Whats In The Glass (commercial)

[Fish13]

i grabbed a bottle of this last night

http://www.brewboys.com.au/beers/GTS/

hope it tastes okay. I bought a lc rogers last night and feel asleep halfway through it

 

[DU99]

tried abbott's lager has memories of the orginal brew

 

[bum]

Lagunitas Sucks Christmas Ale and Big Sky Moose Drool on tap tonight. Both pretty damned nice.

 

[Fish13]

Belhaven Scottish Stout.

I feel ripped bought it to make brownies and i only needed 60mls... 10 bucks for it STill awesome stout though its how guiness should of been.

 

[pk.sax]

Blue Sky IPA @ Nick's in Yungaburra. Probably the last place this great drop will be seen at for a while. Their keg has aged nicely and it warmed up a beauty in the mug. Relished every drop. Golden orange, very bright even in ye ol English mug.

 

[manticle]

I have been thinking of buying a carton of coopers vintage each year and putting them in the cool dark spot under the stairs for a couple years.

Might get started on that one and get a yearly line of cartons happening

Nothing better than an aged Old Ale!

Don't think it's a bad idea at all. I am getting to a point finally with my brewing where I am actually able to hang onto some brews (more brewing, less drinking). Also have some wine (multiple brands) and some funky beers set aside so I'll be sticking the other 2011 vintage with those to see how it is in a few years. Might see if I can hunt up some older vintages.

Next stop: scotch whisky.

Just had a theakston's old peculier and given the reputation this beer has, combined with my love for English beers, I'll be revisiting this one as I found it very underwhelming. Maybe it was mishandled somewhere along the line. Nothing offensive, nothing interesting either.

Drinking a sierra nevada pale at the moment and I'd say nice beer, nothing I'd travel for, maybe better when fresh.

 

[bum]

Quote re: Stone Brewing

I won't ever understand why this brewery is held in such high esteem. Except their Old Guardian, all of their beers are rough as guts.

Slight correction is in order. Had their double dry hopped Ruination on tap tonight and it is lovely. Still something of what I consider their signature rough bittering but nowhere near their bottled examples. I'd be happy to brew this.

 

[beers]

Achel Blonde. A nice solid Triple

 

[Lecterfan]

I tried to add pics, but didn't work.

I drank the range of 'Mornington Peninsula' beers yesterday, also the 'Hix' pale ale, a 'Red Hill' wheat, a 'Moo' dark, a 'Moo' pale and a 'Macs' Sassy red.

I loved the Macs, really enjoyed the Red Hill and the rest were really useful in giving me confidence in my own current level of AG brewing - nothing wrong with them, I just found them a bit lacking for my tastes (generally the pales were a bit under-bittered without enough chewy malt complexity to make up for it).

Also my gf bought me a Prickly Moses Saison and a LaTrappe Tripel which shall be enjoyed later this week (we had polished off a bottle of port by the time we had finished everything else and were up to these - so decided to save these two beers for later).

Cheers all.

 

[Muggus]

Always a good night when...

(we had polished off a bottle of port by the time we had finished everything else and were up to these - so decided to save these two beers for later).

 

[Fish13]

drinking the GTS ale from brewboys

quite tasty for 32.7 IBU

:lol:

 

[joshuahardie]

Some recent beers

Boon Geuze - Sadly not a favourite, which is hard to admit with my love of sours. High alcohol content 8% maybe does not mix with a lambic. Also it simply didn't have the level of sourness I have come to expect. Still the used by date on the bottle was 2030, so maybe I drank it too young?

Chouffee -IPA Triple. Interesting beer. Belgian triple yeast notes, sweetish body, and a fair whack of what I suspect are nobel hops. Still does not knock the La Chouffe blonde off the top of the list for my favourite beer from this brewery.

De Konick - Speciale Belgian. Another interesting beer. It does not contain the yeasty notes of most great belgians, but was an appealing beer, that was more middle of the road and sessionable, than most belgian monsters.

