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

[Mike Neilson]

To much ppm of sulphate!! I forgot it a Pale Ale not a Double IPA my bad!! It Zings in your mouth!! opps.

[Reviled]

I too had a young sample of my WBC APA yesterday, 2 days in the keg so was cloudy and full of hop pellets :oD Yum!!

Smelt like passionfruit pop with a hint of citrus, taste is quite well balanced even tho I cocked up the recipe, its more hoppier than I was aiming for and more bitter, but I actually think it will smooth out nicely :o)

[Matthew]

I wasn't going to tell everyone mine got 'diluted'.

Always check your OG first before topping up with a bit of water! Doesn't matter, i'll accept the trophy anyway :D

[Reviled]

Just like I didnt tell anyone that my WBC IPA that got first place was pitched onto about 2.5 litres of gen3 US-05 and fermented at around 24*c :o) hehe

[Barry]

I thought for a second there you were going to fess up that it was really a double IPA. Anyway, how could you taste any yeast derived funk with all them hops!

[Reviled]

lol - nah, no where near enough hops to be a double IPA ;o) It was funny tho, because I had a taste before I left the house, and couldnt help but think it was too balanced to go up against the likes of Jo and Mike - im just lucky I think that the judges remembered the style guidelines ;o) lol

[Reviled]

Had another sneaky glass of my WBC APA last night, less hop pellet in the glass this time and I sat down and picked it to bits...

Im really wishing I upped the malt like I was planning to as its come out quite thin at 1010, and I reckon it needs more hop flavour, the aroma and late hopping is good and im happy with it, but I cant help but think that its missing something through the middle in a big way!

[Bambule]

Just dry hopped my WBC APA yesterday. I'll give it a few days until I taste it, then the trash talk proper can commence.

[MrC]

Mines bubblin' away at 19c. Perfect brew day, hit all my numbers exactly and it smells like Epic Pale Ale. The hydrometer sample seemed to have a glow to it almost like an aura of it's own...

[Matthew]

Chimay Blue - Yum!

[Greig McGill]

I tasted my Maris Otter/Simcoe SMaSH called "Dubious Lemon" last night. It had only been in the keg for 36 hours, but I couldn't resist. Nice, though lacking complexity. The caramelisation I did (5L down to 2L) hasn't had much of an impact, though there is a nice biscuity base to the malt which is different to the usual MO flavour. Simcoe is a beautiful hop, and works really well as the sole starring role. There's a little solventy alcohol, which is odd given the low fermentation temp, and at 5.7%, it's not a huge beer. That's really the only flaw, and it's very easy to quaff. I'm happy, and will see if I get happier after it has conditioned a little longer.

[Barry]

Yeast?