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American Rye - My first attempt at brewing with rye (and my 1st time drinking anything with rye). Wasn't bad for a 1st attempt.
Session (Rye) IPA - 5% rye, 5% Gladfield toffee, 8% Gladfield Supernova, 82% Vienna. Colour & sweetness are both a little to high for what I was aiming for - I will probably swap the toffee for gladiator next time.
TheWiggman
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Vanilla bourbon stout. Been a bit over a year in the bottle. Confusing aroma, just getting much vanilla but a hint of the [Aldi] bourbon. Taste-wise it's pretty mellow - a bit of warmth from the bourbon and a hint of vanilla which lingers in the aftertaste. Not bad.
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dirty dozen ris 10.5%
6 months old had to try
Kingy
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English mild brown ale 3.8% bloody nice session beer. 
Brewed the 'hop hammer' from brewing classic styles, recipe based on Pliny the elder, never tasted Pliny but I sure am stoked with this. Very challenging beer to brew biab requiring a 'reiterated' (double) mash and lots of expensive hops.. would I do it again?.. definately.
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Amber brewed with MJ 444
Sorry for the not so clean glass.
Sorry for the not so clean glass.
technobabble66
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Recipe & tasting notes/highlights for the Amber?good4whatAlesU said:
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0.8 kg Gladfield Ale malt
1.2 kg Pilsner malt
50 gram Roast Barley (cold steeped for 2 hours - then added to boil with 10min to go).
EKG can't remember how much, a little at 60 and a little bit more with 5 to go.
OG 1.43
FG 1.10
Made 12L wort, kegged 9.5L after boil.
Tasted a bit "yeasty" first couple of pours from keg, but after a couple of weeks has cleared up nicely. Very mild and easy drinking (almost a bit 'watery') but smooth delicate roast flavour. Good summer thirst quencher.
1.2 kg Pilsner malt
50 gram Roast Barley (cold steeped for 2 hours - then added to boil with 10min to go).
EKG can't remember how much, a little at 60 and a little bit more with 5 to go.
OG 1.43
FG 1.10
Made 12L wort, kegged 9.5L after boil.
Tasted a bit "yeasty" first couple of pours from keg, but after a couple of weeks has cleared up nicely. Very mild and easy drinking (almost a bit 'watery') but smooth delicate roast flavour. Good summer thirst quencher.
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Hanging out near the port keg listening to supertramp and drinking a coopers clone but with s04 yeast and it's going down a treat [emoji106] I did buy 3 longnecks to grow some yeast up but I got lazy and drunk em. I've also got a keg on with same coopers batch but us-05 not as good but as it's a bit to clean. 
Edit: photo doesn't really show off the beer but the ambience is the enjoyable moment here.
Edit: photo doesn't really show off the beer but the ambience is the enjoyable moment here.
Did a brew based on Stone & Wood's Pacific Ale recently
http://aussiehomebrewer.com/topic/93648-what-are-you-brewing-in-2017/?p=1427989
Doing a side by side with the 'real' one
Mine on the left, theirs on the right
- Colour's a match, theirs is more cloudy but I did gelatine fine mine
- Original has that weird after taste that I've always gotten from S&W Pacific Ale which mine doesnt (which could be yeast related or a variation in their hops apart from galaxy)
- Original is slightly more bitter, despite my cube addition calc which should be higher (likely due to not cubing till ~85c)
- Mine has better galaxy flavour but I guess freshness has that advantage
Gun to my head and told I had to drink an entire kegs worth, I would pick mine every day
http://aussiehomebrewer.com/topic/93648-what-are-you-brewing-in-2017/?p=1427989
Doing a side by side with the 'real' one
Mine on the left, theirs on the right
- Colour's a match, theirs is more cloudy but I did gelatine fine mine
- Original has that weird after taste that I've always gotten from S&W Pacific Ale which mine doesnt (which could be yeast related or a variation in their hops apart from galaxy)
- Original is slightly more bitter, despite my cube addition calc which should be higher (likely due to not cubing till ~85c)
- Mine has better galaxy flavour but I guess freshness has that advantage
Gun to my head and told I had to drink an entire kegs worth, I would pick mine every day
I did the same thing when I brewed my version of it - much preferred mine. I didn't bother fining it though, haziness was spot on but mine was a bit darker than the original, even using Gladfield US Ale Malt.SBOB said:Did a brew based on Stone & Wood's Pacific Ale recently
http://aussiehomebrewer.com/topic/93648-what-are-you-brewing-in-2017/?p=1427989
Doing a side by side with the 'real' one
Mine on the left, theirs on the right
- Colour's a match, theirs is more cloudy but I did gelatine fine mine
- Original has that weird after taste that I've always gotten from S&W Pacific Ale which mine doesnt (which could be yeast related or a variation in their hops apart from galaxy)
- Original is slightly more bitter, despite my cube addition calc which should be higher (likely due to not cubing till ~85c)
- Mine has better galaxy flavour but I guess freshness has that advantage
Gun to my head and told I had to drink an entire kegs worth, I would pick mine every day
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Did you dry hop sbob I've got ingredients on hand to brew up a pacific ale. (500gms of hops but)I've never tried a clone yet but I was thinking (46litre no chill batch) 100gms at flame out and 100gms dry hop.SBOB said:Did a brew based on Stone & Wood's Pacific Ale recently
