What are you drinking tonight 2022?

[foxy]

Started with my Golden Bitter, 11 days in the bottle now lost its sweetness from priming so tasting pretty good, nice head and lacing.
Onto my Ordinary Bitter, going bush for a few days next week, a slab will be accompanying me. Despite my wife's forecast dissension.
Reading about the new hops coming on the scene in the UK, (seems more like American hops) I do hope that the older varieties don't fall by the wayside.

 

[Jim Brewster]

This is probably the best of the range I have tried
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I think Whitewater's Red Ale is really good, although it's the first and only Irish Red I've had, but nevertheless I really enjoyed it... you don't see it on sale much in England, if at all

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

I reckon it’s about time for a Saturday afternoon beer, with a bit of snow thrown in! No idea if I like this one, but I’m giving it a go.

 

[Griff097]

Bit of a mega brew day going on with 4 batches, so time to treat myself methinks, Spek hen it is

 

[Donegal john]

Yes, I’d agree on price point point. Great beers, but knocking on the door of £3 a bottle. One of the reasons I decided to get better at making my own.
Case in point, I’m now having the last Weizenbock, way better than anything the local offie has to offer and, now I’m getting the hang of how to brew what I like to drink, nowhere near as nice as the next version of it I’m going to do.
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All that needs is a flake

 

[Alastair70]

All that needs is a flake

Its carbonation roulette with this batch. A few of the bottles came out a bit lively

 

[Donegal john]

Its carbonation roulette with this batch. A few of the bottles came out a bit lively

I’ve no room to talk. Went to get a pint of stout and realised while carbing a keg of ipa at 30psi I left the gas on to the stout as well Half pint it is then.

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

The sun has just come out, so before I deaden my taste buds I’m opening this Cream Ale from @Alastair70

Beautifully clear, delicately carbonated, medium gold coloured beer.

Immediate first impressions were (you’ll think I’m daft) I could smell the quality in it. I get an aroma and flavour which I can only describe as a mixture between sweetcorn and blueberry, in a good way obviously! So much flavour for a lager!

Now you must bear with me as I’m not very good at this reviewing, but doing my best. Trying to do this beer justice.

In my opinion, it is medium bodied, and has a smooth, creamy mouthfeel - very nice and something I really enjoy in a beer.

I could drink the **** out of this - I’m cherishing every sip. Luckily I have another beer from Alastair for tomorrow!

Thank you so much for sending Alastair - we are really enjoying it and something we would definitely like to try ourselves. Please could you PM me the recipe over for some guidelines?

 

[Tripps]

Only £1 at morrisons so I thought why not. If only the footie result was going down so well...

 

[Alastair70]

The sun has just come out, so before I deaden my taste buds I’m opening this Cream Ale from @Alastair70

Beautifully clear, delicately carbonated, medium gold coloured beer.

Immediate first impressions were (you’ll think I’m daft) I could smell the quality in it. I get an aroma and flavour which I can only describe as a mixture between sweetcorn and blueberry, in a good way obviously! So much flavour for a lager!

Now you must bear with me as I’m not very good at this reviewing, but doing my best. Trying to do this beer justice.

In my opinion, it is medium bodied, and has a smooth, creamy mouthfeel - very nice and something I really enjoy in a beer.

I could drink the **** out of this - I’m cherishing every sip. Luckily I have another beer from Alastair for tomorrow!

Thank you so much for sending Alastair - we are really enjoying it and something we would definitely like to try ourselves. Please could you PM me the recipe over for some guidelines?

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Glad you liked it, thank you. There‘ll be reviews and a bit of recipe chat popping up on the January swap thread over the next week or two. I’ll get mine over to you, there is some flaked maize in there, good pick up!

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

We’re trying this one next! Didn’t know this was a Brewdog collab beer! We assumed Cloudwater was in Manchester but says brewed in Ellon on the can! Nice beer though, whoever brewed it!

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Started with my Golden Bitter, 11 days in the bottle now lost its sweetness from priming so tasting pretty good, nice head and lacing.
Onto my Ordinary Bitter, going bush for a few days next week, a slab will be accompanying me. Despite my wife's forecast dissension.
Reading about the new hops coming on the scene in the UK, (seems more like American hops) I do hope that the older varieties don't fall by the wayside.

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I don’t think the more traditional hops will fall by the wayside, there are too many of us (professional breweries and home brewers) using them. I think there’s a fair market in America for English hops too, I even heard cask ales are starting to make an appearance though few and far between at the moment.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Bit of a mega brew day going on with 4 batches, so time to treat myself methinks, Spek hen it is

That’s a loooong day!

 

[Pavros]

We’re trying this one next! Didn’t know this was a Brewdog collab beer! We assumed Cloudwater was in Manchester but says brewed in Ellon on the can! Nice beer though, whoever brewed it!

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Cloudwater contracted the brewing of their 'standard' range of beers to Brewdog and they all magically appeared in Tesco. Perhaps Brewdog had some excess capacity as I don't see them banging on about their sours as much now.

However, after the documentary on the shenanigans at Brewdog, the contract is apparently under review. At the same time (don't know if it's linked or whether the decision was made before) the beers will stop being stocked at Tesco and I noticed they were all reduced at my local Tesco about a month ago.

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Oh dear!

We noticed they were all on 'clubcard price'. How subtle lol

 

[Alastair70]

Inspired by the Tickler I thought I’d have one of the ’proper’ cream ales too, I’ve been working on emptying the Lupomax Revenge keg recently, I have a Munich Helles in FV that’s in need of a good home.
I‘m not smelling the corn, I’ll blame my post covid-nose on that. The adjuncts have lightened and rounded out the pale malt so it tastes like a big flavoursome lager (which is exactly what I wanted from the style) and helped with head retention. The Saaz in proper quantity really comes alive, I’ve never had that much dark berry/herbal flavour from it before (another good pick up @Tess Tickle) I wonder if the yeast choice, WLP090, has helped with that. It’s supposed to promote hop expression. Clarity and carbonation are good. I’ll be happy to post these off next week and see what others have made of the style.

 

[Scrattajack]

Just kegged my 5 Points Best and am drinking some of the leftovers. No picture as it's from the dregs and is flat, cloudy and has a few floaters. Promising though, not as bitter as the original but should turn out decent, fingers crossed.

 

[Griff097]

That’s a loooong day!

Add to that some electrical problem I need to get to the bottom of, get to the last 45 minutes and the electricity kept tripping off, clocked up the end of boil additions, sanitation and hopstand, still got to clean up yet!

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Tickler LMFAO!

 

[Donegal john]

Add to that some electrical problem I need to get to the bottom of, get to the last 45 minutes and the electricity kept tripping off, clocked up the end of boil additions, sanitation and hopstand, still got to clean up yet!

I would say with the longggggg boil you have heated the mcb/rcbo and it’s thermal overload properties have kicked in