Recent content by Pale Ale Dale

Cascade Stout would stand up against any. Possibly Australias most underated beer.

Been a real weird one to pick with the beer detioriating slowly after being bottled for 2 weeks. Someone has suggested So2 fermenters for a week! Seems a long time?

Got one need to get rid of it! Maybe in my primary or secondary plastic fermenters. Any ideas? Pad..

Got maggot down my local came home early, scraped together some ingredients for a pizza and at the last minute thought i would make one with tinned dog food on it and leave it out for my mates when they arrived home. Went to bed and the rest is history, naturally they ate the lot what can i say?

Just put on a stout recently and just for the record I used a stout tin plus grains and hops and malt light and dark, malto dextrin, munich, crystal, chocolate grain, roast barley and northern brewer hops. This brew gave me an og of 1070 and two days later it was at 1030 and stopped bubbling...

My hop of choice would be Northern Brewer..

I put 5L of ice into my fermenter nowadays. Straight to 22 oc everytime.. No probs:rockin:

Went to a party I danced all night I drank 16 beers And I started up a fight But now I'm jaded You're out of luck I'm rolling down the stairs Too drunk to **** Too drunk to **** Too drunk to **** Too drunk To **** I'm too drunk, too drunk, too drunk To **** I like...

Too Drunk to **** by The Dead Kennedys an absolute classic..

Cheers guys for all your help!

Ive been advised that soaking is not required. The product even states that its not required. The problem has been more apparent in my stouts and darker styled beers. If it is a bug it is only very mild and not present in all bottles..

The empty bottles smell distinctly different the tainted one smells gassy..

I make up a solution of sterilizer with hot water and half fill a bottle then cap and shake and pour the solution into the next bottle via a funnel. I repeat the process until ive done 15 bottles and then I make up another solution. I have not ever scrubbed my plastic bottles. Should I...

Im finding that some of my beers are getting a weird taste after 2-6 weeks of age. The problem seems its not every bottle from a batch its just like the odd one! Early days they taste great but as they mature some are getting slightly more gassy (but not volcanic!) and are tasting...

Cheers David for that..