Qld Xmas-in-july Case Swap 2010

[NickB]

Sorta BD,

ONLY Curry in a can allowed, so you can bring a can in, and take a can full out with you....




Cheers

 

[chappo1970]

+1 - not that I agree with Chapstick mind you.......

Now on Goat Theory.... Ahem

:lol: But who else has real goats?

Is this still a bring a curry thing or has that been canned?

cheers

Browndog

Good question BD? I was thinking it was still a curry and beer night?

 

[NickB]

Goat curry with Special Sauce ala Chappo Style

 

[NickB]

:lol: But who else has real goats?

I weren't disagreeing.......



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[Gavo]

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Hey isn't that Chappo as a kid with a kid? Gee what happened to his good looks and blond hair?

Gavo

 

[Screwtop]

:lol: But who else has real goats?

Don't forget to marinate the Goat

 

[winkle]

Looks like a sheep to me Screwy .

Regarding the food, I don't think SWMBO was really happy with the idea of 10-20 odd stockpots requiring reheating/serving/cleaning etc at the same time and wanted to put on a few large currys to serve all of us, since it would be less work overall. Anyway we'll sort it out over a few beers on Saturday.
It's all about the beers anyway, which reminds me to do some foward planning regarding beers on tap. I should have three on tap with a couple of kegs on reserve, which will leave space for two kegs in the serving fridge via the bar taps and an extra stand-alone tap (you'll need a bin with ice) outerwise these's the mega esky or your own party setups.

 

[TidalPete]

which will leave space for two kegs in the serving fridge via the bar taps

Bags I one of your bar taps please winkle. :beer:

T

 

[Batz]

Bags I one of your bar taps please winkle. :beer:

T

It'll go well with your bed I suspect ?

I have a shut starting late July, early August so I will no doubt miss this one as well

Batz

 

[TidalPete]

It'll go well with your bed I suspect ?

I have a shut starting late July, early August so I will no doubt miss this one as well

Batz

You're very astute today Batz.
Have you started to organise "You Know What" yet?
Let's hope your shut is delayed.

T

 

[winkle]

It'll go well with your bed I suspect ?

I have a shut starting late July, early August so I will no doubt miss this one as well

Batz

Its not late. its not early - its middle
Hey, you've gotta have some luck.

 

[DKS]

Swap list.
1. Chappo - Trappist
2. Gavo - Maybe a Klsch? (About to try one for my next brew)
3. BribieG - SuperLandlord
4. Bradsbrew. - Imperial Stout
5. PocketBeers - Vanilla Stout methinks
6. Browndog - American Browndog Ale
7. Scruffy - Something with chilli perhaps? Or perhaps just a good strong pale... on the sweet side...
8. kram - I've got 6 months to relearn how to make a beer, so beer it is
9. Stillscottish - Innis and Gunn Knockoff?
10. Winkle - Tootin' Saison (a dark 'regal' saison ~7%)
11.
12. scoundrel_rogue - either a chimay blue knock off or a bavarian wheat. needs tweaking
13. NickB - Beer (maybe)
14. DKS - Budvar
15. geoff_tewierik - Dopplebock.
16. Daemon - Vanilla Porter.
17. Thomas J. - Something wheat or rye?
18.
19.
20.
21.Clean Brewer - Beer(Barleywine?????)
22.
23. Snow - mmmmm....beer....
24. Ross - ????

Attending but not swapping

1. Batz (work permitting...not a good time of the year ) Plus a party keg of something from the Cave
2. TidalPete
3. Bonj
4. mossyrocks
5. Lilo
6. Sully
7. Ras (depends on what time my meeting ends but might be able to call around saterday afternoon to say Hi and have a beer or 2)



I just updated what I'm swapping.
Swap list looks great. A lot of styles I haven't tried to brew there. Might be the start of a road to ruin for me over the next year or so. :icon_cheers:
Daz

 

[bradsbrew]

Dont think I will have an Imperial Stout done/ready buy the swap. But I will have a 6-7% aussie dark/old(some may call it a stout even, but it aint got the balls of a big thick rich stout IMHO) well conditioned by then. Thats the brew I made at Chap Chaps brew day . Might bring a keg of stout though.

