Bristol Brewers

Ooooh, shiny!

Bottled and kegged this today, there is a marked malty sweetness (which I hope won't ferment away!), and a great body. It surprised me that it dropped to 1.010, it felt 'bigger'.

Perhaps there is another Mike? I am happy to speak on any and every topic given the opportunity and this will be no exception, I hope you are prepared for an amateurish discussion about dark beers! I will also attempt to make a low gravity dark 'un for your pleasure. Is it only you (Steve C), Grundy...

While I appreciate my recent (ahem) victory in the Stout class may have led you to making assumptions, what in fuck's name makes you think I know enough about 'stouts and porters' to talk about them? I best get into the books....

Obviously didn't correct for temperature. 40L at 1.048 into the fermentor. Beer calculator reckons on 88% efficiency, Tony Ye-fucking-boah!

Has you finished it yet? How did the short lagering affect it?

Damn Sports Day has even taken over Radio 4, but I can't pass up the opportunity for a cheap gag. Here's my base-malt-and-goldings effort. Reverse osmosis water 40L, 20L Yatton's finest council pop. 7kg low colour MO. Decoction mash 38C, 58C, 68C (five fucking hours later...) Pre-boil gravity 1.042,...

Fuck me, decoction mashing is a rigmarole. Second portion about to boil, Charlie's going to go tits when she sees the state I've made of the hob...

I've got a twatty shift. I am currently in the process of bartering with a colleague to swap it. However, if I'm unable to persuade her, can someone describe the potential Sept. meeting for me?

Merkin is a pubic wig, I went to a merkin exhibition once. Apparently they became all the rage among London's premier whores during a large syph outbreak because best-practice treatment involved the shaving of a lady's under-regions. Aaah, where would we be without evidence-based practice.