Bar Swap: '1st Time For Everything'

[wakkatoo]

Great night fellas, was a heap of fun.

Things I've learnt:
1. Vic13 makes a mean pizza
2. The beers were outstanding, I think everybody is stepping it up a notch
3. People are willing to travel long distances to these get togethers, we appreciate the effort!
4. Vic45 knows how to put on a good night!
5. Muscovy ducks are the 'mead' of the bird world with throbbing red knobs (apparently!)
6. Mesa99 won't return my messages ;-)

Things I haven't learnt:
1. Where muscovy's username came from. And just what was he doing with those ducks on a dark and stormy night???

Till the next one fella's

 

[Kleiny]

Might be my swap line, i wasnt there, hope somebody gathered me some beers.

I will pick em up from either lecter or wakka's just let me know where.

My beer against all protocol has no marks on the bottle at all, but is a Meantime IPA inspired beer, that you can drink now or wait a week or 2 for it to mature a bit

Hope the night was a blast
Kleiny

 

[Lecterfan]

Might be my swap line, i wasnt there, hope somebody gathered me some beers.

I will pick em up from either lecter or wakka's just let me know where.

My beer against all protocol has no marks on the bottle at all, but is a Meantime IPA inspired beer, that you can drink now or wait a week or 2 for it to mature a bit

Hope the night was a blast
Kleiny

No chief, I boxed yours up and brought them home with me. We very sensibly did that side of things before the serious business started. I spread the excess of your beers between Vic45 and the not-present Mesa99.

 

[Muscovy_333]

For concise records I am updating the details of my contribution;

1 Wakkatoo: English something or another. Might play around with some dry hopping.
2 Kleiny Maentime IPA inspired english IPA
3 Lecterfan - a medium dark ale that snubs its nose at styles and categories but that aims to taste nice and provide a smooth alcoholic kick.
4 Herbo - Dunkelweizen
5
6 Beastie ?????
7 Vic45 Cascadian Dark Ale
8 pommie_granite - 'tis the Saison
9 Muscovy: Vienna Ale (Only been bottled for a couple of weeks) French Saison (using 3724, ready to go, but better if it has had some time to warm up)
10
11 mmmyummybeer - Raspberry Redundancy, and or DCM Choc Orange Porter
12 Vic13

 

[Muscovy_333]

Great night fellas, was a heap of fun.

Things I've learnt:
1. Vic13 makes a mean pizza
2. The beers were outstanding, I think everybody is stepping it up a notch
3. People are willing to travel long distances to these get togethers, we appreciate the effort!
4. Vic45 knows how to put on a good night!
5. Muscovy ducks are the 'mead' of the bird world with throbbing red knobs (apparently!)
6. Mesa99 won't return my messages ;-)

Things I haven't learnt:
1. Where muscovy's username came from. And just what was he doing with those ducks on a dark and stormy night???

Till the next one fella's

Fellas, thanks for a great night. I'll finish the 'story of how muscovy became' next time. It's a great story, you really should hear it sometime.

Beers were fantastic, hospitality exceptional, converstation invaluable, Lecterfans jokes.....room for improvement!

 

[Yob]

Big thanks to Vic45..

will have to let us know when you get that car in the shed out.. :icon_drool2:

Great night, Great beers.. the list goes on

:icon_chickcheers:

oh yeah.. Happy Birthday Muscovy

 

[MaestroMatt]

I don't feel ashamed to say I had pizza and freaky saison dreams last night - it was a good dream.

Absolutely massive props to Vic45 for the excellent meet last night.

All the great people, good food and fantastic beers were extremely worth the trip out - next time I'll make sleeping arrangements so I can sample much more of the great beverages on offer.

I will definitely be back for the next one - wherever that may be.

Hope to catch up with some of you cool cats again at the Vic July swap/meet.

 

[Muscovy_333]

Big thanks to Vic45..

will have to let us know when you get that car in the shed out.. :icon_drool2:

Great night, Great beers.. the list goes on

:icon_chickcheers:

oh yeah.. Happy Birthday Muscovy

Thanks Yob,

glad to hear you made it home safe and sound.

