What are you drinking tonight 2020.

[Rodcx500z]

This is a debate no one can win, I brew ale for pleasure, mainly bitters and ipa's pale ale but, I will still buy something that takes my fancy even at huge cost mainly porters and stouts I don't like stuff that freeze the senses, in a pub I will go for bitter ,pale ale, ipa at 3 or 4 quid ago, these are the bread and butter of most brewerys I can brew these at home for a third or less of the cost I brewed 80 pints of bitter not long back cost 27p a pint, so each to their own I say, yep I was brought up on bitter proper boddintons, greenhall whitley , and the like

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

This is a debate no one can win, I brew ale for pleasure, mainly bitters and ipa's pale ale but, I will still buy something that takes my fancy even at huge cost mainly porters and stouts I don't like stuff that freeze the senses, in a pub I will go for bitter ,pale ale, ipa at 3 or 4 quid ago, these are the bread and butter of most brewerys I can brew these at home for a third or less of the cost I brewed 80 pints of bitter not long back cost 27p a pint, so each to their own I say, yep I was brought up on bitter proper boddintons, greenhall whitley , and the like

For me it was Tartan, party 7! It was only a matter of time before I decided to take matters into my own hands

 

[Dutto]

Right so you've got this £15 a pint beer...where if anywhere can you start to brew something at home to get anything like?

Sorry, but you've got me stumped.

I started out thinking that sprinkling in a sheet of edible 24 carat gold leaf into each bottle would do the trick, but then I discovered that a whole sheet of edible 24 carat gold leaf would only cost £2.53 so I would still get about five pints for my £15.

Bugger!

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[strange-steve]

Right so you've got this £15 a pint beer...where if anywhere can you start to brew something at home to get anything like?

Not much info about it on their website, just this:
"The result of 2 tonne grain bill, 12 hour boil, and a long slumber in our new tanks, Mile Zero is our most ambitious impy to date. Full of delicious caramel. Not to be missed"
But if you've ever tried making a really strong beer you'll know that it takes more time, effort, ingredients etc.

I don't think it's fair to call it a £15 a pint beer, it wasn't sold by the pint nor is it intended to be drunk by the pint. How much is a pint of scotch in a pub?

 

[Dutto]

.............. How much is a pint of scotch in a pub?

Er ... "Apples and Oranges"?

Whisky normally has an ABV of 40% which incurs a massive amount of tax.

If the ABV of the £15 a pint brew comes anywhere near 40% they should be charging much more!

 

[strange-steve]

I think you missed my point. We don't price spirits by the pint because that's not how they're intended to be consumed. A 15% imperial stout is not intended to be consumed in the same way as a 4% bitter, in my eyes it's much more comparable to a whisky, designed to be sipped and savoured.

 

[Clint]

I "get" the implications of more time,effort, ingredients,getting it right etc comes at a price but at £7.50 a half it is £15 a pint....like two costs £30.
Anyway...why are they boiling the **** out if it for 12 hours? Not 1g of Magnum obviously....
And...do they give samples in the pub?

 

[strange-steve]

but at £7.50 a half it is £15 a pint....like two costs £30.

I understand the maths, but by pricing in such a way you're comparing to something very different. That was my point earlier, we don't price spirits by the pint for obvious reasons.

Anyway...why are they boiling the a**e out if it for 12 hours? Not 1g of Magnum obviously....

Possibly for some flavour effect but more likely to concentrate the wort, it'd be difficult to get a high enough OG from a 60 min boil because extraction efficiency tends to drop as the grain bill increases.

And...do they give samples in the pub?

Yes they do but I didn't ask for one.

 

[Clint]

:hat:

 

[Winterbournebrewery]

some triple hopped ipas can have 30grams of dry hops per litre, minimum for a start ! then you can have massive grain bills.These beers are not cheap to make + then you have the duty / overheads etc etc etc !!

at the end of the day its up to you , live & let live I say. I have drunk extremely rare cognacs & single malts at crazy prices in my yoof. Some of these beers are small batch one offs as well. If you can afford it who cares

 

[Dutto]

Okay Come on now, we've had our fun and time to get back to the real Thread.

For @strange-steve my only bit of advice is (surprisingly?) not as my Mum used to tell me "A fool and his money are soon parted." it's what an old Boss told me, which is "When you are in a hole, stop digging!" If you check my first reply you will see a small element of tongue in cheek humour!

Enjoy your evening tipple. After the plumber has been (*) I will be sampling the first pint of a new Bitter.


(*) Ha! Plumber!

This morning I was wakened up by two young ladies knocking on my door! This isn't something that happens very often (like "never"!), but before I could think my luck had changed, one of them said "Do you know that water is pouring out of your overflow at the side of the house?"

The reply was obviously "No!" so having discovered that what they had reported was true I shut off the main tap and phoned for a plumber. We have been surviving on water from the hot tap all day and waiting on the plumber to arrive since about noon.

What makes this so galling is that I always did my own plumbing (including plumbing in a house that we built) before getting my new knees; and no-one ever suggested that I paid myself the amount of money that a plumber charges nowadays!

 

[Masson]

Some punk ipa and elvis juice tonight just took delivery of mj' s pink grapefruit ipa kit so going to have a brewday tomorow.

 

[Dutto]

Well, the plumbers been and apparently the float-valve that controlled the mains-water into the header tank had fallen off! While he was here, the lad fitted new float valves to both the main and central heater header tanks and also checked that all the central heating radiators were purged (at SWMBO's request!). I'm short of a couple of hundred quid which, according to SWMBO was "worth it".

In response I am drinking the first of a batch of Wilko Hoppy Copper Bitter which was only kegged eight days ago! It looks and tastes superb so now I have to decide whether or not to save it for France in April or brew another one! Decisions, decisions!

 

[strange-steve]

This, rather lovely and only £1.70 from Lidl so maybe @Dutto will approve

 

[Winterbournebrewery]

Bit risky on a school night but a good ipa by Barrier brewing ‘Tanto’ . Sharp & the citrus sings hazy but not quite what I’m looking for. At 6 quid a tin it’s overpriced but still a good well executed ipa by an exciting US brewer. 7.1%.

 

[Winterbournebrewery]

This, rather lovely and only £1.70 from Lidl so maybe @Dutto will approve cracking solid wheat beer for £1.70 bargain. Had many a bratwurst with that bad boy.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Not so much drinking as having a taste tonight of my Belgian style ale.

I’m testing the quality (of course!) because I don’t tend to drink this often or in quantity.

You’ll all be relieved I’m sure to hear it’s still beautiful I’ve even let the head settle and taken the photo at a jaunty angle.

 

[Winterbournebrewery]

Btw Barrier brewing did a colab with Dream Theatre ! Now that is a colab

 

[strange-steve]

Btw Barrier brewing did a colab with Dream Theatre ! Now that is a colab

What, the band??

 

[Winterbournebrewery]

Yep The band !