Nsw Special Case Swap

[Muggus]

IPA List
Just to Update. If you are not in, strike through your name (rather than just delete it)

If the 20th March suits you, say so next to your name.

Member - Beer Name - Style - Alc % - Ready To Drink Date - Other Relevant Info

1. Fatgodzilla YES 20TH MARCH
2. Grantw
3. DiscoStu
4. Stuster
5. Retsamhsam - American IPA
6. Gulpa - American IPA - 6.7% - Wy1272
7. Monkeybusiness
8. Gruntus
9. Cortez The Killer - Hop Rod Rye Clone - Rye IPA - 7%ish - Ready to drink - http://hyperfox.info/allgrain01.htm#72
10. Josh - Imperial IPA
11. Bizier
12. floppinab
13. nifty
14. Muggus - What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted (Jakes Return) NZ Imp. Brown Ale 8.0% YES 20TH MARCH though might be a bit green!

BELGIAN List

Member - Beer Name - Style - Alc % - Ready To Drink Date - Other Relevant Info

15. Fatgodzilla YES, 20TH MARCH
16. Grantw
17. DiscoStu
18. Stuster
19. Retsamhsam - Belgian Strong Dark Ale
20. Gulpa - Belgian Strong Dark Ale - 10% - wy1388 - Ready to drink
21. Monkeybusiness
22. Gruntus
23. Cortez The Killer - Devil's Ink - Belgian Imperial Stout - http://hyperfox.info/allgrain01.htm#75
24. Josh - Belgian Dark Strong Ale
25. Bizier
26. floppinab
27. nifty
28. Muggus - Belgian Chocolate Ale '09 - 8.4% - Needs time, will check closer to date. YES 20TH MARCH

What about the stouts/strong ale side of the swap? Same date?

 

[white.grant]

Member - Beer Name - Style - Alc % - Ready To Drink Date - Other Relevant Info

1. Fatgodzilla YES 20TH MARCH
2. Grantw Homer's drool No, 20th March
3. DiscoStu
4. Stuster
5. Retsamhsam - American IPA
6. Gulpa - American IPA - 6.7% - Wy1272
7. Monkeybusiness
8. Gruntus
9. Cortez The Killer - Hop Rod Rye Clone - Rye IPA - 7%ish - Ready to drink - http://hyperfox.info/allgrain01.htm#72
10. Josh - Imperial IPA
11. Bizier
12. floppinab
13. nifty
14. Muggus - What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted (Jakes Return) NZ Imp. Brown Ale 8.0% YES 20TH MARCH though might be a bit green!

BELGIAN List

Member - Beer Name - Style - Alc % - Ready To Drink Date - Other Relevant Info

15. Fatgodzilla YES, 20TH MARCH
16. Grantw 3's three No, 20th
17. DiscoStu
18. Stuster
19. Retsamhsam - Belgian Strong Dark Ale
20. Gulpa - Belgian Strong Dark Ale - 10% - wy1388 - Ready to drink
21. Monkeybusiness
22. Gruntus
23. Cortez The Killer - Devil's Ink - Belgian Imperial Stout - http://hyperfox.info/allgrain01.htm#75
24. Josh - Belgian Dark Strong Ale
25. Bizier
26. floppinab
27. nifty
28. Muggus - Belgian Chocolate Ale '09 - 8.4% - Needs time, will check closer to date. YES 20TH MARCH



None of my beers will be ready this side of July in any case.

Just tasting the wheat wine now from the secondary, no carb. light honey colour, the nose is fascinating and the flavour is settling down after a few weeks of scariness. After falling over the kettle I've only got 14 litres of this left to bottle, I hope it's enough. The secondary has been going for a few weeks now and there was a fair bit of pressure on the fermenter when I tested it today. I was going to seed it with some yeast at bottling but am thinking I will let it go and aim for a low carb. It is fairly clear and drinks nicely out of a red wine glass! It's currently at 10.3%. :huh:

My Belgian tripel is still in primary, at 1028 and dropping a point or so a day. I'm getting nervous about this one. Nice flavours from the unibroue yeast but I'm no sure it's got the ticker to finish it off dry enough. I have to US-05 on hand just in case, but I want you all to will it to finish. Hold hands now.....

