Whats In The Glass (commercial)

[Fents]

Eat your words!!! EAT YOUR WORDS!!!

I know why you really liked it. It was batch Three. Only because Fents adjusted the mill gap and hit his mash in temp within .02 of a degree. Fents maiden voyage, assisted by a numbskull. :icon_chickcheers:

i kid, i kid. Honestly.. beers on the new system/location are better IMO, even Fents agrees!

hahaha, biggup for the help mate, hearing great reports from that batch we brewed.

 

[Fents]

I've got one in the fridge for tonight. Can't wait to slag it off later - anonymity is pretty rad!

much rather someone slag it off from afar than to hear no feedback at all.

 

[Fourstar]

hahaha, biggup for the help mate, hearing great reports from that batch we brewed.

Anytime bud, i'll just make sure i bring a respirator for the grain milling. You dont get doughballs in your mash at kooinda, they happen in your eyes! :lol: (or any brewery for that matter if youre milling 100+ kilos by hand!)

These guys go through hard yakka to produce said product. Its not as "easy" as we all think!


So its already out to the masses is it? Noiiiiiice!

 

[MattC]

Baron's Pale Ale: Had to get a Pale Ale as they are my favourite style of beer. Haven't had any beers from Barons until now. From my inexperienced taste there seems like Galaxy in there. This would make sense as it's an Australian brewery. Not really alot to say about this beer. The IBU wouldn't be very high at all from my perception. Would take a LCBA, LCPA, FYPA etc before this one.

Bought a carton of this (Barons Pale Ale) to take camping, now although it didnt impress me much at all, I feel its a dam side better than anything else you can get for that price ($40)

BTW hops are Pacific Hallertau and Nelson Sauvin

Cheers

 

[bum]

Feral Hop Hog American IPA - Hello, Letter I, what are you doing here? Very nice but muted fruity hop aroma. Very dry for an American anything. Very nice grassiness for an Australian brewery. Way too low in bitterness up front but a gorgeous linger. Reminds me of Dogfish Head's less aggressive beers in many ways (particularly that oily mouthfeel). Nice beer but, linger aside, nothing here is saying AIPA to me.

 

[bum]

Flying Dog Horn Dog - Liquorice Cough Syrup.

 

[O'Henry]

Bum, sometimes I wonder if we drink the same beers... I'm assuming Hop Hog was from the bottle?

 

[bum]

Yeah, it was bottled.

Just had a look at what I wrote above in the harsh light of day and stand by every word of it. I would be happy to alter "oily" to a more appropriate word should anyone who has had a few Dogfish beers have a better suggestion for the quality I'm talking about. I think it was a very nice beer but there is nothing here putting it in the league of aggressive AIPAs that the label suggests this beer is aiming for. Seems like something at the top end of sessionable APAs except it is much too dry for style. Please understand that this does not mean the beer is too dry to drink. I've drunk a lot of US pales and our obsession with drying them out because US spec grains "aren't as sweet as ours" is absolute bollocks.

 

[jbowers]

Just popped by the bottle-o on the way home from uni :lol:

 

[Shed101]

Here's an interesting little haul...

Don't ask why the random asian beers - they weren't exactly my choice.

 

[WarmBeer]

Just popped by the bottle-o on the way home from uni :lol:

Damn, I hate you!

When I was at uni, best I could afford was dodgy 2lt flagons of port, or goon bags.

 

[jbowers]

Damn, I hate you!

When I was at uni, best I could afford was dodgy 2lt flagons of port, or goon bags.

Living with your parents rent free - the key to enjoying craft beer as a student.

 

[sinkas]

so J Bowers I assume you are living with said parents in the US?

 

[jbowers]

Nope. Ivanhoe, Victoria.

edit: I'll be kind, got them from Acland St Cellars. The also had a couple of sierra nevada 30th anni beers, but were pretty pricey. The russian river cost an arm and a leg, but I am pretty confident it'll be worth it.

 

[JestersDarts]

Had a White Rabbit Dark Ale last night, thought id practice my tasting ability once more


Dark amber colour, with a large head. Carbonation throwing a dance party with particles in the glass.


Pleasant resin and caramel nose.
Flavour is nutty, malty, and fruity, with a refreshing sourness. Then the bitterness eases along to take you through to the finish. I really did enjoy this beer sitting in my backyard. Would be good for taking a 6 pack to a BBQ an enjoyable dark beer for summery drinking.

 

[DUANNE]

Nope. Ivanhoe, Victoria.

edit: I'll be kind, got them from Acland St Cellars. The also had a couple of sierra nevada 30th anni beers, but were pretty pricey. The russian river cost an arm and a leg, but I am pretty confident it'll be worth it.

thanks for the heads up mate,dropped in today and got a bottle of each of the rusian river beers.looked like only one bottle of cosecration left and 10 or so of damnation.at 25 bucks for a stubbie of consecration it better live up to the hype!

cheers dwayne

 

[Bizier]

Picked up two beers tonight from Amatos.

This tastes like a half decent crisp hefeweizen mixed with fruit tingles. I gather that 'alpine herbs' are what go into Allens lollies.

