Hot, Quick and Thick

It’s a long time between March and August. Have moved house and kicked up a storm on the brewing front. Brewed a cracker of an APA using simcoe and tasmanian cascade, a dead loss of a rye stout that grew a nice infection, a post-exam celebration ale that turned out very nice despite (or because of) being brewed by committee, a very nice mash paddle maibock that is is patiently awaiting botting, an ESB style beer that has just finished fermenting and a scottish that is currently crushed grain only.

On the immediate agenda is likely to be another apa using galaxy and an oktoberfest. Then no more brewing for a little while as houses must move again.

In older news, the brown ale stayed mundane, the sparkling ale almost came good, the cream ale has improved outasite and I still never have enough time to make as much beer as I’d like to.

Cheers!

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Okay, so..

that wheat with WB-06 turned out kinda iffy. Clove, bread and tart. I’m bailing on this yeast and brewing my next one with good old Wyeast 3068.

Just bottled a witbier, all grain but terrible efficiency so bolstered with a little dry malt extract. Also brewed it with no spice additions and Styrian Goldings & Simcoe on late hopping. That plus a rather warm ferment (high 20′s) makes for a rather interesting beer. Will sample the first bottle next weekend.

Also working on a house beer of sorts, dubbed “quiet ale”. Hopped with Glacier and Goldings, pilsner vienna and wheat malts for the grist, starting gravity of around 1.048 and 28 IBUs. First batch has been subtitled “hazed and confused” because I didn’t have the fridge space to cold condition over christmas and it’s murkier than a duckpond full of ducks.

Brewing an Aussie ale tomorrow, for the Australia day public holiday. Aussie Aussie Aussie!