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• Posted in thread: St Bernardus bottle cultured yeast for ABT 12 attempt on 03-13-2013 at 09:17 PM
  Hi Jasper,I'm really pleased that someone else is working on this and am really interested to
  hear more about your results - especially the pilot batch of Belgian Pale Ale.I cracked my
  first bottle of...

• Posted in thread: Chimay Grande Réserve (Blue) on 02-28-2013 at 06:05 AM
  Sid, I meant to respond to you on the SB12 yeast strains but we had not cultured or tested the
  strains in the SB12 until now. In this particular case BLAM is correct on the re-fermentation
  yeast being...

• Posted in thread: St Bernardus bottle cultured yeast for ABT 12 attempt on 02-18-2013 at 10:39 PM
  Stan Hieronymus states in BLAM that St Bernardus utilizes a second yeast for bottle
  conditioning. After culturing from a bottle of Pater 6 I suspect that the yeast used to
  carbonate the 33cl bottles, ...

• Posted in thread: Shame in chucking? on 01-30-2013 at 04:01 AM
  Thanks for all the replies and the wide range of viewpoints expressed:)Chimay Blue, St
  Bernardus ABT 12, Westmalle Trippel and similar examples are my benchmarks and they're what I
  measure my own beer...

• Posted in thread: Shame in chucking? on 01-29-2013 at 06:46 AM
  I'm a relatively new brewer, but I know what I want to drink.I've brewed 16 batches since
  August 2012.I started out with high hopes and and the bare minimum of equipment.My first batch
  was dry extract...

• Posted in thread: I'm visiting New Zealand, advice or ideas? on 01-16-2013 at 05:44 AM
  When you're in Auckland visit Galraith's Alehouse in Mt Eden. It's on the city fringe and they
  are a pub and micro brewery. They specialise in English style ales and have an ever changing
  selection of...

• Posted in thread: Chimay Grande Réserve (Blue) on 01-07-2013 at 06:53 AM
  Thanks CSI for your work with the trials - they represent an excellent reference to the home
  brewer.I tried to get some of your product but shipping to NZ turned out to be prohibitively
  costly... it c...

• Posted in thread: What commercial beers are in your 'fridge? on 12-22-2012 at 06:03 AM
  Chimay Grande ReserveSt Bernardus ABT 12Westmalle TripelEpic Pale Ale