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20-06-2009, 11:18 PM | #181 | ||
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I had one of my home brews tonight, a Blue Mountains lager I made last year. Taste is ok, though I'm sure I overdid the sugar for carbonation during conditioning as it's insta-head as you pour it from the bottle.
I've got some of my last brew, which was a Bavarian Witbier that tastes a little like Schofferhofer, in the fridge ready for race 2 tomorrow. I like that one more, though it was from a wort kit I got for Xmas so it had fewer things to screw up. Run out of my Leffe Blonde copy, that was yummy too. Need to ponder my next brew, winter is a good time for brewing as it's easier to control the temps, particularly for ale yeasts.
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20-06-2009, 11:26 PM | #182 | ||
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Sitting back drinking some heineken's atm. Very relaxing :P
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20-06-2009, 11:43 PM | #183 | ||||
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21-06-2009, 12:42 PM | #184 | ||
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29 bucks for Pilsner? Bloody hell...that's pricey!
My fave beer is the Trappist brew of La Trappe of the Koenigshoeven brewery in Holland. 16 bucks for a four pack...7% alcohol content, but easy to drink. You don't know flavour until you've tried the Trappist offerings. The others are more expensive though...Rochefort are not cheap. 11 bucks for their Rochefort 10.
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21-06-2009, 01:12 PM | #185 | ||
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we cant get enough stock of the little creatures here in geelong
on a side note for those that drink Carlton Cold have a look at what you are getting now they have dropped it to a mid strenth from 4.9% to 4.0 % alc content and not dropped the price as for what i like i am changing my tastes of beers all the time ... i prefer a bitter the other day i tried a couple of barefoot radler and was quietly impressed with the all round flavour and the feel on the pallet Jason
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21-06-2009, 01:38 PM | #186 | |||
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As for lagers...well i like the new zealand stuff in particular, or my own 12 month old lager.....
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21-06-2009, 01:58 PM | #187 | |||
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21-06-2009, 02:54 PM | #188 | ||
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I managed to source some Hop Thief, and it is in the fridge, ready for the Formula One tonight.
It was the last case left at my local Vintage Cellars. Looking forward to it.
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22-06-2009, 12:26 AM | #189 | |||
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Drinking Little Creatures Bright Ale atm, love their whole range. everyday beer of choice: Coopers Sparkling Ale i love a coopers vintage ale/hoegaarden on the odd occasion too.
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22-06-2009, 10:43 AM | #190 | ||
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Best ive ever tried: Bellevue Kriek
Favourites in no particular order: Little Creatures Pale Ale James Squire IPA Samuel Adams Boston Lager Youngs Double Chocolate Stout
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22-06-2009, 11:27 PM | #191 | ||
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I had Trumer Pils the other nite, was good, only cost me $17 tho...
BIIIIG fan of JSB stuff, hoptheif and pepperberry are some of my favorites... Gage Roads pump out good stuff, my favorite beer atm is Wahoo....
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23-06-2009, 01:02 PM | #192 | ||
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Man this thread is amazing. It's really nice to see that there are people with the same tastes as I do, well outside of a home brew forum. Most of my friends call me a beer snob and don't understand this need to move beyond to beer horizons of VB, Crown Larger and other Australian main stream products. Again not to sound like a Beer Snob, but I find most of them very bland. This is just my personal view and we all have different tastes.
I found a taste over 10 years ago, when I visited the US and went to a range of mircobrewries in the New England region. It really opened my eyes to what beer really is beyond something that has to be drunk icy cold on a hot day to mask a lack of taste. Everytime I visit DM and find something new I always make a point or at least grabbing 2 stubbies. 1 to try and the other to add to my collection. I have been collecting all the James Squire beers and have all the bottles, except for the 10/20 Celebration Ale. Does anyone know if you can still get this as I would like to have a stubbie to try? One JS beer I have a few bottle left is the Mad Brewers Raspberry wheat beer. It was not to my total liking, as little to strong is Raspbery flavor for my liking. Anyways great thread and keep up the good work guys. Cheers Mark "The Beer Snob"
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23-06-2009, 01:20 PM | #193 | ||||
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23-06-2009, 01:27 PM | #194 | |||
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You are right about mainstream beer being bland here, not enough hops, not enough fermentation, and the grain loadouts are too basic for there to be any real flavour. Is your james squire rasberry a lambic brew like bellevue kriek? I've always wanted to brew one myself but its more complex than doing a full mash apparently.