 

[joshuahardie]

Mikkeller 100IBU - There have been a few reviews of this beer, I probably won't be adding too much more. Obviously bitter, but no where near as assulting as others make out. I liken it to eating a chilli. Maybe the bitterness does not hit you right up, but the effect keeps on growing in the mouth until you are overwhelmed. There were alot of floaties in this bottle. hard to say if it was yeast, or something wierd from all the hops. The background beer was surprisingly drinkable, but there was a distinct oilyness about this beer that I was not thrilled about. It was an experience, and I more or less bought it, to see what all the fuss was about. Now that has been done, I doubt Ill pony up that much money for this beer again.

Murrays Shawns Fault IBA - I prefer the term India Black Ale over BIPA or Cascadian Dark, so it is nice to know Murrays is with me on this one. A very nice and far to easy to drink IPA, with more then the usual hints of roast / chocolate / coffee than I am used to expecting in a IBA. A delicious beer.

Murrays - The Natural French Ale - The Cadel Evans beer. I don't know what French Provincial Ale should taste like,. but this struck me as a belgian blonde beer fermented with a saison yeast. It had honey flavours that had a touch or tartness lingering on the finish. I suspect this beer is somewhat a saison in disguise, and that is fine by me. It was good.

 

[joshuahardie]

Some others that I don't remember so much about

Rochefort 6

Samuel Smiths - Imperial Stout

Sierra Nevada - Celebration

 

[joshuahardie]

Murrays - Angryman Pale - Their rebranded pale ale I believe. No doubt someone will pipe up if I am wrong, but it feels similar in the malt stakes, maybe a touch lighter in body than before, but there is a shift away from the cascades I think to other NZ hops. Very drinkable.

Heather Ale - A gruit I expect. A light amber ale infused with heather flowers. Spicy in the mouth and floral on the nose.

St Peters - Ruby Red Ale. What a colour. A warming blood red in the light, sort of like looking at red sap on a tree. Brilliantly malty, just a malt bomb. That is basically what I remember, just thick with malt mouthfeel

 

[Will88]

The latest slowbeer haul:

Hitachino Nest Commemorative Ale
Hitachino Nest Japanese Classic Ale
Westmalle Tripel
Feral Golden Ace
Murray's Oak Aged Heart of Darkness
Haand Bryggeriet Dark Force
Moylan's Moylander Double IPA
Sierra Nevada Northern Hemisphere Harvest
Epic Flying Nun Records
Famp Bryghus Fano Vestkyst
Bridge Road Stella Single Hop IPA
Bridge Road/Nogne o India Saison

 

[bum]

Got back from the US today. Here's the lot (bottle unless otherwise noted):
Ale Industries Fall Down Brown
Ale Smith Yule Smith Holiday Ale
Anchor Breckle's Brown
Avery Brewing Hog Heaven
Avery Brewing IPA
Ballast Point Yellowtail Kolsch
Bear Republic Racer X (tap)
Big Sky Moose Drool (tap)
Bison Brewing Gingerbread Ale
Boatswain DIPA
Boatswain Chocolate Stout
Bootlegger's Brewery Dr. Tongue (tap)
Bootlegger's Brewery Black Phoenix
Bootlegger's Brewery Rustic Rye (tap)
Bruery/Elysian/Stone La Citruille Celeste de Citracado
Buffalo Bill's Brewery Pumpkin Ale
Deschute's Jubelale
Dogfish Head Chicory Stout
Firestone Walker Double Jack IPA (tap, at brewery)
Firestone Walker NectarIPA (tap, at brewery)
Firestone Walker Red Nectar (tap, at brewery)
Firestone Walker Unfiltered DBA (tap, at brewery)
Firestone Walker Velvet Merlin (tap, at brewery)
Firestone Walker Walker's Reserve (tap, at brewery)
Four In Hand IPA
Golden Road Burning Bush (tap)
Great Divide Brewing Co Titan IPA
Great Divide Brewing Co Old Ruffian
Great Divide Brewing Co Smoked Baltic Porter
Green Flash Double Stout (tap)
Gulden Draak (tap)
Hatichino Nest White Ale
Houblon Chouffe
Indian Wells Brewing Co Spicy Pumpkin Ale
Karl Strauss Brewing Co Tower 10 IPA
KBC Porter
Kern River Just Outstanding IPA (tap, grossly misnamed)
Lagunitas A Little Sumpin' Sumpin' Ale
Lagunitas Dogtown Pale Ale
Lagunitas Sucks Holiday ale (bottle and tap)
Lost Abbey Gift of the Magi (tap)
Lost Coast Brewery Indiga IPA
Magic Hat #9
MarinBrewing Point Reye's Porter (tap)
Mikkeller Black
Mikkeller Santa's Little Helper (tap, beer of the trip)
Mission St IPA
Monk's Cafe Flemish Sour Ale
Moylan's Kilt Lifter
New Belgium Ranger
Nogne O God Jul (tap)
North Coast Brewing Old Rasputin (tap)
North Coast Brewing Old Stock Ale 2011
Old Speckled Hen (tap)
Rodenbach Grand Cru
Rogue Santa's Private Reserve
Russian River Blind Pig (tap)
Russian River Pliny the Elder (tap, at brewery)
Samuel Adams...something...(tap, not sure which one, beer list just said "Samuel Adams")
Samual Smith's Taddy Porter
Saison Dupont
Schmaltz Brewing Co Coney Island Sword Swallower
Sierra Nevada Bigfoot 2002
Sierra Nevada Celebration
Sierra Nevada Tumbler
St Peter's Cream Stout
Stone 15 Escondidan Imperial Black IPA
Stone Double Dry Hopped Ruination (tap)
Stone IPA
Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale
Trader Joe's 2011 Vintage Ale Dark Ale (Trader Joe's is a Aldi-esque supermarket chain, this beer is actually brewed by Unibroue and is surprisingly awful)