I will be brewing the IIPA next weekend - will be in Melbourne this week working (conference actually so will be checking out the taphouse, Mrs Parmas an beer delux etc) . Working towards something like a Hercules Double IPA hopefully.... Resinous and crusty just the way Muggus likes them.

Would really like to make the swap in person, but if that doesn't happen, will be happy to sit out. CtK, monkeyb or fatz can hopefully do a courier run of my beers.

cheers

grant

 

[Cortez The Killer]

Tried my barleywine and it's coming along a treat!

Haven't got enough of the IPA to sample just yet but it was nice and hoppy when bottling

My belgian imperial stout however is another story

I smacked a pack of 1762 (rochefort yeast) but am not getting enough belgian funk from it

Built it up in a belgian pale, then a leffe clone. The beer is interesting enough but a few SRM short of stout and a little light on the funk for my liking. Still in the fermenter - I'll see how it goes in the bottle

Adrian are you heading up to the swap? If it's the two of us Ian we can take the ute - plenty of room for all the cases

Cheers

 

[Muggus]

Resinous and crusty just the way Muggus likes them.

And not just my beers.

It all sounds good! Looking forward to these beers!

I have sneaking suspicion my IIPA might underattenuate, and wind up only at a mere 7.5%alc/vol. But somehow I think 60g/L of residual sugar might actually be a good thing in a 150+IBU beer!

 

[petesbrew]

Friday night brewing rocks :icon_chickcheers: (unless you dont have kids, then you should be out doing stuff). Looking forward to trying your stout, Pete. Just finished my Old Ale II, its in the ice bucket now.

Cheers
Andrew.

Bring on the Old Ale! Mine's fermenting away in my new brewfridge. Just finished building the fridgemate tonight.

 

[monkeybusiness]

I'm keen to come up for the day at this point in time but I'll need to talk to the missus about whether I already have commitments.

Gino, If I come up I have a dual cab ute that could comfortably carry us and the brews up. No crates of beer sliding into your back this time I promise.

We'll do the stout swap on the same day.

As far as beers go, I'll be hitting hitting brews for the belgian and IPA this weekend. I'll give the stout a taste tomorrow night to make sure its on track.

 

[DiscoStu]

100 IBU IPA fermenting away so that's the first one done. Aiming to get the Belgian on this weekend.

 

[RetsamHsam]

:icon_drool2: I have just been informed that 15 pounds of 09 crop US hops with my name on them have just arrived at my local post office :icon_drool2:

Do I need to tell you what I will be doing this weekend....

 

[Gulpa]

IPA List

Member - Beer Name - Style - Alc % - Ready To Drink Date - Other Relevant Info

1. Fatgodzilla YES 20TH MARCH
2. Grantw Homer's drool No, 20th March
3. DiscoStu
4. Stuster
5. Retsamhsam - American IPA
6. Gulpa - American IPA - 7% - Wy1272 YES 20 MARCH
7. Monkeybusiness
8. Gruntus
9. Cortez The Killer - Hop Rod Rye Clone - Rye IPA - 7%ish - Ready to drink - http://hyperfox.info/allgrain01.htm#72
10. Josh - Imperial IPA
11. Bizier
12. floppinab
13. nifty
14. Muggus - What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted (Jakes Return) NZ Imp. Brown Ale 8.0% YES 20TH MARCH though might be a bit green!

