LordEoin Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 The good Lord didn't back up today; he must be sleeping it off [biggrin] I was actually surprisingly fresh yesterday and spent the whole day sorting out my garden for winter. Same again today, and it's after building a thirst... Now, where was I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordEoin Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 Kit: Australian Pale Ale - Fruit Salad Added: 1kg LDM, 28g Cascade, 28g Amarillo (hops steeped 30min and strained), to 21 liters Yeast: Safale US05 OG: 1.042 Brew Temp: 20C Brew Time: 18days FG: 1.007 ABV: 5.2% Priming:1.5 drops/500ml btl Notes: 5star, awesome aroma, mild bitter, retaining head. must make more. This was my first proper play with different hops and yeast, and it is perfect [biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordEoin Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 Kit: India Pale Ale Added: 1kg LDM, 300g dex, to 23L OG: 1.041 Brew Temp: 18C Brew Time: 14days FG: 1.010 ABV: 4.8% Priming:1.5 drops/500ml btl Notes: 4.5star, WOW this one really got nice in the bottle, I remember not liking this much, it was too bitter, it mellowed out nicely (now at 4 months).light head retention, fizzy (but it works with this) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordEoin Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 Kit: Original Dark Ale Added: 1kg Dark LMD, 300g dex, to 23L OG: 1.042 Brew Temp: 24C Brew Time: 6 days FG: 1.010 ABV: 4.8% Priming:1.5 drops/500ml btl Notes: 3.5star, made this one in a hurry, poor head retention, not a huge pile of flavor, it's nice, but pretty unremarkable. like watered down Newcastle Brown. fizzy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordEoin Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 Kit: International Stout Added: 550g Wheat LDM, 550g Dark LDM, 500g Dex, to 22L (same as I use for the Irish Stout) OG: 1.043 Brew Temp: 18C Brew Time: 15 days FG: 1.014 ABV: 4.3% Priming:Bulk prime 8g/L (meant to do 6 but it was my first bulk prime and messed it up) Notes: 3.5 star. Not as good as the Irish stout, but nice. too fizzy, but that's my fault. doesn't taste like a stout to me, more like what I was expecting from the Dark Ale. Poor head retention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordEoin Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 Kit: WheatBeer 'Shocktop' Clone Added: 1kg Wheat LDM, 300g dex, zest of 2 valencia oranges + 1/2 tsp ground coriander (boiled for 10 min), to 22L Yeast - WB06 OG: 1.044 Brew Temp: 22C Brew Time: 13 days FG: 1.010 ABV: 5% Priming:bulk 7g/L Notes: 5 star. I love this. It's fantastic. The orange and WB06 go so well together. Not sure what the coriander does, but it is part of perfection, so it stays. Every mouthful is a pleasure. although the wb06 does make for a farty day after. They're my farts, so i don't care [biggrin] To demonstrate how good this is. it was bottled only 8 weeks ago and it was so tasty 'young' that i only have 9 bottles left because I kept drinking it over the more conditioned brews. It actually tasted its best after about 4 weeks. Also, I'm super proud of it because I came up with the recipe all by myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordEoin Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 Well damn if this ain't the best brew yet [innocent] [devil] [bandit] . What was in this mexican marvel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
***** Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 What was in this mexican marvel? A fair bit of poetic license [lol] . TBH I couldn't taste it, it may have been like when you drink full bodied red wine then try a Sav Blanc or it may be that the Cerveza kit has no flavour like everyone keeps saying. I will say however that my nose was still working and the aroma from the Cascade and Amarillo was delightful [love] . Anyway next week I will sample one of these up front on a fresh pallet and revisit beer briefs for an update. That's providing you don't mind Eoin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordEoin Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 So it's a Fruit Salad on a Mexican Cerveza base? I think the Mexican Cerveza would make an awesome base for any recipe. It's neutral and sweet. I'm sure that your drop is as fine as you remember[biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
***** Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 So it's a Fruit Salad on a Mexican Cerveza base? It is. AKA Fruity Mexican or Mexican Fruit Salad, the only thing missing is Coopers recultured yeast. But I was trying to brew as a lager and I was trying to negate the need for added lemon or lime. Temp was around 14'C and it finished at 1.004. