What are you drinking tonight 2022?

[Hazelwood Brewery]

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Talking of tasty - my Exmoor Gold attempt.
Well, my brother seems to think so every time he's been down recently.
I am persuaded to agree with him.

Are you gradually tipping off your chair?!

 

[531Man]

Are you gradually tipping off your chair?!

Yep, as they were both preprandial.
Gone straight to my head.....

 

[Nottsbeer]

First taste of my Hansel Dunkel. Been in the bottle 10 days and nicely carbed. A head forms but disappears quickly. It lacks a bit of taste at the moment...at only 20 IBU this maybe a bit low on hops for my taste. Naturally this needs more time to mature so it can only get better.

 

[531Man]

SWMBO'D arrived home for her dinner and demanded something alcoholic too.
This has been begging to be drunk for some time .
Local farm hopped cider with local hops.
Yep, just what it says on the tin.
I never have paid much credence to BBE dates, it was fresh and light and tasty and appley.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Having a Red Ale while listening to Ten Years After. I’ll be changing the recipe for the LAB brew, more roasted barley and no Caramunich I.

Saw them IOW 1970 brilliant.

 

[Alastair70]

Saw them IOW 1970 brilliant.

That was before I was born! By a grand total of 3 weeks to be fair

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

It is just a tad early and at 9.5% this is quite a big beer to start but I’m quite excited to try it.

…actually it isn’t as nice as I’d imagined. The aroma is quite like a Tripel but with grassy hops so maybe the aroma at least is along the lines I might expect from the description on the bottle. The flavour though is a bit odd to me, the hop flavour is grassy and quite harsh - like they’ve used cryo hops maybe? The bitterness doesn’t work for me either it seems to overpower the lovely malty-sweet Belgian beer. I’m a bit disappointed by this one after looking forward to trying it.

 

[micklupulo]

Just broke a rule and had a lunchtime pint after comparatively good news at a hospital appointment in Liverpool with a specialist team. On the way to Wales but staying at the Rowton Poplars Hotel just south of Chester for one night. Thoroughly reccomend it and this Spitting Feathers Brainstorm which I suspect derives its flavour from Chinook hops.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

This was last night forgot to post. Bought in Scotland when visiting our daughter. Cracking beer. Will have another later.

 

[Jim Brewster]

Had a mini keg delivered today, drinkable enough, just a bit disappointed it's a tad boring and flat

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Had a mini keg delivered today, drinkable enough, just a bit disappointed it's a tad boring and flat
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Have you got a keg you can put it into? I’ve done that before, bought a 32-pint box of Sea Fury and kegged it. Nice.

 

[Alastair70]

Checking the clarity on my Helles brewed on New Year’s Day, I think I can safely declare it lagered. Driving to Dublin in an hour so the swig from the shooter is all I’m having.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Well that’s a shocker! I knew my American pale was on the point of running out but I thought I might get a pint, maybe two. No such luck, kicked after half a pint.

 

[samale]

Kicking of with a Neipa while I cook dinner

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

A pint of stout, I poured this one a bit better than the last!

 

[foxbat]

It is just a tad early and at 9.5% this is quite a big beer to start but I’m quite excited to try it.

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…actually it isn’t as nice as I’d imagined. The aroma is quite like a Tripel but with grassy hops so maybe the aroma at least is along the lines I might expect from the description on the bottle. The flavour though is a bit odd to me, the hop flavour is grassy and quite harsh - like they’ve used cryo hops maybe? The bitterness doesn’t work for me either it seems to overpower the lovely malty-sweet Belgian beer. I’m a bit disappointed by this one after looking forward to trying it.

I wasn't a big fan either. The original is still the best.

 

[dave_77]

Well that’s a shocker! I knew my American pale was on the point of running out but I thought I might get a pint, maybe two. No such luck, kicked after half a pint.
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What a tease

 

[dave_77]

Schwarzbier for me..clarity has improved greatly this week..not that you can tell from the photo

 

[Jim Brewster]

Have you got a keg you can put it into? I’ve done that before, bought a 32-pint box of Sea Fury and kegged it. Nice.

I'll persevere! It's going down well actually despite being a bit underwhelming
Just missing the hops, nothing worse than reading the blurb on a beer about which hops they've used and then not tasting anything!

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

I'll persevere! It's going down well actually despite being a bit underwhelming
Just missing the hops, nothing worse than reading the blurb on a beer about which hops they've used and then not tasting anything!

Ah, so not a favourite you already know. Time to get a brew on with all the hops you love.