2006 Nsw Xmas Case (december)

[Barramundi]

sounds good to me beer slayer , bexley would have been better seein im in arncliffe but i cant bicker too much about the drive to hurstville ...

good stuff !!!

 

[Gerard_M]

Drop off points are as follows.

Newcastle Drop Off At MHB's.

Goatherder
Trent
Chilled
Keith
n00ch
Stephen
Les the Weizguy

Southern Sydney Drop Off At Beer Slayer's:

Homebrewworld.com
mikem108
Beer Slayer
Linz
Barry
POL - I assume you'll send to Linz again?
Barramundi

Gerard's Pick up

Shonky
Stuster
DJR
T.D
Crozdog
Gerard_M

Direct at my joint:

Duff
Doc
Hopsta
Thommo
Berto
Nifty
Josh
Philmac


Cheers
Gerard

 

[Weizguy]

Just to stir up this thread again...

I have just tasted my Kmas Kase weizen. Tastes OK already at 32.7% apparent attenuation. Some nice banana and clove.

Gerard, it's almost Friday week. Any brewing yet?

Stuster, was that your American Rye in the NSW comp?

Keith - Kit beer? or your comp-winning Berliner? ( he he) :lol:

Anyway:

1. Duff - RyeIPA
2. Stuster - American Rye
3. goatherder
4. Trent
5. DJR - APA or Klsch
6. Pint of Lager
7. Doc - Saison
8. Homebrewworld.com - Sweet Stout
9. Chilled
10. Keith
11. n00ch
12. mikem108
13. Beer Slayer
14. Linz - Belgian Wit bier (like No16)
15. Shonky
16. Stephen - Hoegarden White
17. Hopsta
18. Weizguy - Kmas Kase Weizen (Seth Weizen #2)
19. Thommo - Bitter
20. Barramundi
21. Barry - Munich Dunkel
22. Berto
23. Nifty - some sort of Old Peculier
24. Gerard_M
25. T.D. - Mongrel Ale
26. Josh - Sparkling Ale
27. Philmac
28. Crozdog - Southern German lager or Czech pils
:beerbang: :beerbang:
To be a bit of a pedant, does anyone else have their brew variety locked in yet?

Seth out

 

[Stuster]

Seth,

Yep, it was my American Rye in the NSW comp and my contribution is all bottled up and locked in with the same style for the Xmas case. I've added more rye to this one, upped it to 25% and just a tad more hoppy flavour and aroma as well. Definitely ready for drinking immediately after the swap.

Keith - Kit beer? or your comp-winning Berliner? ( he he)

Are you coming out and admitting it wasn't your Berliner then? :lol:

Whatcha making Gerard?

 

[goatherder]

I have an APA bubbling away quite nicely...

1. Duff - RyeIPA
2. Stuster - American Rye
3. goatherder - APA
4. Trent
5. DJR - APA or Klsch
6. Pint of Lager
7. Doc - Saison
8. Homebrewworld.com - Sweet Stout
9. Chilled
10. Keith
11. n00ch
12. mikem108
13. Beer Slayer
14. Linz - Belgian Wit bier (like No16)
15. Shonky
16. Stephen - Hoegarden White
17. Hopsta
18. Weizguy - Kmas Kase Weizen (Seth Weizen #2)
19. Thommo - Bitter
20. Barramundi
21. Barry - Munich Dunkel
22. Berto
23. Nifty - some sort of Old Peculier
24. Gerard_M
25. T.D. - Mongrel Ale
26. Josh - Sparkling Ale
27. Philmac
28. Crozdog - Southern German lager or Czech pils

 

[Weizguy]

Seth,

Yep, it was my American Rye in the NSW comp and my contribution is all bottled up and locked in with the same style for the Xmas case. I've added more rye to this one, upped it to 25% and just a tad more hoppy flavour and aroma as well. Definitely ready for drinking immediately after the swap.

