Small Swap

[AUHEAMIC]

Yeh mine was labelled SNPA. I was my first attempt at Sierra Nevada and I got the colour a bit wrong.

 

[edoeven]

tasted Wardhogs bitter & the scottish ale by Seemax so far, both tasty beers... I was bored at the time so decided to take pics of said brews

Seemax-Scottish Ale
Color - deep copper/red/amber, good clarity, no haze
Aroma - malty, slight caramel, some sweetness
Head - OK head from pour, not retained, lacing, and good carbonation (med)

Taste - smooth malt. Medium body. Nice bitterness, some sweetness, some caramel notes some English hops, i liked it...

Overall nice beer. Inspired me to make a Scottish ale at some point.

Wardhog-English bitter
Color - pale copper, clear, no haze
Aroma slight malty. Slight sulphury aroma?
Head minimal, med-low carbonation, good head on second glass

Taste quite dry, sharp. Upfront bitterness, med-low body.
some (lowish) hop flavor, still get some sulfur notes (not sure what they could be from) perhaps I would like it more with more body? dunno, didn't mind it either way!

I havent really tried many English bitters, so not sure how this compares!

pics - scottish ale on the left, bitter on the right

 

[Barramundi]

opened Barramundi's so far. Something was up with your beer, Barra, but I'm not sure what. I saw something moving in the bottle after pouring a glass, it looked like the usual sediment but 20x more of it, in clumps not cloud, and it would not settle. I didn't know what was up, so I didn't drink it.

i did notice that something in the bottle just b4 we did the swap at peels place and just thought(hoped) it was stirred up sediment , apologies to all if ive put in a dud , its a recipe ive made before on a number of occasions only difference being a slightly changed hop schedule , dunno what went wrong , once again apologies to all , ill pour one of mine that i still have and see what it goes like , was only a small batch brew so i only got about a dozen bottles in total and havent tried any yet ...

seems i gotta start drinking more beer so i dont send out shonkys in future ...

thanks for the heads up wardy !!

 

[seemax]

Glad you enjoyed the beer.

I've only just picked up my swap so I'll get stuck into them tonight.

Peels, I went through my notes and found the recipe for Scottish Ale. No doubt it's way out of the style!

73% JW Ale
16% JW Amber
11% JW Wheat

Single infusion mash @ 68C

60min boil with 50/50 EKG/Fuggles at 60min and another EKG at 15mins, all up about 30IBU.

Cheers
Stef

 

[Wardhog]

Taste quite dry, sharp. Upfront bitterness, med-low body.
some (lowish) hop flavor, still get some sulfur notes (not sure what they could be from) perhaps I would like it more with more body? dunno, didn't mind it either way!

I havent really tried many English bitters, so not sure how this compares!

It doesn't compare favourably, especially now that my local bottleshop has had a special on some imported English bitters. You're absolutely right when you say the body is too thin and the bitterness too sharp. The sulfur I've had before from S-04, I gotta find a new yeast for bitters - I can be a slow learner when I want to be.

Get yourself to Vintage Cellars in the lowest level of Greensborough shopping centre, they've got 3 for $12 specials on various pint size bottles. The Wells' Bombardier has been my favourite so far.

 

[Leigh]

4. likesbeer - Pale Ale

Consumed this beer over dinner last night. A nice, refreshing pale with mild malty flavour, very balanced bitterness and enjoyable after-taste. I'd like to taste this one alongside Fents US Lager from the Xmas in July case swap as I think the style is very similar. Might give this attempt to make this one as well when I turn to the dark side.

A great beer likesbeer.

 

[Leigh]

1. Barramundi - English Ale

First glass poured very clean, but when I put the bottle down there were rather large chunks swimming around. The glass I poured had a pleasant malty taste with caramel coming through and a slight sweetness. Aftertaste was unfortunately quite sickly, burnt porridge in taste and stuck around. Quite a nice beer until the after taste kicked in.

5. Wardhog - Special Bitter

Very clear through to the last glass. I tasted this one after Barra's English Ale, and initially thought I was drinking the same beer except the after taste was a pleasant caramel flavour. This one was much better as it warmed up.

It might be just my untrained tastebuds, but did you two inadvertantly provide the same/similar beers?

Down to my last beer from the small swap (Seemax's Irish) .

So when's the next small swap? I'm quite enjoying having different beers. :chug:

 

[Barramundi]

sorry leigh its definately starting to look like ive put a dud in ... im happy to provide another bottle for the swappers but i think it could be a logistical nightmare ...

 

[Leigh]

No need to apologise Ned. Could have happened to any of us.

 

[Barramundi]

BTW Leigh feel free to start up a new small swap anytime , im always up for one .... looks like i have some redeeming to do ...

 

[edoeven]

4. likesbeer - Pale Ale

Consumed this beer over dinner last night. A nice, refreshing pale with mild malty flavour, very balanced bitterness and enjoyable after-taste. I'd like to taste this one alongside Fents US Lager from the Xmas in July case swap as I think the style is very similar. Might give this attempt to make this one as well when I turn to the dark side.

A great beer likesbeer.

glad you liked it

tried another beer myself -
SNPA - Peels (i think), coppery color, sweetish/hops aroma, clear, had like a kinda, slight sweetness - but not a big body, hard to describe... I made a beer like this once (after reading SNPA thread), strangely it tasted much different/better from the keg than the bottle, never worked out why... not a bad beer beer thanks

 

[Leigh]

Drank the last bottle tonight.

Seemax - Scottish Ale

Smooth malty flavour with subtle caramel undertones and lingering bitterness. A very nice drop.

 

[edoeven]

tasted barra's beer, quite good but quite chunky hehe I only drank a bit then the chunks got to me!

only beer left now is leighs pale ale! (just put in the fridge the other day so it should be carbed up!)

 

[Wardhog]

Yeh mine was labelled SNPA. I was my first attempt at Sierra Nevada and I got the colour a bit wrong.

Had this last night, a very nice APA. Tons of hop flavour, did you dry hop this one? The amount of aroma was a little down in comparison to the flavour levels.

 

[AUHEAMIC]

No Dry hopping, just 100 grams at flame out. It was bottled I Feb so I not surprised the hop aroma is low but I am surprised the hop flavour is still good. I have found both usually suffer from the passing of time.

 

[seemax]

No Dry hopping, just 100 grams at flame out. It was bottled I Feb so I not surprised the hop aroma is low but I am surprised the hop flavour is still good. I have found both usually suffer from the passing of time.

Thanks all for the swap, look forward to the next one.

I too had the chunky one, despite this it was a good drop, English Bitter maybe? Full bodied and golden.

Really enjoyed the SNPA, coppery, good body, less hoppy than I expected but well balanced. Few days after I did my own American IPA with a 50IBU hit of Cascade & Amarillo.

Only one (maybe #1 or #4, bad memory must be getting old!) lacked body, seemed little flavourless/light, maybe too much dex?

CHeers
Stef

 

[Leigh]

only beer left now is leighs pale ale! (just put in the fridge the other day so it should be carbed up!)

I cracked one last night. Should be good to go if its been left in a warm place that long