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Didn't feel like having this for Easter Sunday, so saved it for Monday. Aged HB Baltic Porter bottled March 10th 2021. May be getting a bit past it's peak, but still tastes great.

Moved house a couple months ago and still haven't have a good brewery set up yet. This is my second brew I've made here. It's an English IPA. OG 1.060 and FG 1.013. 6.2% ABV. Maris Otter base malt with a bit of Crystal malt. Norther Brewer for bittering (leftovers) and a lot of Bramling...

Brewed a Bitter yesterday. 22 litres at 1.044OG. Using Lalbrew London English-Style dry yeast. 4.0 kg Maris Otter 0.25 kg Crystal Malt 0.05 kg Chocolate Malt Hopped with Northern Brewer at start of boil and then Fuggles at 5 minutes from flameout. Target IBU of 39.

I'm not familiar with the term Black Cap, what is it? If it's Blackberries, I did the same with my daughter a few years back and made a wheat beer with them. Anyhow, your HB looks great!

HB Eisbock. A nice way to finish 2022.

Thought I'd pop open a Barleywine before amateur night tomorrow and check the carbonation level on my aged inventory. This is a HB Dark Barleywine bottled on 10 August 2021. Here are the specifics: 9.0kg Simpsons Maris Otter 0.25 kg Special B 0.3kg Weyermann Carafa Sp. 3 100g Apollo 17.7%AA...

Drinking my Chocolate Cherry Imperial Milk Stout. Despite having the longest name ever, and being a semi-successful first attempt, it's actually good. The brewday had its difficulties, which were lessons learned. Also, in hindsight, I should have used tart cherries instead of sweet as you can...

This time of year makes a great reason to drink the beer left to age. Enjoyed a HB Barley Wine I bottled on 23 April 2020 with the Bacon Boulangère my wife made for Christmas Lunch/Dinner. The Barley Wine is 11kg Maris Otter and 2kg Carapils. Hopped with Apollo for 99 IBU. WLP-099 Yeast. OG...

HB Eisbock. 1/3 Bohemian Pilsner, 1/3 Vienna, and a 1/3 Munich Type 1. Bottled 22 March 2022. 13.1% ABV. This was quite technically challenging to make, but it turned-out well.

HB Double India Pale Lager. 6kg Bohemian Pilsner and 3kg Munich. 120g of Idaho 7 hops in total. 50g at 60 minutes, 40g at 5 minutes, and 30g at flameout. Fermented on top of the yeastcake of an Idaho 7 Black IPA using Saflager S-23. Three weeks in the FV and one week lagering/carbonating...

HB Black India Pale Lager made from leftover ingredients. Maris Otter base, a generous amount of Crystal Malt, and some Chocolate Malt. Bittering hops are Challenger and Idaho-7 with late additions of Idaho-7 and Elderflowers. Saflager S-23 yeast. 5.1% ABV and very drinkable. Just tapped the...

HB Cream Ale. 80% Maris Otter and 20% flaked maize. US-05 yeast. Northern Brewer hops for a slight bittering. 5.5% ABV.

Thank you for the info.

Out of curiosity, how did you use the cantaloupe for the beer? late addition? In the FV? Also, would you make it again?

HB Elderflower Ale. Maris Otter, Crystal Malt, and a bit of Chocolate Malt for the grist. Challenger for bittering. Challenger, Fuggles, and dried Elderflowers for late additions to the boil. Nottingham yeast. 5.1% ABV and 46 IBU.

Moved house to live by the sea side and have yet to set-up my brewing kit. Today broke-out one of my aged beers that went with the move. 8.6% Baltic Porter bottled 25 November 2021. It's aged well and the taste has mellowed a bit since first bottled. Not sharp at all for the ABV.

HB India Pale Lager. 5.9% at 51 IBU. Saflager S-23 at 14°C (57°)F for a few weeks. Lots of late hopping, but no dry hopping as I wanted it clear. Malt was half Pilsner, half Munich Type 1. Used Idaho 7 hops for the first time. Tastes great. I generally avoid new fangled words, but it does...

I try to only post pics of homebrew and try not to buy beer based-upon it's name, but an exception was made in this case. Apart from the cloudiness and yeast taste, "I like it."

This is the reason why I am sure to wear trousers while taking photos.

Back on the HB now. Drinking my Marzen. I didn't do a D-rest and instead just let it sit for a while. Simple, and nice. Also, really really clear after only a week of lagering.