What are you drinking tonight 2022?

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Nitro stout. Smooth.

 

[LesTom]

This cracking stout from the Garden Brewery

Then it was on to the surprising and good Menebrea

 

[531Man]

Then back to the library beer catch up.
An Avanti Belgian Pilsner.
BBE 12.01.2022.
Despite its date, fruitier than mine.
So OK.

 

[531Man]

Weizenbock by Free Assembly.
BBE 15.12.2021.
It still has its alcoholic banana sandwich flavour, but I think it's over the hill.
My fault.
So on to the next offering ..........

 

[Wurp]

aldi job..whilst trying to get my head around water treatment..

 

[531Man]

Belgian Saison by Brauerij Lekker.
BBE 14.01.2022.
Belgian Saison that tastes of Pauliner Weissbier.
What is it that is common between them?

 

[531Man]

View attachment 71759aldi job..whilst trying to get my head around water treatment..

Know what you mean.
Remember they are not anhydrous salts, and what you ladle out has H2O as part of the molecular weight.
That's where I went wrong, with a slap of the forehead.

 

[obscure]

I kind of lost track of what glass this is as have being drinking my Saison for a while (nice thing about thirds in this heat is it never has time to warm up to much also I love this glass).

 

[Wurp]

Know what you mean.
Remember they are not anhydrous salts, and what you ladle out has H2O as part of the molecular weight.
That's where I went wrong, with a slap of the forehead.

Even this reply shows I have a way to go...I am going to have to good anhydrous salts now

 

[531Man]

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I kind of lost track of what glass this is as have being drinking my Saison for a while (nice thing about thirds in this heat is it never has time to warm up to much also I love this glass).

The trouble is, my fave glass is a third of a litre, not a pint.
There may be trouble ahead......

 

[Tanglefoot]

Haymaker, another favourite from Hook Norton brewery.
Maris Otter, Cara malts and hopped with Fuggles, Challenger and Goldings - might have to have a go at this !

 

[Pennine]

Boys went tubing and I went beer touristing. This is one of the 3 or 4 beers I have found that I absolutely love. Legendary Red Altbier with the hop bines in the background.

 

[531Man]

Even this reply shows I have a way to go...I am going to have to good anhydrous salts now

Don't bother with Googling it, you're unlikely to be buying any anhydrous salts, unless you have a chemical laboratory supplier account .
Just use the on line water profile calculators which will just assume everything normally available to the home brewer.

 

[Wurp]

Don't bother with Googling it, you're unlikely to be buying any anhydrous salts, unless you have a chemical laboratory supplier account .
Just use the on line water profile calculators which will, just assume everything normally available to the home brewer.

I did Google it... And wondered how anyone would exclude and moisture from the salts etc you buy.. I'll prob just go for creating sample smash and experiment within some of the given parameters

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Even this reply shows I have a way to go...I am going to have to good anhydrous salts now

He’s just being mean, ignore him.

 

[obscure]

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The trouble is, my fave glass is a third of a litre, not a pint.
There may be trouble ahead......

Technically this glass can take a 330ml can quite comfortably but it has a third of a pint marking so feel I should probably use it (also it’s a little over-carbonated so head room is handy).

Also I find Saisons really easy to over indulge on I think it’s how dry they are combined with the fairly high ABV. A 7% stout I would be sipping for an hour or so while this 7% Saison goes down so ridiculously easy.

 

[Pennine]

Schwarzbier and a couple sour samples. The light pink one is a quava kettle sour that is quite good. Might need to change my stance on fruit beer... The darker pink one is a fruited brett sour and is also quite good. The samplers are plenty for me though. Onto the schwarzbier!

 

[531Man]

Technically this glass can take a 330ml can quite comfortably but it has a third of a pint marking so feel I should probably use it (also it’s a little over-carbonated so head room is handy).

Also I find Saisons really easy to over indulge on I think it’s how dry they are combined with the fairly high ABV. A 7% stout I would be sipping for an hour or so while this 7% Saison goes down so ridiculously easy.

And we wonder why the French and Belgian farmers have such a laissez-faire attitude to life in general !

 

[Theoriginalrich]

My attempt at the Hazebros Harlequin NEIPA. It’s been bottled for 86 days and still looks good and tastes great.
Really pleased considering it’s bottled and not kegged.

 

[DocAnna]

Schwarzbier and a couple sour samples. The light pink one is a quava kettle sour that is quite good. Might need to change my stance on fruit beer... The darker pink one is a fruited brett sour and is also quite good. The samplers are plenty for me though. Onto the schwarzbier!

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That’s a pretty decent sample of the guava kettle sour . Out of interest, what is it about this fruit sour that is better than the other fruit beers you’ve tried? I ask because I’m making several fruited sours and nit sure what makes the difference between a good and a really good one.