Recent content by Robotcrab

Far and away the best thing I have made in 7 years of brewing, and probably one of the easiest, amazing how you can make something pretty special out of a few basic ingredients Really fruity and just tart enough, bottle ageing for a couple of months has crisped it right up, only noticeable...

Well it's bottled, finished up at 1008 so about 4.2%, smelt delicious, salt much less noticeable, could probably given it another 24 hours souring, will do next time but all in all very please so far will give it a few weeks in the bottle and see. Haven't had a chance to do another batch yet...

Fermenting away at 13c had sip and a sniff and going great, didn't do a gravity test as only 5l batch will give it another week then check it once the yeast has definately done its thing. May have gone a little heavy on the salt but will see better once it's carbed up, smell real lemony at the...

First try of a sour, probably the best smelling wort I've ever had... 5 liters 200g LDME 250g breiss wheat Half a handful of pale malt 7g tatenager 3g corriander 2g salt Quick boiled extract, cooled to 110f tossed in the base malt covered in plastic for 48hrs in oven with pilot light on...

Well I got my ryzomes today and have planted into small pots ti get them started, two columbus and three cascade, so wish me luck. Still looking for right pots gor the front of pub, but still have some time up my sleeve. She doesn't seem to understand, I really, really, like beer...

Great thanks everyone, I was thinking about barrels but not sure what the council will think. Also should I just use one crown per pot or two or more? And maybe a silly question but for how many months +- per year will the plant be green? Had also wondered about the vandal thing, but we in a...

Oh, and my intention is too at some stage turn the place into a brew pub and try and use the pubs hops, lots of paper work and money to be thrown at it first though sadly. She doesn't seem to understand, I really, really, like beer...

Hi guys, here is a picture of my pub, now i want to add a bit of green to the facade, what I was thinking was three potted hop vines growing straight up the three columns in the brick work in the middle, one either side of the front door and another on right on other side of window to make it...

I think I am asking same as above, what is the grain bill and hop schedule? I am about to bottle my first attemp at this style, having never tried one it's a bit like trying to reproduce a painting I've never seen... Tasted the sample I took from primary yesterday, an was a little... BBQ ish...

She's alive! Very very alive, just dropped some dme in the jar I was storing it in and gave it a shake, lucky I checked it just now, because she was close to blowing! It was 4am when I did, it so probably still a bit weary and screwed the cap on tight.... She doesn't seem to understand, I...

Bugger, it looked fairly solid, will try and start her back up and see what happened, I've got about a gallon of beer bottled from the last step so all is not lost I guess. Oh well, guess I'll have to make some more beer... She doesn't seem to understand, I really, really, like beer...

Put a some yeast I washe into a old fridge I was given, went to check it this morning and it frozen? Have I killed it. Gutted if I have, had stepped it all the way up from a single bottle of beer :,( She doesn't seem to understand, I really, really, like beer...

I did go with 05 fermenting out quite slowly tested yesterday was sitting .1011 will lev it till Wednesday, drank the sample and though it's faintly smoky you can taste it and very impressed over all, will definately try a full batch. She doesn't seem to understand, I really, really, like...

Mmm not sure if I like it... Heaps of passion fruit, heaps and heaps! Of passion fruit, think it way work well with citra or something like that but in its own is bloody powerful may try it to dry hop a gallon of cider? She doesn't seem to understand, I really, really, like beer...

Dragging up an old thread sorry, beer tried a smoked beer and can't find a commercial one down here? Found this ol thread which inspired me but some help please...? Not really true to style just a basic smoked ale. 5liter test batch (don't know if I even like smoked beer) 250g oak smoked wheat...