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The infected bottle that Wiggman brought to the last swap (Belgian golden strong from memory) was delish. Not all infections taste bad!

I still don't keg so will bring bottles. Lots of bottles. Some of them infected. On purpose. All will contain beer.

Haha! I've got a grand total of 25g left in the freezer! I'm tempted to use them with the 80 or so grams of cascade flowers from last season I've got left too. Should be nice.

Best American Amber I've ever made had a large cube hop addition of fresh home grown Victoria flowers...surprisingly dank with 'dark'(?) citrus overtones. Was very nice.

Nice one droid! Am happy to bring along a couple of salads again if peeps are keen? I reckon a simple BBQ lunch and dinner on Saturday could be the go. Friday night - Pizza everyone just chips in on the order ($20 odd we did last time) droid MJ Breakfast Saturday - Coffee droid,MJ chef droid...

750ml bottles are the go for swaps.

Well it's all I've got that can be bottled by swap day! Hopefully we'll make it to 24 this time round... Edit: should have said this earlier. The quality of beers over the last umpteen swaps I've been part of has been absolutely top notch. The swap beers are always fantastic.

You will be impressed with home grown cascade. It is fantastic.

Soooo I'm not going to have time to brew and ferment something out for this swap, but what I do have is a couple of better bottles of aged sour that are good to go (one pale one dark with rye). Very happy to share, but is everyone happy with champagne bottles? These are beers that can be aged...

All the very best mate. Terrible news and hope you're ok.

Free keg tags at the last swap? I'm fairly confident I wouldn't have refused them. Now that I've been slandered I'm sure to refuse them at the Christmas swap! :-)

Hops going nuts here. Victoria is about 8 foot high, closely followed by Mt Hood, Cascade and the wild Otway Goldings. Chinook has just emerged from the ground, but is bent for global domination and will no doubt hit the top of the ropes first.

Hey JD, I've done both before. The difference (to my palate anyway) is that I've found kettle soured beers produce a really clean, but simple lacto sourness. Very refreshing and enjoyable. Quick and the boiling means you don't need dedicated sour gear. I've found long and slow souring (with a...

Massive thanks to MJ, CB and the others who made the bulk buy possible. Was a shame to not be able to make Saturday. HUGE thanks to JB for picking up my malt and babysitting it for me!

Checked the gravity of my lager-stout tonight. Down to 1.020. First 10 days were at 10C and the last five days have been at 18C for a D-rest. Turned the heat off and will let it free fall for a few days and will check the gravity over the weekend. If stable, I'll give it 2-3 weeks lagering...

Good luck! It's a slippery slope. Make sure you taste relatively frequently, the sourness can get too much quite quickly.

"FULL BAGS: 1. Mardoo, Simpsons Golden Promise, TF Maris Otter, Wey Pale Wheat, Baird's Pale Malt 2. Camo6, TF Maris Otter, TF Golden Promise, Wey Pils, Gladfields American Ale 3. Malt Junkie, TF Golden Promise, TF Maris Otter, Wey Vienna 4. Shavey147; BB Ale, BB Wheat Malt (Light) 5...

Cheers mate. I'm sure they'll go great guns. My wildlings are yet to make an appearance. I've got some cuttings from last year in a pot though that are just poking through. Victoria is still going nuts, fuggles, cascade and goldings are all starting to emerge. No sign of Mt Hood yet which...

Cheers for the plug and hope your wildlings are still going strong. I didn't get enough flowers from them last year to brew with, but they're certainly an interesting hop. Threw a lot of lemon to my palate. Here's an article with a bit more background on the wild hops growing in the otways for...

Massive thanks to JB for babysitting my cube since the swap. Bottled a pale Aussie lager tonight and dropped the stout directly onto the cake (S-189). Am interested to see how it turns out. Smelled fantastic coming out of the cube.