Recent content by bak

it's in their fathers day catalogue. just checked again and sale starts on 20th August.

Supercheap auto catalogue this week has 30% of all SCA branded cubes. 20l for $15.39 and 25l for S17.49

about to kick this off. beautiful day here so might even set up outside instead of the kitchen for a change. Kolsch (Kolsch) Original Gravity (OG): 1.045 (°P): 11.2 Final Gravity (FG): 1.011 (°P): 2.8 Alcohol (ABV): 4.42 % Colour (SRM): 3.1 (EBC): 6.2 Bitterness (IBU)...

depends where you buy them from. Actually got these from Costco and were a lot bigger and a lot more meat than I've been able to purchase before. To be honest it was the only reason I was interested in going to Costco but will be going back for more.

And the happiness continued. The ribs were awesome and the day progressed with a few pints of ESB, RYE IPA, LCBA, Chocolate Coffee Porter and by 3pm we were into the single malts. Time for a sleep :-)

Sunday morning, beautiful weather, rack of ribs in the smoker and waiting for mates to turn up for the beers to start flowing.

Just the homebrews, nectar from the gods :D

A couple from today. the first one is the Rye PA with 60 IBU of amarillo, centennial and cascade. The second is the Dr's TTL clone. This is my second attempt and second time around is much better for some reason. only been in the keg since Sunday.

Putting this one down after lunch. Only difference to last time is using WL029 Kolsch yeast. Will probably cube hope the 5min addition and keg hop the dry hops. Smurto's Golden Ale (American Pale Ale) Original Gravity (OG): 1.049 (°P): 12.1 Final Gravity (FG): 1.012 (°P): 3.1 Alcohol...

Chocolate Coffee Porter. Pretty stoked with how this came out. Chocolate Rye plus cacao nibs soaked in Uigeadail scotch whiskey, the coffee was picked by a friend from the Redcliffe botanical gardens and I peeled, fermented dried and roasted the beans myself (would never do that again). cold...

This one is currently boiling away (Smurto's TTL Clone). Have some Wyeast 1469 top cropped from my last ESB in a starter. second attempt at this one though I think I'm leaning towards maris otter as my preferred base malt for my ESB's. Landlord (Special/Best/Premium Bitter) Original Gravity...

I really like the espresso and red rice ale, but to be honest found the nipponia a bit strange. I'm also a big fan of minoh beer based in Osaka. Went to their beer belly bar in Osaka last year and had their award winning imperial stout on the hand pump along with everything else they had on...

a mate tried the Smurto's GA with rye and I preferred it to the standard recipe so I was keen to try something with rye in it. Also ended doing a chocolate coffee porter with chocolate rye but that one is still sitting in the fermenter so no idea how it's going to turn out.

This one from the database. currently 45 mins into the mash. Golden Rye APA American Pale Ale Recipe Specs ---------------- Batch Size (L): 21.0 Total Grain (kg): 5.450 Total Hops (g): 100.00 Original Gravity (OG): 1.054 (°P): 13.3 Final Gravity (FG)...