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e afraid of the popularity of craft beer they d probably stage a publicity stunt in shoreditch carlsberg today unveiled a 3 m x 12 m interactive meaning beer dispensing billboard at the truman brewery in situ for one day only to tempt passers by to discover and enjoy a half pint of ice cold carlsberg as if it were a beer that no one s ever heard of the question is how calculated deliberate was the location answers on a billboard please view original post posted in uncategorized leave a comment my journey into homebrewing a hobbyists tale posted on march 22 2014 by mike massen there comes a time in the life of every drinker that they think usually after a few drinks i can have a go at that and with that in mind i headed up the homebrew centre in morley twenty minutes later and 80 lighter i arrived back at bf towers with all that was required to brew up 40 pints of what i was assured would a reasonable approximation of fullers london pride i was using a milestone starter kit and so having spent a fair amount of time sterilising everything with reaching distance i fear that i may never now have children i set to work having the eyesight of a mole with cataracts and the logical mind of a distracted squirrel i did struggle a bit with what were probably straight forward instructions but eventually i got a barrel of fermenting wort up in to attic and after a few weeks of fermentation and regular temperature checking i decanted the resulting brew into my plastic barrel and left it bubble away there was a slight glitch when the heating went off for a few days due to a new bathroom being fitted but the application of a fleece and woolly hat for the barrel not me seemed to do the trick and with a little intrepidation and a steady pair of hands i carried the whole lot down to the kitchen for testing admiral bentine s potty time one for the oldies there i used a couple of the co2 valves i got with my pack but to no avail the ale was as flat as the proverbial witches breast but was not unpleasant to the taste fullers would no doubt be on the phone to their lawyers if i were to claim that it tasted anything like their london pride it tasted like well i suppose homebrew is the best that can be said and not entirely unexpected i decanted quite a bit into bottles so as to avoid the sediment and got a nice clear autumnal shaded beer a quick request via twitter for a name and soon we had a dozen wine bottles full of misty mountain hops as an old led zep fan this appealed to my love of awful puns i was once of a mind to start a cleaning company just so i could call it dust never sleeps at this point i would like to thank mrs bf for her supply of empty wine bottles a selfless task that she entered into with great gusto they say that no one will ever tell you that you have an ugly baby and the same may well be true of your first batch of homebrew extensive testing with scottie led us the conclusion that it was despite my first concerns quite alcoholic and to be honest i have developed quite a taste for it just as well really as i have at least another 7 bottles to go i find it tastes best if served chilled so the fridge is now the fullest that it has been for a long time i took a few bottles back home to liverpool for my nephew s 18 th and asked for an opinion there i can only assume that it doesn t travel that well as the most favourable review i got was it s not horrible to that is f ck ng rank so there we have it first batch of misty mountain hops in the bottles and it s not horrible just started on a batch of coffee porter so watch this space apologies to any homebrew experts out there if i have used the wrong terms but hey i am on a newbie posted in uncategorized tagged beer brewing craft ales homebrew homebrewing leave a comment our bier huis is a very very very fine huis posted on june 3 2013 by mike massen welcome to our huis having dropped mrs bf off to get her barnett coiuffered i took the opportunity to pay a virgin visit to bier huis purveyor of quality bottled ales to the good folk of ossett and for many miles around i am sure being from the city of liverpool and living in leeds i must confess that the need for a trip to ossett have been limited they say that when a man is tired of ossett he has obviously been there for more than 30 minutes not entirely fair but not a seething metropolis a small quite pleasant little town the kind of place reggie perrin may have settled down in all those years ago following his departure from sunshine desserts that said the carparking cost me a conker and a couple of broken biscuits still recognised currency in parts of yorkshire and i did find a fine cappuccino to enjoy in the sun to kill a few minutes i didn t stop to read the tourist information guide for the area but i would hope that they would include a recommendation to visit the aforementioned bier huis row upon row of shiny bottles all shouting pick me pick me greeted me as i entered and with the