Beer thread
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@RoninWC said in Beer thread:
@nzzp said in Beer thread:
@RoninWC looks awesome
I brewed my best beer ever last month, a classic hazy fermented under pressure. Ferment and serve from the fermzilla. Superb beer, 7.5% that tastes like smooth hop juice.
Sorry @nzzp been meaning to ask, what was it you brewed. Must have been damn good to call it your best ever. And of course, a picture or it never happened
Recipe?
I'm on extended holiday so will brew and post when I get back home. Was a mad fermentationist recipe I think, but in a fermzilla. Pressure fermented, served from fermenter and fast... All done in 7 days including dry hopping. No oxygen, very little aroma loss. Great fun
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@dogmeat said in Beer thread:
@MN5 How do you tell it from standard Corona?
There is a place for Corona but it has to be a STINKING hot day, not a typical sunny Wellington summers day where its not even hitting 20 degrees…..
Definitely nice after a day of labour in the garden ( again if it’s really hot )
But judging from the Heinie zero I drunk a couple of years back and how awful that would be I can confirm I wouldn’t touch this if my life depended on it.
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Have had a few Good George Virtual Reality over the break. Best 0.5% I have had. Beats Tiny as it doesn’t lack the hazy juiciness.
I won’t go near any of the mainstream zeros. They can’t even brew nice normal beers. Trouble with removing the alcohol from those beers is the soda water effect. They have no body or flavour to start with so removing the esters from the booze and you may as well drink water.
I find Tiny or VR good to alternate between standard beers and they even mix well with a similar style if you want to reduce the alcohol level.
There’s also an Urbanaut 2.5% hazy that is a nice quaffer if you’re going out and need to drive.
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@Crucial said in Beer thread:
Have had a few Good George Virtual Reality over the break. Best 0.5% I have had. Beats Tiny as it doesn’t lack the hazy juiciness.
I won’t go near any of the mainstream zeros. They can’t even brew nice normal beers. Trouble with removing the alcohol from those beers is the soda water effect. They have no body or flavour to start with so removing the esters from the booze and you may as well drink water.
I find Tiny or VR good to alternate between standard beers and they even mix well with a similar style if you want to reduce the alcohol level.
There’s also an Urbanaut 2.5% hazy that is a nice quaffer if you’re going out and need to drive.
Indeed.
Every single one I’ve tried is an abomination. I can;t believe people actually pay to drink them.
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@Crucial said in Beer thread:
Have had a few Good George Virtual Reality over the break. Best 0.5% I have had. Beats Tiny as it doesn’t lack the hazy juiciness.
That is my criticism about Tiny. It's more straw-coloured rather than the orange-coloured, flavoursome Hazy beers I have liked. Maybe that is a problem with Garage Project as I also bought some Chipper which has the same appearance. Disappointing.
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@Bovidae said in Beer thread:
@Crucial said in Beer thread:
Have had a few Good George Virtual Reality over the break. Best 0.5% I have had. Beats Tiny as it doesn’t lack the hazy juiciness.
That is my criticism about Tiny. It's more straw-coloured rather than the orange-coloured, flavoursome Hazy beers I have liked. Maybe that is a problem with Garage Project as I also bought some Chipper which has the same appearance. Disappointing.
Tiny is still good, just not really to description. They use a fair bit of oats in the mash for body and mouthfeel but it isn’t anything like a juicy hazy.
The Good George one is quite juicy. Stacked full of Riwaka and Sauvin. Tastes like the beer you have when not having a beer. -
@Crucial said in Beer thread:
@Bovidae said in Beer thread:
@Crucial said in Beer thread:
Have had a few Good George Virtual Reality over the break. Best 0.5% I have had. Beats Tiny as it doesn’t lack the hazy juiciness.
That is my criticism about Tiny. It's more straw-coloured rather than the orange-coloured, flavoursome Hazy beers I have liked. Maybe that is a problem with Garage Project as I also bought some Chipper which has the same appearance. Disappointing.
Tiny is still good, just not really to description. They use a fair bit of oats in the mash for body and mouthfeel but it isn’t anything like a juicy hazy.
The Good George one is quite juicy. Stacked full of Riwaka and Sauvin. Tastes like the beer you have when not having a beer.Two of my favourite hops to brew with. Been doing a fair number of NZ based Hazys and NEIPAs using Gladfield malts and NZ hops like Riwaka and Nelson Sauvin along with Motueka, Moutere, Wai-iti, Taiheke, etc.
My Holiday Hazy I posted just before Xmas used Riwaka and Nelson along with the first time using Nectaron.
The beer I currently have brewing which is now only 2 days from kegging, is a Double Hazy using Riwaka, Nelson Sauvin and Idaho-7.
I really love the flavours brought by these two hops so I'm doing some experimentation to find the best hop(s) to partner them with.
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@Machpants said in Beer thread:
My new favourite beer
Thank god someone has brought the conversation away from zero alcohol beer.
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@nzzp said in Beer thread:
@RoninWC said in Beer thread:
@nzzp said in Beer thread:
@RoninWC looks awesome
I brewed my best beer ever last month, a classic hazy fermented under pressure. Ferment and serve from the fermzilla. Superb beer, 7.5% that tastes like smooth hop juice.
Sorry @nzzp been meaning to ask, what was it you brewed. Must have been damn good to call it your best ever. And of course, a picture or it never happened
Recipe?
I'm on extended holiday so will brew and post when I get back home. Was a mad fermentationist recipe I think, but in a fermzilla. Pressure fermented, served from fermenter and fast... All done in 7 days including dry hopping. No oxygen, very little aroma loss. Great fun
@RoninWC righto, back on the couch at home.
Pic below. It lasted all of 2 weeks. Brewed under pressure in a fermzilla with spunding valve, added hops via hop bong. Basically zero oxygen intrusion - served directly from the keg. Was the best, most hop forward beer I have made ... my mates hooked me up with the kit for a birthday last year, and i hadn't got around to actually pressure fermenting.
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@nzzp said in Beer thread:
Pic below. It lasted all of 2 weeks. Brewed under pressure in a fermzilla with spunding valve, added hops via hop bong. Basically zero oxygen intrusion - served directly from the keg. Was the best, most hop forward beer I have made ... my mates hooked me up with the kit for a birthday last year, and i hadn't got around to actually pressure fermenting.
Tell the truth, you make the props for the Mad Max movies, don't you?!
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@nostrildamus said in Beer thread:
@nzzp said in Beer thread:
Pic below. It lasted all of 2 weeks. Brewed under pressure in a fermzilla with spunding valve, added hops via hop bong. Basically zero oxygen intrusion - served directly from the keg. Was the best, most hop forward beer I have made ... my mates hooked me up with the kit for a birthday last year, and i hadn't got around to actually pressure fermenting.
Tell the truth, you make the props for the Mad Max movies, don't you?!
fair, that's my jock strap on the beer. Mmmm.
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@nzzp said in Beer thread:
fair, that's my jock strap on the beer. Mmmm.
Fantastic, (and I can imagine the labels) but forgive me if that doesn't make it sound tasty!
