Gazza and Jay have been busy the last couple of days brewing, palleting, cask washing, you name it! We've brewed the much requested Oceanic again; this was a beer devised by Gazza and long-time beer acquaintance Dean Roberts a few months back and both brews done thus far have flown out; we'd like to think it was the combination of two international award-winning brewers (honestly, we are!) but it's probably just down to Nelson Sauvin and Galaxy being amazing hops...
This time Gazza has taken a machete to the recipe and trimmed out all the "filler" hops and replaced them with even more luscious Nelson and Galaxy, so here's hoping version 3.0 is the best yet... if so then don't expect it to be brewed too many times as we're reeeeealy short of both Galaxy and Nelson; not the best planning, eh?
The other rebrew is of the latest Joy Division beer, "Day of the Lords", which absolutely flew out - gaining rave reviews at the meet the brewer at Cheltenham Motor Club - so we felt it only right to brew it again, that and we didn't have the hops for the beer on the "brew planner"....
Citra and Nelson Sauvin (yes, again!) make up the majority of the hop charge for this brew which is a lusciously fruity thing of beauty and demands contemplation of it's huge fruity aroma; honestly, it smells absolutely gorgeous! Such was the praise for the original brew we've unashamedly caved in to peer pressure and made it again with a few small recipe tweaks to improve the "user experience"...
Tomorrow sees us off to London town for deliveries to Craft Beer Clerkenwell, Southampton Arms and Snooty Fox Canonbury as well as recovering some much-needed empties along the way... rest assured the stereo is already being primed with bangin' choonz for the journey!
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| Gazza was sad because the Nelson twig cost him a fiver... |
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