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They are small 330ml bottles from Waitrose. Its funny how you can Meantime ales in 330ml or 750ml bottles just like Innis & Gunn.

Had a bottle of Fullers London Porter the other day. Golden Pride is absolutely lovely but my god its strong. Surprisingly so for its lighter colour. I try not to have too many of them. I love stronger ales but the problem is i find it easy to get a taste for it. Better to keep them as a one off every now and then.

Got a feeling these cans of Bombardier have gone off.

It seems to taste bloody horrible

Ale... in cans... NO!

Ale in bottles is just about ok - but cans - they never taste right for some reason.

markopoloman wrote:Ale... in cans... NO!

Ale in bottles is just about ok - but cans - they never taste right for some reason.

I-it was only 49p

Its beer, beer is ok in cans.
Would pour it into a glass but bloody fruit flys like to dive in
On the plus side this bottle of pale ale Innis and gunn is taking the taste away

I AM MAN!
I NO NEED BOTTLE OPENER!



Watching the air show ale in hand as theres bugger ll else to do in Rhyl these days

I noticed that "real lager" got mentioned in a previous posting, and a few nights ago in a local Wetherspoons, I sampled some. I think it was called "Schwalleion" or something like that. A lot less gassy than the pasteurised lagers. Quite decent for a lager.

Real lager is the new upcoming thing. At the end of the day - it is just a real ale using lager hops and the lagering process... The thing is, they are not gas filled tasteless mas-produced bile - they have flavour, body and are REAL!

Anyone here into home brewing? I'm just about to start up my own little brewery in my den (or maybe at work)... Equipment ordered Should prove fun.

markopoloman wrote:Anyone here into home brewing? I'm just about to start up my own little brewery in my den (or maybe at work)... Equipment ordered Should prove fun.

I've thought about it. There is a stall at Wimborne Market that is full of the gear to make it. Its all a bit overwhelming and i wouldnt quite know where to start. My girlfriends bro made a batch of cider earlier in the year which was lovely.

On another note, i visited the Hall & Woodhouse Brewery today. Didnt have time to do a tour but picked up a few of their ciders and a bottle of hopping hare as its been warm recently. Also picked up a lovely Cricket ale glass for a quid which i was chuffed about

And before you say it, I like Hall & Woodhouse

Black Ridge wrote:
And before you say it, I like Hall & Woodhouse

Weirdo

markopoloman wrote:Anyone here into home brewing? I'm just about to start up my own little brewery in my den (or maybe at work)... Equipment ordered Should prove fun.

I got a home brew set up for my birthday last month. As I type this I have so far brewed & bottled 2 batches with another due to be started in the next week or two to be ready in time for Xmas

Excellent! What have you been brewing and is it tasty?!

markopoloman wrote:Anyone here into home brewing? I'm just about to start up my own little brewery in my den (or maybe at work)... Equipment ordered Should prove fun.

I used to a lot, until I realised just how much beer I was drinking - it's surprising how quickly a 40-pint keg empties

Cooper's IPA was/is a particular favourite home brew and there are a lot of other kits that make pretty decent beers. I also dabbled with making my own brews from scratch with some success, but ultimately it wasn't worth the effort in the long run compared with getting a kit.

If you're looking for a supplier of stuff, I recommend this lot: http://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/index.html and it's definitely worth dropping in if you're ever near Aldershot.

Nice! Will be looking at that site for top-up stuff. And maybe if I like brewing, will go for one of those bigger kits for brewing from scratch...

Get your arses down to Sainsburys! They have an awesome new range of ales on offer at £1.50 each...

Tonight I am drinking 'Harbour Brewing Co' PORTER No6 (6.8%) Now this is what a porter is all about. Fairly sweet with heavy coffee taste. I'm going back for more...

I wonder what one of the 18 different bottles I'll try tomorrow?!

markopoloman wrote:Excellent! What have you been brewing and is it tasty?!

So far i've done a Woodfordes Wherry & a Wilkinson's own Golden Ale.

The Wherry has been in the bottle now for 4 1/2 weeks and is tasting prettty good but needs a few more weeks until i'm happy with it. The Wilko kit has been bottled for less than 2 weeks so not had a taster of that apart from a sneaky sample from the FV when conducting the hydrometer test and it has potential to be a good one

Next up i'm planning to do a darker ale (porter, old English ale or stout) for the winter montths. It's coming along nicely