 

[TonyC]

Got back from the US today. Here's the lot (bottle unless otherwise noted):
Ale Industries Fall Down Brown
Ale Smith Yule Smith Holiday Ale
Anchor Breckle's Brown
Avery Brewing Hog Heaven
Avery Brewing IPA
Ballast Point Yellowtail Kolsch
Bear Republic Racer X (tap)
Big Sky Moose Drool (tap)
Bison Brewing Gingerbread Ale
Boatswain DIPA
Boatswain Chocolate Stout
Bootlegger's Brewery Dr. Tongue (tap)
Bootlegger's Brewery Black Phoenix
Bootlegger's Brewery Rustic Rye (tap)
Bruery/Elysian/Stone La Citruille Celeste de Citracado
Buffalo Bill's Brewery Pumpkin Ale
Deschute's Jubelale
Dogfish Head Chicory Stout
Firestone Walker Double Jack IPA (tap, at brewery)
Firestone Walker NectarIPA (tap, at brewery)
Firestone Walker Red Nectar (tap, at brewery)
Firestone Walker Unfiltered DBA (tap, at brewery)
Firestone Walker Velvet Merlin (tap, at brewery)
Firestone Walker Walker's Reserve (tap, at brewery)
Four In Hand IPA
Golden Road Burning Bush (tap)
Great Divide Brewing Co Titan IPA
Great Divide Brewing Co Old Ruffian
Great Divide Brewing Co Smoked Baltic Porter
Green Flash Double Stout (tap)
Gulden Draak (tap)
Hatichino Nest White Ale
Houblon Chouffe
Indian Wells Brewing Co Spicy Pumpkin Ale
Karl Strauss Brewing Co Tower 10 IPA
KBC Porter
Kern River Just Outstanding IPA (tap, grossly misnamed)
Lagunitas A Little Sumpin' Sumpin' Ale
Lagunitas Dogtown Pale Ale
Lagunitas Sucks Holiday ale (bottle and tap)
Lost Abbey Gift of the Magi (tap)
Lost Coast Brewery Indiga IPA
Magic Hat #9
MarinBrewing Point Reye's Porter (tap)
Mikkeller Santa's Little Helper (tap, beer of the trip)
Mission St IPA
Monk's Cafe Flemish Sour Ale
Moylan's Kilt Lifter
New Belgium Ranger
Nogne O God Jul (tap)
North Coast Brewing Old Rasputin (tap)
North Coast Brewing Old Stock Ale 2011
Old Speckled Hen (tap)
Rodenbach Grand Cru
Rogue Santa's Private Reserve
Russian River Blind Pig (tap)
Russian River Pliny the Elder (tap, at brewery)
Samuel Adams...something...(tap, not sure which one, beer list just said "Samuel Adams")
Samual Smith's Taddy Porter
Saison Dupont
Schmaltz Brewing Co Coney Island Sword Swallower
Sierra Nevada Bigfoot 2002
Sierra Nevada Celebration
Sierra Nevada Tumbler
St Peter's Cream Stout
Stone 15 Escondidan Imperial Black IPA
Stone Double Dry Hopped Ruination (tap)
Stone IPA
Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale
Trader Joe's 2011 Vintage Ale Dark Ale (Trader Joe's is a Aldi-esque supermarket chain, this beer is actually brewed by Unibroue and is surprisingly awful)

