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Finishing off with Talisker or two and a few slices of my favourite chocolate bar, Big Daddy. Whisky goes well with the sweet, salty, chocolate, caramel, peanut butter flavours. 😋

I do get that with one of our neighbours. They come out of their house while I’m jet washing of something - her face says “see, he can do it”, his face says “oh for fks sake!” 😂

My bitter has just kicked 😭. Now on Pirate Pale watching Oppenheimer.

Predictably perhaps I jet washed the front drive today (and washed my car) so you know I deserve this 😉. Bitter.

I jet washed my decking and paving in the back garden today so I definitely deserve a few. Bitter to start, maybe several. 🍻

😂😂. You need a couple of sheep!

Thank goodness someone else is having a beer! 😂

I cleaned my beer lines and taps today. It’s very rewarding when they are all gleaming. Shanks cleaned, taps and ball-lock disconnects cleaned and ready to re-assemble.

I tend to use Nottingham for my stouts and porters, always with the stronger versions. Liberty Bell is my choice for English bitters and pale ales. US05 is often my choice for American style ales, and of course cider 😉 Others tend to be more specific to style such as saison yeast for saisons...

I’m having this at the moment because I’m cleaning my beer lines and taps so my own beers are off-line.

Yes, happy to share the recipe but it is my first attempt so there may be some adjustment required 😉 US05 is not bad, my cider came out at 1.000 so I’m hoping all the simple sugars and a good proportion of the rest will have been fermented out - we’ll see. I did consider a saison yeast but...

I’ve chosen to not use any enzymes in my first attempt because I want to see where I end up with a large sugar addition and US05 (which normally does a good job with simple sugars).

Have you ever tried one? Have you ever brewed one?

Yesterday, after 9 days in the fermenter, I dry-hopped the Brut IPA and today I’ve dry-hopped the latest batch of Pirate Pale. I’m looking forward to these already and particularly interested in the Brut IPA because I’ve never brewed one until now.

Talisker to go with a nice piece of cherry and fruit cake. Perfect nightcap!

On to the Cabalie next. Tasty! 😋

Not been such a nice day today but the sun is shining and the rain showers have moved on leaving lots of lovely blue sky, time for a Pirate Pale.

Out for a pub lunch and drinking this. It’s not bad but is served ice cold 🥶

Lactose and regular table sugar have the same “points per pound per gallon” (US measures) which is 46. This means if you add the same weight of lactose or sucrose you will raise the gravity of your wort by the same amount. The difference is the fermentability using regular yeast...

My favourite red wine. Laithwaites have an offer on it at the moment so I just bought 12 bottles for £92 saving over £60. Result!