i-Ram Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 5 hours ago, sage said: In the best bar in Gran Canaria. 150 different beers Stewart Lee has let himself go. Boycie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie Greenwood Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 9 hours ago, i-Ram said: Stewart Lee has let himself go. Thought it was 30p Lee Anderson uttoxram75 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Git Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 (edited) 16 hours ago, Eddie said: I'm probably sorted until Christmas Eve. Not if England win the WC tho. …. Edited December 9, 2022 by Grumpy Git Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Contain Nuts Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Grumpy Git said: Not if England win the WC tho. …. The water closet? Are they competing on Bullseye? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 10 hours ago, Grumpy Git said: Not if England win the WC tho. …. Strangely enough, my first experience of getting ratarsed on proper beer (my dad was an avid home brewer) was following just such an event (1966 World Cup final). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 If anyone's interested, St Austell Brewery have just released this year's limited edition Black Square Imperial Stout. I buy a case every year, and it's utterly superb. £60 for 12 bottles, which includes free delivery. Crewton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 16 hours ago, Reggie Greenwood said: Thought it was 30p Lee Anderson Has he won the see you next Tuesday of the year award. Its a big field and been a really tough contest but that individual is miles ahead for me. Reggie Greenwood 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Git Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 9 hours ago, Eddie said: Strangely enough, my first experience of getting ratarsed on proper beer (my dad was an avid home brewer) was following just such an event (1966 World Cup final). And mine was when Derby won the league for the first time on my dad’s whisky, (he was on nights). Cue mum giving me the two fingered first aid so I was fit for school the next day. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 (edited) When the pandemic struck, one of the first casualties was Belgo, my favourite Nottingham bar. Today, I found Kilpin, and it's well worth a visit. Edited December 15, 2022 by Eddie cstand 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 5 hours ago, Eddie said: When the pandemic struck, one of the first casualties was Belgo, my favourite Nottingham bar. Today, I found Kilpin, and it's well worth a visit. Down the Alley way, or Twitchel as they call it here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 4 hours ago, Rev said: Down the Alley way, or Twitchel as they call it here? No, it's up a jitty. Reggie Greenwood, Rev and Crewton 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 I was sorting out some cupboards in the spare room yesterday, and amongst my brewing equipment found a couple of dozen bottles of beer. I stopped home-brewing about 10 years ago - I used to brew all-grain Belgian-style beers but stopped after the element in my brew kettle burned out. The intention was to fit a new element, but work got in the way. Anyway, I had no idea what the beers would be like. They were all colour-coded (silver caps for tripels, amber caps for ambrees, green, red and brown caps for darker beers etc) so, nothing ventured, nothing gained, last night I opened three of them, ready to ditch the contents down the sink. Amber cap first - a reassuring hiss indicated that it was still pressurised. A tentative sniff brought a lovely, malty yet boozy aroma to my nostrils. The pour was a clear, golden colour with a head which was almost cream-coloured. An even more tentative sip confirmed my suspicions - I really did know what I was doing. It was astoundingly good - very similar to Kwak. The other two I opened were equally delicious - both dark beers, nice aroma, good head, clear and bright. Got to build a new kettle and check out the mash tun now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Every home brewer stops brewing because of one reason. They drink too much. Watch em deny it. Been there mesen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 19 hours ago, Boycie said: Every home brewer stops brewing because of one reason. They drink too much. Watch em deny it. Been there mesen. I still drink too much. Boycie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Contain Nuts Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 I stopped because my first and only attempt was too s*** for words and I coulnd't be arsed with the faff of trying again and waiting another 3 months only for it to be almost certainly s*** again. Rev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, Kokosnuss said: I stopped because my first and only attempt was too s*** for words and I coulnd't be arsed with the faff of trying again and waiting another 3 months only for it to be almost certainly s*** again. The best advice I would give to any prospective brewer is to start simple. There are some top quality kits around - the Brewferm kits are where I re-started 25 or 30 years ago (I had originally brewed using Geordie and Tom Caxton kits which I found to be average at best) and they invariably produce eminently drinkable beer - if you have reasonable equipment. Therein lies the problem. To produce really good results, you need a few things - fermenter, airlock, either bottles or a barrel (and of course bottles require caps and a capper), steriliser, either a hydrometer or a refractometer so you can determine the OG and finishing gravity (so you can determine whether or not the fermentation has gone to completion) - a basic equipment outlay could be around £100, so you've got to be sure that you really want to do it - one thing I can guarantee though is that you wouldn't be satisfied with kits for ever, and would soon want to move on to all-grain ('proper') brewing. I thought about selling my old stuff, but the 'old' beer I'm drinking now is utterly magnificent - and it's at least 10 years old. That's one of the benefits of brewing really strong, dark ales - they get better with age. So when Spring arrives, I've got a few jobs to sort out... An outside tap so I can run a hose (or a permanent water supply) out to the shed Electricity supply to said shed A sink A new mash tun with sparge arm attachment A new boiler (or replace the element in the old one) A bench Dexion shelving Wort pump So we're looking at about £1000 there. Saying that, I spend at least £2500 on beer for the Memsahib and me every year. Meanwhile, I've emptied another cupboard, and I've found my old distillation equipment. Merry Christmas. Edited December 20, 2022 by Eddie cstand and Kinder 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal is a Ram Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 Samichlaus is a special beer. Not had one in a long time. cstand 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 (edited) 23 hours ago, Animal is a Ram said: Samichlaus is a special beer. Not had one in a long time. It is wonderful. I've got 4 bottles, but I need to hide them from my son. It's a beer I thought about cloning in the past, but it requires a long, slow lagering process - basically refrigeration during secondary fermentation for at least 9 months. I just couldn't spare the fridge. Edited December 20, 2022 by Eddie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Git Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 (edited) Christmas has come early at the Grumpy household. In Morrisons by chance (don’t normally shop there) and found this little baby on 4 for 3 at only £2 a pop. I cleared my local Morrisons out, seemed rude not to at £18 for 12 bottles. Edited December 22, 2022 by Grumpy Git cstand and Crewton 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstand Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 20 hours ago, Grumpy Git said: Christmas has come early at the Grumpy household. In Morrisons by chance (don’t normally shop there) and found this little baby on 4 for 3 at only £2 a pop. I cleared my local Morrisons out, seemed rude not to at £18 for 12 bottles. They had this on draught at Einsteins Chesterfield near the train station a month ago. Not sure if it’s a regular beer. I had two pints of the ABK dunkel wife had two cocktails both very nice. https://untappd.com/v/einstein-s/3466934 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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