johnno
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had to stop being lazy and walk the 300 odd meters down to the shops today on account of MAJOR friggin loud, roads totally closed down for the weekend, 24 hour tramworks being done around the area.
passed a cleanskins shop that is fairly new and i noticed about 8 different kinds of beer from various microbrewries sold there.
i got 2 of these Holgate brewhouse Old Pale Ales to try at 3$ each. this is from the Macedon/ Woodend area im Melbs nth west.
Got talkin with the bloke that works there and i organized to go back with the only bottle of beer i had in the fridge.a 2 can coles brand draught kit i had bottled bout 2 weeks ago now. I used propogated coops yeast for that.
well got home and put in fridge for 20 mins to get it nice and cool again. opened it and poured one. Poured bloody flat didnt it. Tasted a lot like my MSB old pale ale that i am just trying now. either there was a leak in the bottle or it had been released too early. either way it was crap. no excuse for it. this really made me realise just how easy it is to make a very acceptable beer even from a kit and and a brewbooster kilo. I can just imagine how good AG brews would be.
went back with my homebrew and let him know what i thought was wrong with it. he actually told me that they had to send another batch back because of low carbonation.
crapola man , my K+K's taste just as good.
i poured him the coles brand brew and after what seemed like sniffing it for ages he tasted it. he reckons it was good but quite malty which this brew is.
anyway he seemed to like it.
im gonna give him a taste of the MSB pale ale next week and i'll probably email Holgate and tell em how average their beer is.
he gave me a Stockade Premium lager as a freebie. That is a nice lager but I've never seen it before.
oh they also had a "Chopper Read" Lager in there as well. I'll probably taste that but later on.
thats my big rant for the day
cheers
passed a cleanskins shop that is fairly new and i noticed about 8 different kinds of beer from various microbrewries sold there.
i got 2 of these Holgate brewhouse Old Pale Ales to try at 3$ each. this is from the Macedon/ Woodend area im Melbs nth west.
Got talkin with the bloke that works there and i organized to go back with the only bottle of beer i had in the fridge.a 2 can coles brand draught kit i had bottled bout 2 weeks ago now. I used propogated coops yeast for that.
well got home and put in fridge for 20 mins to get it nice and cool again. opened it and poured one. Poured bloody flat didnt it. Tasted a lot like my MSB old pale ale that i am just trying now. either there was a leak in the bottle or it had been released too early. either way it was crap. no excuse for it. this really made me realise just how easy it is to make a very acceptable beer even from a kit and and a brewbooster kilo. I can just imagine how good AG brews would be.
went back with my homebrew and let him know what i thought was wrong with it. he actually told me that they had to send another batch back because of low carbonation.
crapola man , my K+K's taste just as good.
i poured him the coles brand brew and after what seemed like sniffing it for ages he tasted it. he reckons it was good but quite malty which this brew is.
anyway he seemed to like it.
im gonna give him a taste of the MSB pale ale next week and i'll probably email Holgate and tell em how average their beer is.
he gave me a Stockade Premium lager as a freebie. That is a nice lager but I've never seen it before.
oh they also had a "Chopper Read" Lager in there as well. I'll probably taste that but later on.
thats my big rant for the day
cheers