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I’m starting with a stout today because I know there’s only one or two pints left in this keg and I need another couple of kegs for my fermenting beers. I also have a fresh keg of stout waiting to go on tap.

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After a morning spent shopping with the wife and a lovely lunch in the pub (I drove as the beer is poor)
Home now to a left hand brewing st vrain triple ale.
Described as an American homage to a Belgian classic its American hops and Belgian yeast.
9.3% is a bit strong for a first beer but I would have had 2 or 3 in the pub if I had went to my choice. So 🤷‍♂️View attachment 56638
Beautiful that brewery is about 20 minutes from my place of residence. I really enjoy their milk stout, sawtooth ale, and ipa especially on draft at the brewery.
 
Didn't spot your post earlier, pilgrim.


Oatmeal stout off with @moto748 ! This is what home brewing is all about 🤣.

So... I think moto748's just nicks it if I'm being truly honest. Mine is well over carbonated (hence the head in the camden glass). Mine has a nice roasty aroma, roasty taste with a fuller body, I'd say moto's is medium bodied, a fruity aroma and flavour and truer I think to what the style should be. That said I'm happy with mine, I'd do it again, with less priming sugar!!

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If only I could have put the head from the parsnip on the oatmeal, I reckon I would have had a really good beer!

I was reasonably pleased with mine taste-wise, just a but under-carbed. It is something I try to keep a close eye on. I'd reduced the priming from 2.4 g per bottle to 2.3, but would a what, 4% change really make that much difference? The parsnip is primed at 2.3/2.4, and comes our perfect.

Glad you enjoyed it, anyway.
 
I described that one as someone put umbongo in a hazy Jane. Wasn’t my cup of tea and I thought it tasted artificial

I know what you mean about the um bongo lol - but I like that flavour.

To be honest everything is lacking something and/or disappointing compared to 'Heavy Pop' by Overtone.
 
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Small polypin of the (not very) Czechish pale ale nearly finished, and needed for today's racking procedures.
Pouring disturbed the Lees a little, but opaquenes partly down to being in the fridge until polypinning complete, condensation haze on the glass.
That's my excuse anyway.
Here's another after wiping a bit.

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Are you going back North or South ? Tuffins in Craven Arms in Shropshire has a good selection of Hobsons real ales in bottles plus many others from around the region & afar ! We moved up here from Cornwall / Devon due to job relocations . St Austell . Proper Job & HSD were staple ! Good Luck in your quest !!
That's interesting as currently in Machynlleth so could check out the Welshpool branch of Tuffins on the way back to Wolves!
 
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