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My first saison and bloody happy with it. Hallertau Mittelfrau in the kettle, Hallertau Blanc in the cube and dry, WLP590 French Saison critters making the magic happen. Lovely - crisp and dry with a hint of white wine in the aroma.

Update: Did this as a four-way split batch, just cracked a bottle of the second which has Sorachi Ace as the cube and dry hop. Very nice beer also, restrained nose but very crisp lemon and pine accent to the saison yeast taste. Also oak/timber, if I didn't know better I'd almost swear this one had seen a barrel.

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earle said:
Kettle soured red

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Edit: sorry can't figure out how to embed image on mobile.
Taste as good as it looks?

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Meddo said:
Taste as good as it looks?

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Yeah, tastes pretty good. Its no Rodenbach but its pretty good. Doesn't have the same complexity as a proper flanders red but drinkable in a fraction of the time. I'm going to have a go at blending it with a small amount of red wine, probably shiraz, to see if that can add some more complexity.
 
earle said:
Thanks, on the PC now so I'll add the photo properly.

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Wow looks great Earle. What ph did you sour it down to?
 
Thanks, was aiming for 3.5 but ran out of time and had to get the second boil going so only got down to about 3.65.
 
Reckon you could post the recipe earle? That's a fine looking beer!
 
do you ever drink one of your homies and think mmn yes now this is tasty, what did I put in this? you go back to your recipe and look at the grain bill or hop bill and think to yourself or even say out aloud... dafuq!? since when have i gone back to using ale malt in an APA atyle? I dont think i used ale malt at all in this... but do I trust the now me or the back at the time me?

ah feck it

some kind of fruity ale that's just starting to shine now 6 weeks in, pity it's the second keg of 2 and half gone

 
That looks wicked Droid, making me thirsty.
Did it take long to compose the shot or is beer photography something that just comes naturally to you?
 
cheers bro!

basically, I have a spot which works pretty good so I pull the chair out, pop the shed light on (which is a spotlight in the corner) and yeah that's it
 
mofox1 said:
You'd hope so.

All up, 468g hops for an end result of a 19L keg (no extra bottles from this one). That's around 24 - 25g /L.

Is a keg of good beer worth the cost of a whole pound of hops... #betchasweetassitis.
holy crap! what's the recipe mate? mind sharing? (if only to look at the hop additions haha)
 
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My first stout. Partial grain adaptation of Dr Smurto's. Lacking some head but the body has built up nicely since March when I bottled it. Happy with the carb level. Beautiful chocolatey coffee like flavour.
 
Imperial IPA

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This went way over target gravity of 1.074 and was 1.085. with a mash of 65c I got attenuation with US05 @ 18c to 1.010, so the final ABV is 9.6% :blink:

I was targeting 8% but fortunately the insane amount of hops meant its pretty balanced. Sure would of been more aggressive on the palate at 8%

Malts - 97% BB Ale, 3% Medium Crystal - EBC = 15.5

Hops:
FWH Warrior - 25ibu
90m Columbus - 15ibu
45m Amarillo - 25ibu
30m Simcoe - 40ibu

WP for 20mins 6g/L - Cascade, Centennial, Amarillo & Simcoe - 30ibu

Dry Hop 1 - 6g/L - Simcoe, Cascade & Columbus
Dry Hop 2 - 6g/L - Simcoe, Cascade, Amarillo & Columbus
 
no picture but just wanted to say I've got a magic keg going on here. Swear there were about three pints left in her when I gave it a lift-test last week. It just keeps on giving...
 
Coodgee said:
no picture but just wanted to say I've got a magic keg going on here. Swear there were about three pints left in her when I gave it a lift-test last week. It just keeps on giving...
Now that you've said that you'll blow foam on the next pour. My condolences.
 
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