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

[Ally Mcg]

Hydro of my APA i brewed on Sunday - down to 1.016. Fruity and sweet, and very morish Couple more days then I'll add the dry hops.

Football now, to be followed by something Epic at Poms

[D Jauslin]

I hit up the Mikkeller range @ the Hashigo Zake tasting last night. Seriously crazy beers! Highlights include parallel tasting the single hop IPAs (an exrecise in extreme beer-geekery) and the Struise Mikkeller, a seriously insane IIPA. The Jackie Brown and Draft Bear were also quite nice. It was a great evening.

[Stu McKinlay]

Might pop in for that Struise Mikkeller - I tried it about a year ago and it was insane in a bad way!

the selection there makes me giddy... massive props to the Baird Angry Boy Brown Ale (ABBA???)

[D Jauslin]

I wouldn't say it was bad and I actually quite enjoyed it. A couple of the Single hops weren't very nice at all though. All the the Mikkeller beers all seem, shall we say... challenging. The only one I would happly drink a few of is the Jackie Brown.

[David Wood]

130IBU of awesomeness. To me it's an IIPA with something Belgian about it that I can't put my finger on..

[Stu McKinlay]

@ The Malthouse today:

Twisted Hop Golden Ale (tap)
Townshend No. 9 Stout

Two of the best beers you'll try between now and the end of the year if you get in there now....

In between them I had some Green Flash IPA and it was lacklustre in comparison.

[Ally Mcg]

The TH do a Golden Ale? Or is it the Three Boys one?

Didn't see a Golden Ale on tap at the TH when i was there last week, but i was distracted by the RNA and Hallertau Maximus

[Stu McKinlay]

sorry- Three Boys Golden Ale!

[Matthew]

I hope Colin gets a bit Twisted, we don't see enough of that Southern brew in Welly.

How's RNA tasting?

[David Wood]

TH have been gracing the handpull at Hashigo, and will again this weekend.

[Tony]

Last night had a Rennaisance- Craftsman. Chocolate, oatmeal stout. I found it rather underwhelming. It had nice chocolate tones with a smooth finish, but it was pretty thin for an oatmeal stout. Almost like they'd overfermented it or mashed it at a lower temperature. Either way I was dissapointed.

On the other hand, I recently tried the Harrington's- Heritage dark. Now it was the complete opposite. Here was a beer that I expected to be a little 'thinner', but turned out to be a really pleasant surprise. Rich, dark ale, with a fuller, smooth palate than I would have expected.

[RopenutS]

Im drinking my first extract and grain brew (and only my 3rd brew all up) and i have to say that i think it tastes pretty good. Im surprised, cos its like 10 times better than my kit brews i did. They taste like crap compared. The only thing with it is that it seems quite thin and is cloudy as, but other than that im pretty stoked.