Vic 2007 X-mas Case Swap

[Fents]

Appearance is over-rated. Shouldn't even count in any way towards quality of beer.

word!

 

[Wardhog]

oh well just close your eyes and think of krystal clear skies!

Doesn't matter one bit, Fents. My last pale ale looked like a honeycomb Big M, but tasted pretty damn good.

 

[SpillsMostOfIt]

Doesn't matter one bit, Fents. My last pale ale looked like a honeycomb Big M, but tasted pretty damn good.

How did it keep its carbonation in a milk carton?

 

[Wardhog]

How did it keep its carbonation in a milk carton?

Don't be silly. When you make alcoholic honeycomb Big M, you keg it. Everyone knows that.

Seriously, I've never seen such a yellow beer. The chill haze topped it off.

 

[chris.taylor.98]

Kolsch is all bottled! (proper glass coopers and old school non twist cub bottles no less!)

I know kolsch's are meant to be crystal clear so im bummed. even racked and 4 weeks @ 0deg didnt even do it oh well just close your eyes and think of krystal clear skies!

All the commercial breweries filter this one. The Kolsch yeast is well known for its poor flocculation qualities, so don't be to hard on the appearance.

Looking forward to try it out.

 

[Thirsty Boy]

we could... and I am taking liberties I know it.... do a brew on the X-mas case swap day. Everyone contributes their 24 beers, a $1.00 coin and a well rinsed and sanitised 1 litre plastic milk bottle.

A brew is done on the day, plastic milk bottles are used as a plethora of tiny no chill cubes (they work, I've tried it) and everyone takes home 24 bottles of beer to drink and 1 bottle of wort to ferment.

We would bollox up the brew for sure.. but it would be fun and be a BIAB demo to boot

 

[DarkFaerytale]

oh it could be time for the oztops to shine with that little plan, ferment it straight from the bottle. would love to see biab in action.

www.oztops.com

love these things, i make all my starters and cider from them

-Phill

 

[SpillsMostOfIt]

we could... and I am taking liberties I know it.... do a brew on the X-mas case swap day. Everyone contributes their 24 beers, a $1.00 coin and a well rinsed and sanitised 1 litre plastic milk bottle.

A brew is done on the day, plastic milk bottles are used as a plethora of tiny no chill cubes (they work, I've tried it) and everyone takes home 24 bottles of beer to drink and 1 bottle of wort to ferment.

We would bollox up the brew for sure.. but it would be fun and be a BIAB demo to boot

Thirsty Boy - the libertarian.

Once the wort has cooled to pitching temps, rubber-band some cling film over the top and the NCBottle becomes a picofermenter. If each person brought along a second, smaller and similarly clean bottle, we could divvy up a recently-used yeast cake to compleat the scenario.

I think it could be wonderful - combining all the necessary elements that, when combined, could spell disaster!

 

[Fents]

A Milk bottle? you guys are more nuts than i thought!

Spills do you have a keg setup if we want to bring a keg to drink? or do i have to hassle dave for his super portable keg ice box?

 

[Thirsty Boy]

A Milk bottle? you guys are more nuts than i thought!

Spills do you have a keg setup if we want to bring a keg to drink? or do i have to hassle dave for his super portable keg ice box?

Why not?? Food grade plastic.. pretty much the same as a bog standard fermentor. I've used em as NC cubes for starter wort. They work fine.

I even used a 2 litre one as a fermentor for a batch of "lacto" I was doing for a Berliner Weiss. Lid on loosley to let out the gas and away you go.....

 

[SpillsMostOfIt]

A Milk bottle? you guys are more nuts than i thought!

Spills do you have a keg setup if we want to bring a keg to drink? or do i have to hassle dave for his super portable keg ice box?

I think Thirsty Boy meant those new-fangled plastic ones, but the cardboard ones might deal with the heat okay AND they're true cuboids.

No keg setup here - apart from my plastic fantastic party kegs which share nothing in common with you humans' keg setups except for the BEVA hose. I was hoping to have one or two of those full of liquid.

I'm just trying to imagine my back yard with a barbecue, brew kettle, three or four beer kegs and a dozen blokes staggering about.

 

[DarkFaerytale]

sounds like chaos

 

[Fents]

Why not??

Why not - because it only holds two litres!

two litres would piss me off! i'd drink it all in hydro samples hahaha but hey im game to try anything once.

 

[Quintrex]

Why not - because it only holds two litres!

two litres would piss me off! i'd drink it all in hydro samples hahaha but hey im game to try anything once.

Haha
IMO the only reason to divvy up the batch into 2 litre lots for take home fermenting would be to have a yeast taste off,
ie everyone ferments with a different yeast, otherwise we'll need a larger batch :lol:

Q

 

[SpillsMostOfIt]

Haha
IMO the only reason to divvy up the batch into 2 litre lots for take home fermenting would be to have a yeast taste off,
ie everyone ferments with a different yeast, otherwise we'll need a larger batch :lol:

Q

I think there are around a dozen people claiming to turn up on the day. We could just as easily brew a big batch that results in everyone getting maybe four litres. Does that sweeten the deal enough?

 

[DarkFaerytale]

so what beer are we making

 

[AUHEAMIC]

Well it looks like your keen Spills. Im happy to throw in some bucks for ingredients just to see a BIAB demo, and to see a dozen people, BBQ and brew rig all in your backyard.

 

[Fents]

Lets make a wheat beer, i've never made one before.

 

[DarkFaerytale]

really fents??

i wanna ferment it with something creepy, some brett or lacto. mmmm

 

[SpillsMostOfIt]

What is it with you people and wheat beers!!!!

If we're going to pursue this wonderful fiasco, I think we should be looking at something subtle and delicate like (say) an American Brown...

Perhaps we'll have to cook indoors on the stovetop, or do something novel with the kegs. I fear a total disaster in Collingwood on election day.