Beer thread
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Urbanaut are one of the most out there breweries. Tried their Hokey Pokey Hazy over the weekend. Also a one is more than enough type of beer. Not really hazy at all but it instantly took me back to being at the movies as a nine year old. Someone else described it as summer at Mission Bay in a glass.
Way too sweet but an interesting flavour profile. They nailed the caramel perfectly, but you have to ask what's the point? It's beer Jim but not as we know it.
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@taniwharugby said in Beer thread:
Panhead Sandman Hazy - me like
I've been drinking only Hazy IPAs and Pale Ales over this summer period, and this was one of them. Great on these hot days.
Others have included:
Behemoth Brain Smiles
Behemoth Something Hazy
Deep Creek Haze
Panhead Hot Rod
Sawmill Hazy Pale Ale (on tap)Both Behemoths were very tasty.
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Whilst I know it technically is not beer, I did brew this Cider in my Droid and it's so fkn awesome.
Called it "Rebecca's Rocket PinkLady Cider".
Rebecca's because I brewed it for my wife's birthday which is in mid-Jan. The rocket part, well it ended up at 9.2% ABV.
For anyone interested, the ingredients were:
Yeast: Fermentis Safcider AC-4 @ 5g packet
1 packet Yeast Nutrient @ 4g packet
6x 1.50 litre bottles of The Apple Press Pink Lady Cold Pressed Apple Juice
1x 1 litre bottle of Preshafruit Cold Pressed Pink Lady Apple Juice
500g of Dextrose
Set both Propagation and Fermentation at 21°C, after 5 days I stepped it up to 22°C and for the last 5 days 23°C. Cold crash is at 4°C then ramp it up to 16°C to keg.The Apple Press are from NZ, Hawkes Bay, and makes for a great base product as it has a excellent pink lady apple flavour and contains no preservatives. The Preshafruit is from Tassie which is close enough to NZ anyway and was also Pink Lady and preservative free.
The original gravity (OG) of The Apple Press juice came in at 1.044.
After adding all the juice along with the dissolved dextrose I got a starting gravity (SG) of 1.070
I checked the final gravity when kegging after 14 days fermentation and a 2 day cold crash, FG was 1.000 which equals 9.19% ABVInitial smell was very clean apple and the taste was crisp apple with some tartness. After almost 3 weeks maturing, the smell has become a little more apple with that cider smell. The tartness is subdued a lot and is now just beautiful crisp apple.
The 9,2% ABV is felt but not tasted.
Absolutely Love it and importantly, so does the wife.
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oh, forgot to add to this thread
If you go to Tassie the beer scene is sensational. So many breweries, most spitting out very decent beers. Can't list them all, but every brand i tried had at least one complete stand out.
I had even forgotten how good (for a mass-produced full strength lager) Boags Premium is
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@roninwc said in Beer thread:
The rocket part, well it ended up at 9.2% ABV.
I'm not a big cider drinker, and that would put me to sleep after a few.
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@antipodean said in Beer thread:
@roninwc said in Beer thread:
The rocket part, well it ended up at 9.2% ABV.
I'm not a big cider drinker, and that would put me to sleep after a few.
Me too. I have ordered quite a few of the excellent Peckham's drops in the past and the higher ABV ones go straight to the head in a snoozy way.
Sounds like a nice drop. Maybe not so much dextrose next time?
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@mariner4life Always have time for a Cascade Lager.
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@crucial said in Beer thread:
@antipodean said in Beer thread:
@roninwc said in Beer thread:
The rocket part, well it ended up at 9.2% ABV.
I'm not a big cider drinker, and that would put me to sleep after a few.
Me too. I have ordered quite a few of the excellent Peckham's drops in the past and the higher ABV ones go straight to the head in a snoozy way.
Sounds like a nice drop. Maybe not so much dextrose next time?
Yeah, wasn't quite expecting it to be that high in terms of ABV. Was shooting for the 7.5% range but did not realise that the yeast was so efficient.
Next cider will use a Western Sydney grower, Cedar Creek, who grow their own apples and other fruit and produce juices, both cloudy and clear.
And yes, I will definitely not use as much dextrose, cut it by half I reckon and it should be good. Not that there is anything wrong with the Rocket cider as it's bloody good as it is.
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@roninwc said in Beer thread:
@crucial said in Beer thread:
@antipodean said in Beer thread:
@roninwc said in Beer thread:
The rocket part, well it ended up at 9.2% ABV.
I'm not a big cider drinker, and that would put me to sleep after a few.
