What are you drinking tonight 2023.

[531Man]

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Home now, so it's a tester of the newly casked Camden pale ale clone.
Not totally cleared, but clean tasting and HOPPY!

Later I did a 50:50 glass with my overly bitter but rich Kent golden bitter.
Great combo.
So sometime over the weekend I think I'll transfer the 6 1/2 L cask of the Camden into about the same in the remaining Kent golden bitter cask which is larger, to make a blended ale, which I shall dub the KCB (Kent and Camden Blend) possibly to consume on order in the Bath.

 

[Twostage]

Baltic Porter is 16 months in the bottle, I hope this gets consumed during the holidays, a bit on the sweet side for me.
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Nancy Naylor Landlady an easy drink but a little strong, methinks Timothy mashes higher than suggested.

I woke up early in the mornin', tae slake ma drouth it was ma need
I tried to rise, but was nae able, for Nancy had me by the heid
"Come on, landlady, what's the reck'nin', tell me what I have to pay"
"Fifteen shillin's is the reck'nin', pay me quickly and go away"

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I was eyeing up my last bottle of porter I made back in 2017/18 (I'll have to find out which). I made two batches, one used water from a well on a friend's farm, the other from a friend's son's water bottling plant - Marlish water (look at the level of bicarbonate - Bicarb ). I wonder if I can work out which batch it was.

Might give it a test tonight.

 

[Donegal john]

Belfast Christmas markets and shopping day

 

[Twostage]

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Big jugs.

 

[Donegal john]

Big jugs.

Didn’t know the wife was in the pic

 

[531Man]

Happy BirthDave @dave_77


Are spirits, liqueurs, and beer in addition to that?

Yes.
A big BUT.
You used to (pre Aug. '23 budget changes) be allowed to convert the 4 litres spirits/LIQUEURS or 9L Champagne into an additional 9 litres/12 bottles per person STILL wine or beer.
That is now specifically excluded.
Not every website has updated to that.
Need to know: if you go over your 18 litres/24 bottles of wine, you must pay the duty and VAT on EVERYTHING you are transporting, not just the excess.
Link:
https://www.gov.uk/bringing-goods-into-uk-personal-use/arriving-in-Great-BritainThe drinks bit:

 

[531Man]

Big jugs.

But definitely not Steins,
well not in Germany:-

German phrases native speakers never use:
We don't actually call the famous 1 litre lidded German glass beer vessel a Stein as that means “rock” in German, and comes from the ceramic use in steinzeng meaning “stoneware” or steinkrug meaning “stoneware jug”.
Say Krug, Humpen or Maß instead for glassware.
But like it says, not in Germany.

 

[Clint]

Stein is that chap that owns Cornwall.

 

[samale]

Nice pint of Beamish

 

[Clint]

Nice.

 

[SMP Brewery]

Thirsty work putting the tree up decided to have a lager.

 

[SMP Brewery]

Nice pint of Beamish

Not sure if it’s sacrilege or not but I always preferred Beamish to Guinness

 

[dlowe1992]

Not sure if it’s sacrilege or not but I always preferred Beamish to Guinness

+1 in the Beamish camp.
Although I’ve only ever had it in a few delightful bars in Cork…

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Something nice and light, Clementine Buck's Fizz.

 

[531Man]

Stein is that chap that owns Cornwall.

Wasn't sure if you meant the Duke or the Chef.
Doesn't matter really as either way, they're both Rich.

 

[Twostage]

Didn’t know the wife was in the pic

Don't think I've ever drank out of a stein. Must fix that.

 

[LesTom]

Beer Republic advent day 8. Absolute cracker of a hazy IPA.

 

[Twostage]

But definitely not Steins,
well not in Germany:-

German phrases native speakers never use:
We don't actually call the famous 1 litre lidded German glass beer vessel a Stein as that means “rock” in German, and comes from the ceramic use in steinzeng meaning “stoneware” or steinkrug meaning “stoneware jug”.
Say Krug, Humpen or Maß instead for glassware.
But like it says, not in Germany.

I should have read the rest of the thread before my previous post

 

[micklupulo]

Rather alarming wild westerly winds here in mid Wales seriously buffeting the lodge so snug inside with my part grain bitter in one of those Wye Valley glasses.

 

[SMP Brewery]

Buck's Fizz.

Good idea made one to celebrate the lights working