What are we drinking this weekend?

[darmstadt]

That Sheep Dip's as ruff as f**ck. Been the same bottle behind the bar of my local for nigh on 20 years. One taste of that & you never go back.

That wouldn't be The Black Bull in Margaretting would it? If so, then its been there for at least 35 years

[Gumbo Robot]

That wouldn't be The Black Bull in Margaretting would it? If so, then its been there for at least 35 years

Lord Denmam, Dagenham Heathway.

Which probably ain't even there any more.

[d000hg]

Doog, me ol' mucker, this is a recipe that was online from a homebrew site. I've used the actual ingredients (grains, malts, yeasts, boiling hops etc) to produce a stunningly great beer, of similar quality to the commercial brand. At 90p/pint, it's fantastic! And so say many people. Makes a good Xmas pressie as well.

Sounds great. I've yet to try homebrew, I'd always assumed I'd do an ale but being able to brew 'proper lager' - or something like corona - would be ace.

[darmstadt]

Doog, me ol' mucker, this is a recipe that was online from a homebrew site. I've used the actual ingredients (grains, malts, yeasts, boiling hops etc) to produce a stunningly great beer, of similar quality to the commercial brand. At 90p/pint, it's fantastic! And so say many people. Makes a good Xmas pressie as well.

Sounds nice but quite expensive. For that price you can drink a pint of Pilsner Urquell in Bratislava

[norrahe]

Whatever wines they serve us at the meals for grub club.

Looking forward to tonight's meal as the Sommelier knows her stuff and there will be some awesome wine pairings.

Sunday am going to a tasting at a friends and he's opening Chateaux Haut Brion 1964 La Grand Rue and Vosne Romanee 1988 Domaine Lamarche

[RoastedSlopes]

Whatever wines they serve us at the meals for grub club.

Looking forward to tonight's meal as the Sommelier knows her stuff and there will be some awesome wine pairings.

Sunday am going to a tasting at a friends and he's opening Chateaux Haut Brion 1964 La Grand Rue and Vosne Romanee 1988 Domaine Lamarche

Tasted a 1996 Haut Brion against some other top drawer wines back in 2013, the 1997 Ridge Monte Bello won that day. but the HB still had some good levels of acidity and fruit but was mainly tertiary aromas and flavours.

Be interested in hearing about your tasting of the HB and how it is holding up

[hyperD]

Sounds nice but quite expensive. For that price you can drink a pint of Pilsner Urquell in Bratislava

Of course, but where's the fun in that!

This particular recipe uses over double the amount of malts and hops than most of my normal strength recipes (30p/pint) - and it's surprisingly better than the stuff they serve in pubs and bottles.

My turnover is around 46 bottles (23 litres) a time so I can't get better economies of scale than that unless I upgrade my kit. But then I'd have to sell the beer, because even though I love it, even I couldn't drink it all!

[norrahe]

Currently sipping on some bolly courtesy of cojak while watching the rugby.

[Whorty]

Watching the rugger (come on England!!!!!) supping Broadside

[TykeMerc]

Who's sockie is this?

Aussielong, the very often banned.