i'm lucky enough to live near another jims member! in fact as it turns out our dads know each other and we grew up 300 yards apart...tho we never met before....small world eh?
anyway pas8280 kindly did his milkman routine and left a bottle on the doorstep. here follows my review.
the bottle.
http://picasaweb.google.com/kayjaybrewp ... 2399113490
the beer.
http://picasaweb.google.com/kayjaybrewp ... 0605318018
This was an ipa hopped with pacific gem, and aurora as late hops. the ale had an abv of 5.2%.
as you can see from the pic it looks like a great beer with good head and a good caramel colour. i found the bitterness pretty much perfectly balanced. the ale had good body and a lovely flavour, much better than many commercial ales i've tried. it certainly knocks gk and deuchars into a cocked hat!
this was the first ag home brewed ale i've tried so have no frame of reference for comparison, however i was so impressed by this ale that it is going to be my first ag recipe when i go 'live' in about 2 weeks.
http://picasaweb.google.com/kayjaybrewp ... 8365579522
good retention too!
if this brew is in anyway typical of ag brewing then i can't wait to go ag....the future is indeed looking very rosy!!!


KJ