BELGIAN List

Member - Beer Name - Style - Alc % - Ready To Drink Date - Other Relevant Info

15. Fatgodzilla YES, 20TH MARCH
16. Grantw 3's three No, 20th
17. DiscoStu
18. Stuster
19. Retsamhsam - Belgian Strong Dark Ale
20. Gulpa - Belgian Strong Dark Ale - 10% - wy1388 - Ready to drink YES 20 MARCH
21. Monkeybusiness
22. Gruntus
23. Cortez The Killer - Devil's Ink - Belgian Imperial Stout - http://hyperfox.info/allgrain01.htm#75
24. Josh - Belgian Dark Strong Ale
25. Bizier
26. floppinab
27. nifty
28. Muggus - Belgian Chocolate Ale '09 - 8.4% - Needs time, will check closer to date. YES 20TH MARCH


STOUT/STRONG List

29. Monkeybusiness - RIS
30. Grantw - Anzus Wheatwine
31. Cortez The Killer - Father's Falling Over Fluid - American Barley Wine - 7.5-8% - Ready to drink - http://hyperfox.info/allgrain01.htm#70
32. Schooey - RIS
33. Chappo - RIS (send to FatzG to adjudicate no need to returns)
34. Muggus - Black Warrior Imperial Stout (well, technically an American Stout) 7.1%, Drink now or cellar.
35. VACANT
36. Petesbrew - Foreign Extra Stout
37. Josh - English Barleywine - ready to drink
38. Gulpa - Old Ale - US05 - 7.8% YES 20 MARCH
39. Thommo - Old Ale
40. Syd_03
41. VACANT
42. Retsamhsam - English Barley wine

 

[petesbrew]

Sorry guys,
It's with great disappointment that I'm pulling out of the Stout Swap.
Opened the fridge this morning to the smell of sour milk, I tasted my stout and it's infected. Like sour milk and creamed corn. Totally infected.
I could almost cry. All that time wasted.
I could probably knock up a KnK stout in time, but in truth I'm better off trying to clean up my brewing habits and practices before I put my name down for another swap.
Hopefully someone can step up and fill the gap.
cheers
Pete

 

[petesbrew]

IPA List

Member - Beer Name - Style - Alc % - Ready To Drink Date - Other Relevant Info

1. Fatgodzilla YES 20TH MARCH
2. Grantw Homer's drool No, 20th March
3. DiscoStu
4. Stuster
5. Retsamhsam - American IPA
6. Gulpa - American IPA - 7% - Wy1272 YES 20 MARCH
7. Monkeybusiness
8. Gruntus
9. Cortez The Killer - Hop Rod Rye Clone - Rye IPA - 7%ish - Ready to drink - http://hyperfox.info/allgrain01.htm#72
10. Josh - Imperial IPA
11. Bizier
12. floppinab
13. nifty
14. Muggus - What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted (Jakes Return) NZ Imp. Brown Ale 8.0% YES 20TH MARCH though might be a bit green!

BELGIAN List

Member - Beer Name - Style - Alc % - Ready To Drink Date - Other Relevant Info

15. Fatgodzilla YES, 20TH MARCH
16. Grantw 3's three No, 20th
17. DiscoStu
18. Stuster
19. Retsamhsam - Belgian Strong Dark Ale
20. Gulpa - Belgian Strong Dark Ale - 10% - wy1388 - Ready to drink YES 20 MARCH
21. Monkeybusiness
22. Gruntus
23. Cortez The Killer - Devil's Ink - Belgian Imperial Stout - http://hyperfox.info/allgrain01.htm#75
24. Josh - Belgian Dark Strong Ale
25. Bizier
26. floppinab
27. nifty
28. Muggus - Belgian Chocolate Ale '09 - 8.4% - Needs time, will check closer to date. YES 20TH MARCH


STOUT/STRONG List

29. Monkeybusiness - RIS
30. Grantw - Anzus Wheatwine
31. Cortez The Killer - Father's Falling Over Fluid - American Barley Wine - 7.5-8% - Ready to drink - http://hyperfox.info/allgrain01.htm#70
32. Schooey - RIS
33. Chappo - RIS (send to FatzG to adjudicate no need to returns)
34. Muggus - Black Warrior Imperial Stout (well, technically an American Stout) 7.1%, Drink now or cellar.
35. VACANT
36. VACANT
37. Josh - English Barleywine - ready to drink
38. Gulpa - Old Ale - US05 - 7.8% YES 20 MARCH
39. Thommo - Old Ale
40. Syd_03
41. VACANT
42. Retsamhsam - English Barley wine

 

[Josh]

Not happy with the taste of my Dark Strong Ale. So I am subbing in my Golden Strong Ale which has come good. Took a long while to carb, but I think that's just because it was cold stored for 3 months before bottling, and there wasn't much yeast left.

