Recent content by doublert

I know this thread has been cold for a while now but I still think about Paul Wickstead from time to time. His sudden passing left me stunned and, while I still brew, I've never been as into the technical side of things since. Does anyone know what actually happened? I feel like a got to know...

I'm doing a clear out of my hop box from the fridge and want to do an IPA with what I've got. Can I get advice on a worthy grain bill and some suggestions on hop additions? I'm a BIAB brewer and I think I'll go for a small 10-15L batch for this brew so could probably make it a DIPA. These are...

I can see this thread has been dormant for sometime now but it's such a great beer I had to comment. I spoke with the Epic head brewer Luke at the Auckland food show a few months back. He had a bottle of hop zombie in his hand while we chatted and kept refilling my glass. He accounts the...

Cheers guys. I'll update when there is progress. Sorry about wonky photo.

Whew. All done. Managed to hit target FG by filling fermenter up to 24L. Hope it won't affect flavour or body too much. Here's a look at the colour. Not sure it's red enough to warrant the name.

Yeah that does sound good actually. After you suggested it I jumped on Google translate and tried a few combos. I don't speak Italian so all the names I came up with were a bit of a mouthful. I think short a sweet would be best. What do you think of "Po'di Rosso"? - Little Red.

BREW DAY! Cold and wet outside. Perfect day for some BIAB in the kitchen. The grain. The modified recipe. Beginning with a bit of a hot protein rest. I've now got it mashing at 66 degrees C and I'm going to leave it for 90 mins while I try and undermine my wife's belligerence toward my...

Man! And I thought the Bambino was batting for the other team. Nice wheels.

Hi all, I've been signed up to aussiehomebrew for a few months but never introduced myself. Seems a bit rude to just jump into discussions when I haven't even said hello. My latest project is a Fiat Bambino inspired BIAB brew which I plan to make to celebrate the restoration of one in a few...

Classic! To be fair a Bambino would probably be the least dangerous car to take for a joy ride, as long as it didn't blow up.

Ended up going for a Little Creatures Bright Ale recipe with a few tweeks to the grain bill. Medium crystal will be substituted for the light, cara-red instead of cara-amber and some roast barely to give it a bit of a red hue. Still mulling over the name. Little Red Creature maybe.

Alex.Tas, great idea. A hoppy, red coloured ale sounds fun. Agreed. Bambino may mean child, but we want to raise this beer to be an Italian MAN-child rather than the camp, leather clad, flappy handed variety.

Ahhh, wish I could do grappa but I don't have a still. Limoncello could work. The card is red but I'm trying to push for the engine to be painted yellow so we could play on that.

My brother-in-law-to-be has purchased himself a snappy little Fiat Bambino to restore over the next few months. Its a cute little machine with stacks of character. He says it'll take him about 3 months to get it road-worthy. That gives me plenty of time to get a custom brew together in time to...

I would love to use Wyeasts but they're dashed expensive here. I've got some trusty Safale US-05. As I mentioned in a post above I think I'll split the batch. This could be good opportunity to compare the Safale yeast against the stock standard kit yeast. I've heard a lot of talk about yeast and...