What's your favorite beer?

artemidorus

Don't be apologetic, the real spelling is probably some such thing as Siala, with all sorts of funny accents and symbols above it.

Anyway, I thought that we spoke Strine.

nick burns

Weisse, you are very well versed in the brewing science. Have you worked in the commercial brewing field?

How long have you been homebrewing?

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James Bruce Gil

Ruedy,

Believe me its cheese and chalk.

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James Bruce Gil

Arte,

I have never been one to go for beers in undersized containers nor boutique ones. Malt shovel brewery is an old brewing name, but a fair amount of it exists in the record of Sydney history. I was given a dozen last christmas, I have tried it out of interest, but it seems to vary considerabley from bottle to bottle. The other thing is the bottle is so small it keeps dropping out of my hand when I doze off while watching the cricket.

I suppose its fine for the young executives to ponce around & drink it on the scene. However, in the pubs where I drink, they say that Squire is the accronym for "simply quite undrinkable in realistic environments".

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FredC

Squeer mite?

artemidorus

More like "Sequoia mite".

artemidorus

I don't think that it's expensive enough for young executives- it's similar in price to most of your favourites. I don't know anyone who sees it as upmarket. So what if production runs aren't the same as for VB - it still tastes the same regardless.
I really do miss those 45ml - one is always left one or two mouthfulls short. But the taste always wins out.

Weisse Luft

Been homebrewing for 20+ years. Yes, before I was of "legal age". Nothing against buying all the ingredients under the legal age. Tax free, too as its all food, spice or seasoning.

I do everything but malt the grain...wait, I malted oats but didn't kiln it. Straight to the mash tun. Yes, I culture yeast, even to the point of culturing microbrew yeast sediments. You decant your favorite microbrew from a bottle you have sterilized, leaving a bit of beer on the bottom. Swish ther remaining around and carefully pour into a bottle of yeast starter. Let it ferment and voila, fresh yeast. And you still enjoy the microbrew but from a glass instead of straight from the bottle. Much cheaper than buying yeast.

I have turned pale malt into crystal malt as the latter is 5X the cost of two row pale.

I even have tried growing hops but it was only good for bittering and since I have no way of determining the alpha acid content, other than subjective taste testing (hop tea), I prefer to use commercial stuff, at least the ones with specified alpha percentages. Beautiful vines though...

On the equipment side, I built most of my own equipment or found cheap sources. By doing so, I can recover the waste heat from cooling the wort and use this hot water for the next batch. I once brewed 3 batches of 8 gallons one night. That was for the cycling club's party.

Fixey

My favorite beer was DB Export Lager, until I tried Crown Lager...For a Kiwi to admit that an Aussie beer is better is harsh, so damn harsh I think I need a beer.

James Bruce Gil

Well multiculcheral at least.

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James Bruce Gil

Arte,

Yeah, but we wardrobe drinkers don't want to get stuffed up walking back and forth to the fridge. I don't drink Vile Beer either.

I used to keep an esky by the lounge, so I could replenish my beer without disrupting myself unduly, but my wife was embarassed when her girlfriends came to visit.

There two problems with those tiny little bottles. Firstly, I swallow them like asprins and secondly they fall out of my hands when I dose off watching the cricket.

What I would really like to see is 500ml Crown lager with a bottle with a bit of a hip scultured into it. There is plenty of 1/2 litre cans in Europe but we don't seem to have fully metricated in Australia yet.

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James Bruce Gil

Fixey,

DB Export is not all that bad, neither is Steinlager.

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Hooben

xx lager
heineken

James Bruce Gil

Fixey

While we are praising products a la Kiwi-- Your icecream is a long way ahead also. I go for that Topper Boysenberry swirl, betwween Crowns on a hot summer afternoon at tea in the cricket.

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