What are you drinking tonight 2022?

[Hazelwood Brewery]

The last of todays batch of beers from memory-lane. This is the beer that got me into “real-ale” though I can’t say if it’s the same beer, my memory isn’t that good. There wasn’t much choice back then, it was lager from the tap(s) or a bottle from the fridge of Speckled Hen. The toffee/caramel flavours seem more dominant than I remember maybe. I do remember getting an upset stomach if I had more than a couple of pints - live beer!

 

[dave_77]

Water tonight and for probably many weeks more as in hospital since last Thursday. Horrible pain originally but eased. Not the actual heart but from a tear in a vein nearby. Should learn later this week if treatment necessary and if so by an expert team in Liverpool. I think I will be seeking some low alcohol tasty recipes!

No serious treatment needed

 

[Cheshire Cat]

A few beers but now the last bottle of my Kwak before bed brewed in August 2020 and really smooth now I’ve not got any left.

 

[DavidDetroit]

really smooth now I’ve not got any left

Made a Gale's Prized Old Ale (whatever it's called) and the last five bottles were perfect out of the 37 bottle batch. No patience.

 

[Rodcx500z]

Made a Gale's Prized Old Ale (whatever it's called) and the last five bottles were perfect out of the 37 bottle batch. No patience.

Thats me all over

 

[DavidDetroit]

Thats me all over

It's the advice we give everyone new to the hobby. Granted, I'm now more patient but until one experiences it directly, it doesn't have the proper impact.
I have notes on it with me raving about a beer after three months and that helps.

 

[moto748]

Tonight, for the first time in a while, I've drunk none of my own beer. A Black Sheep, and a bitter and a milk stout from my local brewery. All very nice, but somehow, it doesn't seem quite as much fun. Or is it just me?

[Obv, I'm not claiming that my beers are better than the above]

 

[DavidDetroit]

Or is it just me?

That's a good question and I didn't get from your post that you were claiming superiority.
Personally, I always feel a little guilty for buying quality beer at full price because I can make something worthwhile for 1/5th the cost.
The pros make beers well but not so well that I can't come close enough to satisfy my taste.
It's not the money but the principle of the thing.
I may or may not have touched on what you mean.

 

[moto748]

I don't consider the money side of it, beer is frankly relatively cheap, as it goes. I think it;s just more that there's an innate pleasure in drinking something you've made yourself that a shop-bought beer can't replicate. And there's a bit more to than that, too...

 

[Pennine]

Having an esb from the local brew pub, this one was on keg and not cask, funny how much less I like it force carbed.

 

[Pennine]

The last of todays batch of beers from memory-lane. This is the beer that got me into “real-ale” though I can’t say if it’s the same beer, my memory isn’t that good. There wasn’t much choice back then, it was lager from the tap(s) or a bottle from the fridge of Speckled Hen. The toffee/caramel flavours seem more dominant than I remember maybe. I do remember getting an upset stomach if I had more than a couple of pints - live beer!

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That was my first real ale I ever had on cask. I was enamored at first pint. I do like it in the bottle too but did notice in a recent batch it tasted more toffeeish and less smooth than I remembered. I wonder if it's a malt change?

 

[DavidDetroit]

frankly relatively cheap,

Fair enough, it's all good. I'm on board with the innate pleasure. It is satisfying.
The beers I like can be $5 per bottle. So I compute in my head, at the time, that I can make that for $1. And that's store-bought, not restaurant prices.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

That was my first real ale I ever had on cask. I was enamored at first pint. I do like it in the bottle too but did notice in a recent batch it tasted more toffeeish and less smooth than I remembered. I wonder if it's a malt change?

If we both think it’s different then maybe it really is. I don’t dislike it but I didn’t enjoy it as much as I thought I would. Someone bought me three bottles of sticky toffee pudding ale last Christmas and it was awful, Speckled Hen is nothing like it but that strong toffee flavour is just enough of a hint to remind me about it.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

My own English (Best) Bitter tonight. I definitely think my own beer can hold it’s head high among the beers I drank last night. It’s good to benchmark your beers against commercial offerings periodically, even if the comparison is just how much you like them. I wouldn’t say mine is as good as Spitfire yet (to me at least) so there is still some improvement required.

 

[Donegal john]

A nice pale ale while I get the dinner on. Terrible hard being single
Chinese takeaway tomorrow night to allow for more beer time.

 

[labrewski]

Found this in lanzarote supermarket not too bad

 

[samale]

A nice pale ale while I get the dinner on. Terrible hard being single
Chinese takeaway tomorrow night to allow for more beer time. View attachment 61908

Your loving the pints on a school night

 

[marshbrewer]

The longest and stinkyest brew I've ever done.

Can I ask what yeast you used for this one? Was it the recipe from Wheeler's BYOBRA?

 

[marshbrewer]

Water tonight and for probably many weeks more as in hospital since last Thursday. Horrible pain originally but eased. Not the actual heart but from a tear in a vein nearby. Should learn later this week if treatment necessary and if so by an expert team in Liverpool. I think I will be seeking some low alcohol tasty recipes!

Get well soon: Hope you're not too uncomfortable and wishing you a speedy recovery.

 

[Little Rock Brewing]

Can I ask what yeast you used for this one? Was it the recipe from Wheeler's BYOBRA?

It was Mangrove Jacks M44yeast and the recipe was from Clonebrews by Tess & Mark Szamatulski.