Might give me an excuse to get started.
Here's something to think about: If Brass Goggles were a beer, what style would it be? (I'm thinking ESB, but I welcome other opinions.)
I'd have to agree with you 67% on the ESB.
We're definitely extra-special, though I'm not too sure about bitter.
Premium lager?
Depends what you mean by that. The publishers of the 365 Bottles of Beer for the Year desk calendar use the term "premium lager" rather disparagingly to refer to the cheap, cereal-based mass-market Labolson-Budmilloors-type "beers." Also, while a really good lager or pilsener is very tasty, lagers just don't have the breadth of flavour that Brass Goggles has.
Also, any bitter I've tasted wasn't actually bitter per se; there should be a definite balance between the hops and the malt. I've not studied the history of the style, but I would speculate that the original bitters were the first beers brewed in England using hops, and so were bitter in comparison to their unhopped predecessors, in much the same way that pale ales are usually rather dark, but are paler than the brown ales that preceeded them.
EDIT: Come to think of it, an IPA would be thematically appropriate.
Ooh I like the thought of a Brassgoggles IPA!
But by IPA do you mean India Pale Ale or Imperial Pale Ale?
The differences are slight, but they are technically two different styles.
But there is definitely a good sound to Brassgoggles IPA.
This one gets my vote.
I was thinking earlier today, that we should do something unified as a "club."
I think that we should all either brew a specific type of beer, or a specific kit, or some other brewing-related project (mead, wine, what have you) and then share our methods and how it turned out.
What do you guys think?
Be a good idea. I mean me and my mates have plans to make a steampunk brewery calling the 'Brewery with cogs on'.
I wish you guys the best of luck!
My ultimate goal is to own a brewpub, but it probably will not be steampunked.
I want it to be in a building that is reminiscent of a Viking/Celtic feasting hall.
I've actually made a webpage for it, so that I can claim that I had the name first if/when I do open it and there is another brewpub with the same name.
The little logo in my signature is a link, if you want to check it out.
It's nothing too special, just something I wasted some time on haha.
Once I finish my Bachelors' degree, I'm going to go to the UK to the Institute of Brewing and Distilling to do their brewing diploma program, and will hopefully return at some point for the Master Brewer program.