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Great night all around; bit crazy but that's part of the fun!

I have to agree about the Imperial Stout, but it's my favorite style so I'm not exactly impartial. (Well done guys; guard that barrel closely.)

Nimbus's Saison was exactly how I like it; nice and bone dry and "saisony" but still drinkable (not overpowering in "saisony" flavors). -I'm tempted to brew a saison in the same way and finish the last few gravity points with 05 to make it drier and just a bit cleaner. (-Hey I already stole your wit beer recipe, I might as well steal your Saison recipe, too.)

I really liked the coconut porter; but it was more like a coconut dubbel.(It was a historical porter recipe, except for the Belgian yeast and coconut part.) I liked it as a dubbel and I think I'd like it has a modern porter recipe, too.

Dempsey's Monkey Butt Brown Ale could've been confused for a commercial beer in my book. (Good thing as much as he's been talking it up; lol!)

Andrew's Jul Ul was "spicy" and "Scandanivian-tasting"$$ I prefer my spiced beers to be a bit darker and sweeter but I could definitely see Vikings sailing up the liffey drinking loads of the stuff.

I wish I would've tasted MAF's wild-hopped beer way sooner, so I don't have a guess on hop variety but I was expecting it to be a bit under-bittered & really hoppy, but it was perfectly bittered and had that "juicy" freshly wet-hopped flavor that Cuilan talks about. (Maf, did you bitter it with commercial hops and then just use the wild hops for flavor/aroma?)

The Obsidian Smoky Lager was smoky just below the flavor threshold; I could taste "something" extra and exciting in there, but I'm not sure whether I would've guessed rauch malt or not.
Although I didn't get to try the Rasberry Wheat Beer.. ;(

Halite's Amber was a little taste of home for me.


Heck of a good night!
Adam

Loved the imperial stout, peter's saison and Tim and Grainne's v.3 of their pale ale. Lots of good beer on show which is a really good sign <!-- s8) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_cool.gif" alt="" title="Cool" /><!-- s8) -->

&amp;quot;Biertourist&amp;quot;:1dig13hy wrote: (Maf, did you bitter it with commercial hops and then just use the wild hops for flavor/aroma?) [/quote:1dig13hy]Did indeed. This one went down well in the Bierhaus last night too - I'll post the recipe.

&amp;quot;MAF&amp;quot;:32gv4jm4 wrote:

&amp;quot;Biertourist&amp;quot;:32gv4jm4 wrote: (Maf, did you bitter it with commercial hops and then just use the wild hops for flavor/aroma?) [/quote:32gv4jm4]Did indeed. This one went down well in the Bierhaus last night too - I'll post the recipe.[/quote:32gv4jm4]

I figured it had to be that or else you just guessed on the AA levels and got really lucky.
(If I ever come across wild hops I'd definitely do the same; I wouldn't even TRY to guess at the AA%.)

Adam

&amp;quot;Gues7&amp;quot;:22b6gfpf wrote: If anyone found a black jacket, around 3/4 length with a black scarf and Kevlar (slashproof security) gloves could you give me a shout please? Need that stuff back for when I do security work...

It was last spotted over by the students at the very end table from us (closest to the door).[/quote:22b6gfpf]

I'm here now. There was a black jacket handed in they reckon is from our table so pop in and collect it.

&amp;quot;Saruman&amp;quot;:3e4lb6v9 wrote:

&amp;quot;Gues7&amp;quot;:3e4lb6v9 wrote: If anyone found a black jacket, around 3/4 length with a black scarf and Kevlar (slashproof security) gloves could you give me a shout please? Need that stuff back for when I do security work...

It was last spotted over by the students at the very end table from us (closest to the door).[/quote:3e4lb6v9]

I'm here now. There was a black jacket handed in they reckon is from our table so pop in and collect it.[/quote:3e4lb6v9]

Cheers, will do!