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

[Raffe]

It's nice, but not as good as the summer original - bigger crystal malt bill I think, amber in colour. One could argue that it is more 'balanced', but at under 4% who needs that? Still yum.

[Kieran Haslett-Moore]

I would say that sub 4% is where ballance is at its most important!

 

It's so easy to lose the ballance and end up with hop juice or thin insipid beer if you dont nail your malt profile.

 

Richard Emerson's 3% Mild that has been pouring at Albar being a case in point. So much flavour and so much body at such a low gravity.

[Mike Neilson]

Yeah its their base malt. its the key I reacon. 

[Ralph]

Do you know what their base malt is?

[Mike Neilson]

I got a fair idea.

[Kieran Haslett-Moore]

Same malt that a certain ESB has used.

 

Richard has hinted at anouther secret to its success.

[Mike Neilson]

How did it taste with it that base malt? I imagine it to be pretty good.

[Kieran Haslett-Moore]

Trial batch tasted great, wort tasted promising. I'm pretty pleased with it.

[Ralph]

Hmmm, wish I knew where to find the hints towards the malts and other secrets that make that such a superb beer. I would very much like to be able to brew something close to that at home!

[Sam Possenniskie (TGM)]

That Mild is AMAZING

[Raffe]

I was being a little facetious. Context-less internet.

[Stu McKinlay]

Yeh, we had that mild (or a similar one) when down in Dunedin a few months back. A real shame we don't see it up this way. But at least we have daily access to the Townshend brews to make up for it.