RDWHAHB - WHAT ARE YOU DRINKING IN 2019?

[Otto Von Blotto]

What is the fenced off area for?

[YeastyBoy]

7 minutes ago, Otto Von Blotto said:

What is the fenced off area for?

Four legged lawnmowers?

[YeastyBoy]

On 9/22/2019 at 5:58 PM, PaddyBrew2 said:

Sunday’s don’t get better than watching Ireland in the rugby World Cup and a homebrew.

They do, The Blacks beating the Boks with a Stout!!

[YeastyBoy]

On 9/22/2019 at 5:58 PM, PaddyBrew2 said:

Sunday’s don’t get better than watching Ireland in the rugby World Cup and a homebrew.

Hmm Ireland vs Japan next Saturday, that will not end well either way?

[Shamus O'Sean]

1 hour ago, Otto Von Blotto said:

What is the fenced off area for?

 

1 hour ago, YeastyBoy said:

Four legged lawnmowers?

Not far off.  It was a pool fence for a small above ground pool that has long been retired.  Now it is my vege patch with rabbit proof fence.

Gotta say it is a cemetery of a type with our 21 year old moggy Tabitha in there somewhere.

[Beerlust]

Coopers DIY recipe: Chubby Cherub 

...sorry, nothing left in the glass. 10 days further along in the keg...it is drinking much better. Better carbonation & integration of hop & malt flavours. Delicious! 

Even Brian Johnson thought so. 

For those that brew from an extract base & like hop forward beers, if you haven't brewed this Coopers DIY recipe yet, you're really missing out.

Cheers,

Lusty.

[Pezzza]

On ‎9‎/‎20‎/‎2019 at 3:13 PM, The Captain!! said:

Tell you what I’m not drinking, this batch of diastaticus infected ipas.

if anyone says that diastaticus infections are BS, well, here’s the proof.

 

Besides volcanic activity - bad flavours Kapitano?

[Pezzza]

On ‎9‎/‎20‎/‎2019 at 7:36 PM, Cosmo2450 said:

I’m trying really hard to like this beer. The red rattler. I don’t know if I did something wrong or what but it is just awful. A bit of apple comes through which is really disappointing and ruins it. I’ve left it in the keg for 3 months. I’m just gonna tip it. I need the keg any way. 

At least is was a great brew pic Cosmo!!! 

Edited September 25, 2019 by Bearded Burbler

[Pezzza]

On ‎9‎/‎20‎/‎2019 at 7:57 PM, PaddyBrew2 said:

My Black IPA. Only a week in the bottle but had them wrapped in blankets and hot water bottle. The week has been mid 20’s here in Perth during the day. Last two days have dipped so perfect dark beer evening 

she is tasting beautiful. Dark, hoppy, dank, aromatic, right amount of bitterness. Would highly recommend this style 

Livin' the Dream Paddly!

[The Captain!!]

2 minutes ago, Bearded Burbler said:

Besides volcanic activity - bad flavours Kapitano?

Yeah a hop forward IPA shouldn’t taste saisony. 

It was drinkable but not good in either styles. 

 

[Pezzza]

On ‎9‎/‎22‎/‎2019 at 1:24 PM, Shamus O'Sean said:

Yep @Worthog, the Really Secret Ale is a ripper.  I think that the use of hops at key stages has created a robust but very well balanced beer. 

Gold Shamus - reckon that was a cool idea doing the split finish and two different brews... great stuff.

I have done something a little like that in my latest - but used different yeast as well as different late hopping regime... so might be doubly bizarre differences!?!

Will see how it goes.  But in the meantime - that RSA is a beauty mate.  Cheers. BB

PS when you did the dry hopping Shamus - how long did you leave them in for mate?  Ta. 

[Pezzza]

On ‎9‎/‎22‎/‎2019 at 3:15 PM, PaddyBrew2 said:

I used colombus which gives it a lot of pine. My stoner mate had a glass of it last night and compared the aroma to cannabis. I didn’t know if I was to be offended or charmed. 

I reckon that is pretty interesting Paddy...  you do know that they are both in the same Plant Family don't you mate?

i.e. Plant Kingdom classification--> Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species... these suckers are pretty close mates really...

 

Cannabaceae is a small family of flowering plants. Family includes about 170 species grouped in about 11 genera, including Cannabis (hemp, marijuana), Humulus (hops) and Celtis (hackberries). Celtis is by far the largest genus, containing about 100 species. 

