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

[Barry]

Hallertau statesman. Tasting fantastic this afternoon. Had a cheeky snifter of stuntman before I left too, dangerously drinkable bitter and hoppy resinous. Yummo.

[Ally Mcg]

Twisted Hop IPA - American hop extravagance with a nice malt balance
Twisted Hop Sauvin Pils - Maybe a little off form tonight. Might have been the warm up pint of IPA, or maybe the fact the 3 boys GA has stolen a sauvin benchmark. lacked a little hop crispness
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[Reviled]

Well, im feeling a bit hazy this morning, but not too bad considering...

Had a great afternoon in the sun drinking cream ale, pilsner, and then eventually english IPA, my mates managed to polish off 3 kegs in a matter of 5 hours lol - i guess its a sign that my beer must be getting better as their previous best was 2 kegs in a night? lol

[Martin Bridges]

Brewing always makes me thirsty, so last night was:

Left Hand Brewing Co. JuJu Ginger - excellent stuff. I definitely want to brew an alcoholic ginger beer for the summer. Passed the wife test too!
Janet's Brown Ale - has been in the keg for 3 weeks now and really starting to hits its straps.
Half a bottle of Heron's Flight red with dinner (Bitter & Twisted sausages - yum)
Ninkasi Total Domination IPA - really sad that this is the last bottle I have of this, and unlikely to see any more in the near future. Well-balanced hoppy goodness.
Grandad Joe's Gold Label - my barley wine has been in the bottle for 10 months now and this example was tasting good. Some of the sweetness seems to have fallen away a little.

Slightly dusty today.

[Barry]

Late Sunday trip to the local foodtown has me sipping on a Fullers London Porter. Was expecting a tired piece of shit, but surprisingly it's pretty darn tasty. Subtle roasty with chewy caramel and earthy hop balance. It's nowhere near a fresh Emersons Porter but it's still pretty good - balanced and very drinkable.

[colin m]

OK ... WBC day today...

13 entries, all good efforts, long day, assisted by epic pale ale (control beer), tired now, good night.

Honestly, massive props to all who took part- thanks guys! Good fun and great people- Looking forward to the Stout comp @ Malthouse on 31/01/10

Col

[Matthew]

Agreed. Steph, Jonny's and "Mystery Brewer X" award winning beer was pretty stunning! Good to finally meet some of you, I'm sure there were a number of others I never got to say hi too.

Twisted Hop IPA, Sauvin Pils, Challenger and Goldings Bitter over the weekend. IPA and Sauvin were tops.

PKB Remix.

[Stu McKinlay]

Here here! Thank to Colin for hosting. Everyone should be proud of their beer but be ready to up the ante for next time. Dry Stout, a tough nut to crack... save some over for St Patricks Day!

Well done Mr Cherry and Mr Cooper for a couple of very good runners up. And to everyone else who put their heart on their sleeve and their beer out there to be 'judged'. It is scary, I know, but is the most important step to becoming the best brewer you can be.

I'm going to enter next time... to challenge my brewing process over summer (and so I have a good excuse to have fun and not judge)...

But next time I judge (if I'm ever invited again) may I say that I am going to smash you all for not judging to style.



Thanks Mike for organising. Awesome day...

[Greig McGill]

But next time I judge (if I'm ever invited again) may I say that I am going to smash you all for not judging to style.

Hahaha, as in the North, so in the South. The WBCs truly are twins!

[Stu McKinlay]

Sorry, i actually meant brewing to style... there were a lot of dinstinctly non APA beers there. Some nice American Strong Ales, and Amber Ales and IPAs. The one beer that really struck me as a definite APA was such a shock that I actually wrote "to style" on the judging sheet.

[Steph]

But some were surely better than an APA!! I know, I know, the training wheels was one of the culprits.

[MrC]

Sounds like a new style Steph, BTAPA ;-)

Maybe I need to change tack and adopt the whole "Better than" approach. I feel a Better Than Dry Stout coming on.