Classic Brewing Co Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 OK, I received some beer from @disgruntled the other day & I promised to critique it for him, Tommy ( Lee Jones my mate ) was here & I cracked one. It was more than good, but I will be giving my report in the morning as I have to organise a BBQ. I am telling you it was good but full review in the morning, Cheers, Phil. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stquinto Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 On 1/21/2022 at 1:11 PM, kmar92 said: No not the St Bernadus version, the original St Sixtus brew. Green cap, not label. I do not think that the St Sixtus monks do labels at all. https://www.trappistwestvleteren.be/en/our-beers/trappist-westvleteren-blond @kmar92 mate, I got in the queue to buy three cases, to pick up in person the following week. 38€ for a slab of the Green cap, with a 15€ deposit. I had 10 minutes to buy but I bottled out because it's a 15 hours round trip I couldn't decide, so my session expired. I could have pulled a two-day sickie I suppose, but I used up my Covid joker at Christmas. Only messing, I'd have used up my overtime in lieu and made a road trip of it. Did I not show enough respect to the Beer Gods (and Their Earthly manifiestations, the monks of St Sixtus) ? Time will tell. Perhaps I am eternally damned to drink non-alcoholic beer for several lifetimes... I think I might to go and burn some chicken's innards to make amends, or something like that 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 33 minutes ago, stquinto said: @kmar92 mate, I got in the queue to buy three cases, to pick up in person the following week. 38€ for a slab of the Green cap, with a 15€ deposit. I had 10 minutes to buy but I bottled out because it's a 15 hours round trip I couldn't decide, so my session expired. I could have pulled a two-day sickie I suppose, but I used up my Covid joker at Christmas. Only messing, I'd have used up my overtime in lieu and made a road trip of it. Did I not show enough respect to the Beer Gods (and Their Earthly manifiestations, the monks of St Sixtus) ? Time will tell. Perhaps I am eternally damned to drink non-alcoholic beer for several lifetimes... I think I might to go and burn some chicken's innards to make amends, or something like that Jeez, I would be careful mate, don't take the boat out 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stquinto Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 3 minutes ago, Classic Brewing Co said: Jeez, I would be careful mate, don't take the boat out I’m doomed Phil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 13 minutes ago, stquinto said: I’m doomed Phil Looks like this for a while for being a naughty boy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmar92 Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 @stquinto the St Sixtus drinkers are certainly a rare and determined breed! I hope that fear and damnation do not strike you down. I wonder why the goodly monks do not license production to someone, as they did with Brewery St Bernard up until 1992? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 20 hours ago, Classic Brewing Co said: OK, I received some beer from @disgruntled the other day & I promised to critique it for him, Tommy ( Lee Jones my mate ) was here & I cracked one. It was more than good, but I will be giving my report in the morning as I have to organise a BBQ. I am telling you it was good but full review in the morning, Cheers, Phil. I will still critique this beer, I just have been out all morning & had visitors all day, all they wanted to do was sit around & drink, I could have been out in the garden in the 35c hot sun with all of the Adelaide humidity, how unthoughtful of them I will get to it. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 21 hours ago, Classic Brewing Co said: I am telling you it was good but full review in the morning, Cheers, Phil. Good to hear. I am pretty sure the pale looking ones were all different, then maybe 2 stouts and a RIS 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 On 1/23/2022 at 12:06 PM, Aussiekraut said: Sometimes I scare myself LOL..... SOURS and a PB Porter. HAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 I suppose you could call this lunch, my day was taken up with shopping & then visitors. A combination of German & Kiwi delights, not bad. Now that I am settled I plan to make heaps of Biltong/Jerky instead of buying it. Cheers. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 On 1/23/2022 at 4:34 AM, stquinto said: This one is really growing on me Lovely! The best beer I have made is my Flanders. BLOWN away at how good a beer can taste after fermenting for 6 months 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiek86 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 think tap said Baltic xpa and sports bar has heaps more craft on offer suss it out after tea moama bowls club 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltop hops Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Local NEIPA packaged 17/1/22, one of the best I've tasted. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stquinto Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 14 hours ago, disgruntled said: Lovely! The best beer I have made is my Flanders. BLOWN away at how good a beer can taste after fermenting for 6 months Excellent to hear that mate! I’m pretty excited about this style. I imagine it’s a bit concerning to have to lay down a beer for six months all the same, good for you 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cee Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 (edited) On 1/6/2022 at 7:28 PM, Cee said: ok so one of those days that ends in. "Whyyyyyyy" yet therefore why not begin a recovery: Of warm, inebriated, "well why not" kinda acceptance and like my forefathers and foresisters before me, solace comes in a pintglass This is a beer I would not usually try But a certain dark beer was not available and the bloke suggested (I am sure with commission in mind) this one I do not begrudge him his commission he heard my preferences and this beer is ... wow... Wow I might need to revisit after another swig... Strewth... strong... tasty UPDATE: I ended up enjoying this more, when I treated it like a cognac and drank it in small amounts, instead of in beery amounts I drank it that way over a week. It reminded my housemate a little bit like Vegemite, but I thought more like Bonox (well, I was thinking about it that way after the feedback). The flavours were still very strong and intriguing to me at the end of the bottle. (NOTE: In fairness, I would not say it tasted like Vegemite. Nor did it taste like Bonox. But something was reminiscent. I did not want to misrepresent it). I would probably not spend on this again as a Beer, but as a wintery sipper for a nightcap I can see myself enjoying it. I am ShipHouse at using or describing beers as part of a dining experience but maybe this beer would also be nice with some kinda appropriate food. It is as rare as rocking-horse ship that I would buy a $30plus brew so I wanted to update this for anyone interested Edited January 28, 2022 by Cee Terrible Grammar 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popo the Reprobate Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 May have posted a pic of this before but it's worth another. One of the good ones. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stquinto Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 On 1/21/2022 at 1:11 PM, kmar92 said: No not the St Bernadus version, the original St Sixtus brew. Green cap, not label. I do not think that the St Sixtus monks do labels at all. https://www.trappistwestvleteren.be/en/our-beers/trappist-westvleteren-blond No comment... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmar92 Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 1 hour ago, stquinto said: No comment... Yeah those St Sixtus drinkers are a very exclusive club. I guess that the scarcity of the brew makes the allure of it stronger, I would still love to sample it though and see why? Oh well I have the St Bernardus in stock and I am just waiting for a special occasion to sample it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stquinto Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 1 minute ago, kmar92 said: Yeah those St Sixtus drinkers are a very exclusive club. I guess that the scarcity of the brew makes the allure of it stronger, I would still love to sample it though and see why? Oh well I have the St Bernardus in stock and I am just waiting for a special occasion to sample it. I really hope that my “luck” on getting a spot for a pick-up wasn’t a fluke. Having said that, there are bound to be more people wanting a home delivery. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stquinto Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 1 hour ago, kmar92 said: Yeah those St Sixtus drinkers are a very exclusive club Absolutely mate, but that is a red rag to a bull. I'll be joining that club by hook or by crook, mark my words... Maybe easier to get a membership to the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews ... 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 This is a good deal 6 x Longnecks for $25.00 - if you do your sums, that's $4.17 per 750ml bottle, a SA Schooner is 285ml & out of each bottle you get 3 x Schooners (round figures) so that works out to $1.39 per Schooner !! Good Value. A carton presently is $53.00 for 12 bottles ( normally $56.00 ) but at $53.00 it works out to $4.42 per bottle or $1.47 per Schooner. The other good part about is I get 6 more Longnecks to add to my bottle stock. The BEST thing about it I get to drink it !! 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus O'Sean Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 1 hour ago, Classic Brewing Co said: This is a good deal 6 x Longnecks for $25.00 - if you do your sums, that's $4.17 per 750ml bottle, a SA Schooner is 285ml & out of each bottle you get 3 x Schooners (round figures) so that works out to $1.39 per Schooner !! Good Value. A carton presently is $53.00 for 12 bottles ( normally $56.00 ) but at $53.00 it works out to $4.42 per bottle or $1.47 per Schooner. The other good part about is I get 6 more Longnecks to add to my bottle stock. The BEST thing about it I get to drink it !! Nice one, Phil. Maybe save the dregs from 3-4 bottles to make up a culture of the Coopers Yeast for a future brew. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 2 minutes ago, Shamus O'Sean said: Nice one, Phil. Maybe save the dregs from 3-4 bottles to make up a culture of the Coopers Yeast for a future brew. You know Shamus I have always been wanting to try that as it seems a lot of members do this, I have seen the Coops video & looked online but I was always worried about infection or it not working & wasting a potential brew. I should revisit & give it a go. Cheers. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus O'Sean Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 14 minutes ago, Classic Brewing Co said: You know Shamus I have always been wanting to try that as it seems a lot of members do this, I have seen the Coops video & looked online but I was always worried about infection or it not working & wasting a potential brew. I should revisit & give it a go. Cheers. I reckon you will be fine. You have made heaps of batches of beer and I don't think you have reported an infection. As long as you follow the video and pay your usual attention to sanitising things, you will have no problems. It is really satisfying to make your own yeast and the fact it is "free" is another bonus. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 6 minutes ago, Shamus O'Sean said: I reckon you will be fine. You have made heaps of batches of beer and I don't think you have reported an infection. As long as you follow the video and pay your usual attention to sanitising things, you will have no problems. It is really satisfying to make your own yeast and the fact it is "free" is another bonus. Cheers Shamus I WILL give it a go in fact I am drinking a Pale Ale now - I WILL do it. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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