http://aussiehomebrewer.com/topic/93648-what-are-you-brewing-in-2017/?p=1427989
Doing a side by side with the 'real' one
Mine on the left, theirs on the right
- Colour's a match, theirs is more cloudy but I did gelatine fine mine
- Original has that weird after taste that I've always gotten from S&W Pacific Ale which mine doesnt (which could be yeast related or a variation in their hops apart from galaxy)
- Original is slightly more bitter, despite my cube addition calc which should be higher (likely due to not cubing till ~85c)
- Mine has better galaxy flavour but I guess freshness has that advantage
Gun to my head and told I had to drink an entire kegs worth, I would pick mine every day
Edit: yours looks great and sounds tasty
yeah, dry hopped for about 4 days before dropping temp and gelatine finingKingy said:
and being a brew with only cube hops it was simple as (next time i'll add a few grams at 60 mins to up the bitterness a bit and make me feel like im doing something in the boil and up the cube hop grams as its definitely on the low bitterness side)
I would just use whatever amount you need in order to get 22-25 IBU at flameout, then massively increase your dry hop. First try I dry hopped with 80g for a 25L batch. I have this in the fermenter again at the moment and I will be using 110g for the 25L dry hop. I used 40g at flameout.Kingy said:
madpierre06
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A little tart and fresh Wildness c/- S ( C ) iderman. Delicious.
droid
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Blackberry Berliner W
3.6% nice warm day brew day beer
3.6% nice warm day brew day beer
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Bevan, It was a colab brew - I will have to check what the amount was as it was fermented and fruited elsewhere...
It was frozen, thawed, frozen thawed and added to secondary. We were talking around 1.25kg/20ltrs but I will check. As it tastes, I would like more Blackberry and more sour but it was a rush. So I've worked out that .5ml of lactic to a 330ml glass of this beer is not bad and some more blackberry would make it really appealing.
It was frozen, thawed, frozen thawed and added to secondary. We were talking around 1.25kg/20ltrs but I will check. As it tastes, I would like more Blackberry and more sour but it was a rush. So I've worked out that .5ml of lactic to a 330ml glass of this beer is not bad and some more blackberry would make it really appealing.
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1st beer from the keg. 10%sugar and belle saison. Can't remember the rest. But it's dry and tart and bloody delicious 2 beers only but I'm leaving the shed after this one (promise), big day at work tomorrow. Saying that in a few days when the hot weather comes back this is gunna be dangerous 
droid
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Saison V2
WLP 590 French Saison and WLP 648 Brettsomethingorother
A mix of preserved apricots and nectarines from our fruit trees
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WLP 590 French Saison and WLP 648 Brettsomethingorother
A mix of preserved apricots and nectarines from our fruit trees
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Having a couple of glasses of an ella/marris otter smash pale ale from this post: http://aussiehomebrewer.com/topic/93648-what-are-you-brewing-in-2017/?p=1427512
It's a bit meh to be honest. Maybe Ella is better in combo with other hops, I don't know
It's a bit meh to be honest. Maybe Ella is better in combo with other hops, I don't know
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Wakitu/Riwaka with 100% Gladfield Ale Malt.
Tasted crap in the keg after a month so I just bottled a few in case it came good. 3 months later it's very smooth and drinkable.
Tasted crap in the keg after a month so I just bottled a few in case it came good. 3 months later it's very smooth and drinkable.
TheWiggman
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Cream ale. 3:2:1 parts MO, wheat and polenta, tettanger for bittering only with M44. About 5%, finished at 1.008 by memory. Dicked around with a cereal mash with the polenta but seems to have paid off, there's a definite corn character in there. Apparently you're supposed to lager these for a few weeks but I give no *****, it's a winner as-is. I'm already thinking of lining it up again and making it a house brew. If you haven't brewed a cream ale before brew a cream ale.
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TheWiggman
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Damn forum won't allow me to attach photo.
mofox1
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Westvleteren 12 clone from the last Vic swap.
Stone fruit/dark sugar nose. Maybe a touch of raisin. Big yeasty banana flavour with all the aroma coming through as well. Very dry but still plenty of body? Not sure how that works, but the more I sample the less word makey I seem to be. Might have Something to do with a second glass.
Finished at 1.005, so after the candy additions I think it did make the 12% mark. And far too drinkable... So, on that note:
"Bless this, O Lord, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy."
Edit: Maybe kegging half of it was a bad idea? #fuckihatebottling
Stone fruit/dark sugar nose. Maybe a touch of raisin. Big yeasty banana flavour with all the aroma coming through as well. Very dry but still plenty of body? Not sure how that works, but the more I sample the less word makey I seem to be. Might have Something to do with a second glass.
Finished at 1.005, so after the candy additions I think it did make the 12% mark. And far too drinkable... So, on that note:
"Bless this, O Lord, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy."
Edit: Maybe kegging half of it was a bad idea? #fuckihatebottling