assistance of mein host david i did just that ever keen to support our local brewers i stuck to yorkshire brewers and came away with a fair selection and representation of what is on offer in god s own county better red than dead tonight being monday and the sun shining i managed to forego diving into my beer box until i had jetwashed the decking and strimmed the front hillside bf towers are situated on a hill wonderful views but a bugger to manage so when all the work was done and dinner cooked i sat down with a bottle of red from nook brewhouse and delightful it was to malty and fruity just how i like them it may have been the couple of hours gardening to sharpened my thirst but by eckers as they don t say around here t it were reet grand a warm but refreshing ruby ale that i am ashamed to admit only lasted three gulps i know philistine but boy did it hit the spot sticking on a red theme i moved onto a red diesel from the barnsley based geeves brewery a real tasty ruby ale this lasted a bit longer and was the accompaniment to learning the chords for neil young s harvest moon is there no end to this man s talent as i watched the sun go down and yes this is as perfect as it sounds bit of trivia the junior part of the geeves brewing dynasty was the lad who got slapped in the tango advert how is that for the ultimate obscure ale related pub quiz question better than petrol and that takes me to where i am now getting on for 10 30 and time for a spot of t v mrs bf looking after her dad following the sad loss of her mum a few weeks ago rip mary so making the most of enforced me time watch this space btw was at a christening on sunday in mytholmroyd and the bar stocked little valley brewery bottles picked up one of each and may well be a blog of its own but well worth checking them out cheers posted in uncategorized leave a comment a trip over the pennines to mediacity at the salford quays to see simon evans allowed me and mrs bf to sample the delights of the food festival that was on how is that for coincidence and not at all planned the food festival was so so simon evans very funny and the trip to the imperial war museum brought tears to my eyes the tales of heroism and gallantry against a back drop of pointless empire building should be on the curriculum for every child in the land to show that while man is capable of great stupidity greed and evil there is a defiant spark of bravery selflessness and sheer courage in the face of adversity that gives a belief that there is hope for a better tomorrow moving back into the sunlight of a glorious bank holiday monday only seemed to heighten the sense of optimism while not wishing in any way to denigrate the memories of the millions who have died on the battlefield it must be said that booth s did a little to bolster my spirits and with a nod of encouragement from my good lady and clutching my wallet like a five year old on his way to the funfair i dived into the beer section booths while having nothing by way of breakfast left by 10 00 a m on a bank holiday monday do have a fine beer selection true there is a fair amount of the usual suspects that one would find on the shelves of many a provincial supermarket but there were some out of ordinary brews that make such a trip worthwhile stocking up as much as seemed decent for a day out i will for the sake of research and demands of my public work my way through them and pass on my thoughts my thoughts alone and in no way influenced by anything other than what is in my glass first out of the box maid marian worth rescuing from the baddies maid marian from the springhead brewery in notts consumed within 10 minutes of arriving back from manchester and a 50 minute drive in the setting evening sun i must admit that anything would have tasted as if poured from the gods own chalice a refreshing blonde with a fruity taste it just hit the spot and would certainly be a good choice for a sunny summer s afternoon and at 4 5 abv not going to give you a melted skull feeling the next day if consumed in any great quantity a bottle of aviator from the dent brewery left me a little unimpressed being apparently one of the remotest breweries in the country may account for what i found to be a very traditional bitter nothing wrong with this but i have never really been a fan of your more traditional brews and it reminded of sneaked swigs of pints when i used to go and watch my dad play cricket in the early 80 s when i was younger so much younger than today won t be putting that back on my shopping list again dent aviator hmmm back among familiar ground my third for the day was a bottle of eden gold and a decent drink it was too it is described as snapped thistle aroma in the absence of any thistles snapped or otherwise i am not really in a position to comment i can say that there was a definite fruity smell and taste and would place in the same ball park as maid marian in the overall quaffable stakes or to put it another way quaffable with steaks will be looking to go through