Qld 2007 Xmas Swap - Case Consumption

[Jye]

Ok heres the list as we know it, fill in what you provided and a drinking date.

Get drinking :chug:

1. Screwtop - Newcastle Brown Ale 1/1/2008
2. Chad - Dunkelweizen NOW
3. Bonj - Not Real Bright Ale, filled from keg, ready to consume now
4. NickB - AAA Ready in 2008 (probably by xmas in reality)
5. Browndog - Wolf Creek IPA NOW
6. Jye - APA ASAP (If you have a bottle with an 'N' it is the same beer I entered in the AABC)
7. BConnery - English Pale Ale Drink Now or soonish
8. Frogman - APA NOW
9. Steelbreese - (Mixed bag) - Mine is a mixed bag of...2, both of which are labelled and ready to drink.
10.Winkle - Acerola Pale NOW
11.Troy - Pimpin belgian wit ready to drink now!
12. (16) Matt O'B (Mobrien) - IPA 25/12/07 (renumbered due to lack of number... you forced our hand Matt )

14.Kiwi_Greg - Steinlager Clone Ready to drink
15.StillScottish - Scottish Strong Ale....Any time after Auld Year's Nicht.

17.Wrenny - Wrenny's Armadillo Blond Ale Drink from the 15th December.
18.Tyred - Porter 01/01/2008

22.Mothballs - Vienna ASAP
23.One scooter - B and D Lager NOW
24.WildaYeast - AG Dry Stout, OK to drink now, but better to wait until xmas
25.Zizzle - English Pale Ale drink now if you like a low carbonation eng. ale
26.DucatiBoy Stu - Red Ale 1/1/2008

 

[browndog]

Mine is ready to go now, consume at your leisure.

cheers

Browndog

 

[bonj]

#3 Bonj's Not Real Bright Ale, filled from keg, ready to consume now

 

[winkle]

The Acerola Pale Ale is ready to go.

 

[onescooter]

B and D Lager is botle conditioned and ready to go at your leisure.
Cheers
Scott.

 

[frogman]

Is ready to go.....

 

[bconnery]

1. Screwtop - Newcastle Brown Ale 1/1/2008
2. Chad - Dunkelweizen NOW
3. Bonj - Not Real Bright Ale, filled from keg, ready to consume now
4. NickB - AAA
5. Browndog - Wolf Creek IPA NOW
6. Jye - APA ASAP (If you have a bottle with an 'N' it is the same beer I entered in the AABC)
7. BConnery - English Pale Ale - Drink Now or soonish
8. Frogman - APA
9. Steelbreese - (Mixed bag)
10.Winkle - Acerola Wheat NOW
11.Troy - Pimpin belgian wit
12. (16) Matt O'B (Mobrien) - IPA 25/12/07 (renumbered due to lack of number... you forced our hand Matt )

14.Kiwi_Greg - Steinlager Clone
15.StillScottish - Scottish Strong Ale, along the lines of Old Jock Ale

17.Wrenny - Blonde Ale
18.Tyred - Porter

22.Mothballs - Vienna ASAP
23.One scooter - B and D Lager NOW
24.WildaYeast - AG Dry Stout
25.Zizzle -
26.DucatiBoy Stu-

 

[Kiwi_Greg]

1. Screwtop - Newcastle Brown Ale 1/1/2008
2. Chad - Dunkelweizen NOW
3. Bonj - Not Real Bright Ale, filled from keg, ready to consume now
4. NickB - AAA
5. Browndog - Wolf Creek IPA NOW
6. Jye - APA ASAP (If you have a bottle with an 'N' it is the same beer I entered in the AABC)
7. BConnery - English Pale Ale - Drink Now or soonish
8. Frogman - APA
9. Steelbreese - (Mixed bag)
10.Winkle - Acerola Wheat NOW
11.Troy - Pimpin belgian wit
12. (16) Matt O'B (Mobrien) - IPA 25/12/07 (renumbered due to lack of number... you forced our hand Matt )

14.Kiwi_Greg - Steinlager Clone Ready to drink
15.StillScottish - Scottish Strong Ale, along the lines of Old Jock Ale

17.Wrenny - Blonde Ale
18.Tyred - Porter

22.Mothballs - Vienna ASAP
23.One scooter - B and D Lager NOW
24.WildaYeast - AG Dry Stout
25.Zizzle -
26.DucatiBoy Stu-

 

[NickB]

