What are you drinking tonight 2024.

[Druss]

My cask light ale is just a couple of days short of the four week 'sweet spot' (so I've heard, this is my first time ever doing cask beer!) so I thought I'd have a few.

Hugely impressed, there definitely is a noticeable difference between this, kegged and bottled (I did two batches of 6 gallons, four gallons of each went into the casks and the rest was split between bottles and kegs to compare the finished products).

I'm noticing the hop flavour a lot more in the cask version and it really is softer, almost silky. So glad I gave this a go, casks seemed a bit intimidating for a long time but the whole process was quick and simple and ultimately very rewarding!

 

[stubrewworx]

Sleck dust was followed by a Pennine Pacific and Bradfield Belgian Blue, now...

 

[YeastFace]

Pint of my best bitter. Has finally cleared (probably not visible in the photo). Possibly a shade darker than I wanted, but flavour wise is spot on.

Have cheated with a pocket beer engine, as no sign of my Pint365 yet.

 

[obscure]

Château Olivier Pessac-Léognan 2011 (60% Cabernet Sauvignon 40% Merlot)

An absolutely gorgeous wine this is why I find it hard to stray from Bordeaux.

 

[Caramel Ox]

Well this is what I was looking for yesterday. Has a bit of a weird taste going on. It’s not as good as my brew from last year by a long way so will go again with a similar recipe.

 

[YeastFace]

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Well this is what I was looking for yesterday. Has a bit of a weird taste going on. It’s not as good as my brew from last year by a long way so will go again with a similar recipe.

I love Andechs, but not had this one. Their beers do have (to me) a distinctive house profile which I think is the yeast, having used the White Labs strain several times.

 

[Moe]

Pint of my best bitter

Kegged it on the sixth. Had a few last weekend and it was nice enough, but it’s really come in to its own now. Best get the next batch on

 

[micklupulo]

This is from Aldi and is one of the two Williams bros beers readily available in the West Midlands though maybe there are more nearer the Scottish border. Not bad at all but for my taste their West Coast IPA is better but it would be at 5.6%!

 

[Alastair70]

Happy Friday folks.
Nitro stout, this didn’t even touch the sides, going back to pour another one.

 

[Moe]

This is from Aldi and is one of the two Williams bros beers readily available in the West Midlands though maybe there are more nearer the Scottish border. Not bad at all but for my taste their West Coast IPA is better but it would be at 5.6%!View attachment 105998

Love the Aldi beers.

A few years ago they sold the Williams Brothers Rubus grapefruit IPA- was my favourite beer.

Very different to Elvis Juice.

They don’t sell it anymore though

 

[dave_77]

Happy weekend peeps

First of the night, sounded nice..not bad at all. Would drink again. Nice and crispy with a nice citrus hop flavour and a little pine

 

[Caramel Ox]

I love Andechs, but not had this one. Their beers do have (to me) a distinctive house profile which I think is the yeast, having used the White Labs strain several times.

If I had to guess I would say it’s the pilsner malt flavour amplified by the beer strength, but I don’t know. I hadn’t thought about lager yeast flavour differences.

 

[Donegal john]

Cask bitter. Well deserved after cleaning my beer lines, kegging a Doppelbock, and replacing those pesky garden lights. I think I must have upset the gods somehow because one of our security lights has blown and you can’t get them anymore so I’ve had to buy a pair of new ones (we have two matching panels on the front of the house) AND over the last couple of days our burglar alarm has been playing up. WTF!?

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Referred to as “a ghost in the machine” in the electrical world

 

[obscure]

Wanted to see how my Yorkshire Bitter is coming along, unfortunately I have forgotten how long it takes for yeast to eat through the priming sugar when it’s 10°C in the utility room so while it seems to be a decent enough beer I can still taste the sugar, so will leave the keg for a few more weeks and try again.

 

[Alastair70]

Bad news -the keg kicked, doh!!!
Good news - I’ve got a pale from @pilgrimhudd waiting in the wings.
Beautiful beer to look at in the glass, good clarity and a tight head that lasted the whole pint.
I’ve had this hop combination once before, also from @pilgrimhudd and it’s a winner; blackberry and stone fruit blend with a nice spicy back note. Bready malts provide a balanced backbone, the moderate bitterness level is spot on.
Lovely beer, it’s cheered me up no end after emptying the last keg brewed in the current home. Thank you for sharing it

 

[Leon103]

First up, I had this from one of the supermarkets, can't remember which. Won't buy again, tastes artificial.

 

[Druss]

These were on offer in Tesco, seemed a shame not to add them to my collection.

I tried the Lasanta many years ago (before the silly looking rebranding), tasted very different then, it's much nicer now.

The triple cask is really my kinda whiskey, the bourbon cask takes heavy precedence over the other two (can't remember what they are at the moment) which is right up my street.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Referred to as “a ghost in the machine” in the electrical world

Well it’s keeping me busy at the moment!

 

[Clint]

Sleck dust by great newsome, in the snickleway, York.
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Ah...The Old Snickleway Inn! I no doubt shall visit in 3 weeks time...and The Bluebell,Market Cat,Olde Starre,Guy Fawkes,Punch Bowl...

 

[Clint]

Referred to as “a ghost in the machine” in the electrical world

Wasn't that a song or album...The Police??