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[skillionaire]

Hi,

To boil?

Cheers,
Nik

[Brett]

probably right at the end of boil. only so the aroma and a bit of the flavour is there. Or maybe add to fermenter. A bit like dry hopping.

[Adam]

I've always though beer tasted worse in a can???

[Brett]

cans keep beer fresher than bottles. a bit like a tiny keg.

[Adam]

Genuinely interested about the taste though, I like Heineken, but i bought it in cans in NZ and ended up leaving it for the room cleaners

[Brett]

It could be the difference between locally produced and imported? Im not sure as I think Heineken sucks regardless of where its brewed.

Sam Adams Summer Ale: Fooking lovely. I dont remember the specific tasting notes on it, but the lemon peel that its brewed with certainly comes through in a most pleasant way.

I also tried Feral White for the first time in ages on friday. Really enjoyed it.

[Richo]

chock mint beer... mmmmm, sounds cool. I'd like to make a "jaffa" one. chocolatey stouty thing with orange (peel?? seveil or whatever its called)

had duff beer yesterday.. its passable. although it was very cold when I had it

[Brett]

so I had a bit of a beer adventure tonight.

Picked up:
Little creatures Original Pilsner
Stone & Wood Lager
Pepperjack Handcrafted Ale
Murrays Angry Man Pale Ale


Not being a massive Pils fan, Ive never actually had Creatures Pils before. I quite liked it. super light and Very very sessionable. In typical LC style its very florally on the aroma, Super clean, dry finish that makes you want more.

Stone & Wood lager was very hoppy. Im thinking Saaz. still lacked the malty-ness that i like. Very clean on the palate. there are better lagers for my taste. seemed unfiltered too. which doesnt scare me, but might put some off.

Pepperjack Ale was awesome. Just the way I like a good ale. Plenty of stone fruits coming through. Peach&mango in particular. But a very solid malt backbone. Caramel, toffee and biscuity. Really well balanced. Neither the hops or the malt dominated on any part of the palate. Has a nice bitter clean finish too. Probably one of the best ales Ive had to date.

Angry Man pale was also good, but didnt have the body and full mouth feel that the Pepperjack had. Very distinctive mango, paw paw aromas but the alcohol is also apparent on the aroma. A slight ethanol twang. quite bitter for the malt presence I thought. Zero head retension, which im putting down to my glass. Still good, but Id pick Pepperjack over it.

[Richo]

peperjack to me isn't as good as it used to be. IIRC, its brewed by one of the big guns now.

[skillionaire]

Hi,

Genuinely interested about the taste though, I like Heineken, but i bought it in cans in NZ and ended up leaving it for the room cleaners

One important factor is usually disregarded in this argument. The point is, you buy it in a can and pour it into a glass to drink it. The flavour and tasting experience while drinking out of a can is severely hampered by the fact that it is not an open top, so your schnozz is right up against the top of the can and you will - whether breathing in or not - be picking up smell from the can lid itself, whether it be the cardboard/plastic it came in or the glue that sealed box, or the aluminium itself. With a glass bottle, due to the shape, your schnozz is going to be spared from being pressed up against something.

But the idea of the can is that no light can get in there - light is a killer. Also, a can is a much better temperature conductor compared to a glass bottle - so you can chill them down a lot quicker with a lot less energy. Coopers sells in canned format in SA, it is only due to ridiculous and archaic regulations, and public perception, that we don't see them everywhere. When I went to Coopers for a brewery tour they said Dr Tim is a massive fan of canned beer and says the best tasting DrTim's (Pale Ale) is from the can, without a doubt.

As you can probably tell, me and Brett are pretty much all for the can.

Cheers,
Nik

[Adam]

Nik, thanks for the info. Will try pouring into glass!


Also, why does imported hieneken and locally brewed hieneken taste different if they are the same recipie?? And how can they sell it at an import price when it isn't?

Understand that it isn't a populate beer with you peeps, but whatever, I like it!

[skillionaire]

Hi,

I have no problem slamming down a sixer of Heineken, and I actually prefer it from can as well.



They can charge for it, because people fuckin' pay for it! As far as I know the recipe is the same, but the ingredients are sourced from different places.

Cheers,
Nik

[Adam]

Ok yeah thought that was the case!

[Brett]

Also I'm sure the recipes are the same, but like Nik said the supply of the raw ingredients is different, but also in willing to bet there is differences in the brewing process too.
I don't dislike Heinies because in a beer snob, it just doesn't appeal to my palate. I'm an ale drinker, not a lager drinker.
I think the only reason I like the lagers we brew is because they have a massive malt profile that you just don't get in many lagers. I'm still yet to find a lager I like more than our Riverside lager.

[Richo]

had http://www.ratebeer....y-juice/140189/, was one of my fairwell beers. nice

[skillionaire]

Hi,

Sifting through the twenty odd brew titles I received for Christmas, in the mix I've been using 'Radical Brewing' quite a lot. Really accessible style, for brewers or drinkers.

Probably more geared toward home brewing, but that's pretty much what I'm doing!

http://www.radicalbrewing.com/

Nice brew sheet too;

http://www.radicalbr...g.com/rbws1.pdf

Cheers,
Nik

[Richo]

http://beeradvocate....ile/23696/63100

[Brett]

wow Richo, youre insight into this beer is exhilerating. hahahaha

[Richo]

full lazy mode enga.....meh

[Brett]

hahahaha