1. Screwtop - Newcastle Brown Ale 1/1/2008
2. Chad - Dunkelweizen NOW
3. Bonj - Not Real Bright Ale, filled from keg, ready to consume now
4. NickB - AAA - Ready in 2008 (probably by xmas in reality)
5. Browndog - Wolf Creek IPA NOW
6. Jye - APA ASAP (If you have a bottle with an 'N' it is the same beer I entered in the AABC)
7. BConnery - English Pale Ale Drink Now or soonish
8. Frogman - APA NOW
9. Steelbreese - (Mixed bag)
10.Winkle - Acerola Wheat NOW
11.Troy - Pimpin belgian wit
12. (16) Matt O'B (Mobrien) - IPA 25/12/07 (renumbered due to lack of number... you forced our hand Matt )

14.Kiwi_Greg - Steinlager Clone Ready to drink
15.StillScottish - Scottish Strong Ale, along the lines of Old Jock Ale

17.Wrenny - Blonde Ale
18.Tyred - Porter

22.Mothballs - Vienna ASAP
23.One scooter - B and D Lager NOW
24.WildaYeast - AG Dry Stout
25.Zizzle -
26.DucatiBoy Stu-

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

My Red Ale will need a month

 

[Mothballs]

1. Screwtop - Newcastle Brown Ale 1/1/2008
2. Chad - Dunkelweizen NOW
3. Bonj - Not Real Bright Ale, filled from keg, ready to consume now
4. NickB - AAA - Ready in 2008 (probably by xmas in reality)
5. Browndog - Wolf Creek IPA NOW
6. Jye - APA ASAP (If you have a bottle with an 'N' it is the same beer I entered in the AABC)
7. BConnery - English Pale Ale Drink Now or soonish
8. Frogman - APA NOW
9. Steelbreese - (Mixed bag)
10.Winkle - Acerola Wheat NOW
11.Troy - Pimpin belgian wit
12. (16) Matt O'B (Mobrien) - IPA 25/12/07 (renumbered due to lack of number... you forced our hand Matt )

14.Kiwi_Greg - Steinlager Clone Ready to drink
15.StillScottish - Scottish Strong Ale, along the lines of Old Jock Ale

17.Wrenny - Blonde Ale
18.Tyred - Porter

22.Mothballs - ******* Vienna Ready to drink
23.One scooter - B and D Lager NOW
24.WildaYeast - AG Dry Stout
25.Zizzle -
26.DucatiBoy Stu-

******* Vienna Lager from me. Keg conditioned and ready to drink.

 

[Jye]

Winkle - Acerola Wheat

Appearance - Clear but with a haze, beautiful pink colour. Carbonation appears medium and an aggressive pour produced a small head (see pic) which faded to a fine white layer, this was totally gone by the end of the pint.

Aroma - Low/medium cherry, no malt or graininess from the wheat. Clean yeast profile with no esters.

Mouth feel - Medium carbonation with a dry and slightly cotton mouth finish but still very refreshing.

Flavour - Low/medium Cherry with no malt backing up, but despite the dry mouth feel it finishes sweet from the cherries. Balanced bitterness that allows the cherries to shine.

Overall - A very refreshing summer quaffing beer A possible change would be to increase the FG and the malt backbone, I have a feeling that when you added the cherries they dried the beer out (well thats been my experience). If the FG is increase also increase the carbonation to keep it spritzy and refreshing.

I had been looking forward to this beer and it didnt disappoint, the pint didnt last long at all :chug: and the missus enjoyed it

 

[bconnery]

Now who's keen Jye

 

[Jye]

I had to test out the new glasses

 

[Jye]

Browndog - Wolf Creek IPA

Appearance - Crystal clear and deep amber in colour. Aggressive pour produces a low head that fades and holds a layer of bubbles to the end.

Aroma - Balance is more toward malt and crystal but with a big raw hop aroma. I get a slight honey from the malt but thats just me.

Mouth feel - Malty sweetness approaching cloy but this is balances out with firm bitterness (50-60 IBUs?) and medium carbonation.

Flavour - Raw hops flavour up front (Yum) and this is followed up by a big malt finish. I dont get a distinguishable hop flavour except a possible piny/spiciness but that could be due to the bitterness.

Overall - Big hops and malt all the way to the end, there is no acclimatising to this beer so get used to it from the first mouthful nice one BD.

