Oh my… this is very awesome. It’s dark fruity winey stouty barelley whiskey scrummy. Not thick. Superbly blended. Yes the alcohol has probably gone to my head after just a few sips, but it is a very grand beer. My first beer to score a 5 on untappd. Xmas 2022 gift.

Spent the afternoon at Track plucking hops from vines for the Manchester Hop Project. Good beer and company. Then a couple of drinks at Balance whilst we waited for the football traffic to clear.

@spencerpollard.bsky.social Got my copy of your Jaguar book today. Have flicked through it, looks fab. Will likely get the kit at some point, but expect to learn lots from the book regardless.

Left pic = red wine kit to go in our wooden pin to preserve/hydrate it while not in use for beer. Tucked behind is a Chimay Gold clone, first try. It will go into a corny keg tomorrow for a few weeks before serving. Right pic = our 5th flanders red which leaked overnight & the corny being cleaned.

Long, tiring week at work, but hit the bench 20:00–22:30ish yesterday. Started by priming the parts whilst still on runners, then moved on to cockpit construction.

From the evening of 14th March I’ll be attempting to build & paint this 1/48 Me272 in 48 hours as part of 48-48.org in aid of www.modelsforheroes.org.uk . Worldwide live streams and auctions of modelling goodies. Really looking forward to a whole weekend of bench time.

Discovered George Samuel Brewery whilst on hols in Sept. Thoroughly enjoyed their porter this eve. On untappd I’ve rated all their beers I have had at 4+ Great taproom in Shildon, Co. Durham. If I was to do a top 10 of my fave breweries I think they would be in it www.georgesamuelbreweryltd.com/home

@bee-rs.bsky.social Enjoying your Centennial Smash. Good head, sweet malty aroma, slightly sweet taste, but not too much, good balance of hop flavour. Excellent for washing down leftover homemade curry, which was a chicken bhuna from the Curry Guy Bible @mrshelenbee.bsky.social recommended to us.

Lemon gose. Brewed last weekend, bottled today. Tastes pretty good already.

Scale modelling is my main interest at the moment & it is a good switch off from work. Following various FWW folks, but I lack time for my own research at the mo :-( Might post some homebrew stuff and the occasional hamster pic.

Working on a model of FWW trench scene while watching a live zoom lecture about 54th Division (known as the Sucked Oranges) by @stevejchambers.bsky.social of the Gallipoli Association.