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordEoin Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 Ooh, lagering a Fruit Salad sounds interesting. I imagine it will be a more 'crisp' beer, making the hop flavors jump out more. It makes me wonder what a fruit salad would be like with other yeasts like WB06(hefeweizen). maybe a combination of Fruit Salad + Shocktop. I imagine i'd probably **** my pants with the taste. So yeah, next brew will be a 'Mexican Hefe Zitrus Fr\xfcchten Weizen Bier'. It sounds like it will kill you if you don't like it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordEoin Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 Kit: international English Bitter with EKG Added: 500g LDM, 300g dex, 20g EKG(dry hop at start), to 23L OG: 1.0036 Brew Temp: 19C Brew Time: 13days FG: 1.007 ABV: 4.3% Priming:8g/L bulk Notes: 4star. christ this one is easy to drink. I've nearly finished the pint before i've finished the review. it's a bit more tart than the one with fuggles, and i prefer the fuggles version. the difference in colour confuses me too.. why is this one less red? is it because it's not aged? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordEoin Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 At this stage I'm noticing I prefer the lower carbonation. 1.5 drops per 500ml bottle is too much. If I go back to drops i'll try 1 per 500ml btl, (6g/L) Ha! If it is better it will make me happy thinking about all the ppl with 750ml bottles trying to figure out ways to split their drops like used to have to [biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordEoin Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 Kit: Sparkling Ale Added: 1kg LDM OG: 1.038 Brew Temp: 18C Brew Time: 16 days FG: 1.010 ABV: 4.3% Priming:1.5 drops/500ml btl Notes: 4 star. pretty neutral. slight bittering, not much smell, fizzy (ok, no more 1.5 drops/500ml), it has no 'twang', so maybe i'll stop adding the 300g dex too. it's not bad, just not 'great'. i think a 30g steep of magnum might liven things up a bit. head retention light Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordEoin Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 By the way, this is my simple rotation. It keeps me drinking beer that's about 2 months bottled. i buy all my bottles to keep them the uniform I used to use bottles from boxes of beer, but it was a nightmare. Each box holds 35X500ml bottles. I'm going to up it a bit to make 2 stacks and have a 4 month rotation. Eventually, I plan to make it 2 fridges high to the right and 9 boxes high to the left with funtimes/equipment in the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordEoin Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 Kit: English Bitter - Hop Gobbler Added: 500g LDm, 300g chocolate malt grain(steeped 30 min) 28g fuggle leaf, 25g EHG pellet OG: 1.016 Brew Temp: 20C Brew Time: 13days FG: 1.012 ABV: 2.5% Priming:8g/L bulk Notes: 5 star. it still has the nice taste of english bitter, but it has been addeb to with the the grain the gives a brown bread and coffee taste. fuggles poke through with a stouty taste. i don't think it tastes like Hobgoblin though, more like Murphys made love to Heineken, had a baby, then fed it nothing but fruit and yeast until it was old enough to be consumed.[love] Also, th picture really confuses me. Why has it refracted the light in such a weird way?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordEoin Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 And that brings me to the end of my presentation for now. I think I'll drink more Shocktop Clone and ponder the future. The last few obviously didn't have a huge amount of conditioning, so I'll update them in a few months. i also have the rest of those beers' brothers on standby, so I'll update their notes as I drink them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordEoin Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 Its not even lunchtime over here and that English Bitter made me thirsty When I worked in Australia lunchtime was a good time for beer if it was 'fairy beer'... Aparently the Aussie workman can still do everything just as good after 6 FairyBeers...[biggrin] [biggrin] [biggrin] I can't remember which brand they were drinking. i only know I stuck to my VB (f*** y'all, i still love VB) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordEoin Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 That pretty much brings me up to date. Maybe some of the notes might change with a fresh pallate on the same brews. For now though, bringing all my experience so far together, i think that all malt and no dextrose, and hopping to crap (is seep hoping a phrase?) is the way forward.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
***** Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 When I worked in Australia lunchtime was a good time for beer Well it\u2019s just past lunch and I've been working in the garden all morning and it is a damn fine day. So I thought the Fruity Mexican would be a good thirst quencher, just one 375ml stubbie. Verdict (a sober one) tastes nothing like a Corona or SOL. But man does it show off the Cascade and Amarillo [love], the Aroma is still delightful but now I am getting a citrus explosion on my taste buds as well. If you are still brewing with kits and bits and want to find out just exactly what that hop is bringing to your beer give the Cervesa ago. Its like a Cascade and Amarillo tea with an alcoholic kick. I did a 7-minute boil of the Cascade and a 5-minute boil of the Amarillo, 25 grams each. Nothing fancy just 500 g each of LDM and Dextrose. SG=1.039 and FG 1.004. I would post a picture but I think everyone here has seen an empty glass [lol] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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