Whats In The Glass (commercial)

[bconnery]

Ska Brewing Modus Hoperandi
Beer in a can!

Aroma is resiny
I'm finding the bitterness a little unbalanced overall, but I sometimes forget to notice that as the hop flavour kicks in.

I'd rate it not the best IPA, but easily in the top two beers in a can I've ever had...
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[Shed101]

This evening I had the following beers:

Yeastie Boy's Digital IPA - impressively balanced for a 7% (A)IPA. A little on the light side to be as enjoyable as I'd hoped, but very ... refined.

Renaissance Elemental Porter - had this on tap in the past and enjoyed it more. Less balanced than i remembered. Bottle foamed over the mouth - was it bottled too soon? Verging on harsh bitter coffee tones, but also sweet and bitter. Still nice just not as nice as I remembered.

Hitachino Nest XH - has been stored since at least May ... and was nice back then. But this has really improved! Incredible ginger spice notes in the aroma, comes through on the palate, too, putting the Shocyu flavours to one side. Smooth and velvety mouthfeel, rich lingering finish. I'm pretty sure this left Japan before the meltdown, but if it hadn't it's good enough to risk a little radiation

 

[Adam Howard]

Seriously yum.

Recipe HERE

Chucked hop additions into Beersmith. Tinseth calculates IBU's differently....may have to try the others. Tinseth spits it out as 25 IBU's?

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 22.00 l
Post Boil Volume: 20.00 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 20.00 l
Bottling Volume: 19.00 l
Estimated OG: 1.063 SG
Estimated Color: 10.3 EBC
Estimated IBU: 29.1 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 80.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 80.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
3.35 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (Thomas Fawcett) Grain 1 67.0 %
1.65 kg Vienna Malt (Weyermann) (5.9 EBC) Grain 2 33.0 %
5.00 g Southern Cross [14.80 %] - Boil 75.0 min Hop 3 11.7 IBUs
20.00 g Cascade [9.10 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 4 9.7 IBUs
15.00 g Riwaka [5.60 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 5 4.5 IBUs
4.00 g Southern Cross [14.80 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 6 3.2 IBUs
20.00 g Cascade [9.10 %] - Aroma Steep 0.0 min Hop 7 0.0 IBUs
10.00 g Southern Cross [14.80 %] - Aroma Steep 0 Hop 8 0.0 IBUs
7.00 g Riwaka [5.60 %] - Aroma Steep 0.0 min Hop 9 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg American Ale II (Wyeast Labs #1272) [124 Yeast 10 -
20.00 g Cascade [9.10 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days Hop 11 0.0 IBUs
10.00 g Southern Cross [14.80 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 D Hop 12 0.0 IBUs
15.00 g Riwaka [5.60 %] - Dry Hop 0.0 Days Hop 13 0.0 IBUs

 

[Malted]

Seriously yum.
Recipe HERE

Thanks for the link! That is pretty much from the horses mouth so to speak. I am greatly surprised by the recipe. My initial thoughts on tasting the commercial beer was 'this is a very confused brew' I thought there must have been too many cooks in the kitchen so to speak. The recipe is not as complex as I had assumed it would be.

 

[thelastspud]

Found this the other day.



It has held up really well.
Tastes stronger of rum than it used to maybe a bit of sherry like quality's sneaking in as well.
I'd like another I wonder how many are left scattered around the country.

 

[Adam Howard]

Thanks for the link! That is pretty much from the horses mouth so to speak. I am greatly surprised by the recipe. My initial thoughts on tasting the commercial beer was 'this is a very confused brew' I thought there must have been too many cooks in the kitchen so to speak. The recipe is not as complex as I had assumed it would be.

Be easy done on the Brau I reckon Malted. I scaled the bitterness to 50IBU's on Beersmith. Going to definitely give this one a crack once I have the new brewrig together, be so good to have this on tap.

 

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Be easy done on the Brau I reckon Malted. I scaled the bitterness to 50IBU's on Beersmith. Going to definitely give this one a crack once I have the new brewrig together, be so good to have this on tap.

Having a look at the link (thanks!) they whirlpool the last addition which does add bitterness - the website says 5% utilisation. What you can do is to steep hot for 30-40 mins before cooling. The bitterness is about equivalent to adding 15 mins to the flavour and aroma additions. If you don't want to whirlpool/steep move the additions by 15 mins back in the boil.

I had a look at the recipe in Beersmith with these adjustments and it came out at around 50.5 (Tinseth).

 

[Gar]

Ska Brewing Modus Hoperandi
Beer in a can!

