It’s guest beer night and first up is a West Coast Amber Lager from @dave_77. I’ve been admiring this beer since the photos first appeared in this thread, and I’m very excited to get to try it.
It looks amazing in the glass, copper coloured and crystal clear, moderate to high carbonation with a steady stream of bubbles constantly refreshing a fluffy head the whole way down the pint.
Soft subtle toasted malt aromas, flavours of toasted malts and caramel. Amarillo and Loral give complimentry soft citrus hop notes to the malt flavours. It’s a well balanced beer, moderate bitterness allows the malts to shine.
Cheers mate, I think this is probably the best beer you’d sent me, but I’ll admit that I am a sucker for amber lagers and ales!
A wheat from my dwindling supply. But having got up dinner time I've been to town,a bit of DIY at home,bottled the lager and prepped everything for a brew day tomorrow. A pause before i put the bbq on.
Guest beer No.2, a Patersbier from @Caramel Ox.
It’s also brilliantly clear, well carbonated and delivers a generous long lived head. Bready malts and subtle herbal hop flavours are perfectly balanced with peppery yeast phenols. It’s crisp, dry, refreshing and dangerously drinkable.
It’s a great beer, thank you for sharing it .
PS. I remembered to include the awesome label in the photo this time
On advice from @Tess Tickle's Brewery , I found an overtone. This is lovely. A great hop taste and aroma, but slightly to bitter in the finish than I'm liking. Jolly good beer though, and very refreshing after a hard afternoon at the beach and a chippy supper.
Guest beer No.3, a bitter from @pilgrimhudd.
It’s a malty amber beer, so right up my straße . Very well made, looks great in the glass and it’s equally delicious. And, at 5% ABV it’s got the mouthfeel and body that a lot of the low 4% and under bitters lack.
Top brew mate, thank you for sending it