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Love it... Although I have an empire in my hand...literally
Tonight I am mostly drinking............
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Love it... Although I have an empire in my hand...literally
Woodfordes Nog is a really nice kit beer too. I'm on about my 3rd batch of that now. Needs a good 2 months in the bottle though I've found. I was going to start a thread on what beer kits people recommend actually...
Black Tower at the weekend then
Funnily enough Madam and I enjoyed a bottle of Mateus a little while ago. We went the whole hog with a prawn cocktail starter followed by steak and chips. 70's food at its best
I want to find those bottles of Chianti with the raffia on them so I can make drippy candles like they used to have in the bistros.
Back on topic, tonight I shall mostly be drinking...a couple of bottles of Old Speckled Hen.
I'm cooking Pork in cider tonight so a dry crisp white wine with the meal and maybe a drop or two of Calvados after
I do not know about tonight but just come back, to work, from a lunch time jollie to the pub were I enjoyed a couple of jars of T.E.A. (brewed by the hogsback brewery) quite nice but not a patch on good old Wherry from the Woodfordes brew house!
Coopers Traditional Draught on tap at the moment. First shot at it, it's a bit yeastier than I usually go for. Quite close to what my normal recipe generaly turned out like when I was using malt extract and boiling hops(before I discovered the joys of dozens of kits to choose from).
Then it'll be Muntons Smuggler's Reserve(or Somalian Pirate Brew as my mate Craig calls it) Pretty nice dark ale - a touch hoppy for my taste but only a touch and only for the first pint - nothing that's stopped me brewing it for about the fourth time.
...a Tom Caxton Ale to follow. New one I've not tried before.
...and a Cooper's Sparkling Ale to follow that. Lovely pint - closest I've found so far to Deuchars IPA(which I'm rather fond of). The Cooper's Sparkling has become my staple - make it every three or four batches.
[Edit] - that's the order of the batches, not what I'm planning on drinking tonight.
Next on the go will be a St Peter's Ruby Ale - another I've never tried but have tried the rest of their range and they were all well tasty.
On the cider side there's just under two gallons of Finlandia left(last brew was just right, this one turned out a little sweet) then there'll be a wee wait until the Black Rock that's in the bin at the moment is ready. Black Rock's not my personal favorite but it's not bad at all and predictable(always dry) at least.
Having said that this one's on it's third week. The other's were all done in two.
Next will be a Muntons Autumn Blush. New one to me - claims to be west country style, not that I know what west country style cider tastes like. Impulse buy last visit to the homebrew shop.
Then it'll be Muntons Smuggler's Reserve(or Somalian Pirate Brew as my mate Craig calls it) Pretty nice dark ale - a touch hoppy for my taste but only a touch and only for the first pint - nothing that's stopped me brewing it for about the fourth time.
...a Tom Caxton Ale to follow. New one I've not tried before.
...and a Cooper's Sparkling Ale to follow that. Lovely pint - closest I've found so far to Deuchars IPA(which I'm rather fond of). The Cooper's Sparkling has become my staple - make it every three or four batches.
[Edit] - that's the order of the batches, not what I'm planning on drinking tonight.
Next on the go will be a St Peter's Ruby Ale - another I've never tried but have tried the rest of their range and they were all well tasty.
On the cider side there's just under two gallons of Finlandia left(last brew was just right, this one turned out a little sweet) then there'll be a wee wait until the Black Rock that's in the bin at the moment is ready. Black Rock's not my personal favorite but it's not bad at all and predictable(always dry) at least.
Having said that this one's on it's third week. The other's were all done in two.
Next will be a Muntons Autumn Blush. New one to me - claims to be west country style, not that I know what west country style cider tastes like. Impulse buy last visit to the homebrew shop.
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You won't be disappointed. I've done a couple of those and they've been very drinkable
You won't be disappointed. I've done a couple of those and they've been very drinkable
There is something about the all-malt kits. Their IPA was delicious and between a couple of pals coming round and Stuart and I we demolished the best part of the batch in one sitting.
On the cider tonight. No change from last weekend - it's as ready as it's going to get and still too sweet for my taste. (perfectly drinkable though, that one's about gone in the time it took to upload a photo).
Might be my own fault. I recently bumped the priming sugar up from just over 3oz to a full 4oz. The beers have been turning out great but I think this was the first cider after the increase.
...or it might have caught a chill in the bin, have had odd winter brews in the past.
Frosty Jack.....cheap but does the job
I went on a Frosty Jack's diet once........lost a whole weekend
We were babysitting last night so no drink till we got home around 01:00 when I had a stiff couple of Pink Gins then went to bed.
The very last of last year's beech leaf licqueur. I always like to save one bottle for my birthday on 9th March.
Nothing last night- on call- but sipping a nice Shiraz and later a Fraoch (heather ale) and perhaps an Aberlour to finish
cider made from concentrated apple juice from morrisons 9%, just waiting for the curry to turn up