Brewing my IPA this week using the Pacman yeast.

At this stage the barleywine is in the third case. I'm hoping to get a stout brewed as well so I can keep the barleywine for myself. Purely sentimental as it was the barleywine I brewed on my 10 year brewing anniversary.


IPA List

Member - Beer Name - Style - Alc % - Ready To Drink Date - Other Relevant Info

1. Fatgodzilla YES 20TH MARCH
2. Grantw Homer's drool No, 20th March
3. DiscoStu
4. Stuster
5. Retsamhsam - American IPA
6. Gulpa - American IPA - 7% - Wy1272 YES 20 MARCH
7. Monkeybusiness
8. Gruntus
9. Cortez The Killer - Hop Rod Rye Clone - Rye IPA - 7%ish - Ready to drink - http://hyperfox.info/allgrain01.htm#72
10. Josh - American IPA -
11. Bizier
12. floppinab
13. nifty
14. Muggus - What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted (Jakes Return) NZ Imp. Brown Ale 8.0% YES 20TH MARCH though might be a bit green!

BELGIAN List

Member - Beer Name - Style - Alc % - Ready To Drink Date - Other Relevant Info

15. Fatgodzilla YES, 20TH MARCH
16. Grantw 3's three No, 20th
17. DiscoStu
18. Stuster
19. Retsamhsam - Belgian Strong Dark Ale
20. Gulpa - Belgian Strong Dark Ale - 10% - wy1388 - Ready to drink YES 20 MARCH
21. Monkeybusiness
22. Gruntus
23. Cortez The Killer - Devil's Ink - Belgian Imperial Stout - http://hyperfox.info/allgrain01.htm#75
24. Josh - Belgian Golden Strong Ale - YES
25. Bizier
26. floppinab
27. nifty
28. Muggus - Belgian Chocolate Ale '09 - 8.4% - Needs time, will check closer to date. YES 20TH MARCH


STOUT/STRONG List

29. Monkeybusiness - RIS
30. Grantw - Anzus Wheatwine
31. Cortez The Killer - Father's Falling Over Fluid - American Barley Wine - 7.5-8% - Ready to drink - http://hyperfox.info/allgrain01.htm#70
32. Schooey - RIS
33. Chappo - RIS (send to FatzG to adjudicate no need to returns)
34. Muggus - Black Warrior Imperial Stout (well, technically an American Stout) 7.1%, Drink now or cellar.
35. VACANT
36. VACANT
37. Josh - English Barleywine - YES
38. Gulpa - Old Ale - US05 - 7.8% YES 20 MARCH
39. Thommo - Old Ale
40. Syd_03
41. VACANT
42. Retsamhsam - English Barley wine

 

[DiscoStu]

Bottled my IIPA on the weekend so that will be ready in time, tasted great out of the fermentor. First batch brewed in a temp controlled fridge (how did I ever brew without one ???)

It's gunna be tight to get the Belgian done but I should just make it.

IPA List

Member - Beer Name - Style - Alc % - Ready To Drink Date - Other Relevant Info

1. Fatgodzilla YES 20TH MARCH
2. Grantw Homer's drool No, 20th March
3. DiscoStu - Imperial IPA - 8.5% 100IBU - US05 - Yes 20 March
4. Stuster
5. Retsamhsam - American IPA
6. Gulpa - American IPA - 7% - Wy1272 YES 20 MARCH
7. Monkeybusiness
8. Gruntus
9. Cortez The Killer - Hop Rod Rye Clone - Rye IPA - 7%ish - Ready to drink - http://hyperfox.info/allgrain01.htm#72
10. Josh - American IPA -
11. Bizier
12. floppinab
13. nifty
14. Muggus - What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted (Jakes Return) NZ Imp. Brown Ale 8.0% YES 20TH MARCH though might be a bit green!

