23-09-2007: Gail Porter

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spearmint-wino
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Post by spearmint-wino » Tue Oct 16, 2007 2:09 pm

Its had about 25 days maturing time now and the cheeky pint I had last night was gooooood, very nice indeed. All the flavours have smoothed out even more and the end result is something that has an earthy dark roast flavour with a nice residual sweetness. The mrs says "quite like bitter dark chocolate - I could drink a pint of that". From a non-beer drinker that's praise indeed... 8)

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Post by oblivious » Tue Oct 16, 2007 2:30 pm

spearmint-wino wrote:Its had about 25 days maturing time now and the cheeky pint I had last night was gooooood, very nice indeed. All the flavours have smoothed out even more and the end result is something that has an earthy dark roast flavour with a nice residual sweetness. The mrs says "quite like bitter dark chocolate - I could drink a pint of that". From a non-beer drinker that's praise indeed... 8)
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Barley Water
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Post by Barley Water » Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:11 pm

That's interesting. My wife's idea of a good beer is a very cold Corona with a wedge of lime in the top of the bottle. I don't know if you guys get that over there but I can tell you the Mexicans are laughing at us as it is thin, skunky beer that needs the lime to cover up the lousy taste. Anyway, I always have her try my brews and if she says they taste lousy "like beer", I know I have at least gotten into the ballpark.
Drinking:Saison (in bottles), Belgian Dubbel (in bottles), Oud Bruin (in bottles), Olde Ale (in bottles),
Abbey Triple (in bottles), Munich Helles, Best Bitter (TT Landlord clone), English IPA
Conditioning: Traditional bock bier, CAP
Fermenting: Munich Dunkel
Next up: Bitter (London Pride like), ESB
So many beers to make, so little time (and cold storage space)
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Post by chopperswookie » Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:17 pm

Barley Water wrote:That's interesting. My wife's idea of a good beer is a very cold Corona with a wedge of lime in the top of the bottle. I don't know if you guys get that over there but I can tell you the Mexicans are laughing at us as it is thin, skunky beer that needs the lime to cover up the lousy taste.

yep we have that over here and its for about £3 a bottle in trendy bars drunk by people who spend more on male grooming products than anything else!
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