Whats In The Glass (commercial)

[Bizier]

Jez, that is porn right there.

I have some treats in the fridge, waiting to share with my mate, some sours, some iipas. Yum.

 

[bconnery]

Kooinda Valhalla Belgian Golden
Great drinker on a warm Brisbane afternoon...
Nice light honey malt, went down very fast...

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Bison Brewing Honey Basil
Strong honey aspect, hint of herbs. Does what it says on the bottle really...
Perhaps a tiny bit cloying but dangerously drinkable for a 6% beer. Might get a little sickly sweet after a couple I think.
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[Pennywise]

Bought the Dab for a comparison on my altbier, wish I had if entered it in Vicbrew now... Mine was a Nth German Alt but I could tell it was pretty spot on from looking at the bjcp guidelines.
The Trashy Blond was ok, kinda thin but I enjoyed it. Lots of lychee and a bit of passionfruit

 

[Spork]

The last of my trio of Danes last night, a lovely roasted nutty flavour. Low carbonation and just a small head. Overall a nice beer, but I wouldn't buy it again for the price.

As I post I'm working on this one:

From the current BM pack.
They really use "hot rocks" to make it. I saw a video... Traditionally this style was made by mashing as per the usual traditional way (whatever that was in Germany) then to boil the wort red hot rocks were added. I cant remember if they did it this way with this beer, or if the rock boiling thing was done after the initial boil and hopping.
Either way, either some of the grains used were kilned heavilly, or the wort actually caramelised a bit when the hot rocks were combined with it. Not as roasty flavoured as a porter or a stout, but nothing like most lagers either.

 

[geoff_tewierik]

Had this in the fridge for a while:

A: Dark murky brown, no head, no carbonation
S: Treacle, vegemite, dried raisins and plums
T: Dried fruits like raisins, sweet caramel toffees, fades into warming alcohol.
M: Smooth, medium full body, no carbonation, warming.

Big beer, it'll take a lot of slow sipping to get through this one.

 

[Muggus]

Had this in the fridge for a while:

A: Dark murky brown, no head, no carbonation
S: Treacle, vegemite, dried raisins and plums
T: Dried fruits like raisins, sweet caramel toffees, fades into warming alcohol.
M: Smooth, medium full body, no carbonation, warming.

Big beer, it'll take a lot of slow sipping to get through this one.

Is that Big Worse or Big Worst Geoff?

 

[geoff_tewierik]

Big Worse Muggus.

 

[Bizier]

 

[beers]

I love my hops... but this makes me feel like I'm a pussy.

 

[Spork]

SNAP!

Fell over and rolled around a bit in the car coming home on Friday. (The bottle - not me) Was in 'fridge for probably 30-32 hours before i opened it. As you can see the yeast cake was still all mixed in with the beer. I doubt that affected the taste though... What can I say? Amazing aroma, but the taste was bitter enough to curdle a whole cow. Think about it. A nice APA is probably about 30 - 35 IBU. This one was 1000. Thats enough bitter for about 30 stubbies all crammed into one!
I would not buy one again, and even if I was somewhere I could drink it for free I'd most likely choose something else. At $18 for a stubbie it is one of, if not the most expensive beer I've ever had too.
Having said all that, I'm happy enough that I did try one, but like many other things we try, once is enough.

 

[Muggus]

SNAP!

Fell over and rolled around a bit in the car coming home on Friday. (The bottle - not me) Was in 'fridge for probably 30-32 hours before i opened it. As you can see the yeast cake was still all mixed in with the beer. I doubt that affected the taste though... What can I say? Amazing aroma, but the taste was bitter enough to curdle a whole cow. Think about it. A nice APA is probably about 30 - 35 IBU. This one was 1000. Thats enough bitter for about 30 stubbies all crammed into one!
I would not buy one again, and even if I was somewhere I could drink it for free I'd most likely choose something else. At $18 for a stubbie it is one of, if not the most expensive beer I've ever had too.
Having said all that, I'm happy enough that I did try one, but like many other things we try, once is enough.

Totally get the whole paying $18 a stubbie being expensive, but is nothing compared to some of the beers, especially from Mikkeller, out there. Especially if they're hopped it to "1000" IBU.

The other thing, and i'm sure I won't be the first of last to mention this...but "1000 IBU" is essentially a waste of hop. The soluable limit of alpha acids is something like 90IBU....so they've wasted alot of hop there.
And though I can imagine alot of it has been put on late additions, the same thing applies. I've gone crazy enough as to putting 500g of hop into a 20L batch, and really it was just a waste of $40 of hop, where I could have had a much more favourable result with a quarter of the hops!

Not having a go at you or Mikkeller, much respect to both of you. But it's just a shame to see "wasted" hops

 

[jbowers]

Having tried that beer, it is significantly more bitter to the palate than any 90 IBU beer I have had. It is the most bitter beer I have tried, with Mean Manalishi being a close second. Not saying thats good or bad, just saying...

 

[argon]

Blackbeard's Delight IPA... FTW B)

 

[Bizier]

These are for a BBQ tonight. I also have Murrays AAs 3, 4 & 5 which I might break out. Or even some more sours if our company dig on them.

ED: and for the record screw anyone who got a Hop Zombie shirt, you all suck and it makes you look ugly and fat.

 

[Muggus]

Having tried that beer, it is significantly more bitter to the palate than any 90 IBU beer I have had. It is the most bitter beer I have tried, with Mean Manalishi being a close second. Not saying thats good or bad, just saying...

Probably true, but other things come into play.
I mean the most simple test is to try say 3 beers; all same malt bills, bittered to equal IBU's with different hops.
You'll find certain hops have a different bitterness than others, despite the calculated IBU. And that's just the nature of all of the other compounds in hops that are often disregarded - various humulone compounds tannin, etc.
I've tried alot of good beers at even 30 calculate IBU ruined, because of the wrong hop.
At 1000, it'd be hard to not start extracting nasty tannin without going to huge (and expensive) lengths.

 

[parrja]

Priceless! Almost spat my beer on my keyboard.

 

[beers]

Having tried that beer, it is significantly more bitter to the palate than any 90 IBU beer I have had. It is the most bitter beer I have tried, with Mean Manalishi being a close second. Not saying thats good or bad, just saying...

I agree. I usually love hops - I'll buy any IPA / IIPA I can get my hands on, & have brewed IPA's with 400-500 grams for 20l batches, & they had nothing on this in terms of bitterness. To me it has an almost gritty taste to it, like your eating hops. I'd love to know the measured IBU on this bad boy.
Probably not as intense as the 1000ibu light, having a little bit of sweetness in there to take some of the edge off. Too intense for me, but worth trying IMO.

 

[Mayor of Mildura]

I had a short amount of time to kill yesterday and happened to be conveniently passing by brewboys. So i popped in and picked up a mixed six pack. I've never tried their beers before and i have been looking forward to it after some glowing recommendations from the adelaide boys.

Last night i tried the maiden ale, king brown and seeing double wee heavy. All nice beers.

I just finished off the ace of spades stout and i reckon i saved the best till last. Awesome beer. My favourite by far. I wish this poxy ipad had a camera so i could share.

 

[Dave70]

No it's not..

Disheartened, I sank further..

 

[Salt]

Try the hardcore ipa, so good

+1!!!!
If you like that, Lagunitas Maximus is a must try!!