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Beervana 2022...
Once again, nailed the day session (doing almost entirely sours)...
blagged way into staff halftime session, so about to try and make a dent in the evening session.
Only lasted a couple of hours into the 2nd sess last year, and I haven't paced myself, so.... we'll see... -
@Kruse said in Beer thread:
Beervana 2022...
Once again, nailed the day session (doing almost entirely sours)...
blagged way into staff halftime session, so about to try and make a dent in the evening session.
Only lasted a couple of hours into the 2nd sess last year, and I haven't paced myself, so.... we'll see...The Smokey Red Ale and the Toffee Pop stout were highlights for me. Both absolutely incredible. Naturally I forgot which breweries they were from.
I made a point of visiting the breweries from Germany and San Diego. Both very good.
Didn’t bother with Behemoth, Garage Project or Panhead as I can get those anytime and anywhere.
Grumpy old man gripe. THe lines to top up your wristbands were fucken ridiculous and understaffed. Nearly half an hours drinking time gone lining up!!!! Disorganised fuckwits.
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@MN5 said in Beer thread:
@Kruse said in Beer thread:
Beervana 2022...
Once again, nailed the day session (doing almost entirely sours)...
blagged way into staff halftime session, so about to try and make a dent in the evening session.
Only lasted a couple of hours into the 2nd sess last year, and I haven't paced myself, so.... we'll see...The Smokey Red Ale and the Toffee Pop stout were highlights for me. Both absolutely incredible. Naturally I forgot which breweries they were from.
I made a point of visiting the breweries from Germany and San Diego. Both very good.
Didn’t bother with Behemoth, Garage Project or Panhead as I can get those anytime and anywhere.
Grumpy old man gripe. THe lines to top up your wristbands were fucken ridiculous and understaffed. Nearly half an hours drinking time gone lining up!!!! Disorganised fuckwits.
I was dreading the wristband/money queues... as I was going in with free tickets, and therefore not pre-loaded. (What kind of dumb fluffybunny goes in without the pre-loaded option, if given the choice?)
But - we arrived half-an-hour late, and got wristbands loaded in less than 5 minutes. And later in the day, when we confirmed we'd managed to blag our way into the 2nd session... managed to get it topped up with fuck-all queue (and with beer in hand, so... didn't care anyway)- If you're buying a ticket... buy one with the $40 pre-loaded... fucking no-brainer. Get a beer or two in, wait for the dumb-ass queues to die down, then stick a hundy or two on there.
- If you've got cheap-ass "industry-contact" free tickets - might as well spend 30 minutes getting a fucking vietnamese coffee made, as... the time that takes - matches the time it takes for the dummies to get their money loaded - and can arrive at the venue caffeinated and with fuck-all queues to contend with.
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Picked up takeaway from a joint in our old suburb a few km away. Good burgers and seafood.
Anyway the other good part about that little mall is the bottle shop next to said takeaway. They're an independent with an interesting array of stuff, including smaller breweries and a fair bit of foreign stuff you don't typically see in your chain retailer.
Tonight I saw this, but didn't buy it despite my intrigue:
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@NTA said in Beer thread:
Instead I grabbed one each of these:
how was old man yells at cloud? Looks good.
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@nostrildamus said in Beer thread:
how was old man yells at cloud? Looks good.
Did what it said on the tin i.e. hazy as fuck. Quite tasty post-dinner and gave me a nice warm buzz sitting on the couch.
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@NTA said in Beer thread:
@nostrildamus said in Beer thread:
how was old man yells at cloud? Looks good.
Did what it said on the tin i.e. hazy as fuck. Quite tasty post-dinner and gave me a nice warm buzz sitting on the couch.
And the IBU one? Also what is says on the tin - hoppy as fuckery?
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@Kruse said in Beer thread:
@NTA said in Beer thread:
@nostrildamus said in Beer thread:
how was old man yells at cloud? Looks good.
Did what it said on the tin i.e. hazy as fuck. Quite tasty post-dinner and gave me a nice warm buzz sitting on the couch.
And the IBU one? Also what is says on the tin - hoppy as fuckery?
Will let you know.
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@NTA said in Beer thread:
Picked up takeaway from a joint in our old suburb a few km away. Good burgers and seafood.
Anyway the other good part about that little mall is the bottle shop next to said takeaway. They're an independent with an interesting array of stuff, including smaller breweries and a fair bit of foreign stuff you don't typically see in your chain retailer.
Tonight I saw this, but didn't buy it despite my intrigue:
Bacchus is the god of wine, not beer.
I wouldn’t have bought it either. You did the right thing.
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@NTA said in Beer thread:
Instead I grabbed one each of these:
Two of my all time favourite beers from one of Australia's best breweries.
That "I can has IBU? V2 is a throw back to the IBU (International Bitterness Units) wars where breweries competed to see who could get the highest IBU's in a beer.
And as always, to get a bit of balance in the beer, with such high IBUs, you need high ABV or BU/GU ratio where BU stands for Bitterness Units and GU stands for Gravity Units and at 8.7% is big, very big.
