Whats In The Glass

[T.D.]

Looks good though, which is the main thing.

:lol: That's the problem with this thread isn't it! The beer looks fine in a pic, but says very little about it really. It'd be very easy just to jam a shocking beer through a filter and take a piccy and reap lots of praise! :lol:

 

[drsmurto]

First cab off the rank......... the Theakston Old Peculier.

WOW!

Im very glad i bought this. I have always wanted to try it and im not disapointed.
Poured dark, colour of tooheys old.
Rich creamy head that disipated to a fine bead due to low carbination. No "make it fizzy for the exports". This is how it should be and i like it
This beers highlight for me is the aroma...... smells of rich deep dark toffee and caramel with a hint of light roast and english hops.
medium mouth feel, not heavy or cloying. firm but smooth and clean bitterness ballances the deep dark crystal/toffee/caramel malt in the mouth.
Some fruity yeast character but fairly clean.
leaves a lingering bitterness and slightly burnt toffee after feel on the sides of your tongue.

A pleasure to drink and a great learning experience!

cheers

One of my faves too Tony. I have a recipe for it but it never does seem to make its way to the top of the list. So i just buy a bottle every now and then! :chug:

 

[warrenlw63]

:lol: That's the problem with this thread isn't it! The beer looks fine in a pic, but says very little about it really. It'd be very easy just to jam a shocking beer through a filter and take a piccy and reap lots of praise! :lol:

Sort of sounds like the precursor to a joke... What does a Supermodel and a Glass of Beer have in common?

We'll get lots of head, body, curves etc.

I suppose we've all tasted more beers than supermodels though.

Warren -

 

[Jye]

Perhaps just chew on a mouthful of hops while drinking it.

Been there...done that

 

[Gerard_M]

:lol: That's the problem with this thread isn't it! The beer looks fine in a pic, but says very little about it really. It'd be very easy just to jam a shocking beer through a filter and take a piccy and reap lots of praise! :lol:

No filter on these beers

Cheers
Gerard

 

[MCT]

I went a little upper-class on pay day yesterday and got some better beer:

Can I ask where they have the Schofferhofer with the glasses? I broke all mine
And how much?
Cheers.

 

[warra48]

I bought a five pack of Schfferhofen it at Dan's a few months ago, and it had a glass in the pack.
I also bought one of the glasses at Northmead Wine Cellars in Sydney , 30 Kleins Road, Northmead, NSW 2152, as well as some Franziskaner glasses.

 

[Juddy]

My first attempt and taste of an Aussie version of a Russian Imperial Stout.
WOW!



This is a big, intense, black beer! With 1kg of Chocolate and 1Kg of roasted grain in a 10Kg grainbill! A little help from some Dark DME and Demerara Sugar to get the gravity down and the Alcohol "UP"! A winter warmer indeed. At around 10.3% and close to 70 IBU's worth of Pride of Ringwood this beer is awesome. Bitter at first and then some sweetness from the residual sugars, a strong hoppy/coffee finish and then its back for more! Brewed back in April it should get even better with more time.



Looking forward to following its progress...

Juddy

 

[razz]

My first attempt and taste of an Aussie version of a Russian Imperial Stout.
WOW!

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This is a big, intense, black beer! With 1kg of Chocolate and 1Kg of roasted grain in a 10Kg grainbill! A little help from some Dark DME and Demerara Sugar to get the gravity down and the Alcohol "UP"! A winter warmer indeed. At around 10.3% and close to 70 IBU's worth of Pride of Ringwood this beer is awesome. Bitter at first and then some sweetness from the residual sugars, a strong hoppy/coffee finish and then its back for more! Brewed back in April it should get even better with more time.

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Looking forward to following its progress...

