Pale Man Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 5 minutes ago, Uhtred Of Beddanburg said: Yes after doing some research bought a type d connection with liquid elbow joint to help with the height in keggerator. Watched a you tube video but still anxious about if going right with a 50 litre keg I paid $414 dollars for Let me know how you go, I'm very interested!!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uhtred Of Beddanburg Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 1 minute ago, Pale Man said: Let me know how you go, I'm very interested!!!! yeah I will mate hopefully goes well or I'll be pumping it out by hand 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoppy81 Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 Couple of new beers for me. The Cerveza was a decent drop, the rice lager (cant find the photo)is average, most rice lagers I've tried you can really taste the difference with the rice, this one you can't imo. The Old Perculiar is always a great drop, reminds me so much of my Ruby Red I'll be releasing next year. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 19 minutes ago, Hoppy81 said: Couple of new beers for me. The Cerveza was a decent drop, the rice lager (cant find the photo)is average, most rice lagers I've tried you can really taste the difference with the rice, this one you can't imo. The Old Perculiar is always a great drop, reminds me so much of my Ruby Red I'll be releasing next year. Looking good Hoppy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus O'Sean Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 Coopers 2023 Vintage Ale - My version First taste @25 days old: Poor carbonation - This bottle, along with half the batch, was primed with 2 carbonation drops and the other half with 1 teaspoon sugar. Fruit cake aromas with some toffee notes Dark toffee flavour, a little cola-like, slight caramelisation, maybe a touch of burnt toffee Slight alcohol warming Bitterness is there but balanced Fairly easy to drink 6.5/10 (at this stage) Might have to try one of the sugar primed bottles early 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbloke Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 Well, that's odd. At 25 days should at least have a half decent head. Is it possible it's the glass? I just had a stubbie of a muntons about same age. Had a fair sort of head on it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Back Brewing Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 29 minutes ago, Shamus O'Sean said: Coopers 2023 Vintage Ale - My version First taste @25 days old: Poor carbonation - This bottle, along with half the batch, was primed with 2 carbonation drops and the other half with 1 teaspoon sugar. Fruit cake aromas with some toffee notes Dark toffee flavour, a little cola-like, slight caramelisation, maybe a touch of burnt toffee Slight alcohol warming Bitterness is there but balanced Fairly easy to drink 6.5/10 (at this stage) Might have to try one of the sugar primed bottles early Yeah bugger all head that's for sure what is floating on top is that sediment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus O'Sean Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 49 minutes ago, Oldbloke said: Is it possible it's the glass? No, the glass is nice and clean. I did not get much fizz when I opened the cap. As soon as I heard it, I was a bit worried. I tend not to use carbonation drops these days because I have had less than perfect results. This brew can be aged, and that usually develops a bit more carbonation with time. So I was less worried about using carbonation drops. It will be interesting to see how the sugar primed bottles go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus O'Sean Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 40 minutes ago, Back Brewing said: Yeah bugger all head that's for sure what is floating on top is that sediment? No sediment. The pale colour is a slight amount of foam on the surface. The darker spots are where there is no foam, so you can see through the dark beer from below. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbloke Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 39 minutes ago, Back Brewing said: Yeah bugger all head that's for sure what is floating on top is that sediment? Dead blow fly I think. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbloke Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Shamus O'Sean said: No, the glass is nice and clean. I did not get much fizz when I opened the cap. As soon as I heard it, I was a bit worried. I tend not to use carbonation drops these days because I have had less than perfect results. This brew can be aged, and that usually develops a bit more carbonation with time. So I was less worried about using carbonation drops. It will be interesting to see how the sugar primed bottles go. Mate, stick to table sugar. 8grams per litre. Never fails. Edited December 14, 2023 by Oldbloke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSands Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 Best Bitter - Gladfield malts with a generous dose of Fuggles and East Kent Goldings. While it's lightly carbonated, consistent with the style, I just can't bring myself to carb as low as a traditional English cask ales! 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pale Man Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 2 hours ago, BlackSands said: Best Bitter - Gladfield malts with a generous dose of Fuggles and East Kent Goldings. While it's lightly carbonated, consistent with the style, I just can't bring myself to carb as low as a traditional English cask ales! Your beers are always so clear and beautifully presented. Bloody excellent fella. As @Classic Brewing Co always says..........take the day off. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pale Man Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 2 hours ago, BlackSands said: Best Bitter - Gladfield malts with a generous dose of Fuggles and East Kent Goldings. While it's lightly carbonated, consistent with the style, I just can't bring myself to carb as low as a traditional English cask ales! Gladfield malts are beautiful, very under rated. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSands Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 2 hours ago, One Eyed Bandit said: Gladfield malts are beautiful, very under rated. Underrated? Definitely not where I live! 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pale Man Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 Nice All Grain APA with my brew doggy. I don't have friends. I choose my family and my plush Blue Dog. Enjoying myself got Barnsey blaring in my shed. 7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 5 minutes ago, One Eyed Bandit said: Nice All Grain APA with my brew doggy. I don't have friends. I choose my family and my plush Blue Dog. Enjoying myself got Barnsey blaring in my shed. Good on mate, enjoy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus O'Sean Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 (edited) Tried another bottle of the Coopers 2023 Vintage Ale (ROTM from a while back). Compared to my previous tasting, this one is better. It is from one of the Coopers bottles, with 1 teaspoon of sugar for priming. Technically less sugar (4 grams) in the Coopers bottle, compared to 2 carbonation drops (6 grams) in the CUB bottles. But still fizzier than the previous taste test. The extra carbonation made a difference, but still needs to sit for a while longer. Maybe it is the type of bottles? I would give this 7.5/10. I scored some commercial bottles of the 2023 Vintage from Dans the other day. Maybe I should do a side-by-side taste test soon. Edited December 16, 2023 by Shamus O'Sean 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Micky Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 22 hours ago, BlackSands said: Best Bitter - Gladfield malts with a generous dose of Fuggles and East Kent Goldings. While it's lightly carbonated, consistent with the style, I just can't bring myself to carb as low as a traditional English cask ales! BS, get outta here. Magnificent looking beer and what a pic -just beautiful mate. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Micky Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 16 hours ago, Pale Man said: Nice All Grain APA with my brew doggy. I don't have friends. I choose my family and my plush Blue Dog. Enjoying myself got Barnsey blaring in my shed. What a fantastic shot. Ol' mate, Headmaster brewer gives his look of approval. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBillett09 Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 @Shamus O'Sean I’m sure I’ve read somewhere that higher gravity beers take longer to carbonate in the bottle I don’t remember the reason why unfortunately. Maybe they just need to sit for a bit longer than the usual ale. Like a few months rather than a few weeks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pale Man Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 2 hours ago, Tricky Micky said: What a fantastic shot. Ol' mate, Headmaster brewer gives his look of approval. Her......shes a bi#ch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus O'Sean Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 6 hours ago, NBillett09 said: @Shamus O'Sean I’m sure I’ve read somewhere that higher gravity beers take longer to carbonate in the bottle I don’t remember the reason why unfortunately. Maybe they just need to sit for a bit longer than the usual ale. Like a few months rather than a few weeks. I have definitely noticed that with previous versions of the Coopers Vintage Ale that I have done. For that very reason I usually do half the bottles at standard priming rates and the other half at a lower rate. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Micky Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 10 hours ago, Pale Man said: Her......shes a bi#ch - sorry mate, hope she's not offended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John304 Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Really enjoying this amber, based on little creatures, photo not as good as BS 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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