Qld Xmas Caseswap 2010 Tasting Thread

[DKS]

TPs Yellow peril

I was pleasantly surprised Pete. It wasn't as harsh as I thought it was going to be. In fact I quite enjoyed it (after a big galaxy beer). Mine was not infected AFIK for what its worth. I think you've done a good job given the precursors I've heard about those special ingredients.
Daz

 

[Snow]

DKS Alt

Pours a dark ruby colour with a decent white head. Maybe a little dark for style?

Aroma slightly astringent with fruit notes and a dose of sweet malt. Nice malt flavours with a nutty dryness that makes you want to keep drinking it. Good balance in the bitterness department. Leaves a lingering malt flavour that puts a smile to my lips!

Nice one Daz!

Cheers - Snow.

 

[winkle]

TP's Yellow Peril

now I've made a similar beer using the same stuff so here goes-
Nice burnished copper colour, reasonably tight lasting head with some lacing.
Aroma - hints of cascade type notes amongst fusels and cardboard.
Flavour - well not good really, there's a big wack of harsh bitterness, some astringency but there is no covering flavour or aroma to round out the beer. Bitterness overwhelmes the malt body.
Verdict: you and I are both **** brewers Pete

 

[Shed101]

DKS Alt

Pours a dark ruby colour with a decent white head. Maybe a little dark for style?

Aroma slightly astringent with fruit notes and a dose of sweet malt. Nice malt flavours with a nutty dryness that makes you want to keep drinking it. Good balance in the bitterness department. Leaves a lingering malt flavour that puts a smile to my lips!

Nice one Daz!

Cheers - Snow.

I'm not overly familiar with this style ... but I must say I enjoyed this more than some commercial examples I've had.

Well described by Mr Snow, especially that lingering malt flavour

 

[DKS]

I'm not overly familiar with this style ... but I must say I enjoyed this more than some commercial examples I've had.

Well described by Mr Snow, especially that lingering malt flavour

Thanks guys ,glad you like it, your comments are the high light of my day.

A somber mood brewing here watching the cricket and downing a few swap beers.
Seems to have hit the mark. Thanks to Batz for base recipe.

Description: http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style07.html#1C
Altbier or "old beer" from the city of Dusseldorf. Uses a top fermenting ale yeast at ale temperature, but then is cold-aged. "Old" method before lagers became popular. A well balanced, bitter yet malty, clean, smooth, well-attenuated amber-colored German ale.
Profile: Light to medium body. Dry, clean and bittersweet. Low hop flavor & aroma. Medium bitterness. Some fruitiness. Medium to high maltiness. Color is bronze to brown. Low diacetyl. Moderate-high carbonation.
Ingredients: Grists vary, German base malts(typ. pils, occ. Munich)w sm amts of crystal, chocolate, &/or black malts to adj color. Occ wheat. Spalt hops traditional, noble hops ok.Mod carbonate water.Clean,highly attenuative ale yeast. step mash/decoct is traditional


Daz

 

[Shed101]

A somber mood brewing here watching the cricket and downing a few swap beers.

Hmmm wasn't going to mention the cricket

 

[sav]

Tasting No 18 sheds Porter
I like it mate, slight aroma on the nose no roast choc that I like carb is good nice head low bitterness,a litlle more coffee choc would be nice How ever you can brew my friend good work (malt guy)

sava
Had petes its not that bad pete, had nice aroma but pretty dry not much flavour maybe because I am not chinese
sav

 

[Shed101]

you can brew my friend good work (malt guy)

Cheers mate - given your pedigree I appreciate that comment

 

[Shed101]

Tasting #11 - Nick B's Take Your Pils.

This presented beautifully, really looks the part...

Unfortunately it's got a touch of cider about it that i'm struggling to get over...

Still it's not a tipper :icon_cheers:

 

[NickB]

Yep, sorry guys, not sure what happened with my batch Tasted the keg a few days after the swap, cracked my spare bottle and yep, cidery alcohol flavour. Can only apologise again guys

Cheers

 

[Screwtop]

Tried my spare bottle last night and it tasted like ****, maybe it was the 432 schooners of Tooheys Old that I had trying to keep up with an old mate at the bowls club earlier :lol: or maybe it's oxidised, was bottled from the keg so should be consumed asap. Anyway if your bottle tastes like ***** apologies it was great from the keg.