 

[Tyred]

1. Screwtop - Newcastle Brown Ale 1/1/2008
2. Chad - Dunkelweizen NOW
3. Bonj - Not Real Bright Ale, filled from keg, ready to consume now
4. NickB - AAA - Ready in 2008 (probably by xmas in reality)
5. Browndog - Wolf Creek IPA NOW
6. Jye - APA ASAP (If you have a bottle with an 'N' it is the same beer I entered in the AABC)
7. BConnery - English Pale Ale Drink Now or soonish
8. Frogman - APA NOW
9. Steelbreese - (Mixed bag)
10.Winkle - Acerola Wheat NOW
11.Troy - Pimpin belgian wit
12. (16) Matt O'B (Mobrien) - IPA 25/12/07 (renumbered due to lack of number... you forced our hand Matt )

14.Kiwi_Greg - Steinlager Clone Ready to drink
15.StillScottish - Scottish Strong Ale, along the lines of Old Jock Ale

17.Wrenny - Blonde Ale
18.Tyred - Porter - See below.

22.Mothballs - ******* Vienna Ready to drink
23.One scooter - B and D Lager NOW
24.WildaYeast - AG Dry Stout
25.Zizzle -
26.DucatiBoy Stu-

Bottled 31-10-07.
Appears to have carbonated O.K., but might be best to leave for another month.
I'll try to check it again around end of December.

 

[Wrenny]

Number 17 - Wrenny's Armadillo Blond Ale.

Drink from the 15th December.

 

[winkle]

Winkle - Acerola Wheat

Appearance - Clear but with a haze, beautiful pink colour. Carbonation appears medium and an aggressive pour produced a small head (see pic) which faded to a fine white layer, this was totally gone by the end of the pint.

Aroma - Low/medium cherry, no malt or graininess from the wheat. Clean yeast profile with no esters.

Mouth feel - Medium carbonation with a dry and slightly cotton mouth finish but still very refreshing.

Flavour - Low/medium Cherry with no malt backing up, but despite the dry mouth feel it finishes sweet from the cherries. Balanced bitterness that allows the cherries to shine.

Overall - A very refreshing summer quaffing beer A possible change would be to increase the FG and the malt backbone, I have a feeling that when you added the cherries they dried the beer out (well thats been my experience). If the FG is increase also increase the carbonation to keep it spritzy and refreshing.

I had been looking forward to this beer and it didnt disappoint, the pint didnt last long at all :chug: and the missus enjoyed it
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Thanks for the feedback mate, batch 2 of this will be mashed a bit higher and I'll use a bit of cara-red (I think Ross suggested that?). I was aiming for a quite dry beer with a very low malt profile, so I'm pretty happy with the result.
No wheat in it BTW, Rosella Wit planned for the New Year though.

1. Screwtop - Newcastle Brown Ale 1/1/2008
2. Chad - Dunkelweizen NOW
3. Bonj - Not Real Bright Ale, filled from keg, ready to consume now
4. NickB - AAA Ready in 2008 (probably by xmas in reality)
5. Browndog - Wolf Creek IPA NOW
6. Jye - APA ASAP (If you have a bottle with an 'N' it is the same beer I entered in the AABC)
7. BConnery - English Pale Ale Drink Now or soonish
8. Frogman - APA NOW
9. Steelbreese - (Mixed bag)
10.Winkle - Acerola Pale NOW
11.Troy - Pimpin belgian wit NOW
12. (16) Matt O'B (Mobrien) - IPA 25/12/07 (renumbered due to lack of number... you forced our hand Matt tongue.gif )

14.Kiwi_Greg - Steinlager Clone Ready to drink
15.StillScottish - Scottish Strong Ale, along the lines of Old Jock Ale

17.Wrenny - Wrenny's Armadillo Blond Ale Drink from the 15th December.
18.Tyred - Porter

22.Mothballs - Vienna ASAP
23.One scooter - B and D Lager NOW
24.WildaYeast - AG Dry Stout
25.Zizzle -
26.DucatiBoy Stu - Red Ale 1/1/2008

 

[troydo]

11.Troy - Pimpin belgian wit ready to drink now!

roll the bottle gently before opening to resuspended wheat protein/ yeast

 

[bconnery]

10. Winkle - Acerola Wheat

Clear with some haze. Great pinkish colour! Head faded fairly quickly.
Aroma seemed a little subdued but the pint glass isn't great for that...

Nice carbonation level. Lovely tart end.

The low malt taste lets the fruit come right through. I wouldn't look to increase the FG on this at all.
I think the dryness level was spot on, but then again I do like a nice tart... fruit beer.

This was a very nice fruit beer with a good tart finish.
I'd love to see those fruit in a wheat or a wit but it worked very well as is.
Overall very much my type of beer, or one of them anyway

Quick edit: Maybe we should split the when to drink and the reviews into two threads, then we could have four