" Ditch's Stout " Master Class .....

[neilmcca]

F**k, yeah! I'd sling that in, no problemmo, Neil! I'll bet that produces a right muvva ....!

Ok thanks for that,
i'll get onto it as soon as i can, and if u want a couple of bottles to try out, i can send some over no problem (got loads of stamps i don't need),
i'f u do, i'll let u know when they done.

[Ditch]

if u want a couple of bottles to try out, i can send some over no problem .....

Uncommonly generous proposal, mate. But, it actually costs quite ridiculous £s to get even a single, half pint bottle here. Frankly; I wouldn't encourage the bastards. No. You just enjoy ye beer and let us know what you think of it, thanks.

It's not as if I'm short on supplies myself anyway

[neilmcca]

if u want a couple of bottles to try out, i can send some over no problem .....

Uncommonly generous proposal, mate. But, it actually costs quite ridiculous £s to get even a single, half pint bottle here. Frankly; I wouldn't encourage the bastards. No. You just enjoy ye beer and let us know what you think of it, thanks.

It's not as if I'm short on supplies myself anyway

Ok...but just so u know, it's £1.70 or so for a 500g box of that sugar in Asda.

[Ditch]

That doesn't sound too outrageous, for the sort of product it is.

I get mine ~ organic raw cane ~ in a whole food shop, in town. Haven't a clue what I pay for it as the guy simply scoops some into a brown paper bag.

Regards Asda? I honestly don't even know if we have Asda, over here? If we do, it'd be in the bigger town ~ and I don't go there. Maybe once a year? Or else, over in the next county.

This is why, see, all else being equal, I'm relaxed about the sugar ~ if any ~ people use. Because my own preferences aren't set in stone. More simply governed by my own, extremely limited options.

[Monkeybrew]

I've just seen this DME, but it seems to good to be true

http://www.thehomebrewcompany.co.uk/spr ... p-180.html

Is this what you use Ditch?

MB

[crafty john]

I've just seen this DME, but it seems to good to be true

http://www.thehomebrewcompany.co.uk/spr ... p-180.html

Is this what you use Ditch?

MB

Try here it's even cheaper http://www.worcesterhopshop.co.uk/index ... 0cce34eaa3

[Ditch]

Monks; I use dark malt. But, yes, that's the company I use. They're originally an Irish outfit and I've been with them from our mutual beginnings, as it were. Shane's simply never f**ked me around

[Monkeybrew]

I've just seen this DME, but it seems to good to be true

http://www.thehomebrewcompany.co.uk/spr ... p-180.html

Is this what you use Ditch?

MB

Try here it's even cheaper http://www.worcesterhopshop.co.uk/index ... 0cce34eaa3

Cheers matey, spoilt for choice now.

Monks; I use dark malt. But, yes, that's the company I use. They're originally an Irish outfit and I've been with them from our mutual beginnings, as it were. Shane's simply never f**ked me around

Thanks Ditch, I thought that you may have QC tested a few packs of the darker variety in your time

[themadhippy]

well it had to happen,nipped into wilkinsons for a few bits and came out with a coopers stout kit,no local home brew shops,and a lack of patients led me to holland and barrets for 2 jars of malt extract.made up to 20 litres,now the waiting begins.

[Ditch]

Hmm. And do ye like stout, as a rule, Hips? Though, saying that; I find most people think of Guinness as the definition of stout. Me? I think that stuff's the definition of f**king dish water. My stuff is my bench mark for stout.

No idea what the H&B Malt will do to it. But Coopers is a f**king excellent base, regardless

[themadhippy]

yep i likes a decent stout,not keen on guinlesss,but did go through a period of murphys addiction, and the stuff ffrom the porterhouse , that claimed to be the only pub in dublin not to sell guinnless was very nice

[Monkeybrew]

yep i likes a decent stout,not keen on guinlesss,but did go through a period of murphys addiction, and the stuff ffrom the porterhouse , that claimed to be the only pub in dublin not to sell guinnless was very nice

Ah the Porterhouse, now you're talking

[Ditch]

Murphys? Now ye talking! Yeppers. For a 'readily available' stout in a can? Widgeted Murphys is where it's at.

Christ, I wish my 'local' could get it in! But, seeing as I'm only in there once a f**king week. Drinking three or four pints, max? I'm hardly the big issue.

But, yeah; That's the sort of taste I prefer. And I consider my own stuff better. Guinness doesn't really enter the equation.

[Pinto]

Prefer Gillespies Scottish Stout myself, but not seen it on sale for many a year

And as you say, ditch..... none of it is a patch on my "Night Shift" (Youngs Harvest stout with Molasses) Might have to go crack a bottle now in fact....


***EDIT***

Yep... its gooooooooooooood

[Ditch]

And as you say, ditch.....

No. I don't. If ye feel I do? Please feel free to Quote me. Right here.