Screwy

 

[Screwtop]

Yep, sorry guys, not sure what happened with my batch Tasted the keg a few days after the swap, cracked my spare bottle and yep, cidery alcohol flavour. Can only apologise again guys

Cheers

Nick, had a slight Diacetyl (honey/popcorn) aroma but was a good beer all the same.

Screwy

 

[Shed101]

Well I after Nick's beer I had a bottle of rather nice Pils from another brewer (not part of the swap), then a Trois Pistoles (yum!), then I figured I better have another strong belgian something, so I cracked open ...

#2 Winkle's Belgian Spiced Xmas Wotsit...

Opened the bottle and had a sniff ... Dek? Brett? Hallooooooooooooooooo!

Poured a downright sexy ruby red - were it a woman it would be Ruth Wilson after a night in a stable rolling in the hay

The missus thinks it smells like Cognac.

I can't put my bloody finger on the spices in this, but it's tasty business.

Winkle I'll PM you my address if you could send a carton or two of this for xmas please

 

[winkle]

NickB - Pils
Not bad Nick, as with Screwy I was picking up the honey/popcorn notes but otherwise it was good.
A lot better than my lager/pils efforts anyway.
Shed101 - Porter
I'm guessing this is a brown porter rather than robust. Balance is toward the malt side, there is a molasses note in there that I wasn't expecting and overall could have used some more coffee/choc notes but a nice easy drinker all up.
Florian - Dort
OK the clarity isn't fantastic, but other than that this is seriously good ****. Note to self - don't enter anything in this style in the BABBs mini comp (or the QABC for that matter).

 

[Shed101]

Shed101 - Porter
I'm guessing this is a brown porter rather than robust. Balance is toward the malt side, there is a molasses note in there that I wasn't expecting and overall could have used some more coffee/choc notes but a nice easy drinker all up.

Interesting you and sav both said that. 300g of choc and 200g roast steeped.

I wasn't aiming for anything specifically, but it's 5.9% and while I would have wanted plenty of choc flavour personally Brewer's Assoc. guidelines say this for Brown Porter:

"No roast barley or strong burnt/black malt character should be perceived. Low to medium malt sweetness, caramel and chocolate is acceptable along with medium hop bitterness."



Looking forward to trying Florian's later!

 

[winkle]

Interesting you and sav both said that. 300g of choc and 200g roast steeped.

I wasn't aiming for anything specifically, but it's 5.9% and while I would have wanted plenty of choc flavour personally Brewer's Assoc. guidelines say this for Brown Porter:

"No roast barley or strong burnt/black malt character should be perceived. Low to medium malt sweetness, caramel and chocolate is acceptable along with medium hop bitterness."



Looking forward to trying Florian's later!

The alcohol is well hidden in that case, did you use any brown malt?
It would have scored pretty well going on BJCP guidelines for 10.1 Brown Porter :icon_cheers:

 

[Shed101]

The alcohol is well hidden in that case, did you use any brown malt?
It would have scored pretty well going on BJCP guidelines for 10.1 Brown Porter :icon_cheers:

There was some crystal in there too ... but I think it's the obscenely high FG that must have done it.

 

[Shed101]

Florian - Dort
OK the clarity isn't fantastic, but other than that this is seriously good ****. Note to self - don't enter anything in this style in the BABBs mini comp (or the QABC for that matter).

Yes - seriously good Especially after a run in the rain and some manure digging!

Got to the end of the bottle and would love another

 

[winkle]

I forgot to be helpful and say my effort is bottle conditioned so decanting it into a jug may help. I'm not completely happy with the spice combination, but its good to go now.
(There's grains-of-paradise in it Pete )

 

[bradsbrew]

Half way through N0.8 Winkles Belgian Spiced Xmas .

Mate this is an awesome beer. Reminds me of the Babbs wild brew but with spicy goodness.

Well done Perry! Perhaps not a beer to have after 4 pints on a hot afternoon on a school night :wacko: .Hmm to finish the bottle tonight or leave the other half til tommorrow?

Cheers Brad

oh yeah was this recipe similar to the one we got from Ian for the wild brew??