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  1. clib

    Brupak Colne Valley Bitter

    Never brewed it but it sounds like there's a yeast issue. I don't know if the yeast has changed in any way but maybe it's down to the how the kit is stored by the seller. Perhaps sales have slowed and the kits are older when you get them. It would cost more to buy a replacement yeast but could...
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    Russia vs UK

    The 2024 World Happiness Report is now out, and sees the UK slipping one place to 20th and Russia is down two places to 72nd. https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2024/
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    Russia vs UK

    The 2023 World Happiness Report placed the UK 19th and Russia 70th. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/how-happy-are-brits-world-report_uk_64186cbde4b01ea5cd8f448b
  4. clib

    Meanbrews analysis of winning Old Ale recipes

    An English Old Ale with Munich, Aromatic and Special Roast malts. 🤔 Do people make the Meanbrew recipes and report back?
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    New Fresh Ale category claimed

    Sorted.
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    New Fresh Ale category claimed

    "Keg ale" ! Or just take it off hand pulls, like Sam Smith's does...
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    New Fresh Ale category claimed

    The places in Manchester where I drink cask seem to sell it quickly enough. Fresh ale could work for places where that isn't the case. Instead of saying "brewery conditioned" on the pumps, why can't they put "filtered keg ale". Be totally honest about it.
  8. clib

    New Fresh Ale category claimed

    That's not arguing for one thing though is it? One form of English ale. I was just agreeing with Camra's assertion that fresh ale should be served from keg taps to provide a clear distinction because hand pulls are so strongly associated with cask ale. But I also said "I think", because I'm not...
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    New Fresh Ale category claimed

    I've no idea how you construe that sentence to be arguing for one thing tbh. I am undecided on this matter and am only discussing it to get my head round it. I can see the value of the fresh ale idea. I also like cask conditioned ale and I would like it to remain widely available, in a format...
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    New Fresh Ale category claimed

    Things evolve, things disappear.
  11. clib

    New Fresh Ale category claimed

    Yes I'm not trying to argue for one thing. But I think the value of cask conditioning is perhaps under appreciated. My feeling is that I like English ales, I want them widely available, and I'd like to be able to get cask conditioned versions, but fresh ale sounds good for situations where cask...
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    New Fresh Ale category claimed

    I think they do still use the term real ale. And this isn't a discussion about terminology, it's simply about what is the best way to produce and serve British ales, in a format that maximises quality at the point of delivery and also maximises demand.
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    New Fresh Ale category claimed

    I'll be interested to check out fresh ale, to see how it compares. I hope the kegs are multi use. I also like how cask creates its own CO2. I chatted to the owner of Marble brewery a few years ago and she was very enthusiastic about cask ale, they put a large proportion of their beer in cask...
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    New Fresh Ale category claimed

    There's likely to be a difference to the cask style you put through your beer engine and the fresh ale produced by Carlsberg Marston's. One crucial difference will be the removal of yeast by Carlsberg owned breweries. It may well not be the only difference.
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    New Fresh Ale category claimed

    They won't call it real ale because it doesn't fit the accepted definition of real ale so they would open themselves up to accusations of cultural appropriation and dishonesty. I think.
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    New Fresh Ale category claimed

    New gadgets are different from new processes!
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    Opinions: Do you leave your whole hops in the fermenter?

    I always remove the kettle hops before fermentation. But nowadays I hop most of my beers very simply, start of the boil for bittering and to guard against infection, and then a hop tea when I bottle the beer. I don't make American IPAs. So not a lot of hops go in the kettle anyway. And none in...
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    New Fresh Ale category claimed

    We could but I much prefer cask served through a hand pull myself, and suspect quite a few people do.
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    New Fresh Ale category claimed

    Same as from a corny if the corny beer has been filtered. That doesn't happen to me often these days but where it does happen, pubs need a solution for sure. Cask breathers would be a good shout I reckon.
  20. clib

    New Fresh Ale category claimed

    Almost certainly, but not on the internet.
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