The ginger beer is 'Red Cat' 1 and 2. The stout is 'Black Cat' and the pale ale is 'White Cat'.
So far, I haven't consumed much of the stuff, but thought I'd give it a go the other day. I've been lovingly storing it all in cartons in the garden shed (which is damp and has lots of holes). Well, I went in to get a few brews only to find that snails have eaten most of the labels. So now I don't know what is what. I think it will be easy to pick the stout, but I'm not sure about the others. I've put the latest batch in the spare room away from the snails to avoid future disasters of this kind. (Note to self, get a job that will pay me enough to build a proper shed in the back yard.)
As for the quality of the brews, I did find a couple that had enough of the label left to identify them. I've had a few of the ginger beers before and they are quite lovely (and a little lethal). I tried the stout when it was very young and it tasted a lot like Vegemite. Haven't given it another go yet. Hopefully it has improved after sitting and brewing for a few months.
Yesterday I tried the pale ale. It was absolutely disgusting. I'm going to have to turf the lot. I think it must've picked up a bug or something. Normally, when the brew is in the vat, you can smell the air coming out of it through the air lock. It's nice to have the ginger or whatever scent in the laundry. I should've been alerted to the possibility of a problem with the pale ale by the fact that the air coming out of it smelled a lot like poo. The smell improved by the time it was bottled, but I didn't do a sample of the flavour. I now know better. Early on, there was a suggestion that I should call the brews 'cat piss' and this would be truly appropriate for the pale ale.
The current brew is a cerveza (should that be thervetha?). It's bubbling away very happily right now and the air coming out of it smells great. Phew! I'm working on a name and welcome suggestions.
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