A regular Christmas treat to myself is a mini cask (about 8 pints) of bitter, usually Southwold from Adnams, but this year, Adnams seem to be offering mini kegs only.
Any suggestions of breweries happy to post mini casks? Just ordinary, everyday, honest bitter.
Try Hogsback
In message snipped-for-privacy@candehope.me.uk>, charles snipped-for-privacy@candehope.me.uk> writes
Thanks for that. Unfortunately minimum size is 20 pints, which I'll struggle to get through in the few days it remains fresh.
Go on - force yourself. ;-)
Sadly, a local brewery is desperate to flog off what beer they have:
We have 36 pint bag in box's available of the following beers: .....
These boxes come with their own tap, ready to enjoy a pint at home.
These boxes are available for LOCAL delivery or Brewery pick up.
Sadly, we're unable to ship these via courier.
Obviously, too much beer. And I bought my box of a dozen bottles a couple of days before this.
another possibility - going further north - is Stewart Brewery in Edinburgh
In message snipped-for-privacy@davenoise.co.uk>, "Dave Plowman (News)" snipped-for-privacy@davenoise.co.uk> writes
<grin> Trouble is, 5 pints a day for 4 days and I'd spend most of Christmas asleep :-)
Do they have to be posted? Perhaps you can source an 8 pint container and get your local pub to fill it up for you.
Alternatively get a poly pin (big box) then bottle a portion of it to keep longer term in true DIY fashion. :-)
Cheers
Dave R
And the downside is......?
Hic
Dave R
A pint with breakfast, a pint with lunch, a pint with dinner, and 2 pints in the evening, sounds quite moderate for a farm worker in the 1930s, or a Wetherspoons customer :)
Owain
I suppose it would depend how strong it was. But at my age it would be going to the loo a lot. ;-)
Does the rule 'first two pints, then each pint thereafter' still apply?
Owain
According to (I think) Mail Online this morning Jeremy Clarkson has got through 500 cases of wine since the March lockdown. Even if they are these new-fangled 6 bottle cases (*I* remember when a case was 12 bottles) that is pretty impressive.
At a minimum :-)
My first attempt at brewing my own beer (cream stout, from St Peters) was a resounding success. And the 36 pints that it made has kept fresh (it still tastes fine) for a good few weeks. Amazingly I haven't needed to add any CO2 to the cask: there's no sign of air trying to bubble back in through the spigot, so evidently there's still excess CO2 pushing the beer out. There's still about an inch of beer above the spigot so a couple of pints left.
In message <qgzy0taxmk0m.16tq9zf93dh8$. snipped-for-privacy@40tude.net, PeterC snipped-for-privacy@homecall.co.uk> writes
That looks promising, thank you
5L Adnams Ghost Ship on Amacon
In message snipped-for-privacy@brightview.co.uk>, Andy Bennet snipped-for-privacy@andy.com writes
Keg, not cask, sadly.
This is good :-)
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