while we are on the subject-got my annual blood tests back and my liver is good(on the wagon for 3 months!) and my moobs aren`t too prominent so just put down a chocolate porter to be ready for my birthday-last winters was beautiful,so here`s my recipie:
1.7kg mix of two row malted barley
200g freshly ground roasted chocolate barley
fresh Tasmanian hops and yeast
10ml licorice extract(for a bit of cream in the head)
10ml vanilla extract (to soften the hops)
so in 3 weeks I will have a nice ruby coloured porter,sweet but sour,with a creamy head,around 6% proof,somewhere between an ale and a stout
will keep you posted
cheers