Sandgroper Stein Beer

[mika]

:super: Thanks G.L. for such an exciting and pleasant brew day
Thought I could add a couple of pics to it all.

For hot rocks, you need a big fire. This is towards the end, but you'll get the idea


And this is the kinda of boil you can expect




I also have a couple of videos of the initial dunking and some of the boil, only off the digi camera. Unfortunately WAY too big to post here and my e-mail at home is pretty slow. If anyone's interested, send me a P.M. with your e-mail address and I'll try and send you the 1.8 Mb boiling movie.

Cheers :super:

 

[recharge]

Thanks Simon and Fleur for the great day, I for one had too many great beers and am still suffering. AAARRRHHH
Tell Fleur i'll bring her down a bottle of butterscotch when i come to pick up my lost property.

Regards
Richard

 

[deebee]

Also adding my thanks and congrats on a job well done in the face of adversity.

 

[Goat]

Yes indeed - a great day, thanks Simon and Fleur.

I was impressed that once the initial shock had passed (along with the obligitory un-christian verbage), the brew appeared to go very smoothly. Can't wait to have a taste !

 

[ant]

That is a priceless expression on your face GL... regardless of how the beer turns out, I suspect the experience alone will have made it all worthwhile...

Great "how to" writeup as well!

 

[BigAl]

Looks like an eventful day there GL.
I bet there was stunned silence when the MT handle broke. Very impressed at the ability to recover from such a major disaster on brew day. A real credit to you.

Would love to see any video footage of it, it available. I'll PM you.

Cheers

 

[Chatty]

Thanks again Simon and Fleur. Was great to get along and meet some of the AHB community. Had a fantastic day - even if I was the token sober bloke on the day.

Have numerous videos that I will burn and send to you too Simon.

Chatty

 

[facter]

.. was spewing I couldnt make it to this.

Next time, gadget.




all I can say is ..ouch.. to Eskygate.

 

[Guest Lurker]

Some late arrival photos, added to this thread for posterity.

First up, some carbonising rather than caramelising.

 

[Guest Lurker]

Lifting the full kettle up at the end of the boil, using 1 finger.

 

[Guest Lurker]

No wonder we only ended up with 15l. First the pickup tube in the kettle blocked with plugs. And everytime I tried to take a gravity sample, people like TonyM drank it, and I had to take another one.

 

[Guest Lurker]

Mind you, the leftover in the kettle didnt go to waste, later in the evening while sitting in front of the fire we drank it.

 

[Vlad the Pale Aler]

So how is it tasting now GL?

 

[Tony M]

Hey GL,
I've been siting in Prague for the last couple of weeks and I just came back from my usual afternoon of sitting at the Local in the setting sun with my book, a plate of pickled herring and a pint of of Urquell just days out of the brewery and thought I'd check the AHB forum to see whats happening and the first thing I see is a clever, digitally modified photo of myself behaving in a most uncouth manner. I have no recollection of that so it can't be true.

 

[Goat]

That's right ! You don't smoke a pipe do you Tony ?

 

[roger mellie]

On a recent scrounge visit to GL's (for bottles for the Xmas swap) i was provided with a bottle of the Stein Beer for a taste.

The smell is very similar to that of a bush honey - with really strong burnt caramel notes. Then the taste is a very malt driven beer with treacle flavors - again the burnt characteristics are to the fore.

All in all - beautifully carbonated (on the lower end) - lovely dark amber colour - excellent length and mouthfeel - burnt honey type flavours - very interesting.

Just a shame that given GL's 'extreme' brewing techniques - there is absolutely no way that this could be repeated.

RM