What are you drinking tonight 2023.

[Hazelwood Brewery]

A glass of my Czech Pilsner to start tonight.

 

[NormanHurst]

Old Pulteney 12yo Malt with the Haggis

 

[DocAnna]

Oh this feels a bit bad, a pint midweek - courtesy of @The-Engineer-That-Brews , this is the London bitter. It has been a bit of a full on day. For reasons that are complicated I'm going to have to spend 2 days a week for 3 months doing another role on top of all the other things I do...ho hum, I'll do my best...so I'm opening this for tonight which is in the spirit of a pause before action.

It is what I think of as gently carbonated, just a wee fizz on the tongue, which is rather nice. Tasted at 10 °C Mid caramel colour with a very slight haze, there's a soft slight caramel sweetness throughout, opens with caramelised pear and balanced bitterness and ends on the flavour of buttered digestive biscuit. Really really , not quite what I was expecting, it has far more to it than your pub bitter pint (though to be fair I'm not an expert in that field!). It's really rather lovely.

 

[dave_77]

Last one tonight. Burning Sky pale.. lovely stuff

 

[Clint]

I've had a rummage in my decaying shed and hit the jackpot!
Found the last bottle of my golden ale..and last TWO bottles of my citra SAISON! which must be about 6 months old. That's all I have left. The SAISON is rather good.
I MUST brew beer on my next day's off or I'm packing it in.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

I’m following the Pilsner with a glass of Summer Breeze. Tasty.

 

[NormanHurst]

Bottle of my Sarah Hughes-inspired Dark Mild. Brewed last spring. First one I've had in 6 months or so. It had a definite pear drop / Ethyl acetate note when young, which I put down to a stressed, underpitched fermentation. It did OK in one of the summer comps but I never really enjoyed it.

This is probably the best bottle I've had. The esters are still there but the pear drop note has definitely mellowed out. Still most of a crate left to get through, but a lesson in patience.

Don't chuck a batch out if you can give it some space and time. It might just surprise you!

 

[foxy]

Baltic Porter heading up to its first birthday, alcohol feel excellent, hop presence not so, nothing wrong in that department noble hops are like that and I prefer a hop forward ale. Can't go shoveling in Target or Challenger., wouldn't be a Baltic Porter otherwise.

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

Oh this feels a bit bad, a pint midweek - courtesy of @The-Engineer-That-Brews , this is the London bitter. It has been a bit of a full on day. For reasons that are complicated I'm going to have to spend 2 days a week for 3 months doing another role on top of all the other things I do...ho hum, I'll do my best...so I'm opening this for tonight which is in the spirit of a pause before action.

It is what I think of as gently carbonated, just a wee fizz on the tongue, which is rather nice. Tasted at 10 °C Mid caramel colour with a very slight haze, there's a soft slight caramel sweetness throughout, opens with caramelised pear and balanced bitterness and ends on the flavour of buttered digestive biscuit. Really really , not quite what I was expecting, it has far more to it than your pub bitter pint (though to be fair I'm not an expert in that field!). It's really rather lovely.

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Thanks @DocAnna - very pleased you enjoyed it: just a simple bitter :-)
Hope it helps fortify you for the coming challenge

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Exmoor gold clone

 

[samale]

Cleaned the garage earlier, found beers that must be a couple years old. True to form I didn't label them. I think this is a Brett Saison dry hopped with Amarillo and orange peel. Interesting the Brett is in the background, it tastes sweet.
I have a few more to try. I found a case of imperial stout brewed using a Saison yeast. Unfortunately they are bottle bombs.

 

[samale]

Next find is an imperial stout, well carbonated but the head fizzed away like Cola. This is actually nice, trying to remember if I added anything to this. Strong coffee aroma and dark sugar, vanilla. No harshness but you know it's packing a punch

 

[Rodcx500z]

Jester smash is good very good, I will prob never taste this at it’s best well not this keg, but I will brew it again

 

[Rodcx500z]

Having a hazy Jane

 

[Pennine]

The Chevallier bitter is addicting and it's graininess is growing on me. Time to leave the keg alone for a couple weeks.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

I was out with friends last night chugging down some Cobra as we enjoyed a nice Indian meal. Back to today and I’m enjoying a nice Best Bitter.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Now a pint of porter while I prepare some food. Time to start the weekend.

 

[dave_77]

Italian Pils to start the weekend

 

[Cheshire Cat]

My Sierra Nevada clone. At 6.7% a bit out of style hey ho.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Now a Dark Island clone.