Beer Appreciation Thread

RichardM

Well this thread is old, aint it? Since the last post, I did the Cascade tour. WORTH EVERY CENT. It was amazing. They even had a stout ice cream which was wonderful. An aside from this, while in Tasmania, I discovered "Two Meter Tall Company" Dark Apple Ale. I liked it so much I went to their farm, ate some of their cow, and drank plenty of their ales. It's taken me until today to get some locally after much nagging of a local bottle-shop. http://2mt.com.au/brew_products.html The people can be contacted and will ship anywhere in Australia (I think it works out at around $100 a carton inc shipping, but worth it). So for the Dark Apple Ale - it is amazing. It's thick on the palate, and dark. It has a very strong taste of apple, but not in a sweet way - it's more like the little caramelised bits you get when you fry off apple and sugar. Combine that with fresh hops, two different kinds of yeast, and you have a beautiful refreshing drink. Om nom nom.

UNM

So does it use apple? If so, in the first fermentation, for bottle conditioning or trade secret? Not at all sure I'd like it, but worth looking for a single bottle to try next time I pass Purvis Cellars.

RichardM

UNM wrote:

So does it use apple? If so, in the first fermentation, for bottle conditioning or trade secret? Not at all sure I'd like it, but worth looking for a single bottle to try next time I pass Purvis Cellars.

It uses about 20% Apples in brew cycle 1, then uses a small amount of champagne yeast only in the bottling. Think Stout mixed with Apple Cider mixed with Champagne. The guy who makes it is a wine maker with a lot of experience in France.

UNM

I don't want a case, but will look out for it to try. Sounds kinda like an apple lambic perhaps. Worth trying anyway.

Chris_Stuffa

Nice day in Tassie and have a free day so am making beer. Making a 8.2% wheat beer styled on Schneider Aventinus. Doing a decoction at the moment drinking a coffee from my Atomic, life couldn't be better. Cheers Chris

UNM

A few weeks back I picked up a bottle of Huon dark ale (the apple one referred to earlier). While there I picked up some Moo Brew HefeWeizen. The Moo Brew is really nice as a summer beer, but seemed more like a KristalWeizen - didn't look cloudy to me at all, not that it remained in the glass long. The Huon dark ale - interesting. I am not sure if I like it or not. Body and head of a traditional stout, no strong cidery taste as such, but the acidity of the apples does come through. Perhaps it reminds me slightly of homebrew made with sucrose, but the sharpness was slightly offputting at the time. I can see hos some people would really like it though. An hour or so later, it is growing on me, so I will try it again and see what I think. Probably better as a beer for a cool day rather than a hot summer evening.

Bottom_Line

Pick up some Broo Lager from a local drive through, never seen it before. $14 six pack. www.broo.com.au Clear apple juice colour. The head was very white not creamy at all and large bubbles. Didn't look right. Aroma of grass and orange. Tasted of malt caramel and candied orange/tangerine. The hops didn't taste fresh. Much more of a bitter ale than a true lager and has a "boiled" taste like Polish beers do. Not the most pleasant of beers and got worse as it warmed. Didn't find myself wanting more. Probably ok if you like VB.

Bottom_Line

Cooper Mild Ale. Haven't seen this one prior to today. I don't think Coopers beer in general is great but it is good and easy drink. But usually it is the only palatable beer on the menu. Poured out a cloudy pale straw colour. There is yeast at the bottom of the bottle. Issue for some but I like it. The head was a natural colour. Bright yeasty aroma with apple and grass. Clean mild taste, light malt and a peppery bitter finish on the back of the tongue. A little (white sugar) sweetness too, just in the background. Very pleasant and still good as it warmed.

Koffee_Kosmo

We had visitors and the wife said we have no beer to serve them should they want a drink and sent me off to the bottle shop I looked at many beers but settled for Boags Premium Larger -from Tasmania This is a beautiful beer The mouth feel is soft and creamy for a very fine thin liquid Something I haven't experienced before KK

Kelsey

I generally avoid beer these days due to its deleterious effect on my ever expanding waistline, but when I do.... Little Creatures is a great default when nothing else is available. Coopers is punches above its weight in the cheap beer stakes. But if I have the option Schofferhoffer Heffeweizen is my beer of choice. Gotta have the right glass and know how to pour to make the most of it. Can also do the Austrian summer thing and stick a slice of lemon in it.

DoubleRistretto

Kelsey wrote:

Little Creatures is a great default when nothing else is available. Coopers is punches above its weight in the cheap beer stakes.

Little Creatures - love their pale ale mmm!

Brett_H

Anger Management wrote:

Beer over water in many cases here in NAM :-)

And local beer is cheaper than water!!! What a great place! Saigon is favorite but if ya brave there is lots of local stuff that tastes like soupy dishwater with bubbles.

Seeya_Latte

Beer - no particular order Becks Stella (the imported one only ... not the CUB under lic one) Little Creatures Pale Ale Corona Cider Monteath's (tried a few but found their's to be just right for me) Wine Not that much of a snob but we do enjoy a glass with meals most nights ... something easy to down....I stick to blends - Cab Shiraz's; GSM's; or SCM's - and nothing too expensive

beanflying

Appreciating a Coopers Pale or two in the sun watching the guys surfing from off the back verandah at home. Not aspirational on the beer front or inspirational to go get wet but appreciating it 8)

askthecoffeeguy

Anger Management wrote:

Beer over water in many cases here in NAM :-)

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

askthecoffeeguy

I'm on the Grolsch swing top at the moment - the theory being that I can always reseal the bottle and finish it later but so far that hasn't been a problem! ???

Kelsey

I'm enjoying a Sapporo at Sailor's Thai Ivy in Sydney, along with an exquisite hot and sour pork belly. Now to find a decent espresso in the CBD tomorrow.

Koffee_Kosmo

Today at a function I was offered a Corona beer with a wedge of lemon in the tube of the bottle I enjoyed it very much :thumb:

Jonty

Koffee Kosmo wrote:

Today at a function I was offered a Corona beer with a wedge of lemon in the tube of the bottle I enjoyed it very much :thumb:

KK, Corona = girly drink 😛 I had a couple of Ashai beers during the week along with the staple in Peroni :thumb:

Brett_H

Jonty wrote:

KK, Corona = girly drink 😛 I had a couple of Ashai beers during the week along with the staple in Peroni :thumb:

I don't mind the odd Corona despite it being like sex in a canoe. When I was young and reckless we'd drink the neck of a Corona then top it up with Tequila. We fast became young and leg less!

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