What are you drinking now?

[RUM57L]

Hi Earle,
I really liked this, if anything i found it rather subtle. Smokey? I will have to grab another now as I didn't really pick that up

[earle]

Yes, I really liked it too but opinion seems very divided about the smokiness. I found it very subtle in the first bottle I had, came through more as it warmed. I thought it was more pronounced in the second bottle I had. Nowhere near over the top though. Just put down a smoked porter with 2kg of smoked malt yesterday, hydro sample tasted good and had good smokey flavour, can't wait to taste the end product.

[earle]

Yes, I really liked it too but opinion seems very divided about the smokiness. I found it very subtle in the first bottle I had, came through more as it warmed. I thought it was more pronounced in the second bottle I had. Nowhere near over the top though. Just put down a smoked porter with 2kg of smoked malt yesterday, hydro sample tasted good and had good smokey flavour, can't wait to taste the end product.

[RUM57L]

Sounds interesting mate, I must get another bottle and do some investigating again.
Good luck with the brew sounds like a good one

[Oliver]

The last bottle of my No.52 Cooper's Ginger Beer, bottled on bottled 23.1.05

And it's finally tasting all right, I must say. The artificial sweetner taste has diminished and it's OK. Not great, but OK.

Oliver

[RUM57L]

Wow 8 year old ginger beer?

[earle]

I had some 11 or 12 year old brigalow ginger beer a few years back. Crystal clear and tasted better than when it was fresh, not that that would be hard.

[big dave]

Doing the February fast, so no beer for a bit. Not struggling too hard yet, but today is just the 5th....

[Guru]

Longneck of Coopers pale ale. Seems better than out of a stubbie.

[bullfrog]

JS Amber Ale or whatever shit name they've given it now.

Not my favourite but work paid for it so it's definitely worth the money.

[Oliver]

Stubby (echo ) of Coopers Pale Ale while I steep some Amarillo, and some Citra and Galaxy for a couple of brews.

[drsmurto]

The same bo pilsner as Oliver recently commented on. Down to 2 bottles. Very happy with it, going down very easily watching the cricket. Malt forward, bitterness nicely in checked. Hop aroma has faded but there is still a background spiciness.

[emnpaul]

I believe that was the same Bo PIls I received in Christmas in July lotto. I'd be happy with it too. A very nice drop.

[rotten]

Tun bitter. Farkin horrible stuff

[Oliver]

One of 12 bottles of a cider I "found" at the back of a cupboard today.

It was made in November 2011 with 12 litres of apple juice and 500g of blackberries, fermented with US-05.

FG was 1.001 and it's a bit dry for me, but quite nice. A good summer drink.

[drsmurto]

A challenger IPA. Trying to empty the keg. Not a smart thing to die with a 6% beer.

[earle]

Gage road convict ale. Rich, hoppy not unlike Sierra Nevada Southern Hemisphere hop harvest ale. Before that endeavour growers ale, meh you can't write vintage on a bottle and jus expect it to be good. Can't his brewery make any good beer?

[jello]

Twingings Tea - Australian Breakfast

[drsmurto]

My latest light american amber ale. Citra and cascade late. 2.9%. Fermented with WY1187 (ringwood), mashed high (70C) so it finished at 1.012. Very tasty after a few hours picking hops and will allow me an early start tomorrow to pick the rest.

[big dave]

Nearly the end of Feb....