Whats In The Glass

[jyo]

Sorry about the bird crap in the piccy, just noticed that. :lol: :lol:

I had noticed!

Looks great, btw.

 

[winkle]

Sorry about the bird crap in the piccy, just noticed that. :lol: :lol:

Naughty birdee.
Has Banjo been bludging?

 

[Dave70]

Sorry about the bird crap in the piccy, just noticed that. :lol: :lol:

Yeah, I was going to replace the pic of my kids and use it as a screensaver, but the birdshit spoiled it.

So.

Bit dry up your neck of the woods eh?

 

[brettprevans]

Found a relic. Collaboration brew day 1 barley wine. Hmmmm old :drool: . Hops have faded (was US barleywine) its now all about thick malt, plums raisins brown sugar. A bit of oxidation on the finish but its been in a PET for 3 yrs. Marvellious... kind of like drinking Westvleteren without bwlgian characteristics. Nom nom nom

 

[waggastew]

West-Coast style AIPA sitting pretty in my newly minted custom etched glassware. Thought I would make an effort with the photo for once rather than a flash photo against the kitchen splashback. Still limited by point and click camera, might have to borrow the work DSLR to get a crispy one.

 

[Northside Novice]

enjoying Pommieblokes nelson sauvin summer ale ,

very nice ale mate , great aroma, great colour , maybe a tad cloudy but am sure will clear with age , nicely bittered , luberly hoppy goodness :icon_drool2:
overall a bloody good beer .

 

[warra48]

Waqgastew's Little Fella's Pale Ale.
It's in the style of Little Creatures Pale Ale.

What a fabulous beer this is. Hugely enjoyed it, and was sorry when I drained the last of the glass.

Very finely beaded head, not big, but it lasts all the way down the glass, and it sticks to the glass right to the end.
Lovely and very clean malt character, but it's the hops which really shine in this beer.
It's beautifully balanced, with a fantastic citrussy and fruity hop nose and flavour.
I could still taste the beer several minutes after the last draught. The flavour just lingered.

I'd rate this as waggastew's best beer I've tasted to date. And, of course, it was consumed in one of waggastew's own special glasses.

 

[jyo]

Euro Lager with two hallertau mit additions. Doesn't have heaps of 'that' lager taste but still pretty happy.

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[Camo1234]

That looks nice... Do you mind sharing the recipe?

 

[jyo]

No worries.

The first cube (the beer in the pic) was fermented at 14' with Swiss lager dry yeast. Not bad at all, low esters and pretty clean. The second cube was pitched cold at 7' (cheers Dent) with a huge slurry of Swiss and then lagered for two weeks @ 1'. It has been sitting in a keg for two weeks. I am not going to touch it for another two weeks if I can. Disclaimer- I am not a lager expert!

Batch Size (L): 48.0
Total Grain (kg): 9.200
Total Hops (g): 73.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.042 (°P): 10.5
Final Gravity (FG): 1.008 (°P): 2.1
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 4.46 %
Colour (SRM): 4.0 (EBC): 7.8
Bitterness (IBU): 23.3 (Average - No Chill Adjusted)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 71
Boil Time (Minutes): 90

Grain Bill
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9.000 kg Galaxy Malt (97.83%)
0.200 kg Melanoidin (2.17%)

Hop Bill
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40.0 g Hallertau Mittlefrueh Pellet (6.3% Alpha) @ 90 Minutes (First Wort) (0.8 g/L)
33.0 g Hallertau Mittlefrueh Pellet (6.3% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil) (0.7 g/L)

Misc Bill
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Single step Infusion at 65°C for 90 Minutes.
Fermented at 14°C with Saflager S-189

 

[mje1980]

Hardly brew lagers, but im currently drinking a munich lager right now ( bit too dark for a helles, too light for dunkel ). I step mashed, pitched cold, and lagered in a secondary for 2 weeks. Bugger me its the best one i've ever done. Pretty chuffed at the moment. I have a schwarz sitting in a cube, and a fresh smack pack of 2007, for some clean lagers. Lookng forward to it.

Recipe for those interested

89.5% Best Munich
2.9% Acid malt
7.6% Biscuit

55-10, 62c-20, 70c-45

Hallertau @ 60

1.050
19 IBU

2308 Munich lager

Pitched 4 litre starter ( slurry only ) at 6c, fermented around 10-12 for 3 weeks. Secondary at 1c 2 weeks.

Deep gold, almost amber colour, and malty but dry enough to keep drinking ( which might happen! ). Im tipping the wife will like this. Damn!!

