waigouren Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Bottled this one yesterday. This is a very promising brew, the aroma and taste are REALLY good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashed Crabs Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Cracked one of these last night, was a little bit underwhelmed to be honest. Very little aroma and taste hoping a bit longer in the bottle will improve this, was expecting a little more tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waigouren Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Had one tonight after just over 2 weeks in the bottle. Will benefit from more time, but I thought it was mostly on-point for an XPA. Passion fruit and grapefruit notes are there. Should be a really nice summer beer. Cheers. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulW31 Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 Same hops as in Balter XPA but in lower quantities. My guess is this was something of a Balters clone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Baron Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 37 minutes ago, PaulW31 said: Same hops as in Balter XPA but in lower quantities. My guess is this was something of a Balters clone. I think the Balter XPA is a massively overrated beer. I have no idea how it keeps on get number 1 beer in Australia...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris! Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 Easy drinking with a lot of hop aroma always catches my dollars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchellScott Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 I bottled this one 4 days ago. Looked and smelt great, pretty cheap and easy brew to put together too. Can't wait to try it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchellScott Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 Just entered the Shark Attack brew into IanH speadsheet as I thought my OG was a little low considering the recipe states 5.6% ABV. Looks like there has been a mistake somewhere. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus O'Sean Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 23 minutes ago, MitchellScott said: Looks like there has been a mistake somewhere. I get the same result. Upping the LDM to 1kg does give an ABV of 5.6%. Maybe this is where the error is. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchellScott Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 1 minute ago, Shamus O'Sean said: I get the same result. Upping the LDM to 1kg does give an ABV of 5.6%. Maybe this is where the error is. Yep. All good anyway, I am keen to do another Shark Attack recipe soon as I got 50g packs of all the hops and the recipe only uses 25g of each so I may try it the second time with 1kg of DME and see what I prefer. Cheers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchellScott Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Day 9 fermenting and just added in the dry hops. FG is 1.012 which gives a final bottled ABV of 4.8%. Sample I tested was bloody beautiful so can't wait to see how this one turns out 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulW31 Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 On 5/6/2019 at 7:51 PM, Beer Baron said: I think the Balter XPA is a massively overrated beer. I have no idea how it keeps on get number 1 beer in Australia...... Craft beer drinkers who aren't afraid to pay $64 for 16 cans like it, and voted for it multiple times. I think it's pretty nice, but prefer to make my own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Baron Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 19 minutes ago, PaulW31 said: Craft beer drinkers who aren't afraid to pay $64 for 16 cans like it, and voted for it multiple times. I think it's pretty nice, but prefer to make my own. I think it’s so popular because it is promoted very well with the likes of Fanning, Parkinson and co Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzala Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 I’ve got a Shark Attack in the fermenter at the moment - dry hopped it yesterday. If it turns out anything like the Balter XPA I’ll be very happy. Only problem I find with the Balter is it’s a bit too fizzy for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzala Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 (edited) Sampled the Shark Attack last night after 2 weeks in the bottle. It’s a nice beer - not very hoppy in taste or aroma - the aroma it has is very orangey - it’s not unpleasant at all - but no way I would call this an XPA - more like a summer ale with very little bitterness I reckon - very easy drinking. Oh and I tripled the recipe qty of hops in the dry hop and still don’t find it particularly hoppy. But it’s a nice beer so I’m happy. Edited June 29, 2019 by Gazzala 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoppy81 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 58 minutes ago, Gazzala said: Sampled the Shark Attack last night after 2 weeks in the bottle. It’s a nice beer - not very hoppy in taste or aroma I didn't think it really would be with 50g of hops in it, at 150g it should have a bit though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchellScott Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 I wrote to Coopers about the incorrect ABV on this recipe and after some calculations they agreed it was incorrect. Looks like they have now fixed it by reducing the total volume to 20L. Coopers customer service/support was brilliant to talk to as always 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzala Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Nice one Mitch. I actually really like this brewed as per the original recipe - but do find it a bit light in flavour so making it to 20l could make it just right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchellScott Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 On 7/26/2019 at 9:33 PM, Gazzala said: Nice one Mitch. I actually really like this brewed as per the original recipe - but do find it a bit light in flavour so making it to 20l could make it just right. Agreed. I still enjoyed it (the keg literally just ran out ) but for an "XPA" it was certainly a little light both on Hop flavour and ABV. I will definitely re-brew it at 20L and see the difference. Mitch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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