Archive for August, 2007
Saturday, August 25th, 2007
Here is the beauty of our Pilsner craft beer:
Tonight we were due to have a taste of the Pilsner and the head off to the football (that is round balls not the AFL nonsense down here) however due to a change of plan I was left to crack one open ...
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Friday, August 17th, 2007
This is the Gippsland brewery's extra strong ale, and by that its not your poncey 7% but a whacking great 11%. On pouring its a dark burnt wood colour, with light carbonation almost as if the bubbles are fighting through the liquid to escape. The potency of this could be ...
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Thursday, August 16th, 2007
NOB Beer is the name given to 'Nick and Rob' Brewery about here in Brisbane Australia. We have created a few brews so far, so as it is the birth of BeerBlog I thought I would get everyone up to speed on whats in the fermenter and the garage!
Winter Ale
Ingredients:
1 ...
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Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
Along with my previous post on imperial stout I have been intrigued by bottle conditioned 'vintage' ales, and one that seems quite popular is Thomas Hardy by Eldridge Pope. Not being one to shy away from trying something new I jumped on to Google and had a dig around to ...
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Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
Previously I along with Chief Co-Brewer Nick kicked off a promising pilsner using the following:
1.7Kg Black rock Pilsner
1.5Kg Morgans Unhopped Pale Malt Extract
50g Saaz Hop Pellets
Saflager w34/70 Yeast.
We did a boil up and fermented for about two weeks then racked for five days, the taste before racking was excellent and ...
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Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
Going along with my recent Stonch inspired splurge I recently paid £14.38 (inc P&P) for this:
It is a 1972 unopened bottle of Courage Imperial Russian Stout, which I bought to try a taste test. It does worry me that it is 35 years old and by breaking the seal the ...
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Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
Evening All!
So this is BeerBlog , all shiny contentless and probably with the odd bug. I have set this up as my personal blog started becoming very beer oriantated due to various homebrews and beer tastings being documented.
I am not a 'ticker' as such, but if there is an interesting ...
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