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Congrats to Séan for hosting a very successful 'meet and swap' at his house last night. I think everyone who was there will agree that the quality of beer presented by all the brewers was very high.

…. So, when’s the next one?
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I'll second that. The beer and food was excellent. Are we permitted to picks favourites....?

Likewise. It was great to put faces to names (and real names to screen names <!-- s:D --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s:D -->) and see what other people are doing. It constantly amazes me how much knowledge this group has. Well, actually I think with three scientists and Séan we had some pretty heavy hitters present so my poor brian was getting bypassed alot <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->

I think by all means choose a favourite! I enjoyed trying every beer (except the smell of the vomity one <!-- s:D --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s:D -->), but I think Oblivious' Imperial Stout was very impressive and rivalled/bettered any bottled stout I've ever had. (I can't choose the one I made now, can I? <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->)

My favourite was Oblivious' Imperial Porter too. With Bigears' Cascade APA coming in a close second.

It was very enjoyable and it was a good sign that the time flew by so quickly. Some lovely beers and great food. Another vote for the Imperial Stout but I also really enjoyed the Irish Red - I generally find them quite bland but this one was nice and malty.

edit: Forgot to give credit to oblivious and hendrixcat for the porter and the red. And yes, I did mean Imperial Porter, not stout as I said originally!

Yeah it was a great night. I was really impressed with all the beers there.

My favourite was definitely Sean's Brown Ale
I am going to try something similar for my next brew.