Xmas-in-July Caseswap 2013 (SE QLD) Tasting Thread

[BPH87]

Thought I would start a tasting thread for this case swap.

Pretty disappointed I missed the event, definitely have to make the next one!

The list compiled from the other thread;

1. Winkle - Saison Noir (ready)
2. NickB - Hoptamination IIPA (ready)
3. Tazman1967 - Rye Saison
4. Rowy - Couldn't out Florian Florian so it will now be a Stout! (ready)
5. Parks - American Pale Ale (ready)
6. King Brown Brewing - RIS (ready in 4 weeks)
7. BPH87 - Mosaic Rye IPA (ready)
8. BenKen25 - Dark Saison with lemon myrtle (ready)
9. kegs23 - double chocolate coffee stout (ready)
10. bradsbrew- Aussie Old (ready)
11. the goldclub - american pale ale (kegs23) (bottled 21/6, few weeks needed to carb up)
12. Lukiferj - Oatmeal stout (ready)
13. TheCarbinator - Red IPA
14. Aydos- Belgian Blonde Ale (ready)
15. Liam - Porter (bottled 12/06. give it a few weeks to carb up)
16. scoundrel_rogue - St. Jude Porter
17. Womball - Altbier, or a big nastly American Brown Ale...dunno yet.
18. Beersuit - Belgium Stout.
19. Gav - Ginger Wit/ Tangelo Porter
20. Craig - Gavs mate - Russian Imperial Stout/ Irish Red Ale

Sorry if I have missed any other updates, just correct where necessary please.

 

[kegs23]

so which beer was not there on swap day,,,,,,,i could line them up and find out but that takes effort,
we had 19 swaped beers pretty dam good

 

[NickB]

Possibly #17.... Can't seem to locate that, and Liam's is now #20 I think.... Too much to think about....

 

[NickB]

Ok, first up, #5 - Parks' APA



Pours a hazy orange, aroma of citrus, carbonation good, head retention good.

Flavours are the classic US hop flavours, mixed with stone-fruits and with a touch of resinous character in the finish. Carbonation reasonably high. Malt background takes a back seat to the hop character, but with enough body to back up the bitterness.

A great beer Troy!

Cheers

 

[BPH87]

Fixed I think......

The list compiled from the other thread;

1. Winkle - Saison Noir (ready)
2. NickB - Hoptamination IIPA (ready)
3. Tazman1967 - Rye Saison
4. Rowy - Couldn't out Florian Florian so it will now be a Stout! (ready)
5. Parks - American Pale Ale (ready)
6. King Brown Brewing - RIS (ready in 4 weeks)
7. BPH87 - Mosaic Rye IPA (ready)
8. BenKen25 - Dark Saison with lemon myrtle (ready)
9. kegs23 - double chocolate coffee stout (ready)
10. bradsbrew- Aussie Old (ready)
11. the goldclub - american pale ale (kegs23) (bottled 21/6, few weeks needed to carb up)
12. Lukiferj - Oatmeal stout (ready)
13. TheCarbinator - Red IPA
14. Aydos- Belgian Blonde Ale (ready)
15. N/A
16. scoundrel_rogue - St. Jude Porter
17. Craig - Gavs mate - Irish Red Ale (not numbered)
18. Beersuit - Belgium Stout.
19. Gav - Ginger Wit (not numbered)
20. Liam - Porter (bottled 12/06. give it a few weeks to carb up)

 

[Parks]

The list compiled from the other thread;

1. Winkle - Saison Noir (ready)
2. NickB - Hoptamination IIPA (ready)
3. Tazman1967 - Rye Saison
4. Rowy - Couldn't out Florian Florian so it will now be a Stout! (ready)
5. Parks - American Pale Ale (ready)
6. King Brown Brewing - RIS (ready in 4 weeks)
7. BPH87 - Mosaic Rye IPA (ready)
8. BenKen25 - Dark Saison with lemon myrtle (ready)
9. kegs23 - double chocolate coffee stout (ready)
10. bradsbrew- Aussie Old (ready)
11. the goldclub - american pale ale (kegs23) (bottled 21/6, few weeks needed to carb up)
12. Lukiferj - Oatmeal stout (ready)
13. TheCarbinator - Red IPA
14. Aydos- Belgian Blonde Ale (ready)
15. N/A
16. scoundrel_rogue - St. Jude Porter
17. Craig - Gavs mate - Irish Red Ale (not numbered)
18. Beersuit - Belgium Stout.
19. Gav - Ginger Wit (not numbered)
20. Liam - Porter (bottled 12/06. give it a few weeks to carb up)

We ended up with two number 20s. Liam's is actually numbered 20 and the other 20 was "Gav's mate Craig". 17 was Womball who apparently pulled out so the above list should work fine.

 

[Parks]

Ok, first up, #5 - Parks' APA

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Pours a hazy orange, aroma of citrus, carbonation good, head retention good.

Flavours are the classic US hop flavours, mixed with stone-fruits and with a touch of resinous character in the finish. Carbonation reasonably high. Malt background takes a back seat to the hop character, but with enough body to back up the bitterness.

A great beer Troy!

Cheers

Cheers mate.

I would have hoped for a denser head by now. Was carb'd at a precise 5.00+-0.04 grams sugar per PET using my drug scales. I thought this would be about good for an APA. I was very tempted not to swap this one...

 

[Liam_snorkel]

I had a couple on sunday arvo once I'd sobered up enough to start again. Apologies for the layman's notes and my busted palate. This is what I remember:


19. Gav's ginger wit

very clear, staw colour, great head. aroma hinted at ginger. light & refreshing, with a nice clean but not overpowering ginger bite. swmbo wants to know what I don't brew a ginger beer like it.