Keith - Kit beer? or your comp-winning Berliner? ( he he)

Are you coming out and admitting it wasn't your Berliner then? :lol:

Whatcha making Gerard?

Stu, I took home a 3/4 bottle of flat leftover American Rye. Didn't get much flavour from it, unfortunately. Would love to have tasted it fresh...and now I will! In the NSW comp, my American Wheat came in 5 points behind you, which is not too shabby for an undercarbonated (almost flat, actually) beer.

Re Keith...just taking the p!$$. Keith has a good sense of humour, and gives as good as he gets.

Looking forward to a great Kase o' beer!

Seth out
*Edit - spelling (again)

 

[Stuster]

Stu, I took home a 3/4 bottle of flat leftover American Rye. Didn't get much flavour from it, unfortunately.

Probably just true to style then. :lol:

In the NSW comp, my American Wheat came in 5 points behind you, which is not too shabby for an undercarbonated (almost flat, actually) beer.

We'll need to watch out when you work out how to carbonate then. :lol:

Re Keith...just taking the p!$$. Keith has a good sense of humour, and gives as good as he gets.

I know you are the true master of your (weisse) domain.

Looking forfard to a great Kase o' beer!

Absofrickenlutely. :super:

 

[T.D.]

Well my Xmas Case beer is all bottled. I'll print off some labels this week.

So as I mentioned before, I am not submitting the Mongrel Ale after all, so I have updated the list below:


1. Duff - RyeIPA
2. Stuster - American Rye
3. goatherder - APA
4. Trent
5. DJR - APA or Klsch
6. Pint of Lager
7. Doc - Saison
8. Homebrewworld.com - Sweet Stout
9. Chilled
10. Keith
11. n00ch
12. mikem108
13. Beer Slayer
14. Linz - Belgian Wit bier (like No16)
15. Shonky
16. Stephen - Hoegarden White
17. Hopsta
18. Weizguy - Kmas Kase Weizen (Seth Weizen #2)
19. Thommo - Bitter
20. Barramundi
21. Barry - Munich Dunkel
22. Berto
23. Nifty - some sort of Old Peculier
24. Gerard_M
25. T.D. - Hunter Valley Pale Ale
26. Josh - Sparkling Ale
27. Philmac
28. Crozdog - Southern German lager or Czech pils

 

[Gerard_M]

Looks like my offering will be something Dark.
Looking forward to cleaning some bottles!
Cheers
Gerard

1. Duff - RyeIPA
2. Stuster - American Rye
3. goatherder - APA
4. Trent
5. DJR - APA or Klsch
6. Pint of Lager
7. Doc - Saison
8. Homebrewworld.com - Sweet Stout
9. Chilled
10. Keith
11. n00ch
12. mikem108
13. Beer Slayer
14. Linz - Belgian Wit bier (like No16)
15. Shonky
16. Stephen - Hoegarden White
17. Hopsta
18. Weizguy - Kmas Kase Weizen (Seth Weizen #2)
19. Thommo - Bitter
20. Barramundi
21. Barry - Munich Dunkel
22. Berto
23. Nifty - some sort of Old Peculier
24. Gerard_M - Something Dark
25. T.D. - Hunter Valley Pale Ale
26. Josh - Sparkling Ale
27. Philmac
28. Crozdog - Southern German lager or Czech pils

 

[Hopsta]

Brown Porter from me, its cold conditioning in cube at the moment, hope to bottle it this weekend or maybe next.

1. Duff - RyeIPA
2. Stuster - American Rye
3. goatherder - APA
4. Trent
5. DJR - APA or Klsch
6. Pint of Lager
7. Doc - Saison
8. Homebrewworld.com - Sweet Stout
9. Chilled
10. Keith
11. n00ch
12. mikem108
13. Beer Slayer
14. Linz - Belgian Wit bier (like No16)
15. Shonky
16. Stephen - Hoegarden White
17. Hopsta - Brown Porter
18. Weizguy - Kmas Kase Weizen (Seth Weizen #2)
19. Thommo - Bitter
20. Barramundi
21. Barry - Munich Dunkel
22. Berto
23. Nifty - some sort of Old Peculier
24. Gerard_M - Something Dark
25. T.D. - Hunter Valley Pale Ale
26. Josh - Sparkling Ale
27. Philmac
28. Crozdog - Southern German lager or Czech pils

