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[Dave70]

Woke up to find my garage gym now boasting a water feature.

And my septic tank runneth over.

Thanks god, that'll be enough rain for now.
Sorry about all that **** I said n stuff..

 

[Airgead]

Yeah. I'm over the rain as well. My MIL is currently staying with us (demanding to be waited on hand and foot) as her place has no power and is likely to be without power for a few more days. The rain can not end soon enough. Thank fark I'm at work all day. The missus is going mental.

 

[Kingy]

Home bcoz of the storm. Thought to myself you beauty the power should be back on and i can brew some beer.
Get home still no power, misses gets called into work now im stuck here with 2 kids.
Love me kids but I shoulda stayed at work.
Edit: need a generator for the brewery i think.

 

[Liam_snorkel]

make a berliner weisse?

 

[GrumpyPaul]

my daughter bought some fridge magnets - so I put a fitting response on the fridge

 

[TheWiggman]

I want to brew another big beer but I don't know what. I've already done an English Barley wine which was stellar. I don't want to do a sour because I don't want to commit a fermenter to it just yet. I'm tossing up between -

• RIS
• Old Ale

Tending towards the old ale because I'm vouching to always have a stout on rotation. Also never tried one. Any suggestions/thoughts?

 

[wide eyed and legless]

I would go the old ale.
https://byo.com/hops/item/1201-old-ales

 

[Tahoose]

What's about a Belgian triple?? Old ale sounds good though. Been meaning to do an "October beer" basically a 8% English ale

 

[TheWiggman]

Old Ale locked in. I have a recipe in my trusty book by Greg Hughes which I'll get it out of. ABV 7.1% by memory. Will post the grain bill when I brew it. Gotta get the yeast ready first though because I'll be doing a 10l batch and thus won't be cubing.

Belgian tripel, dunno. Is that something that benefits from extended ageing?

 

[wide eyed and legless]

I was thinking something like the Old Tom clone from Robinsons but that gets into the realms of a Barley wine so I think the Old Soldier clone which is in the link to BYO would be a fitting beer to brew for this weekend.

 

[TheWiggman]

Here's my recipe:

10.5 litres
8.7% ABV
31 EBC
55 IBU

2.09 kg JW pale
0.84 kg Munich I
0.14 kg dark crystal
0.05 kg chocolate

60g EKG 60 mins
60g EKG 10 mins

1028 English Ale fermented at 20°C

Gonna chuck it in some 330ml bottles I've been collecting and bust it out for the special occasions.

 

[Tahoose]

Looks good, have all of that on stock. Might put it on the "to brew list".

 

[wide eyed and legless]

Called in at Friar Tucks fish and chip shop in Croydon today, he imports everything from the UK , the frying oil the haddock, cod, scampi, pork pies, steak and kidney pies, sauces and soft drink the most interesting thing I noticed was what looked like a keg king pressure barrell, thinking he may have been a homebrewer I asked him what was in the cask, malt vinegar he told me which he also imports from the UK.
Next time I call in there I will ask him if he can get any empties shipped over (obviously not the ones that have had malt vinegar in them)

 

[GrumpyPaul]

First night on the boat. Docklands looks amazing at night.

 

[menoetes]

Woke up to find my garage gym now boasting a water feature.

True... I understand the feeling.

I woke on Saturday up to discover I had a Olympic sized swimming pool in my backyard;

and a smaller training pool in the front yard...

and a kiddies wading pool under the house in my storage/brew-space...

A lot of stuff lost and not just the floating freezer with my yeast bank in it but SWMBO and myself are trying to stay positive. We are insured and keep looking on the funny side as most of the stuff is replaceable. It just gets a little sad when you find something precious or sentimental that can't be replaced laying water-sodden on the muddy floor.

 

[Dave70]

True... I understand the feeling.

I woke on Saturday up to discover I had a Olympic sized swimming pool in my backyard;

and a smaller training pool in the front yard...

and a kiddies wading pool under the house in my storage/brew-space...

A lot of stuff lost and not just the floating freezer with my yeast bank in it but SWMBO and myself are trying to stay positive. We are insured and keep looking on the funny side as most of the stuff is replaceable. It just gets a little sad when you find something precious or sentimental that can't be replaced laying water-sodden on the muddy floor.

**** mate..

You win.

 

[GrumpyPaul]

True... I understand the feeling.

I woke on Saturday up to discover I had a Olympic sized swimming pool in my backyard;

and a smaller training pool in the front yard...

and a kiddies wading pool under the house in my storage/brew-space...

A lot of stuff lost and not just the floating freezer with my yeast bank in it but SWMBO and myself are trying to stay positive. We are insured and keep looking on the funny side as most of the stuff is replaceable. It just gets a little sad when you find something precious or sentimental that can't be replaced laying water-sodden on the muddy floor.

**** mate..

You win.

Its seems a bit awkwardly ironic that you guys are up to your proverbials in unwanted water and I'm bragging about my new boat.

Makes me feel a bit like a prick actually.

Sorry to see what you guys are going through - hope the weather improves and things dry out up there for you. More importantly I hope the insurance companies do the right thing by you all.

 

[menoetes]

No fear Grumpy, now I've got somewhere for you to park your new boat if you ever get up to Brisbane with it. h34r:

But seriously, we are all dried out now and have begun both the clean-up and the process of hitting up the insurance company to uphold its end of our contract.

 

[winkle]

Bloody hell menoetes! We escaped lightly this time, but still had to spend all day Saturday removing the mud (and smell). PS the freezer may still work if you can dry it out and remove the flood stench.

 

[mwd]

Computer Stuff : Bought a wireless mouse from K-Mart $12.00 brilliant bit of kit for the dosh ( remember to buy a AA battery for it not included )
Woolworths food stores either in Stationary area or specials bin have a hard mouse pad with 3x USB 2.0 ports + card reader with a sexy LED lit surround and 1.5m USB cord to connect to computer for $8.00 another
brilliant and actually useful bit of kit.