6 O’CLOCK Brews - Home Brewing More Old Australian Beers

[Bribie G]

Aha, I did a bit of digging on the Interwebs and apparently dry W 34/70 is an equivalent to WLP830. According to MHB, Morgans Premium Lager yeast is also probably repackaged W 34/70 and I just found a forgotten pack of that in my yeast store which I'd bought from the Lismore LHBS for re-seeding bottles of lager for comps. Solved.

 

[sp0rk]

Just got one of my sisters to buy me both books as an xmas pressie, very keen to dig into them!

 

[DU99]

for those in melbourne
6 O’Clock Brews - Book Signing
Public
· Hosted by Bronzed Brews - Home Brewing Old Australian Beers and Grain and Grape

 

[Bribie G]

Tooths KB Lager from Six O'clock Brews.

Bloody ripper - could have done with maybe another week's lagering but heck it's Xmas

 

[MitchD]

It's Christmas, got it. Too pissed to read it, maybe the 27th

 

[Bruer]

I just saw that 6 o'clock brews featured on basic brewing radio recently. Havent listened yet but we'll done Peter!

 

[Lord Raja Goomba I]

Bugger me, the beers you make @Bribie G - esp the older Aussie styles, they do look the goods.

There is a skill in making beers that aren't overhopped or hiding behind other flavours and where their clarity is mainstream commercial esque

 

[Bribie G]

Beers are a bit like curries.

For example when making a dahl, most Westerners will throw every spice they can at it - and then some more.
On the subcontinent they are likely to just use a small amount of panch phoran or even just some cumin, hit it with a bit of asafoetida and garlic sizzled in some oil and .... bam, dahl to die for.

 

[Lord Raja Goomba I]

Mum is the same.

Indian grandma didn't hurt the cause, but yeah, she makes her own garam masala and then tweaks it from there.

 

[droid]

Getting into the book now. This is the best beer book I've ever read, not least because it follows on from Bronzed Brews and actually gets as far as the era that I remember in the 1970s when I arrived in Australia. I'm keen to try KB and others, only seems like yesterday I'm sitting on the beach at Bargara with a six of KB (and a three day growth). And just found out that it was the same brew as Tooths New.. one of the beers I remember clearly (got hammered on it at Tenterfield on my first trip to NSW). The decoction mashing is also an eye opener, can't wait to try it - probably only a single at this stage.

Also the discussion about imported and "world" beers is fascinating, especially Skol International Lager that I remember well from my earlier days in Pom land. The version brewed at Swan must have been an Aussie specific variant because the Skol in the UK was in the same range as the other lagers such as Harp, Heineken (UK version), Tennents, Carling Black label etc. which were all around 3.5% ABV.

A 4.8% Skol in the UK would have been in the same "band" as the original Stella and Lamot lagers which were definite headbangers by pom standards at the time.
Could rattle on for ages... Peter next year we'll have to have a session if I can get down for the State.... Chicken Tikka Masala is on me.

One thing that strikes me about you @Bribie G is your ability to recall all this stuff, especially when you'd been drinking.