Mmmm, beer!

[Mark351]

I got up rather early Saturday morning - too early considering I'd got home at 2am having witnessed Marduk at the Hifi Bar - but it was worth it, as 2 hours later I came home with this - roughly 70 500ml cans of micro-brewed amber heaven.



This is 1/3 of 2 brews a mate, his girlfriend and I cooked up 3 weeks ago. I've mentioned U Brew It a few times in various beer threads, and this was the result of my latest trip. We choose two custom brews they have, one is a Canadian style cream ale, great taste with a very smooth finish. The other was Funnelweb, a lighter, sharper beer with a refreshing taste and a little bite.

We also took the opportunity to use their new canning setup, which allow us to quickly can just over 100 litres of beer in about an hour. The 500ml cans are a great size, and pour perfectly into my half stein glass. It quicker and wastes less beer than manual bottling. I'd love a keg setup, but that's coming down the track.

Here's the cans close-up. They had two lid colours which allowed to differentiate the two brews.



The silver lid cans have the cream ale, which I drank whilst watching race 2 of the V8s this after noon.



Followed by the funnelweb I had during race 3.



I think I'll go a cream ale with dinner. For me, this has the great taste of home brew without the hassle, with a commercial result (filtering, gas) less the crappy chemicals they use. The only problem is deciding which brew we'll do next!