What are you drinking tonight 2022?

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

The best alcohol is the free alcohol!

Another promotional Aperol Spritz box from Gousto, with ice and a lime wedge.

 

[Clarence]

I often think that's why people praise my homebrew; not because it's any good, but because it's free!

 

[jayk34]

Getting ready to go out again, so a supermarket beer in the room. No likely

 

[pilgrimhudd]

Don't judge me! I wanted the bottle!

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Don't judge me! I wanted the bottle!

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May I ask, was it skunked? Every time I've gone near that stuff, it always makes me think of dirty socks lol

 

[pilgrimhudd]

May I ask, was it skunked? Every time I've gone near that stuff, it always makes me think of dirty socks lol

No, it's not, though have heard that before. It's not great by any means but it'll do!

 

[jayk34]

Hapkin, a strong Belgian blond hopped with saaz and Monroe. Spicy bite at the end but not quite my thing.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

After a couple of mine, time for one of someone else’s - in this case Northern Monk.

Bizarrely it’s flavour is reminiscent of my oxidised Summer Breeze.

 

[Rodcx500z]

First taste vienna lager with sazz very malty may be a touch to much, but it is nice

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Brew York Grapefruit Lupu Lion. Meh.

 

[pilgrimhudd]

This is much better than the grolsch obviously, but it's hopped with Mosaic (a word which I can't seem to spell) and I've never been keen. Makes things taste like one of those fruity sweets you used to get in jars at the corner shop.

 

[dave_77]

Pressure drop export lager..
Very nice as usual..not as nice as the H Blanc premium lager

Popped out for work today and happen to pass Hop Burns & Black bottleshop..be rude not to have a look as I was in the area..

 

[dave_77]

Trying this Buxton west coast IPA ..rather tasty for three pounds

 

[NormanHurst]

In-laws in town and they always take an interest in the homebrew so we've had some Porter, pale ale, cashmere apa and now this English IPA. Down to my last few bottles of this brew and aa ever it's hitting its peak now. Loving the colour and understated carbonation.

 

[Alastair70]

My GH saison, soon to feature in the May swap. I am enjoying it, but I think the next one will be better after next weekends collective sampling.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

This one next. It’s strange - it’s not really that nice (to me) but at the same time I’m still drinking it!

 

[Alastair70]

Next up is an American Amber Ale brewed by @moto748.
Opens with a great hiss, pours with a white head that laced the glass and lasted for most of the pint. The colour is perfect, a proper dark amber in the upper end of the range. It‘s opaque in the glass but is a clean clear beer when held up to the light.
The aroma is 50:50 bread crust malt, piney citrus hops.
The taste is similarly well balanced. A first sip I thought the caramel sweetness was going to be overpowering but rest of the malt character caught up, the hop character and bitterness kicked in. I‘m getting little in the way of roasted flavours, just lots of dark fruit and dark caramel flavours sitting in the background where they belong with a decent helping of fruity yeast esters.
Overall, it’s a great brew. The balance of malt backbone, crystal malt and yeast ester sweetness/fruitiness and dank piney American hop character is pretty much spot on for me.
Thanks for sharing @moto748, I really enjoyed this one.

 

[samale]

The Belgian Wit next, coriander and orange peel
Another excellent example

 

[samale]

Had this earlier and a few different ones last night. I am not enjoying this style as much anymore

 

[Leon103]

Apart from a small glass of my latest saison, I haven't had a HB beer for a few weeks. Being away and not having a fully functional kegerator as slowed the drinking down. But tonight the wife asked for a beer so I put on the pilsner keg and poured us each one.

It's been off the gas for a while and the change in temp as made it not as carbed as planned.