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

[Bambule]

Hey well done that man. I take it then you won't be brewing an Easties Boys wit for the occasion.

[Stu McKinlay]

May have to try to source a case of Liefman's Kriek... about the only beer Fritha likes.

She may well end up in a tux. I'll probably wear the red pants - I wore my kilt to the 'other' wedding!

[Matthew]

Oaked Armageddon today. Intense fruit. Passionfruit, peaches, apricot, aged orange and grapefruit citrus, maybe a hint of lemon plus a couple more we couldn't quite put our finger on. Definitely had that oaked chardonnay thing going on too...

[Reviled]

So jelous Matthew!! Good to hear all the fruit character pulls through with all the oak! Get much vanilla off it?

[Matthew]

Didn't pick any vanilla, there may have just been too much fruit to bring through those characteristics. Would be interested to hear others tasting notes too.

I swear I was burping hops 6 hours after drinking it! I burped and thought, damn that was fruity and wondered what I had eaten. I realised it was the aftershock of a single pint of oaked army ;-)

[jt]

Tuatara Pale at the P&J after work yesterday

Tonight, I've got to work through the keg of Coopers sooner or later and it's not something I'd have two of, so I've had my Friday compulsory pint. Good, not as good as the real thing, but better than the K&K it nearly was

3 Boys Golden - good beer but think I'll struggle with the Sauvin by the end

The Bitza brown needs to make way for Bitza Mk II, there must be only one or two left, so that's my evening

[JoKing]

Bring on your Hoppy NZ Brown...

[jt]

Bitza blew dry so I had a warm Bitza Mk II (SO4 took care of any cascade character so it tastes just like Mk I)

Looking forward to Sunday, with some trepidation. I've already f*cked up the hops for the Hoppy NZ Brown, I have an unknown extra amount in one ofthe early additions ....

[JoKing]

Bugger - now, if it turns out to be the best beer you've ever brewed - you've got no idea how to replicate it! Don't worry... I di the exact same thing last Sunday! I ended up chucking more Cascade in at flameout to compensate for the prior stuff up.

[MrC]

I have an unknown extra amount in one ofthe early additions
Don't worry, it's not Sauvin so you should be OK ;-)

[jt]

Don't worry, it's not Sauvin so you should be OK ;-)

Ok, I did struggle through the 3boys Golden Ale

you've got no idea how to replicate it!

yea no problem, start with a plan, lose the plot, fudge it a little and - and - and. err, um

[jt]

OK, I jiggered about with the hops and I'm only 9 grams over and 4 of them went in @ 60
Looks like a couple of additions are going to be a bit of a jumble - but hey now it'sa lucky dip