BrewinInPA
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Looks lovely. Did you fine that ?HB American Lager “Camp Beer”. Lagered for about 3 weeks now and it’s really coming into its own.
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Looks lovely. Did you fine that ?HB American Lager “Camp Beer”. Lagered for about 3 weeks now and it’s really coming into its own.
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It's true @JAReeves, it's not just by brand it's by ratio as well... the game's afoot!Matching Gins and Vermouths is a bit of an arcane art.
Nice work! Can't wait to brew my first hellesHB German Pilsner that I bottled at Christmas time with my new Tapcooler bottle filler. Good carbonation and no signs of oxidation that I can detect. I’d call it a success.
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How's the 'cello? We usually macerate with Everclear then dilute down to 100 proof with simple syrup.All of this talk of gin made me want to taste the limoncello we made with Mojave High Desert Gin. Smells like the desert sages, the lemon peel (our lemons) tastes amazingly floral, especially in a G&T! Time to put it in a bottle.View attachment 756851
No fining, just 4 day cold crash at ~31F and 3 weeks at 40F in the keg.Looks lovely. Did you fine that ?
Makes me want to send you a bottle of Crown!Nightcap
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Wow you’re into some high class stuff there! We’ve tried a bunch, my wife and I were on a gin thing for awhile couple years ago. As it is, we have a place near us that sells Gordon’s in the big bottle 1.75L for $13.99 so we’ve been keeping that around. We even did a blind tasting thing with about 5 or 6 of them and there wasn’t too much difference at least in the ones we had. Gordon’s and Gilbeys are about identical, in blind samples I could not tell them apart. Bulldog gin was one I liked. We had Total Wine’s brand, Citadelle gin. It wasn’t any better or any worse than any of the others. One of the gins we had was a genevre, didn’t know the difference at the time. I did not like that one.Highclere Castle is better with Dolin Dry.
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Wow you’re into some high class stuff there! We’ve tried a bunch, my wife and I were on a gin thing for awhile couple years ago. As it is, we have a place near us that sells Gordon’s in the big bottle 1.75L for $13.99 so we’ve been keeping that around. We even did a blind tasting thing with about 5 or 6 of them and there wasn’t too much difference at least in the ones we had. Gordon’s and Gilbeys are about identical, in blind samples I could not tell them apart. Bulldog gin was one I liked. We had Total Wine’s brand, Citadelle gin. It wasn’t any better or any worse than any of the others. One of the gins we had was a genevre, didn’t know the difference at the time. I did not like that one.
Oh how did I forget Boodle’s? Yeah that one was great. Also pricey.My 3 favorite Gins for Martinis right now are Highclere Castle, Ford's, and The Botanist. Bootles, Broker's, Bulldog and Plymouth would be my second choices.
I love Bulldog but they no longer carry it at Pennsylvania ABC.
As far as Martinis go, Beefeater, Tanqueray and Bombay Regular (the Sapphire is too weird to make a coherent Martini but makes a superb G&T ) are about the bare minimum. Hendrick's is also very good but also makes a very strange Martini. Anything below that tier (Gordon's, Gilbeys, Bankers, et al ) is for gin and tonics or cocktails involving fruit juices. Citadelle is good too, about on the same level as Malfy from Italy. Believe it or not, you can make a decent Martini with New Amsterdam (although it's barely gin ) and Martini & Rossi.
For Vermouths, I mostly buy Noilly Pratt, Dolin, and recently, Carpano from Spain. Lots of people like Vya from California but I don't care for it. The most important thing for vermouth is that you keep it refrigerated after opening it. If you do that, it will last 3 months. If you leave it out warm it will oxidize and go sour in a week.
I agree. I just don't usually schlepp all the way to DE just to buy booze, but if I am in the First State, I almost always stop in there at TW in Christiana on the way home.Oh how did I forget Boodle’s? Yeah that one was great. Also pricey.
Depending on where you are in PA, you can find almost anything at one of the DE Total Wine stores. Claymont is one of biggest, Cherry Hill is also a big store. The closest one to me is in Wilmington but that is one of their oldest and smallest stores. Still beats the PA state store by a country mile.
Anybody who says Disney is the greatest place on earth has never been to Total Wine.
Oh how did I forget Boodle’s? Yeah that one was great. Also pricey.
Depending on where you are in PA, you can find almost anything at one of the DE or NJ Total Wine stores. Claymont is one of biggest, Cherry Hill is also a big store. The closest one to me is in Wilmington but that is one of their oldest and smallest stores. Still beats the PA state store by a country mile.
Anybody who says Disney is the greatest place on earth has never been to Total Wine.
For less than the price of Crown I can get the 12 year old CC.Makes me want to send you a bottle of Crown!
Ahhh didn't see it was the 12 year! Very nice!For less than the price of Crown I can get the 12 year old CC.
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I been to Eastern Market a thousand times, though not since the pandemic hit, and never saw a brewery down there ??
Though I had to give up the hard stuff years ago, good to see someone still appreciates Canadian whiskey, REAL whiskey. Me and Royal Canadian grew up together before I ditched her for a classier Dame, Crown Royal.Nightcap
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