Cannabaceae is of the rose order (Rosales). Members of the family are erect or climbing plants with petalless flowers and dry, one-seeded fruits. Hemp (Cannabis) and hop (Humulus) are the only economically important species.

 

[PaddyBrew2]

26 minutes ago, Bearded Burbler said:

I reckon that is pretty interesting Paddy...  you do know that they are both in the same Plant Family don't you mate?

i.e. Plant Kingdom classification--> Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species... these suckers are pretty close mates really...

 

Cannabaceae is a small family of flowering plants. Family includes about 170 species grouped in about 11 genera, including Cannabis (hemp, marijuana), Humulus (hops) and Celtis (hackberries). Celtis is by far the largest genus, containing about 100 species. 

Cannabaceae is of the rose order (Rosales). Members of the family are erect or climbing plants with petalless flowers and dry, one-seeded fruits. Hemp (Cannabis) and hop (Humulus) are the only economically important species.

 

mate , you are a veritable fountain of knowledge, i hadn't a clue but great to now know the link

[Pezzza]

4 minutes ago, PaddyBrew2 said:

mate , you are a veritable fountain of knowledge, i hadn't a clue but great to now know the link

You might be able to bring back some Celtic Hackberries for us to try in the next brew?!?    ; )

Just make sure you declare them at customs at Perth International mate so they don't throw you in the Freo Prison 

[Shamus O'Sean]

40 minutes ago, Bearded Burbler said:

PS when you did the dry hopping Shamus - how long did you leave them in for mate?  Ta. 

Hey BB2, I typically dry hop for only three days.  Wrap them in a no-name Chux cloth equivalent.  Weigh them down a bit with a shot glass, also wrapped inside the cloth.  After three days, don powder-free food handling gloves doused in starsan, fish out the hop cloths (which end up floating anyway) and give them a good squeeze to optimise the hop aroma in the beer.

I did a few early brews where I dry hopped for 3-5 days plus 5-6 days cold crash and got some grassy flavours.  Hence, now the three day plus squeeze regime.

[Beerlust]

On 9/22/2019 at 2:45 PM, PaddyBrew2 said:

I used colombus which gives it a lot of pine. My stoner mate had a glass of it last night and compared the aroma to cannabis. I didn’t know if I was to be offended or charmed. 

I'm not sure where you're getting the pine from with this hop, maybe a lemony citrus trait? I find aromatically it throws a citrusy/berry aroma (IMHO).

Your stoner mate has NFI what he is doing, let alone saying most of the time.

Best not to listen to the advice of stoners I find. Particularly when they are at the peak of their powers & stoned out of their mind as you'll likely hear rhetoric rivalling the BS reality you'll read & hear in all the Murdoch press around the world on a daily basis, & that is saying something. I've often wondered whether Rupert Murdock rose from just being a college class president stoner that just too many other stoners listened to & promoted, to get to where he has gotten to today. That theory would explain a lot of things. LOL

IMHO, stoners predominantly belong in their grandmother's attic or cellar quietly going about their business, puffing away, preserving plant life, & discussing all the major problems of the world over the WWW with their co-stoner mates where they pose little danger to the rest of the realty living world. Then occasionally popping their heads up & socialising at family get-to-gethers & expressing their enlightening & often humorous views on the world to the rest of the non-stoner population. 

Cheers,

Lusty.

[Gazzala]

2 hours ago, Beerlust said:

For those that brew from an extract base & like hop forward beers, if you haven't brewed this Coopers DIY recipe yet, you're really missing out.

 

I’ve only brewed one extract base beer but it turned out really good - much better than all my other brews - and I love hop forward beers - so was thinking about doing the Chubby Cherub recipe next.

But it’ll probably be a couple of months away as I go overseas for a few weeks soon.

[Otto Von Blotto]

I knew about the relation between hops and that other plant, even the leaves look similar. I've also heard of people doing similar things with hop flowers but I haven't tried it myself

[Pezzza]

28 minutes ago, Shamus O'Sean said:

Hey BB2, I typically dry hop for only three days.  Wrap them in a no-name Chux cloth equivalent.  Weigh them down a bit with a shot glass, also wrapped inside the cloth.  After three days, don powder-free food handling gloves doused in starsan, fish out the hop cloths (which end up floating anyway) and give them a good squeeze to optimise the hop aroma in the beer.

