Thread: Beer of the Day !

Originally Posted by 1OldGI

Haven't had one of these in ages. Going down pretty smooth though, I must admit
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I had one last night!

Although, it did kinda seem like drinking water since I normally drink Newcastle or Guinness...

Originally Posted by mannye

I am a recently converted longtime beer brewer now also making mead. From now on the beer of the day is a mead!

I love beer! I am trying my hand at brewing mead because is easy, this one is a Melomel (fruit mead) peaches and three types of berries. I am using the SNA (staggered nutrient addition) the fermentation process will take two to three weeks; right now the airlock bubbles every three seconds, a very healthy fermentation! Then I will rake into a glass carboy for four weeks to clear the mead followed by bottling it to be consumed on Thanksgiving Day. HOG

This is a follow up on my entry dated 8/24. On Thursday the airlock finally stopped bubbling and I raked the mead to a glass carboy on Friday. I took a sample with a wine thief of the mead and it is very good; I judge that alcohol is around 11% (I also took a hydrometer reading) It will seat in the second fermenter for a couple of weeks; I need to rake it again for another week then keg it. HOG

PS. The beer kit is on its way. I will post pics of the beer brewing day.

My favorite time of the year...when this comes out !!!

Originally Posted by nessmuck

My favorite time of the year...when this comes out !!!

Nice! I 'discovered' this one when I went down to the States last fall, and I'm looking forward to spending some time with Mr. Adams' finest in the Adirondacks in about a month and a half.

Slumming it tonight, the only cold ones in the fridge !!! The Sam's are cooling down as we speak !!,

Funny, I just finished an Angus Beef Steak wrap and a cold PBR myself (I was suggesting something about the duality of man.) IMHO, Old Milwaukee, Shaffer's or Blatz would be slumming. PBR on the other hand simply marks you as a gentleman of distinction. It's clearly the most underrated beer in the history of beer. I drink them all the time (and I sure ain't no hipster!)

I've been drinking in a pub called the brewdog recently. They have a few throughout the uk. They make and sell craft beers. Quite a good change from the normal beers.

Geek

Originally Posted by TheGeek

I've been drinking in a pub called the brewdog recently. They have a few throughout the uk. They make and sell craft beers. Quite a good change from the normal beers.

Geek

A BIG +! to craft brewers! While there a few big, well-known brews that are excellent (I'm thinking things like Guinness, Erdinger, Stella, etc.), so many big brewers produce such boring, middle-of-the-road beers (I'm looking at you, Molson, Labatt, Coors, etc) that I almost never pass up the chance to go for something from a smaller brewer. While that's partly down to my anti-corporate, non-conformist outlook on life and my general support for the little guy, it's mainly because the smaller brewers will actually produce interesting, often complex beers that don't taste like everything else on the market.

I owe a debt of thanks to the Whey Pat Tavern in St Andrews for bringing in such a varied selection of guest ales during my time there as a postgrad, and for the introduction that gave me to the joys to be found in the variety provided by all the little Scottish brewers I otherwise would never have heard of.

The Bruery - Mischief. Excellent Belgian-style ale. Based in Placentia, CA. I highly recommend everything they make, if you can find it.