Another pub crawl aye Oliver? You sure do get around the beer scean I tell ya what if I ever want to know a run down on a beer I haven't tried I'll be hitting you up for sure.from this week, while at Bayou Teche had their Bayou Peche IPA, Sunset Limited, Legacies Lager and the 2nd Series of Legacies, and LA 31 Spur. LA31 is their Pale Ale and the Spur is the dry hopped barrel aged version of it, really damn good beer.
from whenever: Crowd Control (2016) by Southern Prohibiton, always good. Luau Krunkles by Terrapin was absolutely amazing. Dr. Hoptagon by Parish was also really good. Found the Paulaner Hefe-Weizen on draft.
and from last night, So Fresh & So Green, Green by Terrapin was good. And, Gnarly Barley has their Korova Peanut Butter Porter out, It's a milk porter with some of the richest chocolate taste i've ever experienced. It's like drinking a dark chocolate bar with peanuts. Too good.
Well I poured my first sample of my vanilla cream ale 1week in keg on 11psi not much carb little vanilla on the nose plenty on the pallet with a dry Finnish leading to slight vodka Finnish it's slightly warm down the throat but also has a little residual sweetness left behind will be interesting in a week or more. Definitely a sipper.i do still buy beer , dan murphys get some of the beers listed as commercial examples of the BJCP styles , i don't always enjoy them as some styles are simply not to my taste and will never be brewed .
i do buy a bit of the Grolsch , easy drinking beer but it's mostly for the swingtop bottles
Did just crack open an early sample Golden Promise / Cascade SmaSh and it's shaping up well , good on the nose and sits well on the tongue with mild esters from the yeast ... pretty much what i planned on
Na not at all I steeped my vanilla pods in vodka for a week and then threw em in fermentor once primary fermentation was done its carried through to keg. That wlp 090 is super clean yeast so I'm sure it's got no,part in it but I don't mind the flavour I think it will turn out alright it just needs time in the keg to round offVodka finish and warm in the throat sound like fusel alcohols , did the ferment temp get a bit high ?
Those buggers made me quit brewing years ago until i had housemate ( food chemist ) who taught me error of my ways ....horrid nasty evil headaches from fusels
I don't know about you guys but I haven't bought a commercial brew for ages I sorta feel bad buying beer when I make it. If I don't know a style of beer like cream ale for instance I'll brew one that's my craft beer journey. Down side would be I wouldn't know if I've knocked that style on the head so to speak.
buying and trying as many beers as possible is part of the process in my opinion. I find it a necessity to get my fix of beer, it's important. Understanding what's out there, understanding ingredients, techniques, styles. That's like calling yourself a musician who makes all his own music, but never listens to anyone else and has no influences. It just doesn't work that way.
Aussie tastes are different , look at our highest selling beers and they're pretty awful !
Here in Radelaide theres an emerging beer culture , if you head down to Brisvegas you can find plenty of decent beers
As to getting good imported beers they dont travel well , SNPA tastes much better in the US !
We had them here for our beer fest with the draft version and fresh bottles , much tastier