When home brewing you look to get the BU/GU balance just right for the particular style you're brewing.
@NTA the Double IPA version of Old Man Yells at Clouds at 9% ABV is an absolute ripper if you can get your hands on it.
This is my latest all grain brew out of my BeerDroid, a 9% Hazy DDH IIIPA with a huge 27.5 g of hops per litre of beer. More than 125g of hops were used in the second dry hop addition.
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I went for my annual medical yesterday. Had moderated beer intake for a week so blood pressure was good.
I'm a little concerned that I am overdoing the walking (averaging 85km a week) however Doc said it's fine but invest is some good shoes.
I then fessed up that my feet are treacherous and despite what my brain says they inevitably lead me to
The bar? my Dr interrupts
Yes I admit and wait for the lecture
"3-4 beers a night isn't going to do you too much physical harm and if it helps you relax and de-stress it's all good. You've got to make sure the years you have left are good years"
If anyone wants a referral I can pass on his details
I did query the italicised clause to make sure we were both talking multiple decades
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@Kruse said in Beer thread:
@NTA said in Beer thread:
@nostrildamus said in Beer thread:
how was old man yells at cloud? Looks good.
Did what it said on the tin i.e. hazy as fuck. Quite tasty post-dinner and gave me a nice warm buzz sitting on the couch.
And the IBU one? Also what is says on the tin - hoppy as fuckery?
Christ is it what! And @RoninWC wasn't kidding about the bitterness. A distance from my preferred easy drinking, but after the initial "hit" mid-palate, the aftertaste is quite good.
I definitely didn't lose taste or smell with COVID because I'm getting every bit.
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Steinlager has the characteristic off-flavours of an NZ pilsner, but it balances them with malt and hops. It is vastly better than truly diabolical beers like Emerson's Pilsner, or McCloud's Longborder - those are terrible beers, that aren't properly lagered, and are dominated by one awful off-flavour. No one drinks that absolute garbage overseas.
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@Tim said in Beer thread:
Steinlager has the characteristic off-flavours of an NZ pilsner, but it balances them with malt and hops. It is vastly better than truly diabolical beers like Emerson's Pilsner, or McCloud's Longborder - those are terrible beers, that aren't properly lagered, and are dominated by one awful off-flavour. No one drinks that absolute garbage overseas.
While ranting on pilsner can you explain the connection and almost obsession with the style from “areas of the internet”?
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@Crucial said in Beer thread:
@Tim said in Beer thread:
Steinlager has the characteristic off-flavours of an NZ pilsner, but it balances them with malt and hops. It is vastly better than truly diabolical beers like Emerson's Pilsner, or McCloud's Longborder - those are terrible beers, that aren't properly lagered, and are dominated by one awful off-flavour. No one drinks that absolute garbage overseas.
While ranting on pilsner can you explain the connection and almost obsession with the style from “areas of the internet”?
Seems like weird memes, yacht rock and pilsner have some sort of link.Calling a Steinlager a Pilsner is up there with calling a Tui a pale ale
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@MN5 said in Beer thread:
@Crucial said in Beer thread:
@Tim said in Beer thread:
Steinlager has the characteristic off-flavours of an NZ pilsner, but it balances them with malt and hops. It is vastly better than truly diabolical beers like Emerson's Pilsner, or McCloud's Longborder - those are terrible beers, that aren't properly lagered, and are dominated by one awful off-flavour. No one drinks that absolute garbage overseas.
While ranting on pilsner can you explain the connection and almost obsession with the style from “areas of the internet”?
Seems like weird memes, yacht rock and pilsner have some sort of link.Calling a Steinlager a Pilsner is up there with calling a Tui a pale ale
I'm partial to Steinlager, it's a clean beer. I'd hesitate to call it Pilsner, but green bullet hops are underrated.
Joe Wood from Liberty famously loves it, and serves it decanted to beer nerds -
@MN5 said in Beer thread:
@Crucial said in Beer thread:
@Tim said in Beer thread:
Steinlager has the characteristic off-flavours of an NZ pilsner, but it balances them with malt and hops. It is vastly better than truly diabolical beers like Emerson's Pilsner, or McCloud's Longborder - those are terrible beers, that aren't properly lagered, and are dominated by one awful off-flavour. No one drinks that absolute garbage overseas.
While ranting on pilsner can you explain the connection and almost obsession with the style from “areas of the internet”?
Seems like weird memes, yacht rock and pilsner have some sort of link.Calling a Steinlager a Pilsner is up there with calling a Tui a pale ale
In reality though Pilsner just means lager. Then there are styles. Steinlager is akin to a “European style pilsner” as I think it was modelled on Heineken.
I have no idea what the “off flavours” @Tim refers to are. Off flavours are a result of bad brewing and not just flavours you don’t like in your idea of a style or your own taste. Emerson’s for example is a very well made lager but uses Riwaka hops so has that green pineapple taste which some love, some don’t.
It’s like saying NZ Sav Blanc has off flavours compared to an old world French one.
If you like the taste, drink it. If you don’t, don’t. But it’s not a bad beer if made with skill, just not to your taste.