Beer thread
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@nzzp said in Beer thread:
@bovidae said in Beer thread:
McLeod's Paradise Pale Ale named Soba's Beer of the Year for 2017 ahead two-time reigning champion, Panhead Supercharger.
That was an amazing result!
Must be a hell of a drop to beat Panhead APA!
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Nah, I check it occasionally but liked both of those stories more than usual.
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@tim said in Beer thread:
Sessionable craft beer is something of an Oxymoron when you chop about 20 Panhead APAs like I did one night when the Lions were here last year. For a bloke who never used to get hangovers my head ached like fuck the next day.
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@tim said in Beer thread:
Anyone tried Hop Federation's Lager?
It's only 14 on the IBU scale, so might be a bit too light in that regard.
I would probably like it then. I'm finding the hoppier they are the less I am liking them.
Panhead blue label is the perfect beer for me in terms of Craft. (and I realise that most crafty guys would find that too mild, I imagine)
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@hooroo said in Beer thread:
@tim said in Beer thread:
Anyone tried Hop Federation's Lager?
It's only 14 on the IBU scale, so might be a bit too light in that regard.
I would probably like it then. I'm finding the hoppier they are the less I am liking them.
Panhead blue label is the perfect beer for me in terms of Craft. (and I realise that most crafty guys would find that too mild, I imagine)
It's a decent drop that.
Recently I've found myself being much less of a beer piston wristed gibbon than in the past. Due to all of a sudden finding myself paying two mortgages I have less spare money for craft brews. I've rediscovered an appreciation for Macs and Monteiths again to be honest, sometimes as little as $12 a half doz.
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@tim said in Beer thread:
@hooroo said in Beer thread:
I would probably like it then. I'm finding the hoppier they are the less I am liking them.
By that particular scale that is really on the low side. European pilsners start at 24, apparently.
IBU is for bittering units i.e. the bittering hops, not the flavour hops that are making the beer 'taste hoppy'
Plenty of decent beer around that isn't all about hop flavours. Plenty of average beers around hiding behind hops too.
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@tim said in Beer thread:
@crucial Yep, it is common in NZ to over-hop "lagers" to hide off flavours etc.
Jever is close to the ideal of a pilsner for me, with a balance of hop and malt flavours.
Had to look it up as I'm not a regular Pilsner drinker. Some describe it as very bitter others don't. The difference they promote is the local water they use which is said to be unusually soft.
I guess you will struggle to find a match to the combination of very soft water (which can change the absorbtion of hop flavours) and a dry brew. Obviously any comparative would also need to be a German style (Hallertau hops) and use pilsner malt. -
@crucial said in Beer thread:
very soft water
The best contract brewers in Europe use electrochemical treatment of their water to get the right mineral content. Shouldn't be particularly expensive. Especially as it is crucial to the flavour of a good lager.