Beer thread
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i'm not old, but i'm old enough to remember a time where, if you presented your mates with a beer that looked like fluffy mango juice, you ran the very real risk of a punch in the face, or at the very least an enormous amount of heckle (probably a gay joke).
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@mariner4life you're old
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@nzzp said in Beer thread:
@mariner4life you're old
fuck off!
and take your tropical fruit punch with you nancy!(i fucking love hazys)
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@RoninWC my first ever home brew (circa 1992) was ahead of its time, as it looked so much like those in your pictures...I can honestly say mine would not have tasted as good as yours, but ours got us so drunk we were using the sediment to wash our hair in the pissing rain while camping!
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My local has some of the new season Fresh Hops so I have been forced to try a couple.
Pick for me has been hop Federations Green Limousine. Nice long finish. Stone fruits with a hint of Citrus
Next Garage Projects Mecha Hop Centennial Singularity Quite complex and a contrast in flavour to the other two which is probably why it stood out from
Epics haze Fever. Apparently these Riwaka were in the tank in Auckland less than eight hours after being picked. Not as hazy as the GP.
I wouldn't go out of my way for a green experience but a tasting sess once a year was very pleasant. I'd definitely drink more of the Green Limo. Landlord has one tucked away that he's going to keep for a while. Be interested to try that again.
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@dogmeat said in Beer thread:
My local has some of the new season Fresh Hops so I have been forced to try a couple.
Pick for me has been hop Federations Green Limousine. Nice long finish. Stone fruits with a hint of Citrus
Next Garage Projects Mecha Hop Centennial Singularity Quite complex and a contrast in flavour to the other two which is probably why it stood out from
Epics haze Fever. Apparently these Riwaka were in the tank in Auckland less than eight hours after being picked. Not as hazy as the GP.
I wouldn't go out of my way for a green experience but a tasting sess once a year was very pleasant. I'd definitely drink more of the Green Limo. Landlord has one tucked away that he's going to keep for a while. Be interested to try that again.
@dogmeat , it certainly is fresh hop season at the moment. Seeing plenty of posts in the FB brewing groups I belong to.
I'd be keen to give it a go one day but boy, the amount of fresh hop needed is nuts and you need very large brewery vessel. Certainly wouldn't work in
Speaking of which, over the Easter Long weekend, I picked up a second hand electric brewery system, a Nano 36l Brew in a Basket by Cheeky Peak Brewing.
Will use it for the first time this weekend doing a West Coast IIPA, can't wait to try it. Funnily enough, I'll be able to brew larger volumes with this but the WCIIPA will only be 11 litres to go into my new replacement droid. I thought it best to start with something smaller.
After the WCIIPA I have two big Hazies/NEIPAs ready to go, one with a 7.1 kg grain bill which will fill up the Grain Basket and really test the system.
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Colossal Brewing Hopmosphere
This has become a staple WCIPA over the last couple of months. Nice colour and great full bodied taste at 7%.
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Had the Pan Head Rat Rod Hazy IPA at lunch yesterday, bloody nice drop, and 6.5% too
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Reopened this thread as someone liked my post about the GP ESB.
I wonder if brewers here really underestimate the demand/desire for Ales? I have tried to get my hands on more ales for winter and just about everything that gets released sells out.
I get that the supermarket market in this area is small but the beer lovers market seems to be very under supplied.
Often breweries seem to think that if they do an 'ale/stout/porter' they need to make something at imperial strengths or do 'Scotch Ale' at levels above an 80shilling.I just miss having a good cellar temp easy drinking ale I guess.
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@nzzp said in Beer thread:
@Crucial said in Beer thread:
I just miss having a good cellar temp easy drinking ale I guess.
Considered brewing one yourself? Ales are really simple to brew...
Yeah, I've done the whole brewing thing and at present have to much other stuff going on to get the equipment out again. I have a house to try and sell, a move to the south island and a house to design and build all taking up much more time than I need.
My point is that I don't get why breweries don't do more in this area instead of endless variations of the same. This stuff sells really quick either in packaged form or at pubs with handpulls (Cassell's for example make a nice bitter that sells well in pubs). -
@Crucial said in Beer thread:
Reopened this thread as someone liked my post about the GP ESB.
I wonder if brewers here really underestimate the demand/desire for Ales? I have tried to get my hands on more ales for winter and just about everything that gets released sells out.I shop at New World often just cos they stock Brit ales, I’m so sick of over hopped over hazy stuff
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@Crucial said in Beer thread:
Yeah, I've done the whole brewing thing and at present have to much other stuff going o
Fair,
was about to tell you to buy some stuff from Galbraiths, but it doesn't look like they're selling ales in bottles. Damn.
I hear your point - clearly not much of a market for proper ales.
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@Bovidae said in Beer thread:
I enjoyed trying heaps of different Hazy IPAs/Pale Ales during the summer months but I have been looking for darker beers for the winter. My local New World(s) still tends to have more Hazy on the shelf.
Hazy has been done to death with all due respect.
Much more into my Pilsners and Stouts at the moment.
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Whilst I still love my Hazy and NEIPA's, I can get what you are saying about Ales during winter so I brewed for myself and friends a Abbey Dubel and a very nice, very strong West Coast IIPA.
Going to get an Abbey Trippel on this weekend which should be good.