Qld Xmas Caseswap 2010 Tasting Thread

[bradsbrew]

Bradsbrew Rummy Oatmeal Stout:
(I used a carbonation cap on this sucker). Sure looks the goods and the oak/rum aroma is spot on as is the flavours. Unfortunately those flavours completely overpower the underlying oatmeal stout. This combination in a big RIS would be great! (A contender for 18.6 QABC 2011?) Despite being out of balance I still enjoyed it muchly. What was the ABV? it was around this stage of the night when the wheels fell off.

Pretty sure the original oat stout was around the 5.5 - 6 % then 300ml of Coruba rum was soaked in the oak chips for a couple of weeks and added to the keg (oak included) a few months ago.

Very dissappointed with the beer I have sent out regarding the carbonation issue.

Cheers

 

[Shed101]

Very dissappointed with the beer I have sent out regarding the carbonation issue.

If it makes you feel better, I will accept another beer or six of your choice as a second chance

 

[bradsbrew]

If it makes you feel better, I will accept another beer or six of your choice as a second chance

Mate bottle 18 had a dirty finger print on the left side of the bottle, i tipped it.

Seriously though I am more than happy to get a proper bottle to you.

Brad

 

[Shed101]

Mate bottle 18 had a dirty finger print on the left side of the bottle, i tipped it.

Seriously though I am more than happy to get a proper bottle to you.

Brad

Don't worry about it, tis fine... and it wasn't my finger that left that mark B)

... knowing my luck my beer will be flat as Mynogue anyway.

 

[Batz]

I had one of Pete's Chinese hop beers......I liked the label best.

Batz

 

[Shed101]

I had one of Pete's Chinese hop beers......I liked the label best.

Batz

:lol:

Just tucking into Snow's S&W clone.

Lovely aroma, lasting head (ooh err missus).

Not sure if it's exactly the same as S&W as it's not a beer i've had more than a couple of ... but that's a good thing IMHO.

This is a bit bitterer and in my eyes more IBU = more better beer. Wouldn't mind the recipe for this Snow



... And while I don't give a rats about appearance I didn't realise this was bottle-conditioned and I poured like Joey Deacon so it was all fuzzy. Big d'oh!

 

[Florian]

Thought I'll throw this in here so we know what we're talking about.

1. TidalPete .... Yellow Peril CIPA best consumed after 01.12.
2. BribieG - Yorkshire Red Ale allow to condition 3 weeks
3. Scruffy - to be announced and delivered
4. Bradsbrew - Jamaican Rummy Oak Oatmeal Stout filled with the CPBF yesterday after months of conditioning and should be consumed now. EDIT: Carb with carbonator cap if you can
5. scoundrel_rogue - Punk in Drublic strong Xmas Cider (juniper and port) needs about 4 weeks in the bottle to carb up and condition.
6.
7. DKS - Alt
8. Winkle - Tin Tin Dark Belgian Spiced Xmas Ale 9.5% give it another 2 weeks
9. Stillscottish - Hopfen-Weisse. 8.5% bottled 2 days ago so give it time to carb up
10. geoff_tewierik - Doppelbock suggest waiting a while, it needs to bottle condition, and if the flavour of the last one was anything to go by it comes into its own after three or more months in the bottle.
11. Nick B - Take Your Pils - OK to drink now
12.
13. Snow - Stone and Wood Draught clone. Drink now.
14. Screwtop - De Nutters Coconut Porter bottled from keg - OK to drink now
15.Savy - Savys landlord CPBF Drink it now.
16.
17. Florian - Dortmunder Export Bottled 4 weeks ago, but recommend to stick in the fridge for a few days as it is bottle conditioned. Suffers from chill haze, despite polyclar.
18. Shed101 - You can't ******* stop me Porter has been in the bottle 6 weeks now, should be ready to drink though a couple more weeks might suit it.

 

[Snow]

Just had Sav's landlord. Gotta say.. "Nice one Guvnor!" A very nice ESB, with the hallmark maltiness and crisp bitterness. Lovely creamy white head and a sweet biscuity nose. No faults at all as far as I could find. I really enjoyed downing this in my ANHC pint glass after a hard sweaty day of working in the garden, sanding and oiling the back deck and brewing a koelsh. I'll have to get the recipe off you, Sav.

Cheers - Snow.

 

[Snow]

:lol:

Just tucking into Snow's S&W clone.

Lovely aroma, lasting head (ooh err missus).

Not sure if it's exactly the same as S&W as it's not a beer i've had more than a couple of ... but that's a good thing IMHO.

This is a bit bitterer and in my eyes more IBU = more better beer. Wouldn't mind the recipe for this Snow



... And while I don't give a rats about appearance I didn't realise this was bottle-conditioned and I poured like Joey Deacon so it was all fuzzy. Big d'oh!

Thanks for the big ups! Yeah... sorry I should have mentioned it was bottle conditioned.

Here's the recipe.

SNOW'S CASE SWAP STONE AND WOOD NOT-SO-CLONED

Batch Size: 24.00 L
Boil Size: 31.11 L
Boil Time: 60 min
Brewhouse Efficiency: 73.00

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
2.50 kg Pale Malt (Barrett Burston) (2.0 SRM) Grain 50.00 %
2.50 kg Wheat Malt, Malt Craft (Joe White) (1.8 SRM) Grain 50.00 %
12.00 gm Galaxy Pellets [14.00 %] (60 min) (Mash Hop) Hops 3.5 IBU
7.00 gm Galaxy Pellets [14.00 %] (60 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 11.1 IBU
12.00 gm Galaxy Pellets [14.00 %] (20 min) Hops 10.5 IBU
12.00 gm Galaxy Flowers [14.20 %] (5 min) Hops 3.2 IBU
35.00 gm Galaxy Flowers [14.20 %] (0 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep)
40.00 gm Galaxy Flowers [14.20 %] (Dry Hop 5 days)
1.04 items Sodium Metabisulphite (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
1.04 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
1.04 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs American Ale (DCL Yeast #US-05 ) Yeast-Ale

Beer Profile

Measured Original Gravity: 1.048 SG
Measured Final Gravity: 1.010 SG
Actual Alcohol by Vol: 4.95 %
Bitterness: 28.3 IBU
Est Color: 3.4 SRM

Mash Profile

60 min Step at 64 C
10 min Mash Out at 78.0 C

Fermented at 18C for 2 weeks.

