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Lucky last guys... VL baby... American Brown Ale. Well... this is right down my alley... Full hop aroma, persistent creamy head...very neutral taste I thought (in terms of bitterness) with solid hops aspect. Best served above fridge temp to subdue the hops a little (depending on your...

#13 Murray's STOUT Yep, that's a stout... As far as stouts go I think this was quite nice... (I've previously mentioned I'm not a huge fan of the style). Certainly not to overpowering, some may think of this as a negative (i.e thin tasting), but I don't mind it as it gets too much for me...

Cheers Razz, it was based on another recipe (I will try to dig that up)... The couple I had that were left in the fridge for a while to settle poured quite cleanly also. Next... Smashed Jaffa's Bavarian Pils. I quite liked this beer. More bitter than Razz's Kolsch not sure which should be more...

Velophile's robust porter... Very full flavour on this puppy... What hops...? None evident in the taste (as far as I could tell) Very true to the style guide, but I obviously don't appreciate this style... I liked it enough to drink it but certainly wouldn't go out of my way to buy or brew...

Woodfordes Headcracker strong pale ale... Nicely balanced clean beer with only a slight telltale tang which I assume is an indicator of the strength of the brew! Was expecting pale color though, and this was more amber... again... I assume due to the strength. Well done!

I was a little disappointed by Berafazi's Brown Ale unfortunately. Not that it was a bad beer but I certainly didn't expect that level of roast... The roasted flavors just seemed too prominent (harsh?) to me. I felt like I was drinking a stout. I kept thinking malty Brown Ale but getting burnt...

OK these are the pics of the 2 plants that survived winter. They were tips of the redundant bines when LukeS cut back his Cluster in January. I have no doubt they will grow well but well wait and see about the harvest that they yield.

LukeS, Only the 2 cuttings that were the tips of the bines survived. I planted them out about a month ago and haven't checked progress. I will check and if they are still going I will post a pic.

JS APA... quite liked this but I think I prefer less hop flavor than this... It didn't last long enough for the malt to come out but the better half had a small glass which had warmed a little before it was finished and she agreed that although she was not too keen on first sip, by the time she...

Ok... I had the Amarillo Budvar last night... cheers LukeS I have to be honest... at first I thought I could pick something vaguely soapy... but my the end of my glass I decided the main taste was the Hops. Massive hops flavour and aroma... I've had Amarillo based beers (home brew) before...

That doesn't sound particularly tasty!!! :o Now I'm scared to try it! But then again, I have to drink VB if I forget to BYO to my parents' place. :(

No reason not to put the feelers out for another swap... especially if the swap time is going to be for Xmas Leaves only a month (ish) for plan and brew, then another 6 weeks (ish) to mature. You may even get a whole new set of participants! NRB, I dunno about Luke but I will be looking for...

My AG gear cost me all of.... nuthin.... hang on I did pay $30ish for a tap set up on the bottom of my Bucket... Obviously I sent time sourcing free buckets from the local bakery, and drilling a squillion holes in one of them, then fitting the tap to the other... If you're super keen the...

Cheers to those that have done all the leg work to make this come off... Recipe is on the bottle for the Irish red ale... well, more like a ingredients list than a recipe. 1 correction though... Green bullet 10g used for bittering (not willamette) I only sampled it a week ago but I was very...

Mine's done. Haven't sampled yet though :excl: IRA...Irish Red Ale Drop off via JS to Berafazi