What are you drinking tonight?

[joel]

As a newcomer this is my first post to this thread. I'm finishing of the last of my Kiwi version of a English Best Bitter - a partial mash brew featuring local Gladfield malts and a selection of NZ hops - rakau & sticklebract.

That looks good! I brewed something similar once; a partial mash with Gladfield ale and toffee malt, late hopped with Motueka and NZ Goldings, fermented with Mangrove Jack's Newcastle Dark Ale yeast (now called Empire ale). It was a cracker.

 

[Clint]

Kegs. ...do read terrym guide to setting one up! Providing you do and get it right...dead easy on bottling day...90g of sugar and pipe it in...all done in 10 minutes!

 

[pvt_ak]

Kegs. ...do read terrym guide to setting one up! Providing you do and get it right...dead easy on bottling day...90g of sugar and pipe it in...all done in 10 minutes!

Seen a few on sale down Morrison’s - £12


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[marlon]

A Smokey Bavarian style one I brewed last winter. Must do this one again.......and as a bonus, not many of my mates are keen to drink it..! Result..! :thumb:

 

[BeerCat]

Went out and tried some Framework beers tonight. First the IPA then a 7.8% NEPIA followed buy a dark ale. Brought back a millionaires salted caremel choc stout (drinkable but not overwhelmed). Had some Japanese lager (asahi), Elvis juice (love it) and now on a Korean lager called "Hite".

 

[Clint]

....Korean stuff not that bad is it? Oh you said Hite. ..

 

[marlon]

Went out and tried some Framework beers tonight. First the IPA then a 7.8% NEPIA followed buy a dark ale. Brought back a millionaires salted caremel choc stout (drinkable but not overwhelmed). Had some Japanese lager (asahi), Elvis juice (love it) and now on a Korean lager called "Hite".

Dunno about the Korean one, but the Japanese one - Asahi - is brewed in Faversham by Shepherd Neame. I've never tried it because of that. Did it have a strange background taste like all the other SN brews?...just curious.....:)

 

[BeerCat]

I used to drink Asahi in Japan so i thought i would buy a bottle for old times sake. I did not realise it was brewed in the UK. It was ok along with the Hite but i wont buy anymore. Best beer of the night by far was Life and Death. Last of the night was a Goose IPA which was horrible, i don't remember it being like that last time i had a bottle. If i brewed that it would be down the drain, maybe it had gone bad.

 

[marlon]

My first ever clone of a Fullers ESB brewed last spring. Mmmmmmmmm.....! Will have to make this again :thumb:
Might be the extra caramel in it, but I think I prefer this to the original
Cheers
:drunk:

 

[Poochops]

Bottle of my centennial brown Ale from the recipe on here, lovely drop. Bottle of my zeitgeist clone which has got better with age, and a couple of bottles of my failed proper job clone, no overt hop flavour unlike the real thing, but it's turned out into a lovely English style pale ale which is a bonus:)

 

[ExpatBrewer]

Well, it's 5:15pm on Christmas Eve here in Kiwi land, it's hot, sunny and definitely time for a brew or three... or four... :whistle:

This is actually my first attempt at a Dubbel, modeled on, though not intended as a clone, of a Leffe Brune. As it happens I was at a local Belgian Bar last night and sampled the Leffe Dark. The only difference I could really pick between my version and theirs is that mine is better!


It's a partial mash featuring a 2kg mash of Gladfield base malt - lager light, along with their shepherds delight, medium crystal and light chocolate malts - and hopped with Waimea. Fermented with Fermentis BE-256 Abbaye yeast.

Here in NZ in our timezone we're always first to see the new day, so cheers and have a great Christmas wherever in the world you are! ::::

 

[MickDundee]

I had 3 last night:

Secret Santa swap - verdict and pics to go in Steve’s thread later

Lindemans Faro - This was my first non-fruit lambic. I believe the Faro is “back sweetened” with Candi sugar so thought it was a decent starting point before delving into unsweetened, unflavoured lambics. Enjoyed it, it was a little sweet but less cider-like than the only other non-fruit sour beer I’ve ever had (a Thronbridge one I had in the summer, didn’t enjoy it very much). It’s definitely made me want to try more lambic beers.

An early sampler of my less than 2 weeks in the bottle APA - I’ve put the rest in the shed to condition, out of sight out of mind. This is a triumph. The aroma is less than I’d hoped for (especially since I bought Simcoe specifically for the dry hop - otherwise it’s “single hop” Falconers Flight) but flavour wise is spot on what I had hoped - very hoppy but well balanced with a malty backbone from the Vienna and crystal.

 

[Welsh123]

I¨m drinking a LOVE BREWING Kentish Bitter its lovely .
I have a Muntons Smugglers Ale Fermenting and another Kentish Cabonating in Kegs and bottles.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year .
Keep Brewing

 

[stevey]

I'm settled for the evening and drinking one my beers: West coast IPA 8.1%, and chasing it with a generous glass of Laphroaig. Only had a couple and it's definitely warming my cockles.:party:
Merry Christmas everybody:

 

[stigman]

I'm avin a few of my latest DIPA'S. But Santa the lucky sod is getting a westvleteren 12 to wash his mince pie down. I'm so jealous.

 

[sdt7618]

Tonight santa is having a small bottle of leffe blond.

 

[Leon103]

As is tradition I have been on the belgian beer whilst assembling kitchens etc

Duval triple hop - citra
Rochfort 6

 

[GerritT]

Tonight is a good night after spending the best part of the day with family-in-law, after having returned home to pop open an Mooie Nel Clone. Hopefully still as fresh as the first ones I tried.

 

[Ajhutch]

I'm sure nothing can go wrong with this plan. At 12.30 on Christmas Day as the dinner is cooking I've cracked open the 9% ABV East v West RIS I won on @dad_of_jon latest competition. It's so tasty, a really complex beer with berry and fruit malt flavours and a hint of spicy/peppery character. Bravo sir and thanks for sending it!


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[strange-steve]

I'm avin a few of my latest DIPA'S. But Santa the lucky sod is getting a westvleteren 12 to wash his mince pie down. I'm so jealous.

How did santa enjoy his Westy?