Im not drinking much at present so i'll let it sit in the keg a few more weeks.

 

[A3k]

Pics mje?

 

[mje1980]

 

[mje1980]

You have no idea how long it took me to do that! haha. Its clearer than the pic shows.

 

[manticle]

Budvar.

Hey batz,

I second yumbeer's call for a recipe if you don't mind sharing. mash schedule and fermentation schedule too please.

 

[awall]

First beer i'm proud of, and first partial mash! ...out of the previous 6 only one was ok, with the rest being terrible, pretty stoked right now :beerbang:. Unfortunately had some siphoning issues so i lost a few extra litres of beer when bottling.

It's an IPA with a little citra FW hopped and everything else @ 15 mins and under (more citra, mouteka and leftover cascade and amarillo), and some dry hops too! It's like a JS golden ale on steroids.

 

[beerdrinkingbob]

First beer i'm proud of, and first partial mash! ...out of the previous 6 only one was ok, with the rest being terrible, pretty stoked right now :beerbang:. Unfortunately had some siphoning issues so i lost a few extra litres of beer when bottling.

It's an IPA with a little citra FW hopped and everything else @ 15 mins and under (more citra, mouteka and leftover cascade and amarillo), and some dry hops too! It's like a JS golden ale on steroids.

Well done, drink it fresh don't save it for a rainy day, APA/IPA are best drunk in the first couple of months IMO.

 

[warra48]

Well done, drink it fresh don't save it for a rainy day, APA/IPA are best drunk in the first couple of months IMO.

And that's where not everyone's experience is the same.

Mine are definitely better after 2 or 3 months in the bottle.

 

[stakka82]

I keg, and find A/IPAs always the best in the first month... After that experience some loss of aroma.

 

[warra48]

Another of waggastew's brews.
It's from another batch of the West-Coast AIPA which won best AIPA at AAHC last year.

In waggastew's own words:
A big juicy malt background finishes dry to show off the tropical, pine, and citrus flavours and aromas.

Can't disagree with that.

The beer is actually clear in the glass, although the image suggests otherwise.

 

[Adam Howard]

American Barleywine. 10 months old. Awesome.

 

[winkle]

Stupid things to do with beer - No. 321

RIS spider

 

[Liam_snorkel]

Looks pretty good to me.

 

[bradsbrew]

Stupid things to do with beer - No. 321

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RIS spider

What was it like winkle?

 

[winkle]

Great, until the wife got hold of it and wouldn't give it back

 

[angus_grant]

Well, drinking second glass of my first all-grain: an red Irish ale, courtesy of grain packs from Lord Raja Goomba III. It still needs a bit more time on the CO2 to carbonate properly.

Some simple taste notes.
The colour in the glass is quite dark. A direct light reveals the red in the ale. And my iPhone 3Gs does very little to pick up the red colours. Perhaps I should have busted out my dSLR..

The taste is quite dark as well, a slight umm kind of grainy chocolatey smell, and has a nice burnt chocolate after-taste. It reminds me very slightly of Tooheys Old, but it tastes much more like a dark ale that I can't put my finger on. I dig it. Not bad for a first AG, I reckon. I look forward to the next 18.5 litres. :chug: And no, you can't have any!! B)

 

[Brocksmith]

Choc mild, pretty damn tasty.

 

[Bizier]

American Barleywine. 10 months old. Awesome.

Purdy

 

[Beerisyummy]

I love looking through this thread, so thought I should contribute. My experience in brewing is limited by time, but I'm putting in the hard yards to get upto speed.

This is my first crack at a pilsner malt recipe. It's only a week in the bottle, so the first half stubbie was krystal clear until the yeasties ruined the party.
Since I procured a commercial ferment/lager fridge, this has been the second lager yeast ferment and I'm really happy with the result thus far.
Thanks to all who posted real life experience comments. They really helped.


While I'm waiting for the rest of my beer to mature I like to grab a few odds and sods from the local bottle shop. This was my find tonight.
$14 for the Le Chouffe, and $18 for a four pack of the Silly Saison. ***** and giggles right?

The Silly Saison was a bit of an eye opener. I had no idea of what to expect, which is a good thing. It tasted sweet without being sickly sweet and had a lot of flavours I'll be trying to track down.
The Le Chuoffe is a cracker. 8% is a liittle dangerous with something that is this drinkable after a massive ten hour day on the tools.
Good thing the metabolism is cranking. I'm hungry.



Sharing is caring, as they teach the kidun's in school nowadays.

 

[bradsbrew]

Dark Lager