BELGIAN List

Member - Beer Name - Style - Alc % - Ready To Drink Date - Other Relevant Info

15. Fatgodzilla YES, 20TH MARCH
16. Grantw 3's three No, 20th
17. DiscoStu - Yes 20th March
18. Stuster
19. Retsamhsam - Belgian Strong Dark Ale
20. Gulpa - Belgian Strong Dark Ale - 10% - wy1388 - Ready to drink YES 20 MARCH
21. Monkeybusiness
22. Gruntus
23. Cortez The Killer - Devil's Ink - Belgian Imperial Stout - http://hyperfox.info/allgrain01.htm#75
24. Josh - Belgian Golden Strong Ale - YES
25. Bizier
26. floppinab
27. nifty
28. Muggus - Belgian Chocolate Ale '09 - 8.4% - Needs time, will check closer to date. YES 20TH MARCH


STOUT/STRONG List

29. Monkeybusiness - RIS
30. Grantw - Anzus Wheatwine
31. Cortez The Killer - Father's Falling Over Fluid - American Barley Wine - 7.5-8% - Ready to drink - http://hyperfox.info/allgrain01.htm#70
32. Schooey - RIS
33. Chappo - RIS (send to FatzG to adjudicate no need to returns)
34. Muggus - Black Warrior Imperial Stout (well, technically an American Stout) 7.1%, Drink now or cellar.
35. VACANT
36. VACANT
37. Josh - English Barleywine - YES
38. Gulpa - Old Ale - US05 - 7.8% YES 20 MARCH
39. Thommo - Old Ale
40. Syd_03
41. VACANT
42. Retsamhsam - English Barley wine

 

[Thommo]

I went to put my Lager yeast onto my Bo Pils Cube that I brewed on the weekend. Could have sworn I had it somewhere...where could it be.

Then I realised I had a nice starter of WLP005 ready for my Old Ale...that was sitting bubbling away in the fermenting fridge.

Don't know how that happened.

Oh well. Hope you guys like Old Lager!!!

 

[monkeybusiness]

Had a bit of an issue with my RIS also. Had an off flavour that I'm not happy with giving to you guys (but I'll hang on to to see if it improves over time). So I brewed the backup last weekend and am desparately hoping to have it finish up by swap date. Brewing the belgian strong tonight to kick onto a yeast cake that should finish by the weekend (hopefully! :unsure: ).

And then the IPA will go on this weekend (or next week at the latest!).

So apologies for the couple of beers that won't be as well aged as I would have liked prior to the swap.

I've never brewed so much in such a short time. Maybe I should start now for next year's special swap (if there is one).

 

[white.grant]

I dug out some stubbies to bottle the wheatwine in and hope to have that done before the end of the week. It has come along quite well in secondary. I'll be handing out two stubbies of it so it will be interesting to see how it ages.

Now the tripel is being a real PITA and hasn't finished primary fermentation yet, it's got about 10 more points to go and is dropping a couple of points per day. The unibroue yeast has given it a very interesting flavour and though a bit sweet it's tasting well from the fermenter. Big problem is that it is tying up the ferm fridge so I haven't started on the IIPA as yet. It's gunna be a close run thing.

cheers

grant

 

[Gulpa]

...Maybe I should start now for next year's special swap (if there is one).

Yeah. I tried that but it didnt work out so Im still having to brew madly for the swap.

cheers
Andrew.

