TOPIC:

1. TheBeerNut (Brown porter)
2. Saruman (Not too Belgian Dubbel)
3. Halite (Amber Ale)
4. N1mbus (Farmhouse Saison)
5. JamesM (kit bitter)
6. IrishPartyAle (mooching)
7. Dr Jacoby (Saison + Barrel-Aged Russian Imperial Stout)
8. Biertourist (NZ Golden Ale) Nelson Sauvin + Pacific Gem
9. UpsidedownA (Befuggled single hop bitter)
10.DEMPSEY (monkey butt brown ale)
11. SBillings (MAF's Hibernian Pale Ale)
12. Gues7 (Kits, Muntons Traditional Cider, Brewbuddy Cider, Coopers European Lager)
13. Andrew (Jül Ül)
14. grainne (Obsidian Smoky Lager, Alta Vista)
15. bighair (Rubus - Raspberry Wheat Beer, Ironmonger Pale Ale v3)
16. KeeganAles (Cold Shoulder winter ale)
17. Irokie
18. Mrs. Irokie
19. Nigel_C (Honey Brown Ale, Session Stout)
20. ChrisRTD
21. Oblivious (Saison, Belgian coconut Brown Porter)
22. BrewerMel
23. BrewerMel's friend
24. agodinho
25. Biertourist's guest
26. baconsarnie

"Biertourist":3oxxl0qd wrote:

"n1mbus":3oxxl0qd wrote: I'm not too happy with my Saison its far to fizzy. I added a US 05 yeast when bottling and that brought the FG down a few more points than expected. I had to let some gas out of the bottles last night so they wouldn't explode all over the table this evening.[/quote:3oxxl0qd]

-But don't you WANT really high attenuation in a Saison?[/quote:3oxxl0qd]

Not that high. I primed the beer and added fresh yeast cause I figured that I wouldn't be able to keep the bottles warm enough to carbonate them on the saison yeast alone. Problem is that I didn't allow for the US05 taking the FG down further while also eating the priming sugars, so it's over primed and just ends up a yeasty mess when poured. If you put in in the fridge for a day then you can open the bottles relatively safely without much spillage.

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Mrs. Gues7 may also be in attendance tonight.

I lost a smallish black scarf last night. Did anyone pick it up?

Sorry no...

Excellent night last night. Loved Richies and Dr Jacoby's oak aged stout.

Also loved the NZ Golden Ale Biertourist brought. Even though he has never had it, he managed to make a beer version of Lilt![/url:1kp8gdc3]

I'd love to be able to take sole credit for the imperial stout but in fairness it was a joint operation with MarcelDesailly and RichieH.

I really liked Andrew's befuggled ale. The fuggles worked really well with the coriander. Very refreshing. I also liked Oblivious' coconut porter.