What are you drinking tonight 2022?

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Together with his competition beer @pilgrimhudd sent me a gift of his 4.2% American Stout.

You can see it’s well carbonated with a light tan coloured head which settled down quickly but never went away. The beer is as black as you might expect and I can tell you it’s lovely and clear.

The aroma is very clean with chocolate and coffee in the foreground supported by lovely roasty notes. I’m not getting much hop aroma.

Now at this point I just dived in with a couple of big gulps - biiiig mistake! This beer is highly carbonated and it foamed up in my mouth like coke and mentos. Whoa! . I guess that’s American stouts for you, I should have known better OK, knock out some gas and try again…

Much better! The flavour is mild hedgerow fruit and raisins with chocolate, coffee, and a hint of liquorice in that order. Smooth balanced flavours, nice body, nicely balanced bitterness, and quite a clean dry finish for a stout.

This beer is a very different animal before and after you whip the living daylights out of it. The latter is beautiful. Thank you Pilgrim!

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

We are sharing the last bottle of the husband’s 5am Saint copy that he got from DIY dog. The grim lighting doesn’t do it justice - it’s a gorgeous red colour. Really nice one this. Shame it’s all gone.

I’ve probably shared the recipe before but I’ll share again cos it’s that good. Not exactly as Brewdog had it though. There was a couple of tweaks made.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

I’m on the Dark Mild for now

 

[SMP Brewery]

Trying a sample of the saison I kegged this weekend, apart from I think too much sweet orange peel (hoping when it’s carbonated more it will be toned down) this could end up a nice wip beer, the coriander isn’t coming through but that could be because of the sweet orange

 

[Baldylocks Brewery]

Started with a Harley Quin IPA, then had a Fuller’s Black Cab stout (nothing to shout about) now making the last one count as it an early commute in the morning. I tent to only like the heavy Shepherd Neame beers. Like the 1898 too.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

One of the beers from the bottle shop.

 

[531Man]

A light Golden Ale (in Bergen) by 7Fjells Bryggeri, Bones, Norway.
Light is not employed .................. lightly, as it's only 2.5% which brings the hops to the fore.
Went with fish and chips from a fish market harbour front eatery, just about.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Another fruit beer. Kriek-ish but this one is 8%

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Probably my last for tonight, another 8.5% fruit beer. I preferred the others.

 

[samale]

Trying my imperial stout again. Head retention is sorted but it's over carbonated. Will let the rest sit until winter now. The coffee I added is very light. No harshness or alcohol burn which is good because it's 10%

 

[Pennine]

An old favorite.

 

[foxy]

After a sunny weekend we are back to winter. Rained like you wouldn't believe during the night, most of yesterday and today. Something warming, a Baltic Porter.

Delicious!

 

[SMP Brewery]

I wasn’t going to have a drink, but this bottle of Oracle looked so lonely in the fridge on its own for several weeks now.. I could here it pleading “Drink Me.. Drink Me” so who am I to argue.

 

[NormanHurst]

That looks great, I can imagine the smell of that tagine and it’s amazing!

Thank you, H. We had a great trip. Cooking over a proper fire is a joy.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

It’s not ready yet but it’s nice so that’s good enough for me, a pint of Magnum Opus.

 

[531Man]

Hers is a Nelson Sauvin 'Mojo',
mine a Harvester Saison, Norwegian malt German Mandarina hops and Norwegian farmhouse yeast.
From the brewery tap restaurant.
An Irish brewer.
Backdrop is Bergen harbour.

 

[531Man]

To finish with our burgers, a Wishbone golden ale.
A medley of American hops and,
sic,

YEAST​

100% Vossakveik fra Sigmund Gjernes.
Tasty!

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Also not ready but I left it on tap after tasting it earlier, and it’s nice. Mystique.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Fancied an Imperial Stout so I’m having one of the bottles left over from my bourbon barrel aged beer. It’s less than a month old and already very smooth. I’m splitting the pint(!) with my wife.

 

[Jeff Horiko]

Cheer mate !!!