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23-06-2009, 02:31 PM | #195 | ||
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I got into home brew and got a keg setup with 2 X kegs + lines, reg, tap and gas bottle. Due to other commitments I had put it aside for several years. It currently sits in my gargage with tools and motorbikes.
Now that winter is here I have been tempted to try a partial mash. The guys at the local home brew shop have let me try several different batches and all dont have a hint of home brew about them. They had a pale ale, which tasted so close to a Little Creatures it was not funny. I also need to get a fridge set up for kegs and I really think for it to work out well 6 kegs would be the minimum as to let the beer get some keg time prior to drinking. Space is another issue at the moment. I really need a bar fridge big enough to slot under the bar I have not tried the bellevue kriek. I will have to keep an eye out at Dan's and sample a bottle or 2. Maybe in the next few days as it is pay week. I will give an update once I get a few bottles. Cheers Mark
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23-06-2009, 03:55 PM | #196 | ||
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partials are nice and easy, full mash takes too much time, and the few times I have attempted it ive been so blind by the end it was a hit and miss affair. (never do a mash party it ends horribly)
One of my best brews was made using a dark porter partial kit and cadburys drinking chocolate(no preservatives). What came out was great to drink, heavy but only about 5% so you could have a few without fear. My ciders have brought a few people down to earth thinking its a girlie drink. However my ciders are about 12% and will kill a full grown male elephant when consumed in quantity. It also doubles as a great solvent. Zinfadel yeast FTW. Fridge setups are dangerous. My mate had one and several times we drained it. It causes pain through convenience. You might also consider using wood barrels as well for secondary/tertiary instead of worrying about time in a steel keg(which usually doesnt add much except settling), i had a 200 litre french oak bourbon barrel for mine(charring removed), however right now its full of 200 litres of cognac and port at a mates place. Which reminds me i should go around there and claim my half.
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23-06-2009, 04:04 PM | #197 | |||
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23-06-2009, 04:14 PM | #199 | |||
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Real beers can be poured and drunk at room temperature (17ish degrees) and unfortunately most of the stuff out of Carlton and United breweries and Castlemaine Breweries are lacklustre and bland. I am going to Bavaria and Germany in the few months time, my tastebuds will be thanking me then!
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23-06-2009, 04:24 PM | #200 | |||
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when I was in the UK I had many a pint at cellar temperature and they are great. Its the real difference between robust ales versus 10 second lager brewed in a steel pot by a blind chimp who was no doubt swimming in the wort only moments before bottling.
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23-06-2009, 04:44 PM | #201 | |||
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23-06-2009, 04:49 PM | #202 | ||
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thats surprising, one would think the layer of Co2 over the wort would have killed them pretty quickly.
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23-06-2009, 04:52 PM | #203 | |||
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23-06-2009, 05:07 PM | #204 | |||
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23-06-2009, 05:12 PM | #205 | |||
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23-06-2009, 05:24 PM | #206 | |||
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Commercial beer fermenters are pretty much sealed steel vessels with a CO2 trap on top, and an inspection point near the trap. The C02 covers the wort and the sealed fermenter stops any chance of infection. Theres rarely any need to open an inspection hatch unless its leaking wort or C02. I'd hazard they are pretty much identical to the wine industries fermenters. The whole swimming in beer bit is pure urban myth.
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do you guys drink your beers out of the bottle or pour it into a glass?
I decided to give Mountain Goat pale ale a try. I thought it was pretty average until i tried it out of a glass. What a huge difference it makes!!! thoughts?
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05-07-2009, 12:28 AM | #208 | ||
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For taste, you cant beat a homebrewed beer. Being a born and bred "Souf Ustrayan", drank Coopers my whole life. For bought beer, wont touch a beer that has "best before" printed on it, only "best after", unless I have no choice.
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05-07-2009, 12:36 AM | #209 | |||
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It think ti does make a difference, particularly ales. I drank my first ever bottle of little creatures from a bottle...i thought it seemed flat compared to the one i had on tap at a pub. 5 minutes later the same bottle of beer (now in a glass) and it tasted excellent as usual. I've never tried the mountain goat....have to find some here in Brisbane.
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05-07-2009, 05:19 PM | #210 | ||
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I'm on the Fat Yaks at the moment. Bit pricey but very nice. Have some Oranjebooms in the fridge at the moment for something different, another nice one.
Someone mentioned Aldi beers a while back, their German beers are pretty good, especially for the price, usually around 30 bucks or so a slab. Their locally brewed stuff is ordinary though... |
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