that be your vernacular. Strong Porters beg for the long conditioning times that beer separated from their yeast cannot possibly accommodate.

 

[Tanglefoot]

Couldn't resist a taster of my first proper dark beer, an American stout which I barrelled five days ago.
A Chinook Porter made with pale ale,wheat,chocolate, special B and carapils malts and generously dry hopped.
Yum, this has real depth of flavour and smells fantastic, will try and leave it to condition for a while now.

 

[Leon103]

Next up is a bretted saison from @dave_77
Lovely, crisp and dry. Perfect carbed. Not overly beer flavours and a slight hint of lemon from the hops.

This is straw yellow and nearly clear but photo looks orange.

I am doing a Belgian pale next and thought about adding some orval dregs to a few bottles. Any tips welcome.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

The next beer from my youngest.

 

[Donegal john]

I’ve always wanted to put a corny in the caravan somewhere but I think my other half would kill me

Did think that myself. But the other half would react the same as yours. Have mini kegs but had no time to brew and fill them

 

[cushyno]

From personal experience, my good friend, all you need is patience and you can make a beer easily, if in a time consuming approach, that will put the commercial version in a "cocked hat", if that be your vernacular. Strong Porters beg for the long conditioning times that beer separated from their yeast cannot possibly accommodate.

Waxing lyrical tonight Mr Slid

 

[Donegal john]

A new one for me a bru brewery citrus ipa with Amarillo and equanot.

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

And @The-Engineer-That-Brews I salute you sir for all your help today! Bottoms up!

Hurrah!! And you're more than welcome :hat:

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

This is number 3.

 

[Leon103]

Time to get on the dark beers.

An American brown from @dave_77 again.

I rarely see these to buy commercially but when I do have one I really like them, and this is no different. Lovely beer, nice hoppy flavour and a sweet brown malt coming through. Need to add one of these to the future brew list. I really like what simcoe does in this beer. How much hopage went into it?

 

[samale]

A new one for me a bru brewery citrus ipa with Amarillo and equanot. View attachment 50573

What site are you on John

 

[Donegal john]

What site are you ok John

Lakeside in Ballyshannon. Very nice. Lots of life about it.

 

[dave_77]

Next up is a bretted saison from @dave_77
Lovely, crisp and dry. Perfect carbed. Not overly beer flavours and a slight hint of lemon from the hops.

This is straw yellow and nearly clear but photo looks orange.

I am doing a Belgian pale next and thought about adding some orval dregs to a few bottles. Any tips welcome.

I'm having one too

I'm glad the Brett came through subtly, it's only been just over a month in the bottle but I moved it from warm conditioning to the fridge after 30 days as I was happy with the Brett character ( I think that helps to slow it down).
This is only the 2nd bottle conditioned Brett beer I have done and followed the same route on both. I tried to to pick a base yeast that had a good chance of getting to 1.005 FG or below. I did use priming sugar to get to an estimated 2.4-2.5 volumes and then hoped the Brett wouldn't take above 3.5 volumes. I didn't make a starter with the dreggs, just added 3 ml to each bottle. The FG of the base beer finished at 1.003 and I'm sure I read somewhere that for each gravity point can contribute 0.5 vol CO2 so i tried to use heavier bottles or plastic that could cope with 3.5vol(possibly ). I also read this blog Bottle Conditioning with Brett - Belgian Single suggested that Brett takes a while to chew up any available sugars and after a year carbonation hadn't changed much.
https://share.brewfather.app/s0uPWhkDAFGWXU

 

[samale]

Won't be buying this again.

 

[devexwarrior]

Gin

 

[samale]

This is really nice

 

[cushyno]

Time to get on the dark beers.

An American brown from @dave_77 again.

I rarely see these to buy commercially but when I do have one I really like them, and this is no different. Lovely beer, nice hoppy flavour and a sweet brown malt coming through. Need to add one of these to the future brew list. I really like what simcoe does in this beer. How much hopage went into it?

I have put this off for too long.
@Leon103 pulled out a bottle of @dave_77 American Brown earlier. So I had to do it.

A slight hiss when opening the bottle, so a careful pour to ensure all the fizz didn't disappear in the head. My ability to recognise smells needs some practice, though I'm sure I could detect a hint of vanilla or almond in the aroma. The thin tan head clung on for a few swigs before dissipating, but the tingle of co2 stayed till the end of the glass.

Slightly sweet with a medium body perfectly balancing the bitterness and hop flavour. The malt in this American brown is darker and richer than I expected, bordering on porter territory. The brown malt is there though you have to go looking for it as it is seamlessly part of the whole rather than a separate flavour.

The alcohol has a presence that plays well with the sweetness to make a rounded feel in the mouth before the subtle bitterness follows and leaves you with a sensation of dryness.

I really enjoyed this. It sort of reminds me of more hoppy drier version of JW Lees Moonraker. Send me one of these every Friday night and I'd be a happy man. Thanks @dave_77 , I enjoyed that.

 

[dave_77]

Time to get on the dark beers.

An American brown from @dave_77 again.

I rarely see these to buy commercially but when I do have one I really like them, and this is no different. Lovely beer, nice hoppy flavour and a sweet brown malt coming through. Need to add one of these to the future brew list. I really like what simcoe does in this beer. How much hopage went into it?

Cheers mate.. it had about 100g dry hop split between Simcoe & Galena in 17 litre batch
https://share.brewfather.app/kiHJoAZrDyuBTf

 

[dave_77]

I have put this off for too long.
@Leon103 pulled out a bottle of @dave_77 American Brown earlier. So I had to do it.
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A slight hiss when opening the bottle, so a careful pour to ensure all the fizz didn't disappear in the head. My ability to recognise smells needs some practice, though I'm sure I could detect a hint of vanilla or almond in the aroma. The thin tan head clung on for a few swigs before dissipating, but the tingle of co2 stayed till the end of the glass.

Slightly sweet with a medium body perfectly balancing the bitterness and hop flavour. The malt in this American brown is darker and richer than I expected, bordering on porter territory. The brown malt is there though you have to go looking for it as it is seamlessly part of the whole rather than a separate flavour.

The alcohol has a presence that plays well with the sweetness to make a rounded feel in the mouth before the subtle bitterness follows and leaves you with a sensation of dryness.

I really enjoyed this. It sort of reminds me of more hoppy drier version of JW Lees Moonraker. Send me one of these every Friday night and I'd be a happy man. Thanks @dave_77 , I enjoyed that.

Glad you enjoyed it. I forgot you had that one