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What are you drinking tonight 2023.
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The second of the Belgian beers I wanted to try first, this one an 8% Tripel. Here you see I’ve poured the clear beer into a glass and then swirled the rest of the beer with the sediment to taste. The two actually taste very similar but the yeasty version is just a little less dry and a touch creamy. This is a nice beer with no hint of alcohol, lovely esters, mild bitterness, and there is a mild taste of candy sugar.
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They are, or were, one of the Dutch Trappist breweries along with La Trappe. But I feel like I read recently they had lost their designation/accreditation. (But I may be confusing them with someone else).
Edit - I was wrong. Achel (Belgium) and Engelszell (Austria) are the two to recently lose the Trappist designation.
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Maybe my last beer tonight is that other Belgian beer. I like Delerium but don’t remember trying this one. It is nice but I think I prefer Temens.
Yes I remember seeing that myself. Sad.
I’m starting tonight with a Pirate Pale and really enjoying it. It’s just a nice easy drinking English pale ale, not especially hoppy like an American pale but for me is hitting the spot. I might have another in a minute.
I've been down the plot earthing up the spuds,planting peas,weeding and making up buckets of evil smelling stuff to feed the plants....
I'm thirsty so I'm starting with a Shipyard pale. Then it's curry night prep for later. Hurrah!
And then Tribute #9...
I'm thirsty so I'm starting with a Shipyard pale. Then it's curry night prep for later. Hurrah!
And then Tribute #9...
I decided to have a glass of my own Belgian beer.
When I tasted it I was very confused - it seems to have lost all of it’s Belgian character. In fact it tastes hoppy and a little bitter…BLOODY IDIOT! I’ve poured a Pipster Pale! It’s nice but not Belgian
When I tasted it I was very confused - it seems to have lost all of it’s Belgian character. In fact it tastes hoppy and a little bitter…BLOODY IDIOT! I’ve poured a Pipster Pale! It’s nice but not Belgian
Now that IS Belgian! Yay!
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I decided to have a glass of my own Belgian beer.
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Well...when you're doing all that table polishing it can easily happen.
When I tasted it I was very confused - it seems to have lost all of it’s Belgian character. In fact it tastes hoppy and a little bitter…BLOODY IDIOT! I’ve poured a Pipster Pale! It’s nice but not Belgian
What recipe did you use for that? I'm considering trying a small stove top AG dark stout or Stella style lager. I have a recipe for the lager but not one tied down for the Guinness style, there seems to be a lot of variation to recipes I have seen for dark stouts.
Quite a simple malt bill really
Clear choice Ale malt -70%
Flaked Barley. - 20%
Roasted Barley. -10%
Target hops for bittering to 39 IBU’s at start of boil
Yeast Nottingham
Mash at 66°c for 60 mins
Mash out 75°c for 10 mins
60 minute Boil
Fermented at 19°c 14 days
Cold crashed
Carbonated with CO2 at 5psi 7 days then 70/ 30 mixed gas at 35psi to condition and serve
Having re read your post you might want to try the ‘Genius Irish Stout kit’ by Hampstead home brew. I haven’t tried it but it has received great reviews
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In a break from my habit of the last few days I’m starting today with a porter. Lovely coffee and chocolate aroma, flavour is mostly coffee with a little chocolate.
Ah ok thank you, will add that to my watch list for later. I was looking to use thr coopers irish stout kit with a small boil addition to the kit malt extract and maybe some coffee, but open to any new ideas.
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