a few more in the evenings to come and will for what it s worth let you know my thoughts now if you will excuse me i think it is time for a thwaites nutty black tbc back so soon well sat here in my garret listening to henry priestman watching the sun set over the valley with a glass of the aforementioned nutty b and all is well with the world i really like the darker end of the spectrum when comes to late evening quaffing a rich warm mix that has me wanting to be sat in a beergarden overlooking a tranquil seascape with some close friends but alas and alack the wife is at her dads and friends are scattered far and wide but i am drifting there is a slightly bitter aftertaste that leaves a taste of nuttiness that has you licking your lips for more a quick squint at the thwaites website proudly states that it was voted world s best mild in the world beer awards in 2012 i haven t drunk all the milds in the world but it is certainly worth checking out so that is the first batch of brews from booths catch you late in the week for a further update posted on may 7 2013 by mike massen 1 comment raising the bar posted on april 28 2013 by mike massen the north leeds charity beer festival 27 th april 2013 i had the chance to volunteer as barman for the saturday afternoon evening session of this two day event based over two floors at st aidan s church community hall just off roundhay road it was just the right sized venue for this reasonably well attended event master and servant the festival premise was straight forward a drink off between the finest of yorkshire brews and their counterparts from north of the border an excellent idea nothing like a bit of jingoism to get the half pints flowing i spent most of time on the top floor under the guidance and tutelage of lee however due to the almost constant background wall of sound courtesy of local bands a lot of the time i simply nodded and smiled i have found that this response works well enough for most arenas in life and beer festivals proved to be no different my beer of the festival the ales themselves were very much a parson s egg ranging from the sublime to the average as i was allowed to help myself as i went i was able to make an in depth analysis of what was on offer i was particularly taken with the tsa double espresso wild oat stout this seemed to be a bit of a marmite beer with repeated purchases or face pulling of the kind you get when giving broccoli to a three year old another brew that took my eye and mouth was the red macgregor as you would guess this too was from our caledonian cousins so that is 2 0 so far to even the score i would like to bring in the rapture from those nice people at magic rock in huddersfield a really tasty amber ale that has a kicking citrus backbite to it the tasting notes say there is a taste of pine but the overwhelming taste was grapefruit suits me i would rather eat a grapefruit than a christmas tree back on a yorkshire bent the clash london porter from whitwood over at castleford was certainly one of the best of the show i prefer a richer darker brew and this porter hit the spot and to be fair anything that references one of the finest bands ever to play guitar is going to be worth investigating there were a fair few lighter pales and blondes on offer and while not my beer of choice i had the odd snifter of ypa from roosters brewing and to even things up the duchess anne from strathhaven you have to bear in mind that as a displaced scouser i have no geographical allegiance and so can show favour without regard of county pride the camra never lies it was great to see such a diverse crowd there were a lot of young media type groovers and shakers look i am 49 now anyone under 30 falls into this bracket to contradict the usual negative stereotypical view that joe and josephine public have about ale enthusiasts a good high proportion of women as well although to be fair i think some of them may have been there under sufferance and i was asked on a couple of occasions if i had anything girlie found that seven giraffes or fair dinkum was usually well received in response to such a request although my almost evangelic zeal for the double espresso brew did pay off on a couple of occasions an enthusiasm to convert i would later regret when it ran out one of the few casks that did after a six hour shift numerous beers two pork pies and as many blues bands as i could throw a drumstick at i made my farewells and left home to annoy the wife and a rather sleepless night wonder if there was something in that coffee based beer a good time had by all thanks to sam the rotary club of roundhay the sponsors the brewers and all the other vols for a great festival finally a hi and plug for beer hui s for all your beer needs in osset posted in uncategorized tagged magic rock brewery rapture red macgregor tsa double esspresso whitwood brewery 3 comments beer poll the results posted on march 27 2013 by mike massen thanks for 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