Aroma is resiny
I'm finding the bitterness a little unbalanced overall, but I sometimes forget to notice that as the hop flavour kicks in.

I'd rate it not the best IPA, but easily in the top two beers in a can I've ever had...
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Yeah I was a little disappointed by that one, I found the aroma lacking too.

 

[twizt1d]

i'll have a Samuel Jackson..

(****)

probably not great for the kiddies either

 

[adz1179]

i dunno.....

 

[Fourstar]

Moon Dog - Black Lung

jet black in appearance, deep "brown sugar" loose foam which dissipated quickly. Aroma of smoked malt (somewhat salty), roast, blackened/burnt caramel and sweet alcohol. Aromas of wood aging/oxidation of alcohol present. Sweetness, vanilla and hints of bourbon/whiskey. No detection of barrel bugs, a very good start.

Flavour backs up the aroma. Deep dark crystal malt, roast, wood aged spirit and smokiness. Balance is perfect, bitter yet sweet and malty. Body seems slightly light-on but if it was any stronger i'd probabaly say it was too heavy on the palate.

From the three beers ive had from Moon Dog (Cognac barrel IIPA and Peverse), this is the standout from the group. Well handled, no excessive yeast in packaging but a clean cut beer which is different (at least for this country) and very approachable. Oh, dont foget drinkable either!

Delicious beer! Reminds me a lot of the Jack Daniels barrel chip aging i did on the Vanilla Imperial Stout collab brewday beer.

Kudos Moon dog boys! if i could afford a case i'd be aging a stackload of this.

 

[keifer33]

Enjoying one of my first tastings of a true sour beer and so far its a mindboggling journey trying to taste and smell all the different aromas these things put off. This one was bottled in March 2010.

 

[jbowers]

Mmmm... Gueuze.....

 

[big78sam]

Not impressed. Some caramel sweetness but lacked bosy and some burnt, astringent character. Quite bitter but no hop flavour and aroma.


However, I did have a cavalier pale recently (at the Press club of all places - A cliant was paying not me!). It's in my top 5 beers of all time. Apparently 100% nelson sauvin but I wouldn't have picked 100% Nelson. There was some real passionfruit I don't normally get from NS. The hops just burst out of the glass but it was still balanced. The waiter/sommelier who was also a brewer (AHB member? I didn't have the guts to ask) said it has Munich and amber in the malt bill. I had a SN torpedo after and it paled in comparison. The Torpedo would obviously have not been as fresh though.

 

[Adam Howard]

Having a look at the link (thanks!) they whirlpool the last addition which does add bitterness - the website says 5% utilisation. What you can do is to steep hot for 30-40 mins before cooling. The bitterness is about equivalent to adding 15 mins to the flavour and aroma additions. If you don't want to whirlpool/steep move the additions by 15 mins back in the boil.

I had a look at the recipe in Beersmith with these adjustments and it came out at around 50.5 (Tinseth).

Nice. I'll have a play. New kettle has a whirlpool inlet so I can let a pump do the work for 30 mins!

 

[geoff_tewierik]

What kettle did you get yourself Adam? Or did the old man buy it?

OnT, had an Epic Armageddon IPA and an Epic Barrel Aged IPA tonight at home (making up for theones I had to leave behind in Victoria in Oct). Earlier tonight at the Archive Bar I had Mikkeller Happy Hoppy Xmas and Mikkeller Santas Little Helper.

 

[Bizier]

Anderson Valley Boont Amber

My god that is a tasty beer. If I had this on tap super fresh (this has a bit of ox) I may not wish change for months, perhaps years. Plus, my GF bought it and poured it for me. She also splashed out on the Kooinda Karaka Wit, I hope that is contributing to your mortgages guys :drinks:

 

[suorama]

Huvila Arctic Circle Ale

Malmgrds brevery from Finland (http://www.alko.fi/tuotteet/fi/741916)

Dark brown ale with rich malty flavor. incluce fresh juniper branch and dark rye malts. (But it is not a Sahti).

OG18,5%
60 EBU
80 EBC
7,3 ABV

 

[Pennywise]

SN Beer Camp #37

Lovely beer, nice clove esters and beautiful silky mouthfeel. Packs a bit of a punch, half way through the glass I could feel the alcohol hitting me, but certainly doesn't feel strong when sipping.
These beer camp beers are pretty good I reckon, will be lookin out for more

 

[Pennywise]

Moon Dog Perverse Sexual Amalgam

Not as tart/sour as I expected. Nice and funky though, not ott like some funky beers which is good. Extremely light on body. Plum comes through a little but again not ott. Glad I tried it but not one I'll go out of my way for