 

[Snow]

Tidal Pete's Yellow Peril IPA.

Sorry Pete, I think this one's infected, or highly oxidised. It tasted like a kit beer, didn't hold it's head, was too bitter and had no hop aroma.

Unfortunately I couldn't drink a full glass and had to tip it

Them's the breaks I guess....

cheers - Snow

 

[DKS]

#13 Snow's Stone & Wood

Can't add much to previous posts........
Pours a little hazy. Thin wispy head. Working well in the glass. Nice hop aroma with some malt. Flavour is more towards hops than malt and in style. Good carbonation bite. Slight lace on glass... Oh! bugger it. Ya know its good. Apart from haze no faults here mate very nice beer indeed. :icon_cheers:
Daz

Actually haze not clearing with temp rising. Just a bit cloudy due to wheat I spose. Der! Still nice.

 

[Snow]

#13 Snow's Stone & Wood

Apart from haze no faults here mate very nice beer indeed. :icon_cheers:
Daz

Actually haze not clearing with temp rising. Just a bit cloudy due to wheat I spose. Der! Still nice.

Exactly! Dude it's a wheat beer - and if you've had S&W on tap you know it's cloudy/hazy as all get-up. In fact I made this one with extra wheat because the last one wasn't hazy enough!

Cheers - Snow.

 

[Snow]

Screwtop's coconut porter

Ok - this was a very nice beer. Beautiful dark colour with ruby highlights. Well balanced, with a lovely toasted malt aroma with hints of raisins, chocolate and coconut. Smooth bitterness with caramel flavours, finishing with coconut aftertaste. I imagine it could be easy to over-do the coconut in this sort of beer, but this one gets it just right. A well made beer. Well done Screwie!

Cheers - Snow.

 

[bradsbrew]

Shed 101 Brown Porter - Chocolate, nutty brilliance. Love it. Got a recipe for that one big fella?

Cheers Brad

 

[winkle]

Had a few last nite whilst brewing an ESB.

Sav's Landlord.

I'm pretty sure I had one of these at Kin Kin. Ticks all the boxes, a nicely quaffable beer thats right up my alley (so to speak <_< ). Good work Savvy.

Screwys Coconut Porter.

What Snow said...
Good exotic effort Screwtop (who have thunk it).
Lightly toasted desecrated coconut?????

 

[Shed101]

Shed 101 Brown Porter - Chocolate, nutty brilliance. Love it. Got a recipe for that one big fella?

Cheers Brad

Thanks Brad :icon_cheers:

I'll PM you the recipe if that's ok... don't want to ruin it for those who haven't tried it yet.

... now what shall I try tonight?

 

[Shed101]

#1 TP's CIPA:

It's got a certain rawness to it has this one. How many dogs and fighting dragons went into the kettle Pete?

It's actually relieving the headache I have - chinese herbal medicine?

Having had a fairly tame Little Creatures IPA earlier today, I have to say I like this probably more so ... should've kept those 'eastern mystery' hops that were knocking about at Batz' place!

 

[Shed101]

Well i'll use this thread all on my own then.

Decided to drink every bottle in one hour and rate them from best to worst ...

No not really.

Screwy's Coconut crazy juice: Cor blimey, pours black as the ace of spades with a great toasted coconut aroma (or am i being influenced by winkle?). Nicely balanced flavours ... dare i say it, sessionable!

Savy's wotjamacallit: Low carbonation (gold stars for that!), choc full of caramel, great taste. Because he told me this had US05 i've got to say it is a little too clean... but I suppose I was looking for that. Bugger knows if it tastes like Landlord, I don't really care, it tastes good.

 

[ratchie]

#1 TP's CIPA:

It's got a certain rawness to it has this one. How many dogs and fighting dragons went into the kettle Pete?

It's actually relieving the headache I have - chinese herbal medicine?

Having had a fairly tame Little Creatures IPA earlier today, I have to say I like this probably more so ... should've kept those 'eastern mystery' hops that were knocking about at Batz' place!

Shed if you want any 'eastern mystery' hops I have some free to good home.

 

[bradsbrew]

#1 TP's CIPA:

It's got a certain rawness to it has this one. How many dogs and fighting dragons went into the kettle Pete?

It's actually relieving the headache I have - chinese herbal medicine?

Having had a fairly tame Little Creatures IPA earlier today, I have to say I like this probably more so ... should've kept those 'eastern mystery' hops that were knocking about at Batz' place!

1 . yellow peril CIPA .
Bitter upfront and lingering in the finish. Definate phenolic infection in aroma but does not dominate as much as the malt and resinous hop aroma.
If I did not know they were China hops I may not have picked up on that( I more would have thought bad combo of hops). Phenolics have probably taken over some of the flavours but I did drink the whole bottle. Malt and body was what I would be looking for in an AIPA, resinous hop flavour was there but not as "fresh"? as I would expect.
For what its worth, although it was mild, if the infection was not there I would have enjoyed this one more.

BTW I picked up a similar infected flavour in my Pacman tubes. What was this yeast Pete.

Cheers Brad