Todays tastings

[Classic Brewing Co]

11 minutes ago, Uhtred Of Beddanburg said:

Nothing fancy can barely notice the Citra hops and low body beer. Probably normal for a 4.5% and not a horrible beer.  Just expected more

I have had that a few a few times from Dan's, didn't think it was too bad for the price, but it is lacking body I reckon. 

[Uhtred Of Beddanburg]

12 minutes ago, Classic Brewing Co said:

I have had that a few a few times from Dan's, didn't think it was too bad for the price, but it is lacking body I reckon. 

When you put it like that Classic $12 a 4 pack $3 a can it's OK. I have been wanting to try it for about 8 years. 

I either get side tracked and get something else or they don't have it. Got some other stuff as well to try over weekend. 

 

[Classic Brewing Co]

11 minutes ago, Uhtred Of Beddanburg said:

When you put it like that Classic $12 a 4 pack $3 a can it's OK. I have been wanting to try it for about 8 years. 

I either get side tracked and get something else or they don't have it. Got some other stuff as well to try over weekend. 

 

Yes, the price is OK but for value some of the other deals around actually give you more, this Lager is nice $14.00 for 4 x 500ml cans from BWS works out @ $3.50 a can but more beer. From time to time you can get cans for around $2.00 a can but unless they are actually brand name beers, not Pinnacle Drinks they are pretty awful.

I bought a carton of 24 x 440ml cans of Coopers Pale Ale today for $55.00, works out to $2.29 a can & much better beer.

 

[Pints]

23 minutes ago, Classic Brewing Co said:

Yes, the price is OK but for value some of the other deals around actually give you more, this Lager is nice $14.00 for 4 x 500ml cans from BWS works out @ $3.50 a can but more beer. From time to time you can get cans for around $2.00 a can but unless they are actually brand name beers, not Pinnacle Drinks they are pretty awful.

I bought a carton of 24 x 440ml cans of Coopers Pale Ale today for $55.00, works out to $2.29 a can & much better beer.

 

U Aussies do love your deals always calculating price. Its a good thing i guess especially in this day and age everything is expensive

[Classic Brewing Co]

47 minutes ago, Pints said:

U Aussies do love your deals always calculating price. Its a good thing i guess especially in this day and age everything is expensive

When I was working full time & making good money on the road working for myself selling nothing mattered but as I am retired a bargain now & again doesn't go astray.

[Uhtred Of Beddanburg]

@Classic Brewing CoI did actually see that beer there I will try it next time. Was too much to choose from

[Kegory]

2 hours ago, Uhtred Of Beddanburg said:

Nothing fancy can barely notice the Citra hops and low body beer. Probably normal for a 4.5% and not a horrible beer.  Just expected more

Interesting. I've tried that many times and to me it has a very prominent hop character. There is a clone of that in the Coopers recipe section, Battleship Bitter I think it's called.

[iBooz2]

I just cracked open a can of Coopers Best Extra Stout that has been sitting in my fridge for a couple of months.  Now I am not really a dark beer drinker but have brewed an AG version of Toohey's old and a couple of Coopers K&K recipes of the month based on Innkeepers Daughter cans (sparkling tonic ale I think it was) and they were good but still unconvinced if I should have a crack at an AG stout. 

Problem is I do like a Guinness or two out of the tap so would be happy to give an AG version of that a go and if anyone like @stquinto (for example) that has brewed one and has a clone recipe they can point me to, it would be appreciated.

Back to the Coopers Best Extra Stout, unsure if its me or not but it does not seem to have any hop aroma or other aroma that I can define other than its smells just like a heavy/dark beer/stout.  So I cannot pick what's in it; plus its a bit heavy on the ABV for me but that seems to balance out with the IBU of 44 and so it's OK for a nightcap being so late in the evening and all.  Maybe I am just not a stout person and draw the line at porters, who knows.

 

Edited April 21, 2023 by iBooz2

[Stickers]

work knock off beer o'clock got a little old fashioned today instead

 

[Red devil 44]

Maggie Island Brewery 

[ben 10]

Stone and wood.

