Hey All,
We have finally kegged some of our final brew out of the old brewhouse. We did a one-off beer, and it was christened "The Decommissionator". No, not a bock for all of you brewing hardcore, but actually an Oktoberfest style lager.
We used both domestic and german pils malt, combined with a big amount of vienna, munich and carared. All hops are Tassie (Saaz and Hallertau). Results is a nice golden coloured lager, malt driven, slightly hoppy. I should say, we lagered this one for around 8wks, partially because we wanted to, and maybe because we have been too busy to filter the bloody thing! From memory it is around 25EBC colour and about 30IBU, 5% alcohol. We tried to up the BU a little bit to combat all of the "malty" malts to make sure it was in balance, and not overly malty/sweet.
Unfortunately we only had a few at the bar this past weekend and all ran out by Saturday afternoon. But we'll rack off the rest soon and have at the brewery and send out around the countryside (I'm sure we'll send out a "Hop Head" email). Only around 80kegs will be filled all up, so will only be around for a short while. If we get our act together we might have some on draught in Fitzroy by the end of the week (but don't hold me to that!).
More info to follow.....
Cheers,
Alex
We have finally kegged some of our final brew out of the old brewhouse. We did a one-off beer, and it was christened "The Decommissionator". No, not a bock for all of you brewing hardcore, but actually an Oktoberfest style lager.
We used both domestic and german pils malt, combined with a big amount of vienna, munich and carared. All hops are Tassie (Saaz and Hallertau). Results is a nice golden coloured lager, malt driven, slightly hoppy. I should say, we lagered this one for around 8wks, partially because we wanted to, and maybe because we have been too busy to filter the bloody thing! From memory it is around 25EBC colour and about 30IBU, 5% alcohol. We tried to up the BU a little bit to combat all of the "malty" malts to make sure it was in balance, and not overly malty/sweet.
Unfortunately we only had a few at the bar this past weekend and all ran out by Saturday afternoon. But we'll rack off the rest soon and have at the brewery and send out around the countryside (I'm sure we'll send out a "Hop Head" email). Only around 80kegs will be filled all up, so will only be around for a short while. If we get our act together we might have some on draught in Fitzroy by the end of the week (but don't hold me to that!).
More info to follow.....
Cheers,
Alex
Even without me there, I'm sure it wouldn't last long. But I would be there. :beerbang:
