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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...

Hi, I've done the Gallia and Triple from Brewferm, i liked the triple, and tried to give away as much as the Gambia as I could. I'm thinking of doing a few more to be ready for christmas. Does anyone have any suggestions/tips. I'm looking at Diablo, Christmas special, Ambiorix, and maybe...

Hi, I went halves in a case of the JS rum rebellion porter with a mate a week ago. Not bad at all but I like JS porter normally anyway. Actually went down to my local vintage cellars (to get the JS RRP) and saw they have some pretty good pricing for their belgian beers (chimay was cheaper...

Hi, Well I try where possible to drink the right beer from the right glass. I love my triple karmeliert glass, and the duvel glass is handy for parties as it came in a canister (perfect for transporting). I went into Dan Murphy's the other day and they had the leffe blonde gift pack, 4 beers...

Hi, Certainly after a few drinks your palate retards, which sometimes can account for wild differences in taste reporting. I have a friend from the UK who claims that if you buy anyone two pints of beer, watch them drink it, then 15 minutes later ask them to tell the difference between whiskey...

Heaps I guess. Heineken, Corona, Becks, James Squire range, Hahn Premium, Bluetongue ... But unless you enjoy the process of bottling heaps of 375ml bottles you might want to go for longnecks. One of my mates who homebrews with a circle of buddies suggested to me that I should have a longneck...