Me too. I have ordered quite a few of the excellent Peckham's drops in the past and the higher ABV ones go straight to the head in a snoozy way.
Sounds like a nice drop. Maybe not so much dextrose next time?
Yeah, wasn't quite expecting it to be that high in terms of ABV. Was shooting for the 7.5% range but did not realise that the yeast was so efficient.
Next cider will use a Western Sydney grower, Cedar Creek, who grow their own apples and other fruit and produce juices, both cloudy and clear.
And yes, I will definitely not use as much dextrose, cut it by half I reckon and it should be good. Not that there is anything wrong with the Rocket cider as it's bloody good as it is.
Can you get any proper cider apples? The old cider varieties make much better stuff (IMO) than 'dessert apples'
We stayed at this place years ago and they have a massive collection of old apple trees
Doesn't say that they sell apples or juice online but you can always try. The guy is a bit of a dagg and prob up for a yarn.
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Gotta love it when you pop in for a quiet drink and the owner of the bar invites you to a tasting of some beers he's considering ordering - for free.
All 8 wired. The pick for me was Cloudchaser Hazy. With the current surfeit of hazy's its hard to find something different but this stood out. For once a beer name actually describes the beer. This was like gulping light frothy mouthfuls of wispy cloud only beer flavoured. The patron said its the amount of atas (and wheat) but either way it was a surprising delight. Not overly hoppy but with a long finish and great mouth feel. Surprised it was 7% as didn't come across as alcoholic at all - so a potentially dangerous drop. He ordered a keg there and then. I enjoyed four free beers plus the three I was having anyway. A good night all up.
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@dogmeat said in Beer thread:
Gotta love it when you pop in for a quiet drink and the owner of the bar invites you to a tasting of some beers he's considering ordering - for free.
All 8 wired. The pick for me was Cloudchaser Hazy. With the current surfeit of hazy's its hard to find something different but this stood out. For once a beer name actually describes the beer. This was like gulping light frothy mouthfuls of wispy cloud only beer flavoured. The patron said its the amount of atas (and wheat) but either way it was a surprising delight. Not overly hoppy but with a long finish and great mouth feel. Surprised it was 7% as didn't come across as alcoholic at all - so a potentially dangerous drop. He ordered a keg there and then. I enjoyed four free beers plus the three I was having anyway. A good night all up.
Free beer is such a low cost but good feels freebie
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Booze Reviews | Tui 7.2% Strong Lager
Tui has done it again. Earlier, with their standard lager, the brewery perfectly captured the taste of a minor fuck-up, a small leak in the life-boat, a failure to look both ways at a railway crossing, a sneaky look down the barrel of a firework to
So apt
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@mn5 said in Beer thread:
Booze Reviews | Tui 7.2% Strong Lager
Tui has done it again. Earlier, with their standard lager, the brewery perfectly captured the taste of a minor fuck-up, a small leak in the life-boat, a failure to look both ways at a railway crossing, a sneaky look down the barrel of a firework to
So apt
'don't try it' after that review you just fucking have to! 😂
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@dogmeat @Machpants I’m definitely gonna try it.
In the last couple of weeks I’ve deliberately showed the girl I can be disciplined and save money and hence I’ve found some cheaper beer options, some of them even taste ok !
I have to try this one just for the experience, in fact fuck it, It’s 8am, I might pop off to the supermarket now and have one in the car park there.
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@mn5 said in Beer thread:
@dogmeat @Machpants I’m definitely gonna try it.
In the last couple of weeks I’ve deliberately showed the girl I can be disciplined and save money and hence I’ve found some cheaper beer options, some of them even taste ok !
I have to try this one just for the experience, in fact fuck it, It’s 8am, I might pop off to the supermarket now and have one in the car park there.
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@dogmeat said in Beer thread:
Haven't tried it for obvious reasons but I have in the past forced the odd Tui down - at the cricket - and, based on those experiences, the review seems penetratingly accurate.
The last and only time I drank a Tui was also at the cricket. Blake Park back in the early 1990s.
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@bovidae said in Beer thread:
@dogmeat said in Beer thread:
Haven't tried it for obvious reasons but I have in the past forced the odd Tui down - at the cricket - and, based on those experiences, the review seems penetratingly accurate.
The last and only time I drank a Tui was also at the cricket. Blake Park back in the early 1990s.
I’m ashamed to say I’ve had one this year. Handed to me by the other half’s uncle at his place in the Bay, complete with a “I know you’re into that craft beer stuff but this is all I have”
A hot day so not completely awful.
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