Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Fun Ale

Brew 82 used only about 200g of cracked crystal grain; It was sufficient to impart that delicious red colour. It's a lager base fermented with an ale yeast. There's a spot of roasted "Joe White", some cracked coriander and squirt of licorice extract.

From Beer

Clownie and I just can't resist this brew! Next up will be a "bare-bones" lager more suited to consumption on a vast scale. Of brew 82, you take a little bit every day.

Back at it

G'Day All,
Sorry about not posting anything in the past couple of months, as the kegs have been pretty full for the past couple of months, there hasn't been much need of doing too much about it. Last month I did an elcheepo double batch with a couple of tins of mud, 2 brew enhancers and another bag of sugar. Dave, Jen, Mixy and Roberts sampled this brew which was ok, as it did the job, but Dave and Jen both put their finger on what it was missing.........bitterness. Due to the large sugar levels that had been put into the batch to increase the alcohol levels, and on my behalf I was doing it on the cheap, I didn't worry about hopping the beer. But apart from that, the beers were flowing and were enjoyed by all.
The latest batch that I have kegged up in preparations for Friday evening and after the garage has been decked out completly with a table made of wood (opposed to the cardboard boxes that we have used), and a couple of lounges have also gone in and a tv to boot, is the Country Brewer's recipe of Goin' Fishin'. It is a bitter with 1kg of booster, 500g of light booster, 150g crystal grain and hersbrucker hops. I was impredded with the colour and the smell when I kegged it today and I am will be enjoyed on Friday evening.
The latest brew I am doing is another double batch to keep the kegs topped up, especially over the festive season. This isn't a specific recipe but just flavours that I was keen on at the time of purchase.
2 x Morgan's Blue Mountain Lager
1kg Light Malt
1.6kg Dextrose
0.4kg Maltodextrin
24g Hallertau Hops
I think it will be a pretty good brew and look forward to sharing a few around.

Sunday, December 7, 2008

A summer brew?

Hi All,

Well after having a few people over have drank all of our homebrew, Ginger beer and Wheat beer,its time to clean some botttles and put on a couple of new brews Looking for recommendations, suggestions and recipes for a couple of brews that are good for the hot weather, by the pool and the beach.

Cheers and hope the brewings all going well, especially in this time of sun where beer seems to disappear alot quicker

Cheers