Juddy

Should be ready in time for next winter ! :lol:

 

[AlwayzLoozeCount]

ESB American Pale Ale. I think this is the best beer I have ever made which dosn't say much for my brewing ability. All I had to do was chuck 3kg of goop into my fermentor and add water and yeast. It tastes pretty close to LCPA, I havn't seen a batch of beer vanish from cupboard this quick for a while. Got the fermentor on the bench and im about to throw in a 3kg can of ESB Bavarian Wheat. :icon_drunk:

 

[ozpowell]

My first attempt and taste of an Aussie version of a Russian Imperial Stout.
WOW!

View attachment 20847

This is a big, intense, black beer! With 1kg of Chocolate and 1Kg of roasted grain in a 10Kg grainbill! A little help from some Dark DME and Demerara Sugar to get the gravity down and the Alcohol "UP"! A winter warmer indeed. At around 10.3% and close to 70 IBU's worth of Pride of Ringwood this beer is awesome. Bitter at first and then some sweetness from the residual sugars, a strong hoppy/coffee finish and then its back for more! Brewed back in April it should get even better with more time.

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Looking forward to following its progress...

Juddy

Looks delicious - do you drink it with a spoon?

 

[mje1980]

American blonde. Ahtanum and columbus mix. Very very very nice. Loving it.

 

[Tony]

Good shot of the shed mate

I have an APA (i know i know) just bottled and i used Ahtanum and Centennial.

It has a very unique flavour......... im attributing to the Ahtanum. Lots of flavours going on in there. Looking forward to trying it.

cheers

 

[browndog]

Good shot of the shed mate

I have an APA (i know i know) just bottled and i used Ahtanum and Centennial.

It has a very unique flavour......... im attributing to the Ahtanum. Lots of flavours going on in there. Looking forward to trying it.

cheers

Try making yourself an all ahtanum beer Tony, I think you might be dissapointed. I found this hop to be very ordinary as far as american hops go.

cheers

Browndog

 

[Tony]

Yeah when i say lots going on its not all good.

Aroma is fantastic but the flavour was grassy and a bit harsh.

It was from secondary so a bit of gas and a bit of time and will see how it goes.

I was interested to try some new hops i havnt tried before. they smelt bloody tops in the pack. very bright and friuity!

cheers

 

[Muggus]

Not the idea glass, but boy it looks good in it!

Green Cascade PA
Plenty of Green Bullet and NZ Cascade flowers.
4.7%, 39 IBUs, US-05, bit of wheat malt in there
Brewed it to be my summer session beer...but not sure if it'll last that long! :chug:

 

[reVoxAHB]

Good shot of the shed mate

 

[David Sinclair]

An Irish Red, first time brewed and enjoyable, just need to fine tune.

 

[Tony]

Found a stash of 7 bottles of Sheep Shagger. The beer i brewed for last years NSW Xmas case.

This beer had about 10g/liter of hops....... thats around 400g of flowers in 40 liters.

ITs still hoppy....... very hoppy even after 12 months. Its still hazy from all the hop oil!

Its still smooth, clean, crisp, and too easy to drink for a 1.072, 70 IBU beer! Goes down like a well paid...........

Going to brew it again for the Xmas swap.

Recipe is in the database.

cheers

PS.... here are a couple of shakey shots without flash, taken after dark. Sunlight only shows up the hop oil haze.

Edit: Oh..... and it laces the glass like no other beer i have made. you can pick up bits of head and push them around on the bench like marshmellow

 

[geoff_tewierik]

Managed to finally get to the Wine Emporium on Ann Street today and picked up a bunch of beers including some Meantime varieties, SNPA and a bunch of others including my winter standby.

But tonight I just knocked off a couple:

The Bridge Rd Bavarian Wheat wasn't too bad for a wheatie, subtle banana smell, great flavour.

Kudo's goes to the Milliacus Bier de Garde Ambree - very nice drop, will be getting more.

And the Monteiths Doppelbock (my winter standby) - a very enjoyable beer, nice roasty malts and a subtle caramel sweetness, not cloying at all.

