What are you drinking ?

[jt]

Ok, so What Are You Brewing was a hotty, as topics go.

Now I'm 15 pints into a keg I only filled on Tuesday and wondering if anyone else has a favourite at the moment ?

It's my second brown with US-Oh05 and it's better than the forst, maybe Ikept the temps down a bit during the scorcher we had in januray

[Martin Bridges]

Popped into the Malthouse for a quiet couple last night and ended up sharing a few with the Handsome & Softly Spoken Proprietor.

- Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. Last pint out of the keg. A classic.
- Tuatara APA Batch 4 on tap. Wow! What IS that aroma? Ultra-dry finish. Nice stuff.
- Tuatara APA in bottle. Earlier batch, little bit more crystal, less aggressive aroma. Preferred the tap version.
- Croucher Pale Ale on handpump. I love this expression of this beer.
- Croucher October IPA through mandarins. Too much citrus, overwhelmed the beer. Will probably be better in a day or two.
- Sierra Nevada Tumbler. Seasonal brown ale. Awesome drop. Lovely balance. I was expecting more aggressive hopping from an American brown ale but it was perfectly poised.
- Deschutes Hop in the Dark. The best example of a Black IPA/Cascadian Dark Ale I've tasted. More chocolate than roast, plenty of hop but not overwhelming, and the whole thing came together well.

Reminded me why I love the Malty so much.

[Stu McKinlay]

I thought that SNPA was pretty shabby. Drinkable but shabby.


So, I guess you're not boycotting greymarket beers??? Good stuff, I'm not either.

[Martin Bridges]

I was over the greymarket debate last time round. This time round I'm SERIOUSLY over it.

[Stu McKinlay]

a man after my own heart...

[Patrick]

It's a good hot-weather drink, seen it as low as 1.99 per can at times.

[Ally Mcg]

Yeah, as it warmed up it started to develop a bit more and i decided my original view was a bit harsh. on balance it was a nice enough beer for a hot day, a la Coopers.

$1.99 a can would make it a regular visitor in my fridge.

[Steph]

Just had an Old 95 as part of beer options practicse. Massive acetaldehyde; so much so the beer was unreognisable. Anyone else had it, found this? We knew it was an NZ beer but I initially refused to believe it was an Emersons...didn't think they ever made a faulty beer. Certainly not as bad as this.

[David Wood]

Yep, it was pretty bad. Drain pour.

[Stu H]

You should get in touch with them, and let them know the batch number and stuff.

[jt]

Dropped the girls at North City and called into the North Welly hop plantation, um I mean Chris's
Caught up with the new additions to the brew shed and the growth in the garden and dropped off some jalepeno seeds

I wouldn't normally contemplate a beer on Sunday morning, but a taster of his Minimus was too much to pass up.
Great sub 1.040 beer with hops leaping out of the glass at me - might have to get some Golden Promise and some fancy hops myself !

[Matthew]

Had the real Minimus on Friday and it's a cracker. Very tropical with pineapple and stone fruit, it's the the perfect summer thirst quencher.

[jt]

it's the the perfect summer thirst quencher

You mean it's even better than a North Welly Golden Ale ???