 

[Trent]

I have just bottled a brown ale, nothing too fancy, and I used the 1028 again (sorry!) though it will probably be my last brew with that yeast, at least for a while. It actually tastes pretty nice, so I hope it received better than my last effort Its a northern english brown (using london ale yeast???), didnt taste too "minerally" going into the bottle, and will be ready for drinking fairly soon after you get the case...

1. Duff - RyeIPA
2. Stuster - American Rye
3. goatherder - APA
4. Trent - Brown Ale
5. DJR - APA or Klsch
6. Pint of Lager
7. Doc - Saison
8. Homebrewworld.com - Sweet Stout
9. Chilled
10. Keith
11. n00ch
12. mikem108
13. Beer Slayer
14. Linz - Belgian Wit bier (like No16)
15. Shonky
16. Stephen - Hoegarden White
17. Hopsta - Brown Porter
18. Weizguy - Kmas Kase Weizen (Seth Weizen #2)
19. Thommo - Bitter
20. Barramundi
21. Barry - Munich Dunkel
22. Berto
23. Nifty - some sort of Old Peculier
24. Gerard_M - Something Dark
25. T.D. - Hunter Valley Pale Ale
26. Josh - Sparkling Ale
27. Philmac
28. Crozdog - Southern German lager or Czech pils

All the best
Trent

 

[Weizguy]

<expurgate>Its a northern english brown (using london ale yeast???), didnt taste too "minerally" going into the bottle, and will be ready for drinking fairly soon after you get the case...
</expurgate>All the best
Trent

What? sooner than my hefeweizen?

Seth

 

[goatherder]

Nifty, I'm having my first taste of Old Peculiar right now. If your offering is even remotely similar I am very much looking forward to it.

 

[nifty]

Nifty, I'm having my first taste of Old Peculiar right now. If your offering is even remotely similar I am very much looking forward to it.

Mate, I can only hope that it comes out alright, I've never had a go at it before, but after what I went through on my first attempt at the chrissy case here, it's got to be better. It's still in the fermentor at the moment, hopefully bottling tomorrow.

Cheers

nifty

 

[Trent]

quote/ What? sooner than my hefeweizen?

Seth quote/

Seth
As long as you have worked out how to prime now your hefe will be ready sooner than my brown ale! Couldnt be happy having your beer beat mine at the comp, now it has to beat mine in the case swap :lol: :lol: . One day I will beat ya!!!
All the best
Trent

 

[Weizguy]

quote/ What? sooner than my hefeweizen?

Seth quote/

Seth
As long as you have worked out how to prime now your hefe will be ready sooner than my brown ale! Couldnt be happy having your beer beat mine at the comp, now it has to beat mine in the case swap . One day I will beat ya!!!
All the best
Trent

Oh, Trent...U know it's not about coming first, or who's ready first. Or that's what the missus sez, anyway!

I always knew how to prime. The beer just didn't understand. It had a communication issue, but it's better now.

Seth out

 

[Keith the Beer Guy]

Keith - Kit beer? or your comp-winning Berliner? ( he he) :lol:

Sounds like a challenge to me.

