CS4 - Eastie Boy's "Ice Ice Bitter"
Never one to put a normal beer into a case swap here is the story of my Eis-bitter...
Ice Ice Bitter (labelled with a "P" sticker on the lid, assuming that doesn't come off)
Brewed 40L of a summer-style pale bitter but it has ended up as some sort of "Strong Burton-style Pale Mild Eisbitter".
The recipe, from memory (will update once I check the recipe), was:
Burtonised liquor
96% UK Pale Malt
2% Crystal 90
2% Wheat
Mashed 60min
Boiled 75min
1.038
Hopped exclusively with Pacifica - 60min, 15min, 0min - to 30ibu.
WLP002 - "Fuller's"
It was originally 3.5%abv when it went into the keg. I've been drinking the 3.5% keg at cellar temps for a few weeks and although I'm not enamoured with it (Pacifica a bit sweet on its own) I have found it reasonably sessionable.
The second keg was in the cold conditioning fridge for three weeks. On Saturday night I started pouring into 750ml bottles. I poured the first into an old bottle for myself and then cracked open the new pack of Brewcraft bottles. I'd only had a half-pint or three from the keg during conditioning so was more than a little surprised when the keg burped at the start of the 15th Brewcraft bottle - even if I'd had 10 half-pints there should have been plenty left. Upon pulling the keg from the fridge it still felt heavy... I opened up the bugger and found a bloody big old block of ice inside!
I've still got to measure the water volume left in the keg and work out the final ABV but I'm guessing it's about 6%... possibly more.
So, rather than defrosting the leftover water from that beer and filling the last bottle with that, one (lucky/unlucky?) case swapper has got a bottle of my Motueka Bitter coming (MO, CaraMunich 2, Amber... 3.6%... no water treatment... 100% Motueka hops). Marked "M" on the lid.
Removed from the case swap by Matthew (The Good Samaritan) as I actually sent too many beers anyway!
Merry Christmas.
Ice Ice Bitter (labelled with a "P" sticker on the lid, assuming that doesn't come off)
Brewed 40L of a summer-style pale bitter but it has ended up as some sort of "Strong Burton-style Pale Mild Eisbitter".
The recipe, from memory (will update once I check the recipe), was:
Burtonised liquor
96% UK Pale Malt
2% Crystal 90
2% Wheat
Mashed 60min
Boiled 75min
1.038
Hopped exclusively with Pacifica - 60min, 15min, 0min - to 30ibu.
WLP002 - "Fuller's"
It was originally 3.5%abv when it went into the keg. I've been drinking the 3.5% keg at cellar temps for a few weeks and although I'm not enamoured with it (Pacifica a bit sweet on its own) I have found it reasonably sessionable.
The second keg was in the cold conditioning fridge for three weeks. On Saturday night I started pouring into 750ml bottles. I poured the first into an old bottle for myself and then cracked open the new pack of Brewcraft bottles. I'd only had a half-pint or three from the keg during conditioning so was more than a little surprised when the keg burped at the start of the 15th Brewcraft bottle - even if I'd had 10 half-pints there should have been plenty left. Upon pulling the keg from the fridge it still felt heavy... I opened up the bugger and found a bloody big old block of ice inside!
I've still got to measure the water volume left in the keg and work out the final ABV but I'm guessing it's about 6%... possibly more.
Removed from the case swap by Matthew (The Good Samaritan) as I actually sent too many beers anyway!
Merry Christmas.
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Permalink Reply by Barry on
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There could be some kind of copyright issue here, I'm pretty sure I hold the patent for case swap random easter eggs.
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Permalink Reply by Stu McKinlay on
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i marked my bottles, rendering them eggless, so as to not infringe on your patent (and because it is closer to kriskmass than easter).
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Permalink Reply by Reviled on
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lol, made me laugh stu, looking forward to trying it ;o) The joys of being a distributor will ensure I obtain an eis bitter haha
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Permalink Reply by Matthew on
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Hmmm, I was just pondering which I shall choose. Decisions, decisions... :D
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BTW, some of your little letter 'P' stickers were falling off the lid so I made a new nano label for you. I'll let other's review it... #cheekybugger
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Permalink Reply by James P on
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Yo Eastie Boys, let's brew it.
All right mash, sparge and start whirl poolin',
Stu's back and he's been a brewin',
Somethin' pours into my glass very brightly,
Flows real amber and strangles my taste buds tightly,
Will it ever stop, yo I don't know
Turn off the lights and it'll glow!
Ice Ice bitter.... -
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Thought I'd kick this off. I've had a 'P' (or upside down 'b') sitting in the fridge staring at me all week so I've decided to put it out of it's misery.
I know nothing about bitters, and especially burton WTFuzz Eis Pale ones so this has given me a pleasant surprise. It pours a crystal clear light amber. Not a whole lot of carbonisation (I was a tad circumspect as I'm still a bit of a heathen who likes a touch of fizz). I tasted the sweetness of the pacifica first. I thought pacifica had a bit more of a pronounced orange note where this is almost a mandarin or sweet naval orange. The malt comes next and I really like that subtle crystal in the background. I was surprised how much I liked the carbonisation, it worked really well. Good intro to a bitter, I should probably go searching some more...
I don't want to infringe on any copyrighted case swap review ideas but Stu seems to like a spot of music and this sprung to mind as I was drinking*.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSYadh2xmcI
*I have a 2 yr old... -
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