What are you drinking tonight 2023.

[LesTom]

A cracker of an afternoon to enjoy a cracker from Vault City

 

[Stu's Brews]

Ahh funny, I preferred the Golden Ale, though both were great. Thought the hop flavour was just right, and well balanced. I can imagine it would go down well, at 4.4% you could sink a few. Got to say im feeling your IPA and may have to go down the abv if im going to make eurovision.

What were the hops for your beers?

Im going challenger and something like harlequin for the golden (though i have no idea) and Mosiac or Galaxy for sure in the WCIPA.

The golden ale was bittered with Admiral and then used EKG and Ernest for the late additions.

The IPA is bittered with Magnum then used Chinook, Simcoe and Amarillo. More of the latter two though. It did come out a touch higher ABV than expected, was aiming for 5.8%. A slight happy accident though as I think the lower FG gives it a crisper finish.

 

[Alastair70]

The current batch of Helles is almost there, another week and it’ll be good to go.

 

[Buffers brewery]

Just replaced a spent barrel with a pale ale that's been patiently waiting in the garage for a couple of weeks. A bit lively after moving it but tastes good

First taste....

Well that didn't last long! Moving on to my NEIPA...

 

[pilgrimhudd]

The golden ale was bittered with Admiral and then used EKG and Ernest for the late additions.

The IPA is bittered with Magnum then used Chinook, Simcoe and Amarillo. More of the latter two though. It did come out a touch higher ABV than expected, was aiming for 5.8%. A slight happy accident though as I think the lower FG gives it a crisper finish.

I wouldn't have guessed!

 

[Stu's Brews]

I wouldn't have guessed!

I can see why you said Galaxy for the IPA. There's a definite passionfruit note that reminds me of Galaxy. I think it's come from the Simcoe though. I used some Cryo hops that I picked up as freebies whilst I was at SIBA BeerX so wondering whether they are a touch stronger in the citrus/passionfruit than standard T90 pellets.

 

[531Man]

The current batch of Helles is almost there, another week and it’ll be good to go.

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Now that's an idea,
Snap!
A Munich Helles from The Garden Brewery, Zagreb.
A SMASH, Pilsner malt, Hallertau Mittelfruh hops and Helles Fire Club yeast.
Herbal notes and bready clean, crisp tasting lager.
Just like it says on the can.
The backdrop image is my First Gold (or Prima Donna) plant.
One of three planted last autumn.
It's a dwarf variety, and I followed the recommendation to cut back all early shoots 10 weeks before mid-Summer's day.
We shall see.

 

[Leon103]

Grass cut. My reward...another bitter and a trip down the pub with the boys

 

[531Man]

A rather special S. A. Chardonnay to accompany baked Black Spot Sea Bream.
The special reason is we have just heard we are Grandparents for the first time.
The Champagne will be saved to share when they return with the baby.

 

[LesTom]

Not a bad DIPA in fact it's very good just a pity it doesn't have the body that I expect a DIPA to have.

 

[Rodcx500z]

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A rather special S. A. Chardonnay to accompany baked Black Spot Sea Bream.
The special reason is we have just heard we are Grandparents for the first time.
The Champagne will be saved to share when they return with the baby.

Congratulations, i love being a grandad

 

[Alastair70]

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A rather special S. A. Chardonnay to accompany baked Black Spot Sea Bream.
The special reason is we have just heard we are Grandparents for the first time.
The Champagne will be saved to share when they return with the baby.

Ohh, that looks the business. Forget about the good news, tell us more about the wine!

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Starting the night with -

 

[Nottsbeer]

Having this one tonight....something I picked up a few weeks ago in Keswick. Sounded promising on the label, and tastes ok (slightly malty), but not as good as I was hoping. May have to crack open one of mine next

 

[Nottsbeer]

It didn't last long had to ditch the Keswick beer as it was a bit tasteless. Onto a nice Herfsbock style home brew. Quite a nice drop

 

[jof]

SWMBO and youngest on white wine watching eurovision, so I'm on my pale ale

 

[Alastair70]

Nitro Red in action. I’m going to enjoy this particular upgrade to the brew space a lot!

 

[Jim Brewster]

Been to a local unofficial beer festival for a few Half's, didn't have many and had a few OK beers, standout one was West Yorkshire American pale ale by Ossett brewery

 

[YeastFace]

Feel like I've not had a Kernel in ages.

Infallible.

 

[531Man]

Ohh, that looks the business. Forget about the good news, tell us more about the wine!

OK, the wine:
a 2017 Oaked Chardonnay from Moreson of Franschhoek, South Africa.
Bought from Vivino.
Custard cream on nose and palate (oak presumably), dry but rich, full bodied and long.
An excellent (lucky) match for the baked Red Sea Bream, which was creamy.
Not so good (overpowering) with the green beans, closer with the miso and oiled grilled aubergine, fine with the ovened oil roasted Charlotte potatoes.
It was the last one and needed drinking, the baby and the fish made a good excuse to have it.