14. Aydos' belgian blonde ale

very clear, fluffy head. aroma malty with some pepper? taste malty but deceiving not too heavy body. a bit spicy is that hops or belgo yeast. yum!

We ended up with two number 20s. Liam's is actually numbered 20 and the other 20 was "Gav's mate Craig". 17 was Womball who apparently pulled out so the above list should work fine.

yeah my bad for switching numbers - swap noob.

 

[benken25]

Cheers mate.

I would have hoped for a denser head by now. Was carb'd at a precise 5.00+-0.04 grams sugar per PET using my drug scales. I thought this would be about good for an APA. I was very tempted not to swap this one...

Had this last night it had a great rocky head and heaps of citrus aroma. Great beer

 

[benken25]

drinking the rye saision now. Care to share the recipe Tazman1967 ? great drop im going to have to have a crack at this

 

[TheCarbinator]

1. Winkle - Saison Noir (ready)
2. NickB - Hoptamination IIPA (ready)
3. Tazman1967 - Rye Saison
4. Rowy - Couldn't out Florian Florian so it will now be a Stout! (ready)
5. Parks - American Pale Ale (ready)
6. King Brown Brewing - RIS (ready in 4 weeks)
7. BPH87 - Mosaic Rye IPA (ready)
8. BenKen25 - Dark Saison with lemon myrtle (ready)
9. kegs23 - double chocolate coffee stout (ready)
10. bradsbrew- Aussie Old (ready)
11. the goldclub - american pale ale (kegs23) (bottled 21/6, few weeks needed to carb up)
12. Lukiferj - Oatmeal stout (ready)
13. TheCarbinator - Red IPA (ready)
14. Aydos- Belgian Blonde Ale (ready)
15. Liam - Porter (bottled 12/06. give it a few weeks to carb up)
16. scoundrel_rogue - St. Jude Porter
17. Womball - Altbier, or a big nastly American Brown Ale...dunno yet.
18. Beersuit - Belgium Stout.
19. Gav - Ginger Wit/ Tangelo Porter
20. Craig - Gavs mate - Russian Imperial Stout/ Irish Red Ale

 

[winkle]

The list compiled from the other thread;

1. Winkle - Saison Noir (ready) burp the bottle before drinking, it'll need it - 6 months old & bottle conditioned with W3711
2. NickB - Hoptamination IIPA (ready)
3. Tazman1967 - Rye Saison
4. Rowy - Couldn't out Florian Florian so it will now be a Stout! (ready)
5. Parks - American Pale Ale (ready)
6. King Brown Brewing - RIS (ready in 4 weeks)
7. BPH87 - Mosaic Rye IPA (ready)
8. BenKen25 - Dark Saison with lemon myrtle (ready)
9. kegs23 - double chocolate coffee stout (ready)
10. bradsbrew- Aussie Old (ready)
11. the goldclub - american pale ale (kegs23) (bottled 21/6, few weeks needed to carb up)
12. Lukiferj - Oatmeal stout (ready)
13. TheCarbinator - Red IPA(ready)
14. Aydos- Belgian Blonde Ale (ready)
15. N/A
16. scoundrel_rogue - St. Jude Porter
17. Craig - Gavs mate - Irish Red Ale (not numbered)
18. Beersuit - Belgium Stout.
19. Gav - Ginger Wit (not numbered)
20. Liam - Porter (bottled 12/06. give it a few weeks to carb up)

Hope that list is up-to-date

 

[Liam_snorkel]

Fixed:

1. Winkle - Saison Noir (ready) burp the bottle before drinking, it'll need it - 6 months old & bottle conditioned with W3711
2. NickB - Hoptamination IIPA (ready)
3. Tazman1967 - Rye Saison
4. Rowy - Couldn't out Florian Florian so it will now be a Stout! (ready)
5. Parks - American Pale Ale (ready)
6. King Brown Brewing - RIS (ready in 4 weeks)
7. BPH87 - Mosaic Rye IPA (ready)
8. BenKen25 - Dark Saison with lemon myrtle (ready)
9. kegs23 - double chocolate coffee stout (ready)
10. bradsbrew- Aussie Old (ready)
11. the goldclub - american pale ale (kegs23) (bottled 21/6, few weeks needed to carb up)
12. Lukiferj - Oatmeal stout (ready)
13. TheCarbinator - Red IPA (ready)
14. Aydos- Belgian Blonde Ale (ready)
15. N/A
16. scoundrel_rogue - St. Jude Porter
17. Craig - Gavs mate - Irish Red Ale (not numbered)
18. Beersuit - Belgium Stout.
19. Gav - Ginger Wit (not numbered)
20. Liam - Porter (bottled 12/06. give it a few weeks to carb up)

 

[Rowy]

So I read it as 6, 11 & 20 are the only ones that need conditioning.......Is that right?

 

[NickB]

Hope so, that's what I have out of the fridge......

 

[Kingbrownbrewing]

6 you can keep in the fridge. Just give it a few weeks.

It is already carbonated.

 

[Kingbrownbrewing]

Tazmans rye saison

Cloudy, dark and spicy. Beautiful saison nose. Drank beautifully.

Another winner bro!

 

[Kingbrownbrewing]

BPH87 mosaic rye IPA

Undercarbed, to the point of almost being flat.

Despite this had a great mosaic nose, a spicy malt backbone with a good bitterness.

Fix up the carbonation and this is a great beer.

 

[tazman1967]

I'm drinking from the top of the list tonight.
Thanks BenKen25 and Dan for the comments on the beer. I'ts my Winter Saison recipe.
I'll put the recipe in the DB when the tastings are done.. Or PM me.

GO QLD

 

[benken25]

Drinking Bradsbrew Aussie Old now. Great beer nice chocolate malt flavour with a tiny bit of roastyness. Could easily sit down to a few of these