What are you drinking tonight.

[An Ankoù]

It's Friday evening. I spent the morning trying to track my new mobile phone with GLS, who seem to have lost it, the useless craunts, and lunchtime and all the afternoon trying to sort out tax issues with booking companies who really don't want to don't want to lift a finger for the exorbitant fees they take. The whole thing's got rite up my passage (ie blow-off tube) I can tell you.

The real question is what am I NOT going to drink tonight. No water, no tea, no coffee.
I'm going to start with a couple of pints of red to take the edge off my caution and them really hammer anything with hops in it.

 

[Ajhutch]

Their dark side of the moose is a super session beer IMO.

Yes I’ve had that before. The mother in law tends to make sure it’s pale/amber stocked for when we’re here rather than dark beers though. I’ve never had cause to complain!

 

[Brewed_Force]

I'll be having a Vienna lager followed by a Father Hooks bitter, whilst trying to find something decent to watch on Netflix.

 

[BeerCat]

Nothing at the moment but I will be caning some red Lager as soon as I get home.

 

[dan125]

Happy birthday Dan! You’re in good company, it’s my son’s 4th birthday today. More beers bought by my mother in law today, nice bitter from Thomas Watkins brewery in Swansea.

Thanks mate.
Hope you're having a couple of those bitters to celebrate.

 

[dan125]

Next up is Verdant Don't Tell Gus! Which at just over £7 is, I think, the most expensive can I've ever bought.
Packaged a month ago its intense hoppiness and quite rich at 8%, but so smooth and soft.

 

[Ginger_NutZ]

7 months and I've taken a step back ( should read these forums more)

Its a Woodfordes Admiral Reserve ( my goto norm ) but I've added Wilco enhancer + medium spraymalt with new addition 25w aquarium heater ( it nearly blew my airlock off)

it tastes bad, am adding lemonade, SG 1085 FG 1020. 17 litres on a 16 litre 2 can pack.

Ignore the Bradfield Brewery Belgium Blue beer mat, that is my ambition.

 

[Ajhutch]

Their dark side of the moose is a super session beer IMO.

Look what I just found

 

[Richie_asg1]

Another wheat beer -

Blue Moon 5.4% ABV, and "Brewed with orange peel". Obviously the hops were just not citrusy enough for this one. Well carbed but less head than I expected from the wheat, but what it had stayed. Very citrus and I like this one, so maybe that is the way to go on these? Tasted more of lemon or tangerine than typical orange squash taste. Medium bodied from the wheat probably and pretty good. Would be happy to buy this again.

 

[strange-steve]

Fransikaner is the most tasteless of the easy to get hold of wheats.

I actually really like Franziskaner, I had one last night after a long day and it really hit the spot.

 

[An Ankoù]

Yes I’ve had that before. The mother in law tends to make sure it’s pale/amber stocked for when we’re here rather than dark beers though. I’ve never had cause to complain!

I love Mws Piws. Cwrw Eryri being my favourite, but they've never brewed a bad'n imho.

 

[Beersort]

St Austell’s ‘Sayzon’ quite like it - tastes nicer as the glass warms up actually.

 

[Leon103]

Look what I just found

Nearly picked one up from spar just for this thread. But thought better of it.

Instead drinking my latest neipa.

 

[DavieC]

Working our way down the menu!

 

[GerritT]

The Kent/ Bruges crossover Tripel that was the first ever recipe I somewhat ambitiously concocted myself shortly after taking up the hobby last year. I had kind of given up on this but do you know what, a year in and it is finally showing some promise. With a year's more experience under my belt I would say that there were probably some 'hot' alcohol flavours originally and also I reckon I Maillarded {new verb} the wort. Also no head to speak of at all. But I'm enjoying it and tha'ts all that matters (which is just as well as there is another 30 to get through).
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That's the same thing that was wrong in my tripel: lack of head. But I got the advice to tilt the bottles until they're on the side (or the crate, I guess that's easier) and then put them back up again after a few days. To get the yeast floating again. That might help with building up just that extra bit of co2.

 

[prog99]

I actually really like Franziskaner, I had one last night after a long day and it really hit the spot.

Same here, particularly the dunkelweissen.

 

[cushyno]

Going for it tonight. It's been a testing week.

• Car written off due to cambelt failure.
• Legs feel like wooden posts after last weekends stupid amount of running.
• Getting nowhere fast at work as usual.

So far it's been:

1. Vienna IPA - "Marchin' Juice"
2. Marstons Pedigree
3. My own Atlantic Bitter
4. GH Dunkelweizen

Just heading out to the cellar to retrieve...
A Kolsch and another IPA.

 

[Clint]

A poor week...
Sorry about your car... If we were meant to do all that running we'd have four legs...as for work...if there's someone higher paid it's their problem...
Enjoy your beers...I'm having none tonight...had 4 nights off it as managed to wangle a block of days instead of 2+2 so get a full 4 off starting Sunday. Booked an early dart tomorrow as me and the Mrs is stepping out...

 

[ryderkellan]

Westmalle dubbel and then a Banks' bitter. Is it wrong I enjoyed the Banks more?

 

[dad_of_jon]

Look what I just found

you are one really lucky bu***er