What are you drinking tonight 2023.

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Having a 5am Saint each out the kegerator. Jim's brew. It's super clear after standing for a little while but has a chill haze straight out the tap.

Hope everyone has a good weekend.

 

[LesTom]

Catching up with my Beer Republic advent calendar (I've been on nightshift)
Day 4 an amazing session IPA

Day 5 was a decent IPA although a wee bit too floral for my tastes.

Day 6 a cracker of a stout (not in the least Abnormal )

 

[Leon103]

Not sure what a Kirtabier is but this is wonderful

 

[dlowe1992]

Happy Friday!
This eve I kegged a full brew for the first time (well, 18ish litres) with plenty of help on here along the way. Sample tasted excellent as well

Now time for a HPA.

Ignore the background carnage. Little man is tucked up in bed

 

[Sadfield]

A continuous yes from me. Read what you will into 'transport you to the golden age of craft beer'. #itstruecrafthasbecomemicromacro

 

[YeastFace]

Took a couple of bottles off of the milk stout before I added cacao nibs and vanilla to it the other day.

Will have to brew this again without any additions as quite delicious.

 

[YeastFace]

Time for a pint of the best Irish Red @phildo79 has ever tasted! High praise mate, if you’re passing anytime soon drop in for another . After the thrashing we gave it on Saturday, I wouldn’t hang around but

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Can you bottle off Nitro, and do you fancy another swap when I make make my v3 in a month or two?

 

[Alastair70]

Can you bottle off Nitro, and do you fancy another swap when I make make my v3 in a month or two?

I have a carbed bottle to send you when I get a minute, but to me it is a very different drink. I think it’s more like an amber stout with the extra roast getting compounded by the carbonic bite. I’ll be interested to hear your thoughts when you get it through. I think @Hazelwood Brewery has bottled off nitro before, he might have an answer to the bottling question.

 

[Alastair70]

Ignore the background carnage.

What do you mean? The only thing I can see there is John Palmer.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

I have a carbed bottle to send you when I get a minute, but to me it is a very different drink. I think it’s more like an amber stout with the extra roast getting compounded by the carbonic bite. I’ll be interested to hear your thoughts when you get it through. I think @Hazelwood Brewery has bottled off nitro before, he might have an answer to the bottling question.

Yes I have. You can do it but the end result is a poor imitation of the kegged beer - it seems to lack the body and that velvety texture, and the head was also not as luxurious as when served from keg.

I’ve also tried adding a little priming sugar when bottling the nitro beer and as you might expect it just became more similar to regular carbonated beer.

 

[YeastFace]

I have a carbed bottle to send you when I get a minute, but to me it is a very different drink. I think it’s more like an amber stout with the extra roast getting compounded by the carbonic bite. I’ll be interested to hear your thoughts when you get it through. I think @Hazelwood Brewery has bottled off nitro before, he might have an answer to the bottling question.

Thank you

You changed the recipe to suit the different expression on Nitro, didn't you?

 

[YeastFace]

Having another. Perhaps I should get another fermenter and fridge. Could then do 40l batches and then split them. The kitchen is my domain

 

[dlowe1992]

What do you mean? The only thing I can see there is John Palmer.

Haha, John Palmer took up residence on the coffee table a couple of months ago and, according to my wife, receives more attention than she does…

 

[YeastFace]

Haha, John Palmer took up residence on the coffee table a couple of months ago and, according to my wife, receives more attention than she does…

Is he just sat there like this?

 

[Leon103]

A small honey porter to finish.

 

[dlowe1992]

Is he just sat there like this?

Hhmm.. less jovial. More ‘oh it went wrong? What did I tell you about skim reading?’

 

[Alastair70]

Thank you

You changed the recipe to suit the different expression on Nitro, didn't you?

Yes. The 2022 LAB recipe had a decent charge of Weyermann Red and CaraMunich II. It needed to carbonic bite to cut through the sweetness that came with them.
I pulled back on the caramel malts, doubled the roasted but went with low colour chocolate to keep the colour right. It’s a massive improvement on V1.

I still think my best Irish Red was the muppets Swedish chef style user upper brew day from a couple of years back. No water treatment, hopped with citra and fermented with S-04. It was one of the first kegs in the kegerator and it was a gem.

 

[Rodcx500z]

NZ pale and twiglets o yeah crimbo is coming

 

[Alastair70]

Night folks. Last beer is my Impy. Not as good as @Nottsbeer. Review in the autumn swap thread. Think my head is going to suffer, but I did predict that I’d be drinking Heverlee tonight.

Notts Impy

My Impy

 

[YeastFace]

Yes. The 2022 LAB recipe had a decent charge of Weyermann Red and CaraMunich II. It needed to carbonic bite to cut through the sweetness that came with them.
I pulled back on the caramel malts, doubled the roasted but went with low colour chocolate to keep the colour right. It’s a massive improvement on V1.

I still think my best Irish Red was the muppets Swedish chef style user upper brew day from a couple of years back. No water treatment, hopped with citra and fermented with S-04. It was one of the first kegs in the kegerator and it was a gem.

It's very interesting the effect dispense has on perception.

I enjoy bottled O'Hara's Red but the Nitro cans have this weird nuttiness. I believe it's the same recipe.

Bottled Guiness Extra isn't anything like the same as Draught yet it's apparently the same recipe.

I need to sort my nitro setup at some point. Sure I said it last year but will put this year's TMM vouchers towards a Nitro regulator.