 

[RetsamHsam]

Brewed this last night!! :icon_drunk:

Amount Item Type % or IBU
6.00 kg Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) 60.0 %
1.70 kg Pale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) 17.0 %
0.60 kg Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) 6.0 %
1.30 kg Cane (Beet) Sugar (0.0 SRM) 13.0 %
47.00 gm Magnum [12.50%](60 min) 29.3 IBU
30.00 gm Columbus [14.00%] (3 min) 2.6 IBU
30.00 gm Sorachi Ace [14.00%] (3 min) 2.6 IBU
30.00 gm Chinook [13.00%] (3 min) 2.4 IBU
30.00 gm Centennial [10.00%] (3 min) 1.9 IBU
30.00 gm Amarillo [8.50%] (3 min) 1.6 IBU
30.00 gm Cascade [5.50%] (3 min) 1.0 IBU
20.00 gm Amarillo [8.50%] (0 min) (Cube Hop)
20.00 gm Cascade [6.80%] (0 min) (Cube Hop)
20.00 gm Centennial [10.00%] (0 min) (Cube Hop)
20.00 gm Chinook [13.00%] (0 min) (Cube Hop)
20.00 gm Columbus [14.00%] (0 min) (Cube Hop)
20.00 gm Sorachi Ace [14.00%] (0 min) (Cube Hop)
10.00 gm Amarillo [8.50%] (Dry Hop)
10.00 gm Cascade [6.80%] (Dry Hop)
10.00 gm Centennial [10.00%] (Dry Hop)
10.00 gm Chinook [13.00%] (Dry Hop)
10.00 gm Columbus [14.00%] (Dry Hop)
10.00 gm Columbus [14.00%] (Dry Hop)
10.00 gm Sorachi Ace [14.00%] (Dry Hop)
4.00 gm Yeast Nutrient (Boil 3.0 days) Misc
10.00 gm Calcium Chloride (Boil 60.0 min) Misc

 

[floppinab]

Sweet mother Rets.............

OKay, so I've pulled rank on SWMBO (she is threatening to do another girlie weekend, it'll be the third this year) so 20th of March at my joint it is.

Any preferences for time, late lunch, early dinner??? For those that haven't been to my joint before I'll crank up the barby and do *some amount* of meat and salad but please bring an offering of either.

I've put a new section in the wiki, can you go an update there rather than putting stuff in this thread.

 

[Muggus]

Brewed this last night!! :icon_drunk:

Amount Item Type % or IBU
6.00 kg Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) 60.0 %
1.70 kg Pale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) 17.0 %
0.60 kg Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) 6.0 %
1.30 kg Cane (Beet) Sugar (0.0 SRM) 13.0 %
47.00 gm Magnum [12.50%](60 min) 29.3 IBU
30.00 gm Columbus [14.00%] (3 min) 2.6 IBU
30.00 gm Sorachi Ace [14.00%] (3 min) 2.6 IBU
30.00 gm Chinook [13.00%] (3 min) 2.4 IBU
30.00 gm Centennial [10.00%] (3 min) 1.9 IBU
30.00 gm Amarillo [8.50%] (3 min) 1.6 IBU
30.00 gm Cascade [5.50%] (3 min) 1.0 IBU
20.00 gm Amarillo [8.50%] (0 min) (Cube Hop)
20.00 gm Cascade [6.80%] (0 min) (Cube Hop)
20.00 gm Centennial [10.00%] (0 min) (Cube Hop)
20.00 gm Chinook [13.00%] (0 min) (Cube Hop)
20.00 gm Columbus [14.00%] (0 min) (Cube Hop)
20.00 gm Sorachi Ace [14.00%] (0 min) (Cube Hop)
10.00 gm Amarillo [8.50%] (Dry Hop)
10.00 gm Cascade [6.80%] (Dry Hop)
10.00 gm Centennial [10.00%] (Dry Hop)
10.00 gm Chinook [13.00%] (Dry Hop)
10.00 gm Columbus [14.00%] (Dry Hop)
10.00 gm Columbus [14.00%] (Dry Hop)
10.00 gm Sorachi Ace [14.00%] (Dry Hop)
4.00 gm Yeast Nutrient (Boil 3.0 days) Misc
10.00 gm Calcium Chloride (Boil 60.0 min) Misc

Only 41 IBU?
Will the cube hopping up the bitterness much more?