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Postby pixelboy » Sunday Mar 25, 2007 6:41 pm

I cant find it anywhere.. :(

Oh well might have an all extract go at the NZ Hallertau & Nelson Sauvin to keep me happy :)
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Postby chris. » Sunday Mar 25, 2007 6:41 pm

Pale_Ale wrote:This is a great beer, there's only 8 kegs in SA.


It's not a bad beer. But IMO I wouldn't say it's great. Reminds me of a dumbed down APA.
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Postby gregb » Sunday Mar 25, 2007 8:41 pm

pixelboy wrote:I cant find it anywhere.. :(


I got a bottle in Dan Murphys Hornsby today. Still had a couple on the shelf at the time.

I thought the citrus was a little bit too over the top, but still quite drinkable.

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Postby pixelboy » Sunday Mar 25, 2007 9:39 pm

gregb wrote:I got a bottle in Dan Murphys Hornsby today.


Bugga, didnt think about them.. I was 20 meters away this afternoon :cry:
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Postby muddy » Monday Mar 26, 2007 1:27 pm

Bought a six pack - loved it so went straight back and bought a case.

There seems to be no shortage in the 'gong.

For me one of the highlights of the beer drinking calander.
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Postby Pale_Ale » Monday Mar 26, 2007 1:43 pm

chris. wrote:
Pale_Ale wrote:This is a great beer, there's only 8 kegs in SA.


It's not a bad beer. But IMO I wouldn't say it's great. Reminds me of a dumbed down APA.


That's why I like it. All the hop flavour and none of the bitterness of an APA. Sounds like a good concept to me. IMHO of course.
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Postby chris. » Monday Mar 26, 2007 5:41 pm

Pale_Ale wrote:
chris. wrote:
Pale_Ale wrote:This is a great beer, there's only 8 kegs in SA.


It's not a bad beer. But IMO I wouldn't say it's great. Reminds me of a dumbed down APA.


That's why I like it. All the hop flavour and none of the bitterness of an APA. Sounds like a good concept to me. IMHO of course.


I too like the concept of a cleaner APA. I just believe that LCBA does a better job of it IMO.
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Postby Pale_Ale » Monday Mar 26, 2007 7:41 pm

LCBA is better than Hop Thief but they are both great IMO.
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Postby Danzar » Wednesday Mar 28, 2007 12:53 pm

I'm very lucky - a good friend works for Lion Nathan (please don't curse) and she's given me a couple of six packs. I like it simply for its complexity. Worth a shot at cloning, but at the very least, makes me want to do an extract brew and experiment with numerous hops (I tend to experiment with grains, fermentables and additives).
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Postby SpillsMostOfIt » Wednesday Mar 28, 2007 3:56 pm

Danzar,

Hops are so much fun. I'm making only slight changes to the grain bill I dreamed up for my first AG and playing with hops. I've become a part-time hop-head.

I'm about to bottle a hop-burst of Amarillo, Cascade, Willamette and First Gold - it's worth it just for the aroma in the fermenter.

Yesterday's brew was B Saaz and Cascade to a standard-ish hopping regime - similar grain bill.

Second AG batch ever was just plain Amarillo - beautiful, but next time I will add 14 kilograms of Amarillo... :wink:

I found the most useful tool to be this:

http://www.brewsupplies.com/hops-gravity.htm

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Postby pixelboy » Wednesday Mar 28, 2007 4:24 pm

I have to agree Spill's... playing with hops is the best part about home brewing. Its beers like LCPA and Squire's that got me into it in the first place.

My past 4 or 5 batches have all been Thomas Coopers Brewmaster Selection Draught + can of malt and each time I change the hops. some amerillo, maybe some cascade, nelson savien.. whatever... I think they are all awesome.. The freezer has got about 10 diff types at the moment... So many hops, so little time.. :lol:

The only one I dont really like is POR, funny that :)

The day after brew day you'll find me hanging out by the fermenter inhaling the bubbles as they come out of the air lock :lol:
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Postby petesbrew » Monday Apr 02, 2007 8:43 am

Had one of these last week. Not bad, but the Golden Ale is still my fave
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Postby Oliver » Friday Apr 06, 2007 12:41 pm

Had one during the week. Not overly impressed, I must say. Not quite sure why, but I just didn't much like it.

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Postby Adzmax » Friday Jul 13, 2007 11:06 am

I've been though 3 or so slabs. Yeah, you could say I like it. I can also taste the passionfruit as said earlier :)
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Postby James L » Friday Jul 13, 2007 11:31 am

i didnt realise it was so hard to get....

they've got heaps at the liquor store just round the corner (scarborough cellars)

I think you guys have talked me into getting a 6 pack, even though i have been eyeing some off for a while

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