What are you drinking ?

[jt]

Ok, so What Are You Brewing was a hotty, as topics go.

Now I'm 15 pints into a keg I only filled on Tuesday and wondering if anyone else has a favourite at the moment ?

It's my second brown with US-Oh05 and it's better than the forst, maybe Ikept the temps down a bit during the scorcher we had in januray

[jt]

Kegged 660 on Friday night, put it on tap at half time in the rugby last night.
cascade ale
92.5% ADM
5% Medium Crystal
2.5% wheat
10 IBU Willamette 60 mins
15 IBU cascade from 30 mins
15gm 0 minute
15 gm dry hop
1.040 tyo 1.009 and 25 IBU US05
Standard cascade ale recipe for me but splitting the last hops between 0 minute and dry hop, looking for the best of both worlds. Did the last one as all 0 minute, previous ones were dry hop. Neither addition here seems to dominate, nor scream at me, I'm a bit unconvinced here, might have to up the quantities.
Otherwise, it's quaffing well and time for another

cheers, jt

[Reviled]

Pliny the Elder clone - Finished high at 1018 allthough im actually quite glad it did because its FUCKING AWESOME!!! It just screams hops, has the best aroma I almost considered snorting the pint ;o)

Going to have a taste of my US Brown tonight, allthough im a bit worried its going to be too sweet seeing as it too finished really high - 1028 :o( It smells good tho!

[HerrSchnapps]

Next you'll be dribbling lines of it onto a mirror (or a hookers back)? You make me sick, you hop-head, you...

[Stu McKinlay]

Had a few at The Malthouse late on Friday night (was gagging for them after a friends birthday at a DB bar where I was forced to drink Canadian Club and ginger ale all night). They've really got a great bunch of staff in there right now, the place is fair humming.

Emerson's Very Brown ale last night. I really liked it but there was something that I couldn't quite put my finger on that stopped it being superb... might need to take another look. I was pretty knackered after a long weekend.

Got a rigger of Epic Pale Ale in the fridge for tonight.

'Pot Kettle Black' and 'Bring your Daughter to the Porter' tomorrow night. Hope to see a few realbeer lads at The Malthouse from 7pm.

A Three boys Oyster Stout for Wednesday.

[Greig McGill]

Yeah, Emerson's VBR is a strange one. I can't make up my mind about it. Might need a few more pints. Oh dear, how sad. :) Barry Whitely said it reminded him a lot of Theakston's Old Peculier, and after that, I couldn't shake thinking just that.

[Stu McKinlay]

It had me thinking that they really need to change their yeast to something a little less clean...

I just checked out the notes at Tonic (fine SOBA supporters that they are)... I'm thinking it might have been the wheat that was odd. I don't know but I do wish I had another rigger waiting for me at home. To be sure...

http://tonicbar.co.nz/#brewersreserve

[Greig McGill]

Hrm, wheat. Maybe. It's almost rye-like in that it's just slightly "edgy", almost with that bret tang you get in some old ales. It's not Bret, but it's similar.

[Martin Bridges]

Friday night was Macs Gold in the Club Lounge at the Warriors game (I was hosting corporate entertainment). Best of a bad bunch.

Saturday I got my beer-engine up and running, and the difference it made to my Mild was amazing! Superb creamy texture. Very hard to resist the temptation to empty the keg in a single session. Also cracked into my APA - and that is amazing too. Awesome hoppiness, and the carbonation has filled out the body nicely. Also finding it hard to resist that one!

Sunday I was quite restrained, just had a bottle of aged Epic Porter (thanks Luke!). Oh, and a takeaway bottle of Deception which I'd forgotten about in the fridge. Tasted great but the seal on the bottle wasn't great so the carbonation wasn't good.

This week I will mainly be cooking in preparation for my wife's birthday party on Saturday. The guests are not exactly beer connoisseurs so I hope they will help me dispose of a keg of Bohemian Pilsner which is a bit heavy on the diacetyl. A couple of septics coming along so I may treat them to a small sample of the APA.

[Bambule]

Just recovering from the mayhem of my daughter's 4th birthday partay. At which I'm proud to say I managed to get at least some of the Mum's and Dad's to have some homebrew. My Cold Blooded Old Times American Stout was tasting a treat, and its only a couple of weeks old.
Later that night friends came over for dinner and for the occassion I loped the head off one of our young cockeral's. I don't particularly enjoy the prep work of this task, particulalr y plucking, but he didn't have a name and was a nasty brute of a rooster so I was satisifed to lead him to the big roost in the sky. I cooked him up as coq au vin, it was delicious and was really well matched with my Dubbel which I'm beginning to think is a little too strong to drink on empty stomach.

[Reviled]

What a great night! Using the mill at Barrys place and drinking Eagle Heights Colonial Stout, weighing in at 11% but so damn drinkable its not funny! Brewed by a chch brew master as well :o)

Barrys Pale ale chock full of centennial and backed up with Pacifica, damn tasty! Well brewed mate!

Also tried Barrys NZ Draught, really tasty, quaffable, nice malt aroma and a really damn good balance, could sink a few of these in no time!

Just got home and washing it all down with a Pliny clone, goddamn its so good! The savage bitterness has smoothed out a bit in the last couple of days and its actually becoming more balanced! Yum :o) I love Dbl IPA's!!!

[Barry]

Ha, cheers mate. And thanks so much for sharing the stout, god damn that's a dangerous beer, 11% dropping like it was only 4%.
Can't wait to try some of that Pliny clone.

[Beer_ledgend]

Well i'm on 888 ratings on Ratebeer.com, so have been shopping at the beer store :).
Have got 12 US beers, to reach 900 :0. Next target getting to the 1000 mark.