What are you drinking tonight 2022?

[Hazelwood Brewery]

First big beer tonight, a bourbon barrel aged imperial stout. It’s a really nice beer but I actually preferred the version of this same beer that wasn’t barrel aged - it was somehow smoother despite having a higher ABV. This is still a cracking beer though.

 

[Lee69]

A first try of my modified bitter, from a one can geordie kit.

 

[Scrattajack]

Today we set off for the summit of The Sugar Loaf in Monmouthshire. Spouse retired early, beaten by lingering COVID and the realisation that the description of it being easy was a little short of the mark (still got 2/3 the way up though). Daughter and I pressed on and made it, knackered, to the top.

Here's our reward, sourced from the nearby and recommended Sugar Loaf Vineyard...

 

[Lee69]

Bit of a one man party, Meg Myers on the Bluetooth speaker, I&G is alright

 

[Pennine]

Trying My Italian pilsner, not sure about this. I have never tasted a commercial example so I have nothing to compare it with.
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Whats it like?

 

[Pennine]

Some water on the mountain, I donated my can of marzen to a CDT through hiker.

At home now so popped one open

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

An 8% DIPA version of an old favourite from Northern Monk.

 

[Lee69]

A night cap. Blink 182 on the speaker

 

[samale]

Whats it like?

It's nice in its own way. I must send a bottle over to Dave to get his opinion on it.

 

[samale]

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Lovely beer

 

[samale]

Some water on the mountain, I donated my can of marzen to a CDT through hiker.
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At home now so popped one open
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That's some view, are you still running the ultra stuff. World record smashed today in Berlin

 

[Pennine]

That's some view, are you still running the ultra stuff. World record smashed today in Berlin

No just our weekly hike, had to take some time away from ultras. Not enough time in the day for everything lately. I will definitely get back into it in a couple years though. That's amazing about the WR! He's 37 too!

 

[dave_77]

Trying My Italian pilsner, not sure about this. I have never tasted a commercial example so I have nothing to compare it with.
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What are you not sure about?

 

[samale]

What are you not sure about?

On what it should taste like, I will get a bottle sent over. Not sure if I over done it with the hops, plus it has more body than I would expect from a pilsner.

 

[Pennine]

Mash is in so I decided to crack this one open. Such a wonderful beer. Fits as the perfect example of an american barley wine.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Went out for lunch to Trevaskis Farm and I had a pint of Tribute from the tap. We always go to Trevaskis at least once on each visit to Cornwall because the girls can’t resist the cakes - and the huge portions! Back at the holiday home now and having a fruited sour.

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

This is the first proper taste of my pseudo festbier. Only 15 days old at this point, but I wouldn’t use a kveik again for lager. In my opinion, even after a lot more conditioning, I don’t think it’d be remotely lager-like.

Will do the beer again with different ingredients and yeast I think.

Please excuse my giant meatloaf behind the beer

Edit: gave mine to my husband cos I hate it

Replaced it with a glass of Jammy Red Roo.

 

[Braumeister]

Pint from the keg of Vienna Lager. 2 weeks in keg. Will brew this again, recipe from BYO magazine. Or maybe a Marzen next time. I’m not really a lager drinker either, but this could sway me. Not sure why it would need weeks and weeks in the keg to condition. Maybe so it clears? I did add gelatine after fermentation so perhaps that helps speed it up.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

After the sour; Leffe, Karmeliet, Eos (an 11% Belgian brut), and a Baltic porter.

 

[Pennine]

This is the first proper taste of my pseudo festbier. Only 15 days old at this point, but I wouldn’t use a kveik again for lager. In my opinion, even after a lot more conditioning, I don’t think it’d be remotely lager-like.

Will do the beer again with different ingredients and yeast I think.

Please excuse my giant meatloaf behind the beer

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Edit: gave mine to my husband cos I hate it

Replaced it with a glass of Jammy Red Roo.

I wonder where the idea came from that Kveiks make lager like beers? I have hated all the Kveiks beers I have brewed too. They all tasted like mushrooms and dirt.