What are you drinking tonight 2023.

[531Man]

My wife popped in the shops today and came home with a pressie for me, lovely girl . I’m starting with the Hophead.

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Hophead is what it says, and a great palate cleaner/starter .
Your's is a lovely lady.

 

[dave_77]

Nothing but quality from Beak again,

Salmon Latksz on the go for a Eurovision food a drink up..can't stand Eurovision but happy to eat lots of food

 

[SMP Brewery]

I love Bakewell, all of that area in fact

Chatsworth and Castleton are our go to weekends in the Van and pass through just for a pudding. There is a brewery school in Bakewell, I have no experience of it but the wife did a cheese making course there. Just don’t try driving through on market day if you’re not going there.

 

[531Man]

Found this at the back of the garage.
BBE 22 years ago 5. 21.
Lively pour but absolute cracker.
Blue Stone Brewery special IPA for a Stonehendge construction research project.
Chinook and cascade hops. Lovely malty backbone.
p.s. the rest was poured into a second glass but wasn't quite as crystal clear! Still tasted fine.

 

[SMP Brewery]

BBE 22 years ago

Looks good for the age

 

[Donegal john]

Working tomorrow on a rare well paid private job so just a few tonight. This is good

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Chatsworth and Castleton are our go to weekends in the Van and pass through just for a pudding. There is a brewery school in Bakewell, I have no experience of it but the wife did a cheese making course there. Just don’t try driving through on market day if you’re not going there.

Castleton is beautiful too, I love that road snaking down through the hills and of course the Blue John mine!

 

[SMP Brewery]

I hate Blue John, every time we go I end up buying her some jewellery with it in it

 

[YeastFace]

Irish Red.

Not much left so will need to rebrew with a couple of little tweaks. Hopefully next batch will be final version and then will try and have on most of the time, just so easy drinking but still having lots of flavour.

 

[Leon103]

Chatsworth and Castleton are our go to weekends in the Van and pass through just for a pudding. There is a brewery school in Bakewell, I have no experience of it but the wife did a cheese making course there. Just don’t try driving through on market day if you’re not going there.

Any particular sites? We are staying at Carsington Watet which is nice. Will be back to the area, it's going on the retirement tour list, looking forward to plenty of cycling around here

 

[SMP Brewery]

Any particular sites? We are staying at Carsington Watet which is nice. Will be back to the area, it's going on the retirement tour list, looking forward to plenty of cycling around here

The circular route round carsington is great with a lovely pub half way round with a little detour.

We use the Caravan club sites as they are open all year round there, and at Chatsworth you get a key to go straight into the grounds. It’s not cheap anymore though. If you can manage to book it the show is well worth it.



At Castleton you have to walk past Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese (twice) which does a superb Inn Keepers pie and great beers.

 

[Leon103]

2 days of alton towers complete. Need a beer now and starting with a WCIPA

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Moving down the line it’s the ESB next.

 

[Leon103]

We do.mostly rhe club sites, prices are getting mad though, especially at peak times and we now pay for both kids.

Is Chatsworth where they do the pop up sites? We drove past but didn't go in

 

[Leon103]

This is very nice although looks darker in the picture
First beer from the selection I bought yesterday

 

[LesTom]

Look what I found lurking in the fridge - result!

 

[Donegal john]

Last for this evening
Thumper a double ipa at 7.8% it’s like drinking syrup with lots of hops.

 

[Tanglefoot]

Strata APA bittered with Chinook brewed in January.
I bottled some of this and it wasn't great but it has fared better over time in a barrel.

 

[531Man]

GREAT NEWS!
Next up is this 7% hop monster, one of the Beer 52 subscription stash I'm working through Galaxy and its Spectrum iteration, Vic Secret and Eclipse. Garden Brewery Southern Hemisphere Double IPA.
What is special (to me) is
IT IS IN DATE.
BBE 15.05.2023.
Got there at last.
It was a tough job, but someone had to do it.

 

[SMP Brewery]

Having a cheeky scotch