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Cascade starting to burst with burrs and catching up to the Chinook and Mt Hood. Goldings seems to be falling behind again compared with the other three. My first year plants (Victoria and wild Otways goldings) are putting on a late burst of growth, but yet to start throwing laterals. Really...

Am just cubing an American Amber ale with a healthy dose of Belgrave brewer's Victoria flowers. Went with warrior pellets at 60 mins, 1.1g/L of Victoria flowers at 10 mins and 2.3 g/L of Victoria flowers in the cube. Will be fermented with US-05. I must say - having never smelled Victoria...

Updating the list - mine is now ready to go. Drink now 18. awesome fury - Goat Amber 1. Cocko - Belgian XPA 6% - drink sooner than later 9. mayor of mildura - Cocko's Cream Ale, bottled 1-11-16. Ready. Probably better drunk sooner. Bottle conditioned. Might want to give a few days in fridge...

6. Reado robust choc porter As noted by others, not getting a heap of choc. That's said, this is a delightful beer and perfect for a cooler evening. Smooth, roasty and well balanced bitterness. Mine was not over carbed at all. Very enjoyable and thanks for sharing. 2. Idzy Black Summer Had...

22. Mardoo - heady snipper Juicy dank goodness. My word this is an impressive beer. Very clean ferment and the ABV is dangerously well hidden. Did I mention the aroma and flavour?? Rich grapefruit. Firm bitterness that I'm really digging. One of the best DIPAs I've ever had. Thank you very very...

Bridge Road / Doctors Orders sour collaboration (Rasberry). Tart and refreshing with just a hint of raspberry that complements the beer nicely. Minimal funk of any description.

Just the reassurance I was looking for. Thanks!

Any infection issues dry hoping with home grown flowers good doctor? Also, the first burrs have just appeared on my Chinook and Mt Hood. Cascade starting to throw a few laterals and the goldings is falling well behind.

9. mayor of mildura - Cocko's Cream Ale Have just finished getting the house and yard ready for the in-laws to descend tomorrow for Christmas. This beer is friggen perfect right now. Thank you for sharing.

Laterals are starting to appear on my Mt Hood and Chinook. Cascade and Goldings are not quite at the top of their strings. First year hops (wild Otway goldings and Victoria) are growing well, but am not yet confident of any crop off them.

13. Mofox1 - Thirsty Monk, Belgian Amber Ale. Man this is a great beer. Rich and malty with perfect creamy carbonation. Epic head retention and brilliant clarity. Perfectly balanced. This is one of those beers that highlights the one downside of the case swaps...you only get one bottle of each...

1. Cocko - Belgian XPA 6% Man, this is perfect after a sunny day chasing the kids around and mowing lawns. Cloudy as hell and smells like spicy bananas. Carb is low and malt/bitterness perfectly balanced. Very easy drinking and obviously well brewed. Would also be keen to see a recipe. Thanks...

10. JB - Smoke on the porter Disclaimer up front: I almost always dislike smoked beers. I want to like them, I should like them, but I don't like them. Until now (I think the pun title helped). Most smoked beers I've tried are smoke forward in the extreme. This one isn't. The smoked...

That's a much better way of putting it :-) Was aiming to do the third addition on day 12, but the swap got in the road.

So I mentioned to a few at the swap that I have a Westy XII clone fermenting at the moment. Took my first gravity reading tonight and it's torn down from 1.090 to 1.006 in just 16 days. Fermented with the Gigayeast Belgian ale blend. For those curious, my ferment and candi syrup additions were...

Just checked my crate and got rather excited to see I fluked one of Mardoo's heady snipper DIPAs. This makes up for the fact I could only have one tiny little sip of it during the swap (stupid driving). Is now in the fridge to keep fresh. Cheers Mardoo! Ps. I'm sure your other swap beer is...

Vic 2017 Xmas Cyase Swap Attendees 1. Idzy 2. Technobabble66 3. Mardoo 4. JB 5. Sleeping beauty 69. DJ_L3thAL 7. Reardo 8. Nullnvoid 9. AJ80 Cubists 1. Idzy 2. Technobabble66 3. Mardoo 4. DJ_L3thAL 5. JB 6. Sleeping beauty 7. Reardo 8. Nullnvoid 9. AJ80 Swappers 1. Idzy 2. Mardoo 3...

Huge thanks for another ripping swap gents - gutted I couldn't stay longer. Thanks for hosting Cocko - lovely part of the world you live in. Thanks to Stu for the brew and to Mick for the food. And to everyone else for all of the great brews on offer! See you all in Mildura...

Getting excited chaps - swap beer bottled tonight and should be ready by mid-January. See you all late Saturday morning. Swappers 1. Cocko IAC 2. Idzy - Black Summer 3. Technobabble66 4. AJ80 - North German Altbier (aka Son of DJ - ready from 15 January or so) 5. VP Brewing - Tripel -...

Hey mate - we had 10kg for the Kinglake swap and ended up with a stack left over for dinner.