Jasper, hazy pale, dry irish stout, raspberry oaked sour, diablo ginger beer, and a hazy IPA with new release hops.
All good beverages, would drink all again. The beer with new hops was pretty full on

Also went to saopbox - had their rice lager and a beer negroni which was full on

 

 

 

 

[ben 10]

18 hours ago, iBooz2 said:

unsure if its me or not but it does not seem to have any hop aroma or other aroma that I can define other than its smells just like a heavy/dark beer/stout

That's pretty much how a stout should work - solid bitterness from the hops and all about the dark malts

[Brauhaus Fritz]

1 hour ago, beach_life said:

That's pretty much how a stout should work - solid bitterness from the hops and all about the dark malts

And everything is so well balanced, therefore you don't "taste the hops". What a great beer

[Kegory]

Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier.

My first attempt at a traditional, inverted glass pour (I've had the beer before but only recently read about the technique)

A fair amount of foam went into the sink but the marker on the back indicated that I didn't waste too much beer.

Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier Dunkel

I watched a couple of YouTube videos and was more successful at the second attempt.

Weihenstephaner Dunkel

Not a Weissbier, standard pour, standard glass

[Classic Brewing Co]

8 minutes ago, Kegory said:

Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier.

My first attempt at a traditional, inverted glass pour (I've had the beer before but only recently read about the technique)

A fair amount of foam went into the sink but the marker on the back indicated that I didn't waste too much beer.

Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier Dunkel

I watched a couple of YouTube videos and was more successful at the second attempt.

Weihenstephaner Dunkel

Not a Weissbier, standard pour, standard glass

[Kegory]

2 minutes ago, Classic Brewing Co said:

You'd lose a lot of beer if you tried an inverted pour with those glasses.

[Classic Brewing Co]

Just now, Kegory said:

You'd lose a lot of beer if you tried an inverted pour with those glasses.

I have got much bigger ones I can assure you.

[Uhtred Of Beddanburg]

Have to be honest not sure I'd ever tried a traditional porter. Not much body and stronger ABV compared to a Guiness stout ETC.

Taste like more roast barley? less chocolate malt? who knows but it's still ok i may read the bottle description tomorrow  

[iBooz2]

On 4/20/2023 at 9:23 PM, Pints said:

Nursing two sick kiddies while the Guinness nurses me

Hey @Pints How's the kids going, ya just gotta look after the little ones.  Don't give a bugger about you as the Guinness would have taken care of that part of the equation. Nah only kidding man! Are you OK too bloke?

Edited April 22, 2023 by iBooz2

[Kegory]

1 hour ago, Uhtred Of Beddanburg said:

Have to be honest not sure I'd ever tried a traditional porter. Not much body and stronger ABV compared to a Guiness stout ETC.

Taste like more roast barley? less chocolate malt? who knows but it's still ok i may read the bottle description tomorrow  

"Think you know what a porter is? Me neither.

Studying the history of porter is like staring into the multidimensional universe of theoretical cosmology, with multiple shifting parallel worlds constantly warping and shifting with the flow of time. The more you try to pin it down, the more it wriggles free and becomes something unexpectedly different. Naturally, this makes for much fun."

Randy Mosher, Tasting Beer.

[Uhtred Of Beddanburg]

1 hour ago, Kegory said:

"Think you know what a porter is? Me neither.

Studying the history of porter is like staring into the multidimensional universe of theoretical cosmology, with multiple shifting parallel worlds constantly warping and shifting with the flow of time. The more you try to pin it down, the more it wriggles free and becomes something unexpectedly different. Naturally, this makes for much fun."

Randy Mosher, Tasting Beer.

Yeah mate u right it changes all the time so go with the flow. I'm actually a person who appreciates history. 

My grandparents hate changing history. The way I see it is as long as it's not every 10 minutes we always discover more digging things up.

Edited April 22, 2023 by Uhtred Of Beddanburg

[Pints]

2 hours ago, iBooz2 said:

Hey @Pints How's the kids going, ya just gotta look after the little ones.  Don't give a bugger about you as the Guinness would have taken care of that part of the equation. Nah only kidding man! Are you OK too bloke?

Ah cheers mate, na all ok. Just some snotty noses etc. More Guinness today 

[Pale Man]

On 4/21/2023 at 3:55 PM, Popo the Degenerate said:

I'm always disappointed by nitro in a bottle or can.

Guinness nitro cans always go excellent for me, as does Kilkenny.

[Classic Brewing Co]

1 hour ago, Pale Man said:

Guinness nitro cans always go excellent for me, as does Kilkenny.

Yeah, I Iove the Kilkenny, great drop, nice & smooth.

[Classic Brewing Co]

How good is this? I love all of Coopers beers but sometimes you just gotta have a few of these.