Looking forward to hearing how the MT build goes...( I think you said something about that or maybe i was having a Saison, pizza and yob dream as well while i stewed in my swag juices)

 

[Muscovy_333]

Righto, I'm breaking the silence.

#2 Kleiny's Maentime IPA inspired english IPA

Aroma: Slight ripe banana on first sniff (can't put my finger on the hop aroma..but i'm a novice for this style)
Appearance: cloudy/golden straw, pours and holds a good head with lacing
Taste: Good IPA bitterness, earthy/resin/mild hop spice, oh so slight residual sweetness, notable alcohol
Palate: medium length with carrying bitterness
Overall: True to style in my limited experiencemore than happy to have another!


For the record.
The Vienna Ale i entered in the swap is ready to drink. I tried a new carbonation method, and is carbing up a little higher than i would have liked. Rip into it and let me know what you think...

 

[Kleiny]

Yep dont think i managed to hit the mark with this, it is really nice out of the keg now so maybe a couple more weeks in the bottle.

The banana aroma should not be there and is a yeast management problem. (when i getsome space and time im going to clean up my yeast side of the process).

Scary that a 7% is easy to drink i wrote myself off before i noticed the other evening.

Cheers
Kleiny

 

[manticle]

Did Lecterfan try and replicate what an authentic Roman orgy would be like again, wearing only his socks and using the contents of the fruit bowl for illustrative purposes?

 

[MaestroMatt]

No Roman orgies, Manticle.... (should I feel let down now?)


Though, I believe he sparked off a fairly intense conversation centering around the ideal frequency of bowel movements per day. Apparently 3 is the golden number according to Lecterfan and a couple of others.

 

[Lecterfan]

^ :lol:

Mens health was a big issue for at least 20 minutes. I must admit, amongst the 'regular' faces the talk was less about beer than perhaps the newcomers should/could expect.

 

[bum]

amongst the 'regular' faces

Well played.

 

[Lecterfan]

:lol:

 

[Muscovy_333]

Yep dont think i managed to hit the mark with this, it is really nice out of the keg now so maybe a couple more weeks in the bottle.

The banana aroma should not be there and is a yeast management problem. (when i getsome space and time im going to clean up my yeast side of the process).

Scary that a 7% is easy to drink i wrote myself off before i noticed the other evening.

Cheers
Kleiny

I was definitely a bit chirpy after a couple of glasses Klieny.

I dont normally go for IPA's so my feedback is very subjective for the style.

Hop flowers or pellets? The reason i asked is because i recently dry hopped with some fresh home grown flowers and had a very similar result for aroma.

 

[vic45]

I was definitely a bit chirpy after a couple of glasses Klieny.

Did you tell the Muscovy story? :lol:

 

[Muscovy_333]

Did you tell the Muscovy story? :lol:

My wife has already heard it 1001 times.
It's partly the reason she married me.

She likes the mystery!

 

[Muscovy_333]

#4 Herbo Dunkelweizen
Aroma: I wish I could describe it slight alcohol and has something in common with a Peninsula shiraz.
Appearance: first glass was crystal clear, magic deep brown with a red hue, pours a head which dissipates fairly quickly.
Taste: I swear there is a cherry/fruit note to it WTF
Palate: short/thin
Overall: Really interesting beer, great to taste something so different to what Im used too.

 

[herbo]

#4 Herbo Dunkelweizen
Aroma: I wish I could describe it slight alcohol and has something in common with a Peninsula shiraz.
Appearance: first glass was crystal clear, magic deep brown with a red hue, pours a head which dissipates fairly quickly.
Taste: I swear there is a cherry/fruit note to it WTF
Palate: short/thin
Overall: Really interesting beer, great to taste something so different to what Im used too.

Nice feedback Muscovy, thanks. I haven't opened one of these myself yet so will revist your notes when I do.

I haven't got to any of the swap beers as yet. Need to set aside some time for this important task!