Beer?

[deptfordmarmoset]

A Left Handed Giant APA. Like a lager with a big attitude.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I have an invincible smile. Barrel-aged saison

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Back to Left Handed Giant, You Are Here, a DDH pale. Gentle by DDH standards. Only 5.5% too.

 

[Windle]

It's Easter Monday bank holiday, the wife is at work, the weather is a bit cack ~ so what else is a bloke to do? Brewday!
4.0 kilos of pale malt, 0.5 kilo of biscuit malt, Goldings hops for bittering and a couple of packets of finishing hop 'tea bags', Fuggles & Centennial. I always think the finishing hop 'tea bags' is cheating a bit, but I'm sure a lot of small real ale / craft breweries these days must use something similar to get the massive hop flavours in their beers, either that or they're using sackfulls of whole hops at the end of the boil. It should come out at just under 5.0% ABV for my usual 19 litre batch.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

It's Easter Monday bank holiday, the wife is at work, the weather is a bit cack ~ so what else is a bloke to do? Brewday!
4.0 kilos of pale malt, 0.5 kilo of biscuit malt, Goldings hops for bittering and a couple of packets of finishing hop 'tea bags', Fuggles & Centennial. I always think the finishing hop 'tea bags' is cheating a bit, but I'm sure a lot of small real ale / craft breweries these days must use something similar to get the massive hop flavours in their beers, either that or they're using sackfulls of whole hops at the end of the boil. It should come out at just under 5.0% ABV for my usual 19 litre batch.
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Siren, who are a fairly large independent craft brewer, seem to mostly use pellets for their dry hopping. This article is a bit technical for me but it might make more sense to you - https://www.sirencraftbrew.com/stories-and-events/blog/advanced-hop-products

 

[No Ta Doctor]

It's Easter Monday bank holiday, the wife is at work, the weather is a bit cack ~ so what else is a bloke to do? Brewday!
4.0 kilos of pale malt, 0.5 kilo of biscuit malt, Goldings hops for bittering and a couple of packets of finishing hop 'tea bags', Fuggles & Centennial. I always think the finishing hop 'tea bags' is cheating a bit, but I'm sure a lot of small real ale / craft breweries these days must use something similar to get the massive hop flavours in their beers, either that or they're using sackfulls of whole hops at the end of the boil. It should come out at just under 5.0% ABV for my usual 19 litre batch.
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Is that dry-hopping? That's pretty standard nowadays I think. Some have taken it even further with hop extracts I think. I was amazed by one brewer then suddenly found all his beers a bit samey and realised why - same magic hop treatment late in the process

 

[Windle]

Siren, who are a fairly large independent craft brewer, seem to mostly use pellets for their dry hopping. This article is a bit technical for me but it might make more sense to you - https://www.sirencraftbrew.com/stories-and-events/blog/advanced-hop-products

Interesting article thanks, and it does explain why beers these days have much more noticable flavours than in years gone by. It makes it easier for the amatuer home brewer to make some really intersting brews too.

 

[Windle]

Is that dry-hopping? That's pretty standard nowadays I think. Some have taken it even further with hop extracts I think. I was amazed by one brewer then suddenly found all his beers a bit samey and realised why - same magic hop treatment late in the process

It is, sort of, although the 'tea bags' seem to contain a powdery substance rather than leaves. I still chuck a quantitiy of bittering hops in the boiler towards the end of the boil though. The flavouring bags go in at the fermentation stage.

 

[Spartak]

Some Belgian 🇧🇪 Blondes ... 👍
Two day trip to Mechelen.