Babbs Mini Comps - Who's Going To Compete?

[browndog]

I'm just supping on a prototype Aussie pale ale (that I brewed just to get coopers yeast slurry for the comp brew) now, it is Coopers.... hear me Coopers. The next one will be even better. Phear me

cheers

Browndog

 

[bradsbrew]

I'm just supping on a prototype Aussie pale ale (that I brewed just to get coopers yeast slurry for the comp brew) now, it is Coopers.... hear me Coopers. The next one will be even better. Phear me

cheers

Browndog

That yeast will work great in a german lager Tony, if you ferment it at say 32 degrees man you will be unbeatable.

 

[browndog]

That yeast will work great in a german lager Tony, if you ferment it at say 32 degrees man you will be unbeatable.

MUHAHAHAHAHAhahahahaaaaa........ you think I'm a fool sir? not a degree over 27.

 

[chappo1970]

....you ferment it at say 32 degrees man you will be unbeatable.

Looks like you'll be presenting your usual high quality brews Brad... :icon_vomit:


:lol:

 

[winkle]

That yeast will work great in a german lager Tony, if you ferment it at say 32 degrees man you will be unbeatable.

Now's the weather for it. Brew a batch and stick it in your garden shed.

 

[clarkey7]

Now's the weather for it. Brew a batch and stick it in your garden shed.

My fermenter is in my brew pot as we type......mmmmm

 

[Bribie G]

Hmmm is that the Rosedale barn dance?

Looks like Sqyre's place to me.

 

[bradsbrew]

Well guys my best bitter has finished fermenting and the temp is on a downward spiral. Isnt that TV2 a tastey yeast :icon_drool2:

Is it wrong to be drawing 250ml to take a 50ml hydro reading. This may not win but IMO it is the best english beer I have made once again IMO.

Cheers Brad

 

[winkle]

Well guys my best bitter has finished fermenting and the temp is on a downward spiral. Isnt that TV2 a tastey yeast :icon_drool2:

Is it wrong to be drawing 250ml to take a 50ml hydro reading. This may not win but IMO it is the best english beer I have made once again IMO.

Cheers Brad

I hope mine has finished or it'll creep out of style. Another fan of TV2 :icon_drool2: Should be kegging this sucker up tomorrow with Campbells arse-sis-tance, happy so far...

 

[Bribie G]

Well I've got three brews (all special bitters) on the go for the Mini Comp and I have no idea which one to enter, prolly decide a couple of days before.

A Yorkshire bitter made in the Tetley / Stones Bitter Style with very blonde colour and citrussy Northdown hopping. Fermented cool using 1469 stone square yeast for ten days in primary. Two Sabbaths as they did in the old days. It's been in cold cond. for two weeks and I'll bottle it all tomorrow.

However it occurred to me (fellow P.O.H.M. Scruffy agrees here) that a blonde bitter, although quite common in the North of England, might fall outside the comfort level of our Australian brother judges, so best to do a backup with a more "mainstream" golden / tawny coloured bitter. So Yorkshire no. 2 ... more of a TTL but darkened up with some Munich 2 and Choc chit. Also on 1469. Then I had a big temperature system failure and it spent most of its primary at 24 degrees before I could wrestle it down. Went into cold cond. after five days but actually doesn't taste too bad.

So as insurance plan C, I just replicated the SuperLandlord I'd put in the State, pitched yesterday - however here's the glitch. I can't ferment at 16 degrees with the stone square yeast as they do in Yorkshire or it will overshoot the comp date, which is only 3 weeks away, so I'm having to do it at 20 spot on to get it ready for a diacetyl rest, short cold crash, finings etc etc then bottle and it will be ready with a wing and a prayer.

Three somewhat different beers, each one with a bit of a <_< <_< attached to it.

Anyway gotta get out of here and bash the crap out of the 1469 with the aerator :beerbang:

 

[Bribie G]

Change subject: so it's February and the next comp in March is going to be Americans, APA, AA and ABA (American Brown Ale is that the right abbreviation???)

Last year I put in an Amber and it was looverly but failed on the colour, too light, and couldn't go in as an APA as it wasn't hoppy enough. Fell between two stools. Personally I don't like APA hop monsters and will go for the Amber again.

So who's brewing what this year ??? :icon_cheers:

 

[bradsbrew]

APA's are so 2009.

 

[winkle]

APA's are so 2009.

Says who, stout-boy

I'll be bunging in an all Aussie Pale Ale in this because its not a Coopers Clone :icon_cheers:

 

[DKS]

Starting to get my act together for minicomps and swaps.
So far:
ESB in bottle -Babbs, Feb, if better than sparkling
Aussie sparkling. Bottle this week end.- Babbs, Feb, if better than ESB
American Brown in cube. Babbs, March
Brewing Nth English Brown tomorrow. Babbs, May
Brewing Budvar tomorrow. Probably Winkle's swap in July
Still haven't sorted Mash paddle
Daz

 

[Scruffy]

I put my Dubbel down this week. That's September.
Better think about a Stout for June...
Not sure I have any experience of Bitters or Pale Ales...?







... -_-

 

[Snow]

Starting to get my act together for minicomps and swaps.
So far:
ESB in bottle -Babbs, Feb, if better than sparkling
Aussie sparkling. Bottle this week end.- Babbs, Feb, if better than ESB
American Brown in cube. Babbs, March
Brewing Nth English Brown tomorrow. Babbs, May
Brewing Budvar tomorrow. Probably Winkle's swap in July
Still haven't sorted Mash paddle
Daz

Daz, they have swapped the May mini-comp with the July mini-comp. Maybe you should brew your winter warmer tomorrow?

- Snow.

 

[DKS]

Daz, they have swapped the May mini-comp with the July mini-comp. Maybe you should brew your winter warmer tomorrow?

- Snow.

Your not snowin me are you Snow?
Daz

 

[DKS]

Your not snowin me are you Snow?
Daz

Just checked to confirm.
Bugger! Your right. Thanks for the heads up Snow.
I have some choc chit and some choc malt in the cupboard. Ahrrr!
Daz

 

[Bribie G]

I put my Dubbel down this week. That's September.
Better think about a Stout for June...
Not sure I have any experience of Bitters or Pale Ales...?

... -_-

Yeah, apart from probably drinking 11 pints of them at the old Bull and Bush then staggering home on a frosty night chewing on a bag of big soft Pommie chips from a Pakkie takeway with a plastic cup of dipping curry... :icon_drunk:

Daz: haven't got round to the dunkel yet, I'll slurp it tonight .

 

[winkle]

Well guys my best bitter has finished fermenting and the temp is on a downward spiral. Isnt that TV2 a tastey yeast icon_drool2.gif

Is it wrong to be drawing 250ml to take a 50ml hydro reading. This may not win but IMO it is the best english beer I have made once again IMO.

Cheers Brad

Just kegged my one Brad, and yes folks we have a contender! Best bitters will be interesting :icon_cheers: