SE QLD Xmas-in-July 2015

[Ciderman]

Beer updated. Brewing tomorrow.

**SWAP BEERS ARE TO BE IN 740ml PET PLASTIC BOTTLES ONLY***

1. Winkle - Biere de Noel Ale 8.5% (dark/sour)
2. Ciderman - Red Rye IPA
3. HBHB - Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout 10.5% - going light this time
4. madpierre06 - Coffee Imperial Stout
5. liam_snorkel - brett black IPA
6. Parks - Coffee Stout.
7. luggy- Irish Ale
8. hwall95 - Mocha Stout
9. Meno - probably something wheaty
10. Seehuusen - American Wheat IPA
11. Angus - raisin porter
12.Natdene - some kind of IPA
13. Lukiferj - Dark Rye Saison
14. rokaxe - a carbonated hop and grain juice with alcoholic qualities
15. Ballantyne - brew- ale
16. Benken25 - might have a crack at a smoked cider
17.
18. Beersuit - Gladfields Belgian blonde.
19. Fattox - imperial dark lager
20. Adr_0 - Oaked English IPA
21. Radshoes - Vanilla Mocha Porter
22. Aydos - maybe something smoked, or an ipa. Same same but different
23. Earle - Hoppy Hefe
24. Screamadelica - TBC

Reserve
1.


Going but not swapping (people who are going but aren't in the case swap)
1. kegs23(trying to get best mate to change date for his 40th birthday,if he does i am there)
2. tazman1967
3. Peege

 

[Peege]

Wait, there's no 17?

 

[angus_grant]

There is now!
As a wise man one said, YOLO!

 

[Florian]

1. kegs23(trying to get best mate to change date for his 40th birthday,if he does i am there)

And if he doesn't you're coming before and after his party!

 

[luggy]

Pitched my irish ale yesterday, fermenting away nicely, should be bottled and carbed up by the swap but it will benefit from some ageing

 

[angus_grant]

We're on about the same timeframe luggy. I pitched mine Sunday night.

US-05 should see 7-8 days ferment, cold crash for a few days, and then into bottles.

Should be carb'd by swap but I have a feeling a couple of weeks aging will improve this beer. I'm hoping to have a few left-over bottles so I can sample them and let people know.

Also, where the crap have all my plastic bottles from the last 2 swaps gone? I figured I wouldn't need to buy any new ones this time. Off to the homebrew shop I go in the next couple of weeks.

 

[Ciderman]

Do you guys counter pressure fill from keg or just bulk prime?

 

[Liam_snorkel]

I've done both in the past. Depends how organised I am etc.

 

[angus_grant]

I'll be bulk-priming mine (and have always bulk-primed my case swap beers).

no counter-pressure filler.

 

[HBHB]

This year mine (RIS) will be bulk primed with some fresh cask conditioning yeast thrown in to get it over the line.

Sorry, but they won't be ready for drinking until the depths of winter. Bit more time on the Bourbon Barrel bits until it's just right. h34r: Not that that's a bad thing with Imperial Stouts.

 

[angus_grant]

Martin (or anyone else): Slightly off-topic but have you aged any beers in the plastic PET bottles? I'd be interested in throwing in a tripel for one of the swaps but they improve drastically with aging in the bottle.

 

[winkle]

And mine is in bottles, probably will need two months in bottle though to shine. You're looking at an 8% abv beer.

 

[angus_grant]

Oh man, so much waiting. :-(

 

[Adr_0]

Surely one or two out there are already delicious from the fermenter samples and should be ok by the 4th...

 

[Brewkid]

Beer updated. Brewing tomorrow.
**SWAP BEERS ARE TO BE IN 740ml PET PLASTIC BOTTLES ONLY***
1. Winkle - Biere de Noel Ale 8.5% (dark/sour)
2. Ciderman - Red Rye IPA
3. HBHB - Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout 10.5% - going light this time
4. madpierre06 - Coffee Imperial Stout
5. liam_snorkel - brett black IPA
6. Parks - Coffee Stout.
7. luggy- Irish Ale
8. hwall95 - Mocha Stout
9. Meno - probably something wheaty
10. Seehuusen - American Wheat IPA
11. Angus - raisin porter
12.Natdene - some kind of IPA
13. Lukiferj - Dark Rye Saison
14. rokaxe - a carbonated hop and grain juice with alcoholic qualities
15. Ballantyne - brew- ale
16. Benken25 - might have a crack at a smoked cider
17. Brewkid - IPA
18. Beersuit - Gladfields Belgian blonde.
19. Fattox - imperial dark lager
20. Adr_0 - Oaked English IPA
21. Radshoes - Vanilla Mocha Porter
22. Aydos - maybe something smoked, or an ipa. Same same but different
23. Earle - Hoppy Hefe
24. Screamadelica - TBC
Reserve
1.
Going but not swapping (people who are going but aren't in the case swap)
1. kegs23(trying to get best mate to change date for his 40th birthday,if he does i am there)
2. tazman1967
3. Peege

 

[fattox]

And mine is in bottles, probably will need two months in bottle though to shine. You're looking at an 8% abv beer.

Glad I went a lower ABV 7-8% dark lager instead of bringing the quad I just bottled at a hefty 11%.

Pitched my starter about 5 days ago now, fermentation is cranking along nicely. Just a question now of how long it will get to lager as we're moving house this weekend! First sample tasted good at 1.068, lots of dark beer flavours going on!

 

[winkle]

If anyone can bring some firewood along, it'd be appreciated.

 

[earle]

If anyone can bring some firewood along, it'd be appreciated.

Benken, you've got a couple more couches to burn don't you?

 

[HBHB]

If anyone can bring some firewood along, it'd be appreciated.

How much do you need Perry?

 

[Liam_snorkel]

I have some redgum and ironbark, could bring a couple of rounds