What are you drinking tonight 2023.

[Jim Brewster]

Tried a St Austell Cornish Best Ale earlier
3.4% for £1.25 in Asda, it was really good for the ABV level and excellent value.

 

[Alastair70]

Cheers guys. Can now also add head retention and lacing is spot on too!

 

[Rodcx500z]

Who doesn’t like a good dunkel

 

[matt.]

Tried a St Austell Cornish Best Ale earlier
3.4% for £1.25 in Asda, it was really good for the ABV level and excellent value.
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That's a great price. Up here in Scotland there is a minimum price for alcohol, I I think it will be a little more. I'll check it out soon.

 

[matt.]

I have @pilgrimhudd kiwi pale kindly sent as a bonus swap. I’m getting a Refreshers sweets kind of aroma which is very interesting, flavour has complexity, a nice level of bitterness, very enjoyable.
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I like that writing on your bottle. What kind of pen did you use?

 

[matt.]

A honey porter to finish

Homemade? Recipe please.

 

[Rodcx500z]

This is up next a lovely beer

 

[Rodcx500z]

Last one tonight a cracker of a beer

 

[matt.]

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Classic. What's the glass?

 

[Rodcx500z]

Classic. What's the glass?

One of the kids got them for my birthday i think off amazon

 

[Leon103]

Homemade? Recipe please.

Homemade? Recipe please.

Finally got the Honey porter brewed today.
A pretty straight forward brew day in the nice walk sun, even managed to top up with the swimming pool with the warm water from the chiller - yes I did have a dip afterwards.
The HONEY malt in the recipe is the actual honey and will be added at high krausen. The honey is from a local guy that I know, it is lovely stuff.

Follow this to my recipe page. Honey instead of the honey malt. Dark malts go into the mash at mash out.

 

[YeastFace]

I wasn't going to have a mid-week drink today, but then a Fullers delivery came.

Bottled 2 weeks ago. Never had it so fresh.

2 of the vintages are for me, and 2 are gifts.

 

[Twostage]

Cali common…

 

[Twostage]

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Enjoyed these so much the full glasses didn't get a look in.
The gin was more obviously ginny than many these days. a 47%er so clearly a dutyfree purchase.
The French Sav. Blanc (c/o Sainsbury's) was great with SWMBOd's plain cooked Plaice with parsley butter.
Just watched a couple of episodes of Bodies.
Very good limited Netflix series.

We've finished bodies. Really enjoyed it. No spoilers in case your still watching. I wrote down two predictions, one was right, one was technically right (but not really).

I like ginny gin, I think my favourite is Thomas Dakin.

 

[Twostage]

A very nice pale ale from the white hag brewery View attachment 91810

I must put a new world pale ale on my do list.

 

[Twostage]

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I wanted to make a clone of this earlier in the year but when I checked their website it had conflicting information about which hops were used so I emailed them (no reply). Just checked and it looks like they've sorted it (well mainly, the tasting notes mention 3 hops but there is 4 in the hops section). Might give it a go now.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Homebrew club last night. Tonight I need to try and finish my keg of Schwarzbier because I need the keg for my new ESB.

 

[Alastair70]

Evening all. I’m having a shop bought Irish Red or two before I possibly sample my own.

 

[Alastair70]

Congratulations to No.2 son who has finally scored his first bar job. He scored the interview by mentioning home brew on the application and spent most of it talking about entering a Pils in Lager Than Life last year. (He wisely left out the part about only getting 19).

That counts as a big win for the HBF. I’m having another Smithwicks to celebrate, I really should have made him pour it for me.

 

[SMP Brewery]

Pinched on the the better half’s Lost Lager.. it’s a bit sweet but its going down so can’t really complain.