I did a few early brews where I dry hopped for 3-5 days plus 5-6 days cold crash and got some grassy flavours.  Hence, now the three day plus squeeze regime.

Gold Shamus. Thanks mate. Good stuff. Yes I stuck to three days in my first go after some reading and discussion on her.  Glad I did so - as by the sounds of your experience with 3 days it was the biz. Coolio.

Thankee kindly. BB

[Shamus O'Sean]

10 minutes ago, Bearded Burbler said:

Gold Shamus. Thanks mate. Good stuff. Yes I stuck to three days in my first go after some reading and discussion on her.  Glad I did so - as by the sounds of your experience with 3 days it was the biz. Coolio.

Thankee kindly. BB

You're welcome squire.

Definitely could dry hop for longer and quite a few do.  But for me three days does enough.

Cheers Shamus

[PaddyBrew2]

1 hour ago, Beerlust said:

I'm not sure where you're getting the pine from with this hop, maybe a lemony citrus trait? I find aromatically it throws a citrusy/berry aroma (IMHO).

Your stoner mate has NFI what he is doing, let alone saying most of the time.

Best not to listen to the advice of stoners I find. Particularly when they are at the peak of their powers & stoned out of their mind as you'll likely hear rhetoric rivalling the BS reality you'll read & hear in all the Murdoch press around the world on a daily basis, & that is saying something. I've often wondered whether Rupert Murdock rose from just being a college class president stoner that just too many other stoners listened to & promoted, to get to where he has gotten to today. That theory would explain a lot of things. LOL

IMHO, stoners predominantly belong in their grandmother's attic or cellar quietly going about their business, puffing away, preserving plant life, & discussing all the major problems of the world over the WWW with their co-stoner mates where they pose little danger to the rest of the realty living world. Then occasionally popping their heads up & socialising at family get-to-gethers & expressing their enlightening & often humorous views on the world to the rest of the non-stoner population. 

Cheers,

Lusty.

I used a trio of colombus, Amarillo and centennial.  The latter two I have always found fruit. This beer I found more piney which I put down to the colombus. Maybe it’s a mixture of the 3 together 

[porschemad911]

9 hours ago, Beerlust said:

stoners

Haha Lusty. Good thing I gave up being a stoner years back or I'd be worried about really copping a hiding. Are your thoughts on ex-stoners the same? 

Cheers, 

John 

[Beerlust]

48 minutes ago, porschemad911 said:

Haha Lusty. Good thing I gave up being a stoner years back or I'd be worried about really copping a hiding. Are your thoughts on ex-stoners the same?

Haha!

Faithful sidekick: "So Captain Herbal Life, what villains & ruthless criminals shall we catch today?"

Captain Herbal Life: "Maybe we'll do it tomorrow as I'm a bit sleepy today after our trip to Rotterdam yesterday. However, you can certainly go down to the corner store though, & catch me some munchies to replenish my power cells."

Cheers,

Lusty.

[Malter White]

11 hours ago, Beerlust said:

IMHO, stoners predominantly belong in their grandmother's attic or cellar quietly going about their business, puffing away, preserving plant life, & discussing all the major problems of the world over the WWW with their co-stoner mates where they pose little danger to the rest of the realty living world. Then occasionally popping their heads up & socialising at family get-to-gethers & expressing their enlightening & often humorous views on the world to the rest of the non-stoner population. 

Cheers,

Lusty.

Stoners have advanced in this millenium. They are now called gamers.

[BlackSands]

On 9/21/2019 at 5:34 PM, BlackSands said:

A "sneak-peak" tasting of my "HobGollum" brown ale inspired by the popular English beer Hobgoblin. It's a partial mash brew built on the Coopers OS dark ale can and dosed up with 50g late addition Styrian Golding hops.   Not surprisingly it tastes quite green and though I've used the dark ale tin a few times in the past I don't remember it being this strongly flavoured?     Anyway...   it clearly needs more time so I'll reserve final judgement 'til then! 

 

Going in for a second crack at this one this evening.  It's still a little shy of 3 weeks in the bottle but I have no choice...   it's the only beer anywhere near ready that I have on hand as all previous batches have now been fully depleted!  

I'm really liking this one now, just another 5 days has made all the difference and I imagine it will only continue to improve and will probably be at it's best long after it's all gone!      The Dark Ale tin has certainly proven to be a good platform to build this particular beer on and I will certainly be revisiting this simple partial mash recipe again.