Your not bum, your a prick :lol:

 

[waggastew]

Got back from the US today. Here's the lot (bottle unless otherwise noted):
Ale Industries Fall Down Brown
Ale Smith Yule Smith Holiday Ale
Anchor Breckle's Brown
Avery Brewing Hog Heaven
Avery Brewing IPA
Ballast Point Yellowtail Kolsch
Bear Republic Racer X (tap)
Big Sky Moose Drool (tap)
Bison Brewing Gingerbread Ale
Boatswain DIPA
Boatswain Chocolate Stout
Bootlegger's Brewery Dr. Tongue (tap)
Bootlegger's Brewery Black Phoenix
Bootlegger's Brewery Rustic Rye (tap)
Bruery/Elysian/Stone La Citruille Celeste de Citracado
Buffalo Bill's Brewery Pumpkin Ale
Deschute's Jubelale
Dogfish Head Chicory Stout
Firestone Walker Double Jack IPA (tap, at brewery)
Firestone Walker NectarIPA (tap, at brewery)
Firestone Walker Red Nectar (tap, at brewery)
Firestone Walker Unfiltered DBA (tap, at brewery)
Firestone Walker Velvet Merlin (tap, at brewery)
Firestone Walker Walker's Reserve (tap, at brewery)
Four In Hand IPA
Golden Road Burning Bush (tap)
Great Divide Brewing Co Titan IPA
Great Divide Brewing Co Old Ruffian
Great Divide Brewing Co Smoked Baltic Porter
Green Flash Double Stout (tap)
Gulden Draak (tap)
Hatichino Nest White Ale
Houblon Chouffe
Indian Wells Brewing Co Spicy Pumpkin Ale
Karl Strauss Brewing Co Tower 10 IPA
KBC Porter
Kern River Just Outstanding IPA (tap, grossly misnamed)
Lagunitas A Little Sumpin' Sumpin' Ale
Lagunitas Dogtown Pale Ale
Lagunitas Sucks Holiday ale (bottle and tap)
Lost Abbey Gift of the Magi (tap)
Lost Coast Brewery Indiga IPA
Magic Hat #9
MarinBrewing Point Reye's Porter (tap)
Mikkeller Black
Mikkeller Santa's Little Helper (tap, beer of the trip)
Mission St IPA
Monk's Cafe Flemish Sour Ale
Moylan's Kilt Lifter
New Belgium Ranger
Nogne O God Jul (tap)
North Coast Brewing Old Rasputin (tap)
North Coast Brewing Old Stock Ale 2011
Old Speckled Hen (tap)
Rodenbach Grand Cru
Rogue Santa's Private Reserve
Russian River Blind Pig (tap)
Russian River Pliny the Elder (tap, at brewery)
Samuel Adams...something...(tap, not sure which one, beer list just said "Samuel Adams")
Samual Smith's Taddy Porter
Saison Dupont
Schmaltz Brewing Co Coney Island Sword Swallower
Sierra Nevada Bigfoot 2002
Sierra Nevada Celebration
Sierra Nevada Tumbler
St Peter's Cream Stout
Stone 15 Escondidan Imperial Black IPA
Stone Double Dry Hopped Ruination (tap)
Stone IPA
Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale
Trader Joe's 2011 Vintage Ale Dark Ale (Trader Joe's is a Aldi-esque supermarket chain, this beer is actually brewed by Unibroue and is surprisingly awful)

Just to make us all feel better can you please say something like 'It was a great trip, the beers were amazing, but I really missed drinking my AG lawnmower pils after a hot afternoon pushing my mower'?

 

[Muggus]

Yeah fair enough Bum, but did you have any good beers while your were over there?