Cheers

 

[Batz]

Its not late. its not early - its middle
Hey, you've gotta have some luck.

Looking at it that way perhaps there's a chance Perry, might even join in on the swap.

Batz

 

[winkle]

In the interest of not letting a good thread die, I've finished farting about with my recipe and it's slotted into my brewing plans in the near future. It will be bottle conditioned and (to cross pollenate another thread) I'll be using ordinary caps.

Still a few vacant spots on the swap list BTW.

 

[winkle]

My beer(s) will be going down in the next two weeks. The 'Dark Regent' saison and a throw-back mild as the back-up brew.
Hey this brewing caper is fun - did a Gose last week, historic mild coming up, a Berliner Weiss is on the drawing board along with a Saison Stout, and Hefe-vice has me thinking about a 100% peat malt barley wine .

 

[Snow]

My beer(s) will be going down in the next two weeks. The 'Dark Regent' saison and a throw-back mild as the back-up brew.
Hey this brewing caper is fun - did a Gose last week, historic mild coming up, a Berliner Weiss is on the drawing board along with a Saison Stout, and Hefe-vice has me thinking about a 100% peat malt barley wine .

:icon_vomit: umm.... have you ever brewed with peat malt? Unless you want your beer to taste like an ashtray, I would suggest no higher than 15% peat malt

I was thinking about my brew for the swap just yesterday. How does everyone feel about a Stone and Wood Draught clone? Or is eeryone already over Galaxy?

Cheers - Snow

 

[TidalPete]

Hefe-vice has me thinking about a 100% peat malt barley wine .

As Snow has mentioned Perry I don't think you would want to use 100% Peated.
Currently drinking a Smoked Schwarzbier with 500g Peated (11.12%) in it & it's a very nice drop but 100%? :blink:
Perhaps you mean a 100% Weyermann Smoked Malt which would make a nice Rauchbier at 100% IF the malt was fresh but in a Barleywine I would imagine that the smoke flavour would dissipate completely long before the Barleywine reached it's prime but stand to be corrected here?

TP

 

[bconnery]

A guy at Babbs made a 100% peat malt beer a few years ago now.
It was pretty awful I thought. It did taste a little whiskey like, but not in the best way.

At barley wine quantities I think it would be pretty bad, but you never know...

 

[winkle]

:icon_vomit: umm.... have you ever brewed with peat malt? Unless you want your beer to taste like an ashtray, I would suggest no higher than 15% peat malt

I was thinking about my brew for the swap just yesterday. How does everyone feel about a Stone and Wood Draught clone? Or is eeryone already over Galaxy?

Cheers - Snow

Check out Hefe's post in "Whats in the glass (commercial)" ok the 100% was wrong, but surely a confronting beer non the less.

Birra Almond '22 Torbata



Believe it or not, a Barley Wine made from peat smoked malt (along with organic sugar and honey)!! The Italians seem to be obsessed with smoked malts at the moment, right across the spectrum. Most that I have encountered so far have been from the subtle to the sublimely balanced end of the spectrum. This one goes right over the top, smacking you in the face with phenolic smokiness. Initially on the palate it is astringent and dry almost to the point of acridity. At first I suspected a hot ferment (fusels) and a bad infection (phenolics), until I read the label and worked out that the beer was made from peat malt. Deciding it was safe to continue, the beer started to grow on me, my palate adjusted to the smoke, and I was able to pick out more subtle hints of coffee, chocolate and honey. The Almond '22 website suggests this beer would go well with a cigar and dark chocolate. Can't argue with that! Beginning to wonder if smoke is the new hops in Italy. I suspect that soon we will be branding people "smokeheads".

Pete, I'm drinking a smoked robust porter with just 170gm peat in it right now - could have done with a touch more (but not much).