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A Tripel to get me through the darts
What are you drinking tonight 2022?
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Tea. Back to the nuthouse tomorrow...
Good idea…
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Don't knock it Sam
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Was dumping some of the old cashmere pale ales sitting in the fridge and I decided to pull out the Orval dregged belgian pale I brewed a while back. It's lovely now, has that beautiful Brett funk you get in an aged Orval. I think I will brew another batch and dump a bottle of this in the fermenter.
Coming to the back end of my pale ale keg. Clear as a bell though now.
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This cutting down is going well! 
Here we have a glass of my finished mojito wine, which I fortified with 2 bottles of Malibu (like you do!)
Here we have a glass of my finished mojito wine, which I fortified with 2 bottles of Malibu (like you do!)
I’m starting tonight with a guest beer from @Griff097. This one is labelled as a Speckled Hen clone at 5.5%
The beer is fairly softly carbonated with a small nearly-white head that dispersed quickly to a ring of bubbles round the glass and then hung around. The beer is Amber in colour and is crystal clear.
The aroma is bready malt and a little toffee. The flavour is nice but I’m afraid the beer doesn’t taste like Speckled Hen. It is malty and there’s a good bitterness though. There is a little sweetness and a slight tackiness on my lips so I suspect a medium attenuation yeast. There are subtle fruity notes too that I think might be stone fruit? The finish is a lingering bitterness - and then it’s all gone!
Thank you!
The beer is fairly softly carbonated with a small nearly-white head that dispersed quickly to a ring of bubbles round the glass and then hung around. The beer is Amber in colour and is crystal clear.
The aroma is bready malt and a little toffee. The flavour is nice but I’m afraid the beer doesn’t taste like Speckled Hen. It is malty and there’s a good bitterness though. There is a little sweetness and a slight tackiness on my lips so I suspect a medium attenuation yeast. There are subtle fruity notes too that I think might be stone fruit? The finish is a lingering bitterness - and then it’s all gone!
Thank you!
Next up, one of my own.
One of the beers that the son and DIL got us for Christmas. They like the brewery because the DIL is originally from near there. It is using new English hops apparently. It is very nice! 
I once had a magic keg it just kept giving beer, every time I went for another I expected it to kick but it nearly went forever
Saison! because I need a keg and this one is almost empty.
Hi Lisa have you looked at the hops on CML they have a tropical English mix which I am going to order. I wonder if it uses some of the same hops as it is supposed to be the newest of English styles, I expect it to be only slightly fruity but does sound as if it would go with a English Blonde/GoldenOne of the beers that the son and DIL got us for Christmas. They like the brewery because the DIL is originally from near there. It is using new English hops apparently. It is very nice!
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No I haven't been on their website for a while, I used to buy from there though. I'll take a look.
I need to keep off this as I’m trying to give it its full conditioning time, but it’s so good! I think this is the best thing I’ve ever made, for my own personal tastes. My Vienna lager. Not to style at all and my own recipe, but I feel like it went really well this time.
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Belgian IPA and the Darts
Enjoying the last bottle of my Winterweizen while watching the darts
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