What are you drinking tonight 2022?

[Tanglefoot]

Little taster of the Cascade & Citra APA I kegged a couple of days ago - promising !

Now having a Leffe Blonde while I wait for my burger to cook ( on my BIAB stove in the shed as my wife
does'nt want me stinking up the kitchen ! )

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Little taster of the Cascade & Citra APA I kegged a couple of days ago - promising !
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Now having a Leffe Blonde while I wait for my burger to cook ( on my BIAB stove in the shed as my wife
does'nt want me stinking up the kitchen ! )

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What about the wort and the burger?

 

[Applesnmore]

Cromwell bitter outside at a Millstone brewery, Heavy spots of rain.
Trying The Duke burger.

 

[NormanHurst]

Post cricket coaching lager. Not my thing at all but there's something about long shadows across the square that help negate the complete lack of flavour in the beer.

 

[531Man]

Having a clear out of the older Beer52 stocks in the garage.

Porter - everything it says on the tin.
Can you see the bulge? Yes it had leaked, but only a little.
Belgian Saison - exactly like Paulaner Weissbier. Even 5.5%.
Belgian IPA - Hmmm, flat flavours.
Maybe kept a little too long.
Kveik IPA - That's more like it!
Fresh and hoppy.
Then it is dry hopped with Azacca, Galaxy and Sabro!
The first can was shared and described as acceptable, so I poured a second onto mine to make up a full tasty pint.

 

[rocketman_k]

Orkney brewery Dark Island. Really enjoyed this, malty, coffee and chocolate.

 

[LesTom]

Orkney brewery Dark Island. Really enjoyed this, malty, coffee and chocolate.
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Yep, it's a beezer I'm a fan of it.

 

[obscure]

Mystic/Maris Otter Smash

Just a nice hoppy beer.

 

[LesTom]

Another from the Brewdog and Friends box and another cracker

 

[Pennine]

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Mystic/Maris Otter Smash

Just a nice hoppy beer.

Mystic? Never heard of it, what's it like?

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Red X IPA

 

[Alastair70]

Pliny The Melter trial jar next. Finished at 1.010 for an ABV of 8.1%. The 180 odd IBUs do hide the alcohol well, but catch up on you eventually. Final dry hop in this evening, cold crash commences on Monday morning. Given the 5h1t tonne of hops that have gone in, I’ll be turning the glycol up to 11 and giving it 3 or 4 days.

 

[Applesnmore]

Red X IPA

Definitely dark red, not Vimto!

 

[dave_77]

Pliny The Melter trial jar next. Finished at 1.010 for an ABV of 8.1%. The 180 odd IBUs do hide the alcohol well, but catch up on you eventually. Final dry hop in this evening, cold crash commences on Monday morning. Given the 5h1t tonne of hops that have gone in, I’ll be turning the glycol up to 11 and giving it 3 or 4 days.
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[dave_77]

Belgian IPA (Single)

 

[Alastair70]

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It will be a pleasure sir! I've an American Amber in the pipeline, your name is on one of those too.

 

[Donegal john]

Had this

Then onto this

 

[marshbrewer]

Giving the homebrew a rest tonight, so I thought I'd start with this.

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

We have here two beers - myself and Tetty B or Betty as I like to call him (@The-Engineer-That-Brews) have sent each other our Hefeweizens and we thought we'd compare the two.

Here are two pictures of them. TETB’s beer is on the left of each photo, and mine is on the right.

My comparisons between the two are:-

The lack of head is apparent in both beers, even though my one has more (possibly too much?) carbonation.

Flavour is similar - I get a ripe or cooked banana in Betty's though and a more fresh banana in mine. I'm putting this down to the extra sweetness in my one. As TETB's warmed, the banana became stronger. I do love banana! Got clove in both beers as well.

There may be something wrong with my nose but I don't get an aroma on either beer.

I must admit I preferred mine before it was carbonated as it was smooth and creamy, and I know that's an odd thing to say. The carbonation seemed to take away some flavour.

Overall, a successful experiment and two quite similar beers!

Thanks for sharing TETB, and for being a good friend also!

 

[531Man]

Mystic? Never heard of it, what's it like?

@Pennine this is for you, and others:

Here's a link you and others may find of interest when you have Hop variety questions:
Hop suppliers providing a brewing one stop shop experience

Mystic appears to be one of the hop varieties that Charles Faram have codeveloped.
Type, "Mystic" into the box and open a whole new world.
Health warning - Rabbit holes ahead.
Tap on the Blue link if you dare.