 

[Fents]

had an endeavour pale ale last night, nice beer, good drop, no faults. maybe not the "ephinany" beer mick says it is but it is well made.

 

[.DJ.]

had an endeavour pale ale last night, nice beer, good drop, no faults. maybe not the "ephinany" beer mick says it is but it is well made.

anyone see the twitter message by the TwoMetreTall brewery to Endevour?

it says...

"finds @endevourbeer website "interesting". Care to explain/justify the claims you make to someone actually doing what you pretend to do"

OUCH! :angry:

 

[Shed101]

anyone see the twitter message by the TwoMetreTall brewery to Endevour?

it says...

"finds @endevourbeer website "interesting". Care to explain/justify the claims you make to someone actually doing what you pretend to do"

OUCH! :angry:

I guess Ashley doesn't like people who contract out :lol: ... although they do state they don't have their own brewery!

 

[Fourstar]

I guess Ashley doesn't like people who contract out :lol: ... although they do state they don't have their own brewery!

I think he might also be cheezed that they state brewers dont seem to care about their product and where it comes from like 'winemakers do'.

 

[eamonnfoley]

Just popped by the bottle-o on the way home from uni :lol:

I take it "uni" is in California or Oregon?

That Deschutes Black IPA is brilliant - one of the highlights from my recent trip to Oregon.
Not to mention the Damnation - As a Golden strong it is better than a Duvel in Belgium IMO

 

[Shed101]

I think he might also be cheezed that they state brewers dont seem to care about their product and where it comes from like 'winemakers do'.

Ashley is first and foremost a winemaker himself, planning on doing it once the vines are established so he (or Jane) could be having a double-dig ... "you're a **** winemaker and you don't even make your beer yourself, you slackarsed Sydney-sider!" :lol:

 

[argon]

anyone see the twitter message by the TwoMetreTall brewery to Endevour?

it says...

"finds @endevourbeer website "interesting". Care to explain/justify the claims you make to someone actually doing what you pretend to do"

OUCH! :angry:

never a good way to represent your self commercially or profesionally

 

[argon]

A: very slight fruity aroma. I'm guessing NZ varieties. No to low malt aroma. As it warms presence becomes more dominant.

T: upfront, lightly hopped. High carbonation which lends a little bite. Light bodied mouthfeel. First sip or 2, thought I got some dms?? Actually still getting it... A little vegetal, almost grainy. Have had this flavour before in my light bodies ales. Not as strong here but definitely present and not pleasant. Low bitterness, low hop flavour... Dry finish as expected from a "summer ale"

Overall, not a sessionable pale ale. Not as bitter nor hoppy as I would expect, even for a mid-strength pale ale. Not one for a second sample. If going for the mid strength ales, I'd stay on the LC Rogers.

Expected way more considering my sampling of the rye esb and the rauchbier.

 

[argon]

Noir stout...

Firstly let this thing warm up..it's a stout afterall.

A: Slight alc presence, sweet crystal malt, some almost Belgian yeast esters coming through... dark fruit, plum. No roastiness though.

T: medium mouthfeel, spicy/warm alc in the back of the palate. Not alot of roast characteristics, not necessarily dry. Some black coffee and maybe aniseed?? Balanced bitterness, no real hop presence. A little sharp.

Very drinkable... Could do with a little more choc and roast flavours. Quite sessionable for a high alc stout.

 

[jbowers]

I take it "uni" is in California or Oregon?

That Deschutes Black IPA is brilliant - one of the highlights from my recent trip to Oregon.
Not to mention the Damnation - As a Golden strong it is better than a Duvel in Belgium IMO

No, uni is in south melbourne.

 

[dgilks]

No, but at the same time, it pisses me off that a few upstarts with a good ad agency can market a beer on the ideal that they will eventually be an organic, local farm based brewery while others are struggling along actually doing it. If they thought that terroir and quality in beer actually mattered they would set up the brewery or contract to a small craft-orientated brewery rather than use the big, same, same contract brewery in Sydney. They aren't brewing beer, they marketing it and that doesn't earn a whole heap of respect in my books.

never a good way to represent your self commercially or profesionally

 

[Duff]

Nope. Ivanhoe, Victoria.

edit: I'll be kind, got them from Acland St Cellars. The also had a couple of sierra nevada 30th anni beers, but were pretty pricey. The russian river cost an arm and a leg, but I am pretty confident it'll be worth it.

thanks for the heads up mate,dropped in today and got a bottle of each of the rusian river beers.looked like only one bottle of cosecration left and 10 or so of damnation.at 25 bucks for a stubbie of consecration it better live up to the hype!

cheers dwayne

How does this work??

Vinnie Cilurzo sent me an email not that long ago saying that they cannot ship their beer outside of the US as it is against the law.

 

[bum]

Vinnie Cilurzo sent me an email not that long ago saying that they cannot ship their beer outside of the US as it is against the law.

Is it possible that you were enquiring about having some mailed to you? My understanding (i.e. I've been led to believe but don't know it as fact) that it is illegal to put beer through the post system there. Export would be a different matter entirely.

Anyway, $10 says these are grey imports so it'll have nothing to do with the brewery anyway. Wouldn't stop me grabbing one of those Deschutes beers though.