Recent content by mhan7073

that's great news

I dunno. I think 2006 has improved from 2005 (chimary grand reserve). It think it is difficult to make broad generalizations- as the quality tends to come and go with each year. mic

I'm going to try and cellar 6 750ml chimay grand reserves. Got 6 atm- and am about to pick up two magnums to join them (with the aim of cellaring them a little longer) I'm thinking of starting taste testing after 5 years. If anyone has any advice that would be good. Loved the article. Mic

I might stay clear of the dark brown sugar then, I want to experiment enough without stuffing it... always a fine line. I'm tempted to thrown honey in the primary and then use sugar to carb the bottles. I think using honey in the secondary would be too risky because if the bottles don't carb...

Hi Stuster, I was driving past ESB on Monday and saw the door open, so I thought I'd pop in and maybe get some stuff. Someone (Gerrard?) was there clearing out there stock, but I was still able to buy two brewferm cans. I wanted to get a can of the triple, as my last attempt with that beer...

I had to cool a wort too and was messing around with ice cubes in a sink. Then I figured I could just put it in the first step of the pool (completely sealed). Did the job in about 5 minutes. no water wasted. Only works if you've got a pool though... ;) Mic

My local dan murphy's is having an oktoberfest beer sale. I asked one of the guys how long it was going to last, seeing octoberfest has already finished, and he looked at me as if I was a few sandwiches short of a picnic and said, till the end of october. I was going to ask him why belgian...

I think it is wrong to assume that a larger store will not provide excellent service. I often go to my local dan murphy's, where the range of beer is decent, the range of wine and spirits is comprehensive. If the person you ask doesn't know, then someone else working will find out. Often in...

veni, vidi, fermentus sum. I came, I saw, I fermented.

I might pass on the Boag brewery tour then. Has anyone done the Cascade tour? Is it any better? Thanks for the responses so far. Any more are very welcome.

Hi, I'm planning to go to Tassie in February and I was wondering if anyone could recommend a few good micro breweries. I'm going to be going close enough to just about anywhere. Thanks, Mic

Not to be a prat or anything, but the adjective is Ukranian. I've tried the Weihenstephaner before. I really like the size of the bottle, 490ml is a good amount. From memory (always a bit hazy) the green labelled variety is very nice. I think I've also given the Magnat a go, but if I did, it...

I'm not convinced that the candy sugar makes a big enough difference to warrant the cost. I think I'm going to give some brown sugar or honey a go on the next one. I usually use caster sugar but that made my last belgian very sweet (probably not helped by the high abv). What are people's opinion...

The cans from breferm through esb cost about 26 bucks anyway, so if they have a belgian fresh wort as about 35 bucks it might be worth it anyway. I couldn't find a belgian fresh wort, but I did see an Oktoberfest kit. You wouldn't happen to have a link though would you? I think I might do the...