1. Duff - RyeIPA
2. Stuster - American Rye
3. goatherder - APA
4. Trent - Brown Ale
5. DJR - APA or Klsch
6. Pint of Lager
7. Doc - Saison
8. Homebrewworld.com - Sweet Stout
9. Chilled
10. Keith - Raspberry Wheat Beer (K&K&Fruit)
11. n00ch
12. mikem108
13. Beer Slayer
14. Linz - Belgian Wit bier (like No16)
15. Shonky
16. Stephen - Hoegarden White
17. Hopsta - Brown Porter
18. Weizguy - Kmas Kase Weizen (Seth Weizen #2)
19. Thommo - Bitter
20. Barramundi
21. Barry - Munich Dunkel
22. Berto
23. Nifty - some sort of Old Peculier
24. Gerard_M - Something Dark
25. T.D. - Hunter Valley Pale Ale
26. Josh - Sparkling Ale
27. Philmac
28. Crozdog - Southern German lager or Czech pils

 

[Doc]

Checked the gravity of the Saison today and as per true WLP565 form it is lagging.
Into a seperate fridge set for 25 deg, to make the yeast feel at home and finish in time. Will probably raise the temp to the high 20's by the end of the week. Gotta love and respect the Saison yeast.

Beers,
Doc

 

[DJR]

The Klsch is now almost lagered enough to bottle (will do in the next day or two), so it will be more than adequately carb'ed when it goes out to everyone. One question i had was, if there's 28 participants, do we put in 27 bottles or 28 (since we don't need one of our own). I guess 28 makes it easier to track.

Note that my Klsch is not the CH show Prez Choice winner, it's even better (i think anyway).

1. Duff - RyeIPA
2. Stuster - American Rye
3. goatherder - APA
4. Trent - Brown Ale
5. DJR - Klsch
6. Pint of Lager
7. Doc - Saison
8. Homebrewworld.com - Sweet Stout
9. Chilled
10. Keith - Raspberry Wheat Beer (K&K&Fruit)
11. n00ch
12. mikem108
13. Beer Slayer
14. Linz - Belgian Wit bier (like No16)
15. Shonky
16. Stephen - Hoegarden White
17. Hopsta - Brown Porter
18. Weizguy - Kmas Kase Weizen (Seth Weizen #2)
19. Thommo - Bitter
20. Barramundi
21. Barry - Munich Dunkel
22. Berto
23. Nifty - some sort of Old Peculier
24. Gerard_M - Something Dark
25. T.D. - Hunter Valley Pale Ale
26. Josh - Sparkling Ale
27. Philmac
28. Crozdog - Southern German lager or Czech pils

 

[Stuster]

I think it's easier for Duff to sort if there are 28 bottles, Ben. Looking forward to the Kolsch and the case in general. :super:

 

[mikem108]

1. Duff - RyeIPA
2. Stuster - American Rye
3. goatherder - APA
4. Trent - Brown Ale
5. DJR - Klsch
6. Pint of Lager
7. Doc - Saison
8. Homebrewworld.com - Sweet Stout
9. Chilled
10. Keith - Raspberry Wheat Beer (K&K&Fruit)
11. n00ch
12. mikem108-Wood aged Smokey Choc Vanilla Porter
13. Beer Slayer
14. Linz - Belgian Wit bier (like No16)
15. Shonky
16. Stephen - Hoegarden White
17. Hopsta - Brown Porter
18. Weizguy - Kmas Kase Weizen (Seth Weizen #2)
19. Thommo - Bitter
20. Barramundi
21. Barry - Munich Dunkel
22. Berto
23. Nifty - some sort of Old Peculier
24. Gerard_M - Something Dark
25. T.D. - Hunter Valley Pale Ale
26. Josh - Sparkling Ale
27. Philmac
28. Crozdog - Southern German lager or Czech pils

 

[Stuster]

12. mikem108-Wood aged Smokey Choc Vanilla Porter

Wow. That sounds impressive, mike. Wood aged.

Bring on the case. :chug:

 

[mikem108]

Not barrel aged but..
French Oak chips boiled in sugary vanilla falovoured water put into a tea strainer and into the secondary.

