What are you drinking tonight 2021?

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Yeah you get fruity flavoured hot sauces so why not?!

 

[obscure]

Finally managed to get my first brew of 2021 on today. A St Peters cream stout kit tweaked with 3.5l of cafetiere coffee, 350g lactose and a 100g of 90% chocolate. Omitted the packet of hops.
Celebrating with the third last bottle of my previous St Peters cream stout kit.
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That sounds rather good, do you just pour the coffee straight in alongside the malt extract?

 

[lupinehorror]

after a few katys i'm on a half pint of my barley wine which i kegged yesterday. 10.9%. doesn't at all taste like that strong a bevvy. only a 12L brew and one bottle is getting sent out to another forumite. must ration the rest.

 

[Clint]

After the pilsner Ive drank the dregs from bottling the Guinness clone. Now it's a two week bottled Summer Breeze...debloodybeautiful!

 

[StoutWolf]

Just tapped into a mini keg of a Woodforde's NOG kit that's been sat at 8 psi for a week. It's as close to a real ale as I've had in the 11 months since I was last in a pub.

 

[obscure]

after a few katys i'm on a half pint of my barley wine which i kegged yesterday. 10.9%. doesn't at all taste like that strong a bevvy. only a 12L brew and one bottle is getting sent out to another forumite. must ration the rest.

Although it sounds counter intuitive I have found kegging strong ales to be really beneficial as means you can draw off a small glass. I find a third of barley wine can be a nice way to finish an evening.

As for what I’m drinking a pint of my GW Top Dog Stout Clone (actually my second)


This finished at 1.011 and comes in at 4.5% it is slightly sweet but has a nice flavour from the roasted barley just a good session stout.

 

[StoutWolf]

That sounds rather good, do you just pour the coffee straight in alongside the malt extract?

Yep that's what I did, tested it with a can of Murphys as a substitute for the St Peters and 1:5 seemed a good spot to give a nice coffee roastiness. So ended up with a bit less than 4 in a 20l brew.
350g of lactose was a slight increase on what I used last time and 100g of 90% was based on a recommendation on here...
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[dave_77]

Started the night with @Leon103 pilsner V3. Very tasty Lager herbal hop aroma. Head is still covering the beer and I have been drinking it for nearly an hour and it's very clear with good carbonation. Nice bready malt flavour , crisp with good bitterness . Lemony/herbal hop flavour. Really enjoyed it cheers for sending with the Brew off DIPA

 

[Leon103]

Started the night with @Leon103 pilsner V3. Very tasty Lager herbal hop aroma. Head is still covering the beer and I have been drinking it for nearly an hour and it's very clear with good carbonation. Nice bready malt flavour , crisp with good bitterness . Lemony/herbal hop flavour. Really enjoyed it cheers for sending with the Brew off DIPAView attachment 42216

Very clear seeing that it only landed on your doorstep this morning. Slowly getting used to my counter flow filler

 

[Donegal john]

An innis and Gunn “blood red sky” rum barrel aged red ale. More brown than red but bloody lovely.

 

[LesTom]

First beer for over a week, the rather fantastic Double or Nothing

 

[LesTom]

An innis and Gunn “blood red sky” rum barrel aged red ale. More brown than red but bloody lovely.

Aye that's a cracker

 

[chrisb8]

Another one from Cellar Head brewery. It's nice but to be honest I've got a keg of pale ale that tastes pretty much the same in the shed

 

[StoutWolf]

This next for me... I love the roasty, slightly nutty flavour with the soft mouth feel.

 

[Clint]

Stopped at the bottle shop in town today...

 

[Leon103]

Sabro brown porter that I kegged earlier. Hoping for more sabro punch.

 

[dave_77]

Very clear seeing that it only landed on your doorstep this morning. Slowly getting used to my counter flow filler

Your beer and @dan125 s last night were both nicely carbonated and in good condition so seems to be a good purchase

 

[dan125]

Cracking Belgian ipa from @dave_77 :hat:
Another one with just the right amount of Belgian character.
A little floral with decent but not assertive bitterness.
Great balance

 

[Clint]

I'm drinking a Tenby Brewery Hammerhead DDHIPA...I can honestly say my Summer Breeze is better.

 

[dan125]

Followed by a not so great spitfire - gifted from an old boy down the road