This Weather.....

[green genie]

2 miles from Plymouth border

[Ani]

I did some pre match training for Saturday today and can confirm that it is a bit too cold for shorts, especially when the sun goes in. 

[little whitt]

1 hour ago, green genie said:

2 miles from Plymouth border

That looks like a Lovley pint 

[London Wanderer]

17 hours ago, little whitt said:

leith 

Newhaven 

close😊

[DazBob]

15 hours ago, little whitt said:

That looks like a Lovley pint 

Haha.

Is that the brewery of choice in GERMANY?

[gonzo]

I love tits.

[bolton_blondie]

18 minutes ago, gonzo said:

I love tits.

Don’t we all

[bolton_blondie]

Been signed off from uni, thank fuck that is over. Booked tomorrow off, pints are needed 😎

[frank_spencer]

Hoping the weather holds for MPF next weekend, and Easter for those not smart enough to be going.

[Dimron]

2 hours ago, gonzo said:

I love tits.

Spotted a Red Wing early doors last week after Mrs D picked it up on her "Merlin" Phone App

We are talking ornithology, right ?

[bolton_blondie]

Cheers you big bunch of gays

[Tonge moor green jacket]

That, is a proper looking pint. Puts the Plymouth one above into the shade.

[green genie]

2 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

That, is a proper looking pint. Puts the Plymouth one above into the shade.

From Princetown actually and apart from bb covering her beaver see little of appeal. She needs a flake in it as a clever marketing strategy once said 

[Tonge moor green jacket]

Nah.

Head is part and parcel of the brewing process, and connected to protein levels in hops. Too much and the head in lessened as it acts like an antifoam.

Head brewers understand the relationship between the ingredients, and how seasonal variations affect them slightly.

Also protects the flavour for me, and indicative of a well kept, well poured pint, from an establishment with decent throughput. 

[Not in Crawley]

Actually that's a bit of a misnomer- it's dependant on the type of brew and the hops used, a large head on a beer isn't indicative of a well kept pint. Lots of bristish beers don't have large heads do to low carbonisation. Yes some like it to 'increase the flavour' and the smell - that's more about personal taste and if the beer - say a stout - is better for having a larger head whereas something like London Pride it's not as important nor does it lend itself to it.

[Spider]

[Zico]

10 minutes ago, Spider said:

Is that from Viz?

[ianofcleveleys]

Might as well fess up, I'm one, fully paid up CAMRA member 🙈

[Sweep]

22 minutes ago, ianofcleveleys said:

Might as well fess up, I'm one, fully paid up CAMRA member 🙈

[ianofcleveleys]

2 minutes ago, Sweep said:

Cheers! (Sorry, don't know how to rotate the pic)

[Spider]

2 hours ago, Zico said:

Is that from Viz?

Yeah

[Not in Crawley]

I only am aware as I grew up in a household where my dad brewed his own for years. Weekends were spent going over to a brew shop in Blackburn as a kid. He used to do a really good Landlord and I don't drink bitter as a rule. Sept/Oct the garage would stink of hops. When I lived in Faversham Tuesday was hop day so the whole town stank of brewing.

The real ale/craft ale lot can put a glass eye to sleep in my humble opinion.

[Tonge moor green jacket]

6 hours ago, Not in Crawley said:

Actually that's a bit of a misnomer- it's dependant on the type of brew and the hops used, a large head on a beer isn't indicative of a well kept pint. Lots of bristish beers don't have large heads do to low carbonisation. Yes some like it to 'increase the flavour' and the smell - that's more about personal taste and if the beer - say a stout - is better for having a larger head whereas something like London Pride it's not as important nor does it lend itself to it.

Largely correct.

It is amazing though, just how different the same beer can be at different establishments. That is entirely down to cellarmanship.

As for genuine ale- it isn't additionally carbonised and is still "live". Froth/gas is created naturally from the fermentation.

I've also been brewing for decades.

Edited April 11 by Tonge moor green jacket

[Not in Crawley]

12 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Largely correct.

It is amazing though, just how different the same beer can be at different establishments. That is entirely down to cellarmanship.

As for genuine ale- it isn't additionally carbonised and is still "live". Froth/gas is created naturally from the fermentation.

I've also been brewing for decades.

Then you know much more then I do. I'm afraid I didn't get my Dad's skill or interest. Mind you he was a Chemistry teacher and there's not a chance I'd be able to go and do that.

[Not in Crawley]

Proper hot today - working in the garden and probably getting sunburnt