What are you drinking tonight 2024.

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Some of my own wine, in my own house

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Yay! Welcome home.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Has the cask bitter given you the inspiration to try different styles in the king kegs again. Maybe a porter or golden ale

Yes it has, I’m planning to brew a cask batch of my pirate pale next.

I still have to move the King keg into the brew shed and hook it up to the taps but I need to refit the brew shed with my new chiller first. I’ll not wait before I brew the beer though.

 

[samale]

Yes it has, I’m planning to brew a cask batch of my pirate pale next.

I still have to move the King keg into the brew shed and hook it up to the taps but I need to refit the brew shed with my new chiller first. I’ll not wait before I brew the beer though.

I am not a regular cask drinker, it's not something you see in Ireland. I really enjoy trying it when I visit Liverpool, the ship and mitre have some nice beers on hand pull. The big difference for me is mouth feel, it's soft and easy drinking. The part that takes a bit getting used to is temperature. Great in the winter maybe not so great on a hot summer's day.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

I am not a regular cask drinker, it's not something you see in Ireland. I really enjoy trying it when I visit Liverpool, the ship and mitre have some nice beers on hand pull. The big difference for me is mouth feel, it's soft and easy drinking. The part that takes a bit getting used to is temperature. Great in the winter maybe not so great on a hot summer's day.

You can cool it but you’re right, it can’t be chilled without losing much of the character of the beer.

 

[samale]

Sticking with another porter

 

[Leon103]

Just noticed the bottle selection is better so a Welsh Pale Ale by Glamorgan, which is always tasty

 

[samale]

Haven't had this in a while, it's very nice

 

[samale]

Another firm favourite

 

[Begbie]

Bought a beer kit from Wilko (aka The Range). £16.43 (kit and sugar) for "20 litres of Lager", plus I got cash back on TopCashBack. Sounds too good to be true, so I tried it. The 20 litres was a bit much for a keg, so I shorted the water slightly for 19 litres since I didn't want to bother with bottling. The ABV came up short, but no worries as kits do this.
Easy kit, but I gave the fermentation time. Kegged it, carbonated it, and now tried it. Here's the verdict:
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Pros:

• Cheap
• Easy to make
• Good for a beginning brewer
• Tremendous potential for an environmentally friendly way of killing slugs in the garden

Cons:

• Taste
• Not really a Lager
• Waste of time

3 August 2024 Edit: I filled two slug traps with this beer and left it in the garden overnight and nothing. I've caught plenty of slugs before with Corona, but even the slugs won't drink the MYO Lager

That's a shame, considering the bargain price. I brewed this using different yeast and hops from what is supplied in the box - see my post in the 'what are you brewing' thread. Mines turned out great, so it's maybe the kit yeast and hops that let it down, or the brewing equipment (I pressure fermented this one).

 

[Begbie]

A trip to the West End of Glasgow yesterday was fruitful, in that I got to visit The Cave - a beer, wine and spirits shop that stocks a great selection of beers. I bought a couple of Lervig beers but this one caught my eye. Very nice. Typical Saison aromas and flavours with some of that white wine/grape at the back.

 

[foxy]

Some of my own wine, in my own house

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Be interested to know what you paid for that, my wifes favourite.

 

[foxy]

A dozen of Coffin Bay's finest offerings for lunch with garlic bread and Worcestershire sauce, followed by a bit of hard yakka in the back paddock and a couple of Bass Pale Ale clones. I wonder what the poor people are doing?

 

[Alastair70]

Be interested to know what you paid for that, my wifes favourite.

Retails for £16.50 over here.

Pikes Rising Ground

 

[foxy]

Retails for £16.50 over here.

Pikes Rising Ground

Not that much more than it retails for over here, FTA is working. I bought some cheddar cheese infused with truffle for a reasonable price and it was bloody lovely.

 

[Alastair70]

Not that much more than it retails for over here, FTA is working. I bought some cheddar cheese infused with truffle for a reasonable price and it was bloody lovely.

I was worried you were about to tell me it was less than $10 a bottle

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Trigger from Musket Brewery.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Trigger from Musket Brewery.

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and TT Landlord

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

and TT Landlord

Yeah, I had one of those too

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Back home and having a glass of my very cold Czech lager as it’s a hot day.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Yeah, I had one of those too

I have never seen it in a pub here how does it compare to the bottled version?