Just to share with you my pretty fine day. Lying in my hammock "testing it" with a nice ginger and chilli cider on the hottest day of the year. Any other homebrewers here?
Hammocks and homebrew. Worse ways to spend a day
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Surprisingly refreshing. Only coming off at about 2.8% but loads of flavour. Like a firey ginger beer
Give me a can of lager and I wouldn't use it to cool my feet. Hand me a bottle of decent ale and you'll have my full attention. I do a few none alcoholic "brews" like dandelion and burdock and my lasses favourite ovingham champagne. It's made from foraged berries herbs and flowers from whittle Dean in ovingham. Nothing finer on a hot day. Less than .5% alcohol so even the ankle biter can have a sip!
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Could you not be tempted by one of my smoked stout infused pickled eggs? Lol. My missus makes me eat them in the kitchen she can't even stand the smell
Aye I think many people see them like that. My grandmother is German and pickles EVERYTHING so I suppose it's a childhood trauma that turned out to be an adult treat. Although I still loathe sauerkraut
I do all my own brews from 4 ingredients. I tend to go for light session ales and the hoppier the better.
The homebrew kit is all in the loft though so a brew day is a big commitment. Best on a cold day if you ask me. Save the drinking for days like thisun.
The homebrew kit is all in the loft though so a brew day is a big commitment. Best on a cold day if you ask me. Save the drinking for days like thisun.
Ginger and chilli sounds ace, I like my beer around 8-9%, but I'm quite happy to drink old Jamaica or Goslings ginger beer lemonade .. even without a bottle of Ray & Nephew Rum.
I just took the last bag of sloe berries out of the freezer on Sunday, anything over a week old is vintage in my book.
I just took the last bag of sloe berries out of the freezer on Sunday, anything over a week old is vintage in my book.
I have a few simple standard ales and porters I like to make. But I'm the past few years have been making some out there brews. Some amazing and some not so. I'm more a dark beer man personally. My local pub landlord is saving me some yeast from a barrel of titanic plumb porter so that's the next one I feel
Ginger and chilli sounds ace, I like my beer around 8-9%, but I'm quite happy to drink old Jamaica or Goslings ginger beer lemonade .. even without a bottle of Ray & Nephew Rum.
I just took the last bag of sloe berries out of the freezer on Sunday, anything over a week old is vintage in my book.
Brewdog has some really nice stronger beers. I don't mind the odd one but I wouldn't call them an all night drink. I reccomend sink the Bismarck if you like a VERY strong ale.
Wray and nephew is savage stuff that's for cleaning brushes man! Although my home distilled... Water. Is very good lol
Just done my first all grain brew a month or so ago. I did a Heather ale for a Scottish friends wedding celebrations. Turned out alright and will only get better with a bit of age. Funnily enough I've just decided to start pickling eggs too! I was given some salt and vinegar flavour pork scratchings in a kilner-style jar. The scratchings lasted about 24hrs and I was left with the jar and I thought it's perfect for pickled eggs! I love em, always got one from the chippy when I was young, and a jar of mussels.
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Just done my first all grain brew a month or so ago. I did a Heather ale for a Scottish friends wedding celebrations. Turned out alright and will only get better with a bit of age. Funnily enough I've just decided to start pickling eggs too! I was given some salt and vinegar flavour pork scratchings in a kilner-style jar. The scratchings lasted about 24hrs and I was left with the jar and I thought it's perfect for pickled eggs! I love em, always got one from the chippy when I was young, and a jar of mussels.
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Heather ale sounds like a very interesting tipple. I ha e a couple of 5 gallon batches on at the moment, banana bread ipa and an orange and corriander wheat beer. Both recommended to me by mates. I love a pickled egg with a pint I have to admit. And I'm not adverse to a bar of mussels either! Have a crack at infusing them with beer it comes out really well. Cheddar valley cider I've found to work the best
Sink the Bismarck, Ill look out for that one. Wray and Nephew yeah 63% it ain't shy stuff, cant get the original 150 proof anywhere, probable just as well. If you like a fine rum try Pyrat a stunningly smooth rum. There is a brewery up here that makes Heather Ale called Fraoch Scot's Gaelic word for Heather and very nice to, it's got brewed in Scotland since 2000BC on the bottle.
Quick story for you , just up the hill from here a old woman used to make tatte shaw wine, when asked if it was any good she said "yea the postie crashed his van" "wine", sound's more like Vodka to me. all the best Bro...
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