What are you drinking tonight 2021?

[Hazelwood Brewery]

English Bitter now, I can feel the shopping stresses easing - ahhhhhh.

 

[Donegal john]

Now I’m celebrating the third fold of my sourdough with a euphoric wit, whatever that is. It’s very tasty.

How many folds/celebrations is there ?

 

[LesTom]

Now enjoying day 19 of the Beerhawk advent Nebuchadnezzar from Omnipollo - try pronouncing that after a few It's a cracker

 

[chillipickle]

Consistantly good imo.

 

[Alastair70]

How many folds/celebrations is there ?

I’ve been known to get into double figures before

 

[prog99]

I'd be satisfied brewing a decent blonde tbh, clones always leave me disappointed.

Well my last attempt ended up as a very good Leffe Blonde clone!

 

[Leon103]

Onto a secret Santa beer. Will keep my notes and post tomorrow. Thanks Santa

 

[Jim Brewster]

A local mini keg. Very good!

 

[Donegal john]

on to a pint of Belgian blonde now.

 

[Alastair70]

Had planned on having a Triple next but No2 son wanted to try some homebrew. Two pints of Irish Red it is.

 

[jayk34]

Shopping done and picked up a CO2 tank for kegging. Now sitting down to this NEIPA.

 

[Leon103]

Now this some drinks it's got a lot going on.
Maple coconut and chocolate imperial granola stout. 10%.
As it warms I can taste every one of those.

 

[Tanglefoot]

Finished work and got last christmas shopping done, now in holiday mode kicking back with an old favourite.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

I went out to the bar planning to come back with something other than a bitter. As I walked back to the house barely 30 seconds later I suddenly remembered that plan.

 

[marshbrewer]

Volunteered to go out to get a final few bits and bobs, which ended up requiring me to go to two more supermarkets. Finally back and can now relax.

Brewdog advent calendar day 23;

 

[jayk34]

Volunteered to go out to get a final few bits and bobs, which ended up requiring me to go to two more supermarkets. Finally back and can now relax.

Brewdog advent calendar day 23;

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Just having that now. What do you think of it ?

 

[chillipickle]

I went out to the bar planning to come back with something other than a bitter. As I walked back to the house barely 30 seconds later I suddenly remembered that plan.

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The recipe in your brew day thread?

 

[Pennine]

Breaktime from shredding the slopes. This one is good but heavy 8%.

 

[marshbrewer]

Just having that now. What do you think of it ?

I'm getting a funny coconut aftertaste, which I'm not totally sold on, but other than that, it's quite nice.

 

[Martin O]

Some of the research suggests that the vegetable matter in hops added later in your process absorbs previously released oils/thiols so there is an optimum regime to retain maximum flavour/aroma but the science is immature and it isn’t clear what that regime is yet. I dropped the late dry hop addition on this basis but I don’t think it made a big difference either way - maybe in a wort loaded with precursors, dry hopping takes away as much as it gives if this research is right?

If mash hopping can load the wort with precursors and fermentation with the right yeast(s) can release them then maybe mash hopping alone could be a solution for bittering, flavour, aroma, and antioxidant. I’ll be testing this by putting all my hop additions (300g) into the mash.

Great experiment looking forward to hearing the results, would speed up a brew day with only a short boil needed if any at all..