What are you drinking tonight 2023.

[LesTom]

Was out for a meal and had:-

Cobra washed down the Indian nicely

Then had

Beavertown Neck Oil

Finished up with Icebreaker from Greene King

 

[samale]

Big boy beer, this is nice. Brett imperial Baltic porter

 

[Alastair70]

Last beer for tonight, ‘Chimera’ my user upper APA has slotted into Tap 3 in place of the American Amber. It’s settled down quite nicely. At first taste it was a little too malt forward, but now I’m getting pink grapefruit in spades.

 

[Pennine]

Only a couple more of these, the Orval clonen from a couple years ago now.

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Having a neck oil (on the right) while Jim fancies one of my apricot ales. It needs another couple of weeks yet so I've put a ban on it now for a while

 

[SMP Brewery]

As it was a lovely day, doing pork on the Kamado so thought I’d treat myself to @samale Brett Saison that he kindly sent me. Poured a lovely colour with a nice white head, smells peppery and a tastes of oranges as well, and the Brett is in the background nice and subtle. It went down a treat.

 

[obscure]

A glass of bitter, lite carbonation, easy to drink, and a low enough ABV that means I can have a couple of pints and not struggle to get up for work tomorrow.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

To start tonight I’m treating myself to a guest beer from @Leon103 This is his 4.4% German Pilsner.

On opening the bottle I was rewarded with a short crisp hiss and then nothing happened - perfect!

You can see the beer is a lovely light golden colour and is crystal clear. Carbonation is effervescent forming a dense white long-lasting foamy head.

The aroma is initially very fresh and crisp, hop forward with a lovely fresh fruity/floral/spicy vibe almost giving the impression of sherbet. After a short while the burst of hops softens a little to allow the sweet grainy malt character to introduce itself.

The flavour is more dry than I was expecting from the aroma and the malt character is far more cracker-like. The fruity/floral/spicy hop character follows and is short-lived before the bitterness takes over. The finish is dry and has quite a prominent mineral quality, my guess is a high sulphate addition.

While writing this post, which hasn’t really taken more than a few minutes I’ve finished the beer. In the bottom of the glass is half a centimetre of white foam.

Thanks very much Leon, I enjoyed your beer very much, a great start to my Sunday evening! Cheers!

 

[Braumeister]

Last beer for tonight, ‘Chimera’ my user upper APA has slotted into Tap 3 in place of the American Amber. It’s settled down quite nicely. At first taste it was a little too malt forward, but now I’m getting pink grapefruit in spades.

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That is a good looking beer

 

[YeastFace]

Having a neck oil (on the right) while Jim fancies one of my apricot ales. It needs another couple of weeks yet so I've put a ban on it now for a while

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How are you getting on with the kegerator?

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

How are you getting on with the kegerator?

There's still no beer in it

We have two batches conditioning in the downstairs toilet but we're saving the kegerator for a festbier and a neipa. We only have two kegs atm and TMM don't have any in stock of the ones we would like. Humph lol

 

[SMP Brewery]

A new one for me, it’s ok but doesn’t do anything that hasn’t been done before.

 

[samale]

As it was a lovely day, doing pork on the Kamado so thought I’d treat myself to @samale Brett Saison that he kindly sent me. Poured a lovely colour with a nice white head, smells peppery and a tastes of oranges as well, and the Brett is in the background nice and subtle. It went down a treat.

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I forgot I sent you that

 

[Pennine]

First carbonated sample of the talus/exp1320 hazy. It's darker than I was expecting. It's better now that it's carbonated, the fruitiness is coming out. Still just a rather mundane hazy pale ale. But just as good or better than what you pay $8 a pint for these days.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

A glass of my Summer Breeze.

 

[Rodcx500z]

Pint of bitter with target and fuggles, while i sail across the atlantic to Barbados

 

[Donegal john]

Last bottle of an ipa from summer last year I found in the garage fridge. Tastes as good but aroma has faded. Think this has Sabro in it

 

[Pennine]

Trying to understand how this is an amber ale, I bought into the hype with the new recipe and wanted to have a couple of the old recipe but this is not the fat tire I remember.

 

[samale]

Trying to understand how this is an amber ale, I bought into the hype with the new recipe and wanted to have a couple of the old recipe but this is not the fat tire I remember.

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It looks like a lager

 

[Leon103]

To start tonight I’m treating myself to a guest beer from @Leon103 This is his 4.4% German Pilsner.

On opening the bottle I was rewarded with a short crisp hiss and then nothing happened - perfect!

You can see the beer is a lovely light golden colour and is crystal clear. Carbonation is effervescent forming a dense white long-lasting foamy head.
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The aroma is initially very fresh and crisp, hop forward with a lovely fresh fruity/floral/spicy vibe almost giving the impression of sherbet. After a short while the burst of hops softens a little to allow the sweet grainy malt character to introduce itself.

The flavour is more dry than I was expecting from the aroma and the malt character is far more cracker-like. The fruity/floral/spicy hop character follows and is short-lived before the bitterness takes over. The finish is dry and has quite a prominent mineral quality, my guess is a high sulphate addition.

While writing this post, which hasn’t really taken more than a few minutes I’ve finished the beer. In the bottom of the glass is half a centimetre of white foam.

Thanks very much Leon, I enjoyed your beer very much, a great start to my Sunday evening! Cheers!

Thanks for the feedback. Looks good in the glass, hope it was OK.

I will have another look at the water treatment, I don't tend to need much for the pilsner profile.