 

[philmac]

1. Duff - RyeIPA
2. Stuster - American Rye
3. goatherder - APA
4. Trent - Brown Ale
5. DJR - Klsch
6. Pint of Lager
7. Doc - Saison
8. Homebrewworld.com - Sweet Stout
9. Chilled
10. Keith - Raspberry Wheat Beer (K&K&Fruit)
11. n00ch
12. mikem108-Wood aged Smokey Choc Vanilla Porter
13. Beer Slayer
14. Linz - Belgian Wit bier (like No16)
15. Shonky
16. Stephen - Hoegarden White
17. Hopsta - Brown Porter
18. Weizguy - Kmas Kase Weizen (Seth Weizen #2)
19. Thommo - Bitter
20. Barramundi
21. Barry - Munich Dunkel
22. Berto
23. Nifty - some sort of Old Peculier
24. Gerard_M - Something Dark
25. T.D. - Hunter Valley Pale Ale
26. Josh - Sparkling Ale
27. Philmac - American Brown
28. Crozdog - Southern German lager or Czech pils

I have followed the 'Bottle From A Keg' thread with interest. I did a test stubbie to test carbonation and it's
a bit low, so will crank it up and try again.

I hope I have 28 bottles left after all this testing.

Phil

 

[crozdog]

I had a change of plan following positive feedback on my "house beer". I therefore thought I'd share it with you for the xmas case. The recipe started life as an Aussie pale ale, but due to difficulties sourcing various ingredients became what it is today eg pale malt substituted with pilsner, POR replaced by Northern Brewer.

So what should I call this brew which is really a pilsner fermented with an ale yeast? Alesner? Pilsale? I'm happy just to call it PhilsAle as my name is Philip. Comments?

Whatever the name, I bottled it last night. I must say it was tasting nice :beerbang: As I normally keg & usually make up a 6 pack of bottles, it was my 1st attempt at bulk priming. I guess it will be OK about xmas, but like most naturally carbonated drops would probably benefit from some time in the bottle to age IMHO.


1. Duff - RyeIPA
2. Stuster - American Rye
3. goatherder - APA
4. Trent - Brown Ale
5. DJR - Klsch
6. Pint of Lager
7. Doc - Saison
8. Homebrewworld.com - Sweet Stout
9. Chilled
10. Keith - Raspberry Wheat Beer (K&K&Fruit)
11. n00ch
12. mikem108-Wood aged Smokey Choc Vanilla Porter
13. Beer Slayer
14. Linz - Belgian Wit bier (like No16)
15. Shonky
16. Stephen - Hoegarden White
17. Hopsta - Brown Porter
18. Weizguy - Kmas Kase Weizen (Seth Weizen #2)
19. Thommo - Bitter
20. Barramundi
21. Barry - Munich Dunkel
22. Berto
23. Nifty - some sort of Old Peculier
24. Gerard_M - Something Dark
25. T.D. - Hunter Valley Pale Ale
26. Josh - Sparkling Ale
27. Philmac - American Brown
28. Crozdog - PhilsAle

 

[Duff]

Good to hear they are all coming along.

Please remember to only label your caps with numbers beside your name

Cheers.

 

[Barramundi]

The Klsch is now almost lagered enough to bottle (will do in the next day or two), so it will be more than adequately carb'ed when it goes out to everyone. One question i had was, if there's 28 participants, do we put in 27 bottles or 28 (since we don't need one of our own). I guess 28 makes it easier to track.

should there not be 29 participants if there are 28 bottles , we will get on of our own back if there are only 28 ?

 

[DJR]

I think that's the key, 28 bottles for 28 participants, otherwise it will get too hard for Duff to work out who's is who's. If everyone gets one of their own back there's no need to track everybody's case from the time it is sorted to the time of collection.

In a smaller swap having 1 bottle less than the number of participants is fine, but for 28, well, i wouldn't like to be sorting and organising 27 bottles each to 28 people...

 

[stephen]

Well my Hoegarden White was bottled today and from what I tasted from the hydrometer tube - should be very good. Unfortunately I had to get mine done early again as I have to go away for for about a month. So it's all done and ready for drop off at MHB's shop.

Look forward to sampling all the other participants offerings.

Cheers

Stephen

 

[Barramundi]

28 -29 , one of mine one of yours all good all beer im sure duff has it scoped ....