Derek Bates

In time for Christmas, you’ve heard of elf on a shelf, get ready for label on the table. Gonna be a long day.

@totalcurtis Few hundred kg

That’s was a long ol’day. Hope yall like 3 year old Foeder Impy stout with a few bonus ingredients for a Christmas beer.

That looks like a good option.

This lunch sandwich today was ridiculous.

Sunday lunch, strong chances of nap

@tabamatu Absolutely good on you and your crew, couldn’t be more deserved to damn near anyone I know in the industry. Pass it down to everyone there from us.

Blown away by the SIBA comp results today. We entered OT and Level Up in both cask and keg (our two core beers) 🥇Level Up (Cask) GOLD 🥇Level Up (Keg) GOLD 🥇Oregon Trail (Cask) GOLD 🥉Oregon Trail (Keg) BRONZE Level Up (Cask) won overall SILVER 🥈 #TeamElusive

Tell me about it.

Thanks @Dishoom tired after shopping all day in London with my daughter/best friend. That Tom Collins was on point

Big ol’ pot of Hoppin’ John tonight best as I could make it in the UK, this after I shredded the smoked pork hock that’s been cooking all day . No cornbread sadly as I couldn’t find any good cornmeal. Bout to put this on some rice with some hot sauce and hope fortune finds me.

Just having to drink this one down we canned today for Oktoberfest, while staying late transferring a Foeder bier de miel. Alright job if you can get it I reckon.

Not too fancy, but if you know what you’re doing ya know that’s gonna be good.

To continue my load of seafood and frozen Daiquiri I grilled monkfish shish kebabs last night and made frozen pina coladas. Making this the August of Bates. An August of going to bed entirely too full and slightly drunk on daiquiris.

@LilyWaite_ Accurate.

Ate a shitload of local seafood while sitting on the beach, then tacos and frozen margaritas next to the sea, got some monkfish to marinate and grill tomorrow, and a new sweatshirt with a big crab on the front today. Essentially ideal day out. I’m living my best 5 yr old life.

Made an absolute 5 layer lasagna beast last night.

New short haircut, mustache trimmed in. Look like a cross of Omni man and “I need to see your license and registration, please step out of the car”.

I really don’t get the need of possibly getting an extra day off work that makes people want to do more work at home.

Frozen food section and dry goods section of an Asian market is absolutely the best food shopping on earth.

@LilyWaite_ We pour pure co2 at roughly 28psi/2 bar, mix you could probably get away with a bit under that. Depends if it’s direct draw or flash chiller and how far your lines are away as well.

It's been a while since I've wrangled gas dispense (and got it wrong last time) but I have Suremix 60/40 for the taproom and we'll be pouring mostly pale, witbier, sour, IPA. What pressure should I be aiming for?