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[skillionaire]

Hi,

Your posts are getting lazier and lazier.

Cheers,
Nik

[Brett]

Red Trolley Red ale by Karl Strauss brewing co.

Really really like this one. 5.8% perfect for this time of year.

Aroma is reminiscent of milk chocolate to me. Very sweet malts.
Flavour is definitely sweet malt driven, which i love.
Little hop presence.
Good body. Not too much to be chewy, easily sessionable (although it'd be a big sesh). Although it has enough to carry the malt right through to the finish.


Also Stone and Wood Pacific Ale.
I drank this a while ago when I was going through my "big %, big flavour" period and I was underwhelmed.
Revisiting it though Ive come to understand why it gets such great accolade among the brewing fraternity.
Very fresh hops flavour and aroma, backed up by great maltiness on the finish.
So much flavour and complexity from a 4.4% beer that is very very sessionable. In the same fashion as Little Creatures Pale.

But better. and less confronting for those afraid of proper beer.

[skillionaire]

[Brett]

American arrogance at its finest.

[skillionaire]

Hi,



Oddness!?

From here;

http://www.sunnyrepublic.com/

Cheers,
Nik

[Brett]

Looks interesting. Might have to hook up some brewery visits when I'm over there next year. If I make them semi formal visits I might even be able to squeeze the trip as a tax deduction.

[skillionaire]

Hi,

Sounds like somewhere AMSy would attribute you to living...

The Old Grain Barns
North West Farm
West Street
Winterborne Kingston
Dorset

Cheers,
Nik

[ams]

Brett's childhood house is on that street.

When i say house, i mean mansion.

When i say mansion i mean he farts english mustard and pisses gin.

[skillionaire]

Hi,

Do you have any Colmans?

Cheers,
Nik

[ams]

Do you have any Colmans?

........





.....are you talking to brett's anus?

[Brett]

Its Colemans isn't it? I assume you're talking about the mustard.

[Brett]

anyway back on topic.

Heretic, Evil Cousin Pale ale. A very enjoyable American IPA, but it had a nuttiness about it which worked quite well. 8% isn't noticeable until about half an hour after drinking it.

Amsy, you'd love the Heretic stuff.

[ams]

Sweet will keep an eye out.

[skillionaire]

Hi,

Its Colemans isn't it?

No. It's Colman's. I saw it on The Bill, between that and Skins I feel I know everything there is to know about the mother country.

Also, Stones announced their new annual release, IIPA - trying to find the article. It's a 'rye IPA' but not enough rye to call it one 'technically' - also some spices and junc thrown in there.

Pretty interesting without a link, hey?

Cheers,
Nik

[Brett]

I feel I know everything there is to know about it by reading your post. I link would probably just contradict everything you wrote and send me into a state of confusion.

[Brett]

I want one of these.

[skillionaire]

I feel I know everything there is to know about it by reading your post. I link would probably just contradict everything you wrote and send me into a state of confusion.

Hi,

In the 15 years since we entered the craft brewing world, change has come not in a straight line, but as an exponential curve. The craft brewing movement has long been called a "revolution." But today the air is so thick with revolution, it's palpable. No longer is it only an awareness among the faithful; the unconverted are beginning to feel it as well. Denial and ignorance are disappearing in favor of opened eyes, curiosity and the sense that there's something larger out there. For far too long we have been lied to. For far too long we have been oppressed by the notion that dumbed-down-lowest-common-denominator-mediocrity was all that we could, and should, expect. You might think we're talking only about the world of brewing, but we're not. There is a myriad of products out there masquerading as cheeses, coffee, chocolates, breads...hell, there is stuff pretending to be 'food' that our great grandmothers would not recognize as such. Yet the craft brewing movement, together with the artisanal food movement, is making much progress. Where the industrial companies can't dismiss or bury us, they are attempting to copy us with cheap facsimiles. Yes, chances are if you are holding this bottle, you understand these things to be true about the world of brewing. You also likely understand the importance of our fight at Stone against accepted 'norms' over the last 15 years. We believed that America was ready to embrace things made with artistry and passion. You have spoken. Your response has been clear. We are not merely consumers to be spoon-fed whatever commodities need to be unloaded for a profit. We have only just begun to move the needle of this revolution, & mediocrity still reigns. Consider that when you reject dumbed down, industrialized food and drink, you also support craft brewing. The line is nearly seamless; we are fighting the same battle. We will not win in our lifetime, as the powers are too entrenched, and the masses too-fooled. And shackled. However, this is a revolution of ideas and of taste, and we will win. How do you want to be viewed by your children, and your children's children? As a hero, or as the oppressed? (Those that don't think they have been oppressed are already lost.) Ultimately, it's up to you to decide. We hope you'll stand with us. Strong and unyielding. You are needed. This bottle and its glorious contents are a celebration of you, brothers and sisters, and your importance in this fight. Cheers to all we've accomplished together in the past fifteen years, and cheers to the adventure ahead!


Nik
Cheers,

Hi again, Brett,

I want one of these.

Am I missing something, I got to the point that he set mash temp to 25c and switched back.

Cheers,
Nik

Haha, just watched more, fuckin' three step mash. Nice unit.

[Brett]

Yeah he mashes in at 25* I think largely because he can't be 'ed waiting. It's recircing the whole time which Is pretty good. I'm not surprised he hits 85% efficiency (with a 1.2mm crack) considering the wort is moving through the grain bed all the time.
There's a 200L version too, which is aimed at restaurants and brew pubs.

[skillionaire]

Hi,

Frenchy looks like she's given up.... 1060....

Cheers,
Nik

[Brett]

Fffffff

Hmmm might have to chuck some zinc at it, or some DAP.