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Always dependable
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One of the best. Hard to beat this beer and my recent clone attempt will not come close I suspect !!

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From personal experience, my good friend, all you need is patience and you can make a beer easily, if in a time consuming approach, that will put the commercial version in a "cocked hat", if that be your vernacular. Strong Porters beg for the long conditioning times that beer separated from their yeast cannot possibly accommodate.
 
Couldn't resist a taster of my first proper dark beer, an American stout which I barrelled five days ago.
A Chinook Porter made with pale ale,wheat,chocolate, special B and carapils malts and generously dry hopped.
Yum, this has real depth of flavour and smells fantastic, will try and leave it to condition for a while now.
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Next up is a bretted saison from @dave_77
Lovely, crisp and dry. Perfect carbed. Not overly beer flavours and a slight hint of lemon from the hops.

This is straw yellow and nearly clear but photo looks orange.

I am doing a Belgian pale next and thought about adding some orval dregs to a few bottles. Any tips welcome.
 

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From personal experience, my good friend, all you need is patience and you can make a beer easily, if in a time consuming approach, that will put the commercial version in a "cocked hat", if that be your vernacular. Strong Porters beg for the long conditioning times that beer separated from their yeast cannot possibly accommodate.
Waxing lyrical tonight Mr Slid ;)
 
Time to get on the dark beers.

An American brown from @dave_77 again.

I rarely see these to buy commercially but when I do have one I really like them, and this is no different. Lovely beer, nice hoppy flavour and a sweet brown malt coming through. Need to add one of these to the future brew list. I really like what simcoe does in this beer. How much hopage went into it?
 

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Next up is a bretted saison from @dave_77
Lovely, crisp and dry. Perfect carbed. Not overly beer flavours and a slight hint of lemon from the hops.

This is straw yellow and nearly clear but photo looks orange.

I am doing a Belgian pale next and thought about adding some orval dregs to a few bottles. Any tips welcome.
I'm having one too🍺
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I'm glad the Brett came through subtly, it's only been just over a month in the bottle but I moved it from warm conditioning to the fridge after 30 days as I was happy with the Brett character ( I think that helps to slow it down).
This is only the 2nd bottle conditioned Brett beer I have done and followed the same route on both. I tried to to pick a base yeast that had a good chance of getting to 1.005 FG or below. I did use priming sugar to get to an estimated 2.4-2.5 volumes and then hoped the Brett wouldn't take above 3.5 volumes. I didn't make a starter with the dreggs, just added 3 ml to each bottle. The FG of the base beer finished at 1.003 and I'm sure I read somewhere that for each gravity point can contribute 0.5 vol CO2 so i tried to use heavier bottles or plastic that could cope with 3.5vol(possibly 🤞🏼). I also read this blog Bottle Conditioning with Brett - Belgian Single suggested that Brett takes a while to chew up any available sugars and after a year carbonation hadn't changed much.
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Time to get on the dark beers.

An American brown from @dave_77 again.

I rarely see these to buy commercially but when I do have one I really like them, and this is no different. Lovely beer, nice hoppy flavour and a sweet brown malt coming through. Need to add one of these to the future brew list. I really like what simcoe does in this beer. How much hopage went into it?
I have put this off for too long.
@Leon103 pulled out a bottle of @dave_77 American Brown earlier. So I had to do it.
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A slight hiss when opening the bottle, so a careful pour to ensure all the fizz didn't disappear in the head. My ability to recognise smells needs some practice, though I'm sure I could detect a hint of vanilla or almond in the aroma. The thin tan head clung on for a few swigs before dissipating, but the tingle of co2 stayed till the end of the glass.

Slightly sweet with a medium body perfectly balancing the bitterness and hop flavour. The malt in this American brown is darker and richer than I expected, bordering on porter territory. The brown malt is there though you have to go looking for it as it is seamlessly part of the whole rather than a separate flavour.

The alcohol has a presence that plays well with the sweetness to make a rounded feel in the mouth before the subtle bitterness follows and leaves you with a sensation of dryness.

I really enjoyed this. It sort of reminds me of more hoppy drier version of JW Lees Moonraker. Send me one of these every Friday night and I'd be a happy man. Thanks @dave_77 , I enjoyed that.
 
Time to get on the dark beers.

An American brown from @dave_77 again.

I rarely see these to buy commercially but when I do have one I really like them, and this is no different. Lovely beer, nice hoppy flavour and a sweet brown malt coming through. Need to add one of these to the future brew list. I really like what simcoe does in this beer. How much hopage went into it?
Cheers mate.. it had about 100g dry hop split between Simcoe & Galena in 17 litre batch
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I have put this off for too long.
@Leon103 pulled out a bottle of @dave_77 American Brown earlier. So I had to do it.
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A slight hiss when opening the bottle, so a careful pour to ensure all the fizz didn't disappear in the head. My ability to recognise smells needs some practice, though I'm sure I could detect a hint of vanilla or almond in the aroma. The thin tan head clung on for a few swigs before dissipating, but the tingle of co2 stayed till the end of the glass.

Slightly sweet with a medium body perfectly balancing the bitterness and hop flavour. The malt in this American brown is darker and richer than I expected, bordering on porter territory. The brown malt is there though you have to go looking for it as it is seamlessly part of the whole rather than a separate flavour.

The alcohol has a presence that plays well with the sweetness to make a rounded feel in the mouth before the subtle bitterness follows and leaves you with a sensation of dryness.

I really enjoyed this. It sort of reminds me of more hoppy drier version of JW Lees Moonraker. Send me one of these every Friday night and I'd be a happy man. Thanks @dave_77 , I enjoyed that.
Glad you enjoyed it. I forgot you had that one😂
 
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