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Wicked man glad you liked it! :o) I was going for something more of a smoked brown ale but used too much choch so it went really dark, I did a smoked Porter previously which was alot sweeter but it doesnt go down as well in the hot weather as you pointed out...

I made that recipe up back in the day before I even had beersmith :o)

Did your shipment of beer arive from Austrailia in the yet bro?

Nice photo...i prefer the dragons though! ;0)

Looks like your parcel has been delivered....

Hey Mike - did you drop some smoked porter into Dave at Regionals? If so, he was raving about it today... Got me some Mayhem, Pale Ryder and a couple of Fuller's Vintage. I think I need a dozen vintage.

Bugger, someone's beaten me to it, but GO THE MIGHTY WARRIORS anyway!
Can't wait for the season to start - our season tickets arrived a couple of weeks ago, and the first (local) warm-up game is in a couple of weeks.
Might have to consider the sneaky Camelbak-full-of-homebrew for some trips to Mount Smart this season!

I've gota ask....what's with the crazy photo?

Fair enough yeah he'd make an awesome wingman! hahahaha

Shane MacG - apparently he's getting his teeth done soon. And he doesn't drink as much as everyone thinks.

Great songwriter, that's for sure. Rainy Night In Soho would have to be one of my picks for the greatest love song ever written.

imp IPA transformed into an American Barleywine cos it stopped at 1.025. I was still impressed my S05 got it down that far and pre-bottle hydro sample tasted great. Never brewed anything with an OG that high but it was a lot simpler than i expected.
If i ever go that big again I think I'll get the Wyeast 9093 that you used so i don't have to change it to a barleywine halfway through

Sure thing. It's best before March 09, so best it get used this weekend!

I work on Molesworth Street, so if you're in the city tomorrow you can pick it up from there if that suits. I'm on 021 253 9291.

Cheers