BlackSands Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 On 1/21/2024 at 2:13 PM, Aussiekraut said: A nice cold Märzen from one of my Granddad’s Steins. I remember the Brewery on the stein. It was one of the three breweries in town I can remember. They were snatched up by Spaten in the 70s and a few years later operations were shut down as usual. Nice. And, as much as I like these old steins and 'beer mugs' in general, and they do have character, history and personality, I must admit - not being able to see the beer within is a bit of a disappointment. Similarly, I used to have some pewter goblets which kinda felt cool for swilling back some tasty red wine, Anglo-Saxon style... but I did miss seeing the ruby red liquid velvet within. Probably because I'm quite 'visual' and suspect this has a strong influence over my taste perception. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brauhaus Fritz Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Last bottle of this Stout, 8 month old and it was sooo goood. Will do this or similar recipe again 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBooz2 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 My Carlton Draught clone. I have made several 44 L batches of this recipe with very slight variations of grains and different lager yeasts. This one I have gone back to using DL yeast and it's only been in the keg since the 14th January so it has cleared and carbed up nicely. The last few batches of this CD clone was using SGLY (remember Rodger?) Infact, I reckon SGLY is the same as S23 IMO so it could be the same yeast with different branding @Greenyinthewestofsydney ? and I don't think it is as good as DL. This beer with the slight mod of Vienna malt has come out more like a Crown Lager than a CD. Very happy - Cheers Carlton Draught Clone 1.mp4 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Back Brewing Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 21 minutes ago, iBooz2 said: My Carlton Draught clone. I have made several 44 L batches of this recipe with very slight variations of grains and different lager yeasts. This one I have gone back to using DL yeast and it's only been in the keg since the 14th January so it has cleared and carbed up nicely. The last few batches of this CD clone was using SGLY (remember Rodger?) Infact, I reckon SGLY is the same as S23 IMO so it could be the same yeast with different branding @Greenyinthewestofsydney ? and I don't think it is as good as DL. This beer with the slight mod of Vienna malt has come out more like a Crown Lager than a CD. Very happy - Cheers Carlton Draught Clone 1.mp4 Nice carbonation for 8 days and the head is nice and I bet it has lacing all the way down the glass 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pale Man Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 On 1/21/2024 at 4:11 PM, jennyss said: Channelling the song from Grease "Tell me more, tell me more" @jennyss I brewed with 3 cans of Coopers in the pic plus some fermentables and a dry hop. I was lucky enough to get the cans cheap so it was viable. Very malty but excellent bitterness too. It's most definitely a winter sipper. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 17 minutes ago, Pale Man said: @jennyss I brewed with 3 cans of Coopers in the pic plus some fermentables and a dry hop. I was lucky enough to get the cans cheap so it was viable. Very malty but excellent bitterness too. It's most definitely a winter sipper. Jeez, that would have been a powerful brew. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pale Man Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 On 1/21/2024 at 4:11 PM, jennyss said: Channelling the song from Grease "Tell me more, tell me more" Heres the recipe, pretty simple really. I dry hopped with three different hops to 90 grams. The only way I could improve on this is to reculture yeast from Coopers bottles. Its the closest ive ever tasted to Coopers Vintage in a home brew. Its bloody good. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pale Man Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 3 minutes ago, Classic Brewing Co said: Jeez, that would have been a powerful brew. Kicks like a Muel but very smooth. The rest of the keg has been put away for a few months. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 1 minute ago, Pale Man said: Kicks like a Muel but very smooth. The rest of the keg has been put away for a few months. Good luck with that. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pale Man Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Bottled version of my 3 can concoction. Just not the same as the kegged version at the same stage in age. Keg version has a much creamier head and smoother taste. This is still lovely but rough around the edges. I'm so happy I keg. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uhtred Of Beddanburg Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Calypso PA would have to be about a month in the keg and 2 weeks since I keg dry hopped. Starting to settle in nicely now. Right after the dry hop it was a bit too zesty. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 OK, the beer that was frozen by accident tastes fine, so thank you to all that commented, It was an accident but all is OK, Cheers. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple B Brewing Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 1 hour ago, Classic Brewing Co said: OK, the beer that was frozen by accident tastes fine, so thank you to all that commented, It was an accident but all is OK, Cheers. Oh yeah, look at it - num, num, num Good job Phil - that’s a great outcome 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoppy81 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 A stout to finish my night off, cheers all 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 40 minutes ago, Triple B Brewing said: Oh yeah, look at it - num, num, num Good job Phil - that’s a great outcome Yeah, Cheers mate, I was a little worried but seriously apart from a bit of Froth due to re-carbing, the difference would be 10%. Cheers Phil 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus O'Sean Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Light Hazy Pale Ale - The second runnings from my recent Parti-Gyle brew day Orange aroma with floral hints Floral and herbal flavour with citrus notes Well balanced bitterness Quite a nice 3.8% mid-strength 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus O'Sean Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Scooby Broo - Blue Moon clone. Step back through the links to the recipe. Aromas: Clove, bubble-gum, citrus Flavours: Malt, spice, herbal, slight bubble-gum Subtle bitterness 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus O'Sean Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Wychwood Hobgoblin Ruby Ale. Nice caramel and toasty aromas Malty, caramel toast flavours Shame it is not well carbonated, even though it is 15 days in the bottle Tastes like it could do with a few more IBU's With proper carbonation it would be really nice I will have to buy a commercial one for a side-by-side taste-test. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Lager - with malted maize, it's quite nice really 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popo the Reprobate Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 46 minutes ago, ben 10 said: Lager - with malted maize, it's quite nice really Woah! ben 10 is back haha! 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDT2 Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 50 minutes ago, ben 10 said: Lager - with malted maize, it's quite nice really Looks amaizing! 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Micky Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 58 minutes ago, ben 10 said: Lager - with malted maize, it's quite nice really looks sensational 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 39 minutes ago, Popo the Degenerate said: Woah! ben 10 is back haha! Yeah, the old ones go & come back & change their names, you have to be on the ball these days. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBooz2 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 (edited) Having a little sneaky taste test of my COPA-Pr tonight. It's the one that had been dry hopped with 23 g of PoR for 3 days. Only been in the keg since last Thursday so still well under carbed but I could not resist. A pretty flat beer is very unphotogenic so did not bother with a pic. Slight smell of banana when first poured but that dissipates quickly. Can taste a slight lemon peel type bitterness and fruity aftertaste which I don't mind. Will do another taste test in a couple of weeks when it has more fizz and compare it to the Eclipse dry hopped version. Be interesting to see what @Shamus O'Sean thinks of his PoR dry hopped COPA once his is carbed up. Edited January 29 by iBooz2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmar92 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 1 hour ago, iBooz2 said: Having a little sneaky taste test of my COPA-Pr tonight. It's the one that had been dry hopped with 23 g of PoR for 3 days. Only been in the keg since last Thursday so still well under carbed but I could not resist. A pretty flat beer is very unphotogenic so did not bother with a pic. Slight smell of banana when first poured but that dissipates quickly. Can taste a slight lemon peel type bitterness and fruity aftertaste which I don't mind. Will do another taste test in a couple of weeks when it has more fizz and compare it to the Eclipse dry hopped version. Be interesting to see what @Shamus O'Sean thinks of his PoR dry hopped COPA once his is carbed up. What do you reckon that your 23g POR dry hop will add to the beer? I have dry hopped 50g POR once and I didn't really notice a great deal of aroma or taste from that, I had actually bittered also with POR in that batch so I guess hard to tell where the aroma and flavours were coming from - bittering during the boil or the dry hop. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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