We did a Wee Heavy at one of the VIC swaps. 100L went into a whisky barrel that turned out to be...suspicious. Everyone else threw out their allotment, but I kept mine in the keg for a couple years to see what would happen.
Well, it's now the Wee Jobby, a 12% Flanders Red-like ass kicker of a...
OK, one person has claimed theirs, so I’ll wait a couple weeks to see if the other does too. I’ll set a reminder to get back here. @EastVicLad you’ll have first dibs if they become available.
If you’re looking for a group buy, I’m interested. There are a few different sizes. I’d be more into one of the 50 GalUS ones, but would go a 44 if that’s hat was in offer. $150 is a pretty good price. Most I see on Gumtree are $200-$250.
PS: I’m in Melbourne.
@MHB wondering what you think. There’s often a throat burn I see in NEIPA’s or heavily late-hopped beers. My guess at the moment is that it comes from using hops higher up on the cohumulone % scale. Whaddaya think?
Are you loaning them THE 1V?
Also, do you have inline pH monitoring? One of the killer apps I saw on a rig in the States - pH monitor on the tun wort out.
None yet. I tried one more time this morning, but if no response I’ll make them available. You know, you think in a few months they might have checked their PM’s, but it’s just not the done thing to move on bulk buy stuff, so one more time.
AFAIK Auber is a US-only supplier. I know when I ordered from them the shipping was a pretty penny. Sestos and OMRON both have a decent reputation here, and seem to be pretty easily available. There are definitely plenty of Australian suppliers for similar, and similar quality, equipment. Some...