 

[Tony]

Second tasting of my delivery of nice beers

Westmalle Tripel

I was a bit disaponted in paying so much for a single bottle of beer and recieving it with a best before that ran out a month ago. But i got to thinking.......... this is a 9.5% Belgian beer......... i doubt it will ever go stale, in fact it may just get better.

Poured a wonderful deep gold, a bit cloudy as the yeast hadnt completly settled from the postal trip but who cares

Aroma is sweet and luscious, mild fenolics and a touch of sweet fruit.
Sweet in the mouth with just a tad of bitterness to prevent a cloying finish. Sweet clean malt and an almost candy character. Spicy finish with low fenolics and furitiness.

Too easy to drink for a 9.5% beer!

Very glad i bough this to try.

cheers

Edit: looks darker in the pic than it is due to overcast day

 

[Muggus]

Yum Westmalle Tripel! :icon_drool2:

Nice one Tony, one of my favs. That and Tripel Karmeliet...as good as golden beers get!

 

[Tony]

Oh yeah........ there is one mouthfull left in the glass. Im not wanting to drink it cause then it will all be gone

My benchmark for Tripels has been set!

 

[Muggus]

Your Tripel consumption made me a bit jealous, so I grabbed the nearest Belgian Strong I could find...

...which just happened to be my Behemoth Belgian Strong Ale, straight from the cellar.

Solid 9.3% alcohol. T-58 yeast.
Carbonation is just starting to take shape. Big, sticky mouthfeel. Toffee and raspberry seems to go along with the red-hue of the body. A
lot happening on the body but its still too easy to drink!

 

[bonj]

Oktoberfest:

Tony's Bright Ale

 

[Tony]

My Brother rang me this arvo from a bottolo in newey asking me what this fullers Organic honey dew was. I said i dont know but get me a bottle as well! I asked him if they had any Unibroue beers there and he found the 4 pack of whats in the picture. Sounds interesting, tripple fermentation with 3 different yeasts, 9% mmmmmm

Put one of the Unibroue's and the Fullers beer in the fridge to sample tomorrow. Will updaye with a report and pics

cheers

 

[Barramundi]

Managed to finally get to the Wine Emporium on Ann Street today and picked up a bunch of beers including some Meantime varieties, SNPA and a bunch of others including my winter standby.

But tonight I just knocked off a couple:

The Bridge Rd Bavarian Wheat wasn't too bad for a wheatie, subtle banana smell, great flavour.

Kudo's goes to the Milliacus Bier de Garde Ambree - very nice drop, will be getting more.

And the Monteiths Doppelbock (my winter standby) - a very enjoyable beer, nice roasty malts and a subtle caramel sweetness, not cloying at all.

that winter doppel bock is quite a nice beer , have had a few of those now ...

got a 500ml bottle of an english oatmeal stout on friday night that for the life of me cant remember what it was called will have to get another to refresh my memory ...

 

[THE DRUNK ARAB]

Jeffery Hudson Bitter from Oakham Ale Brewery in Peterborough(UK)

Great malt flavour and floral hop aroma!

 

[Tony]

First up....... the Fullers Honey Dew

Very low carb, endeed up flad before i finished it.

Low on flavour, body, bitterness, character

Couldnt even pick the honey

Smells remotly of EKG and tastes like its been brewed with the usuall Fullers yeast

I think this is Fullers atempt at drawing in tasteless lager drinkers to fullers beers and laes in general.

Wont bother again.

3 out of 10!

 

[Tony]

Second attempt........ now we are talking

Unibroue - La Fin Du Monde (Or "The End Of The World" for us)

Nice golden colour, Hazy and nicly carbed.

Aroma of a great belgian Tripel. Sweet, fenolic, Spicy.
Mediun light to medium body, smooth sweet malt and a good whack of yeast character. Very complex. Malt, yeast and light hops all mingle well. Perfect bitterness...... you know its there but you dont notice it if you know what i mean.

Out of 10 the Westmalle Tripel would have got 8.5 for me. This gets a 7.5 / 10

Very VERY glad i got a 4 pack