Your best brew

[Smabb]

So, here's your chance to brag!

What's the best brew you ever made and why do you reckon it was so hot?

Seeing I started this thread I'll put my 2c in first. I've made a few I'm particularly proud of (as I've exclaimed to a disinterested Mrs Smabb) but I'll have to give the vote to my Redback clone (posted the recipe a couple of times).
I guess my foundness for wheat beer got the votes over say my pale ale (Pale Rider) or Ollie's stout recipe brew.

Cheers

[The Carbonator]

Wals Wheat Kit
1kg Liquid Wheat Malt
1kg Dextrose
5g Saaz steeped
1L raging starter of Belgian Ale yeast WLP550
21L
5.5%


Best one yet.


Wals Dry Lager ( threw yeast pack in fridge )
1.5kg Liquid Malt Extract
1kg Dextrose
5g Saaz
1L raging starter of Belgian Ale yeast WLP550
Dry Enzyme
20.5L
8.9%

Second best, but i think it needs a while......


I think the Wals kits are the best ive tried. I think they make a big difference

[Chris]

Carbonator, have you tried the X-tract kits from CB? The lager is beautiful, and the pilsner is great too.

My best is a partial CSA. Magnificent.

[tyrone]

Morgans texas t black beer 2 teaspoons saaz pellets steeped 20 min 300 ultra brew 3 months in bloody great

[The Carbonator]

ive been meaning to chris - i went there yesterday to get one, but they were closed

[Dogger Dan]

The one coming out of the tap

Dogger

[Boozer]

Coopers Pilsner................

Compared to the crap the guys have been drinking out here in Yemen, my stuff is nectar from the Gods. Cracked a few last night & they went down a treat with the Canucks (Dogger take note ).

It's still a bit green (only been in the bottle for 2 weeks), but I couldn't bring myself to drink the shit they've been brewing out here.

I'm gonna bring out 6 kits next month to get a bit of a stockpile happening - a 21L brew won't last me for 4 weeks away!!! I'll put a few brews down & leave them in the bottle for 6 weeks or so.

BTW, I've just bought 4 excellent fermenters. 13 gallons each, made by Nalgene. Not cheap at $US135 a pop, but seeing as I bought them on my laboratory budget, who cares????

Can't see my boss complaining about that when I supply him with quality piss in the middle of the desert!!

[Kippo]

My third brew.....Coopers draught. Only used kit and kilo. But has a nice balance between fruit and a touch of bitterness to finish off. Easily my best, however i have only done 3.

[The Carbonator]

Coopers Pilsner................

It definately is one of the best. Ive only done one ( too hot here ) but it was the cleanest beer ive made.

[General]

1.7kg Blue Mountains Lager
500g Dextrose
250g Light DME
250g Corn syrup
20g Hallertau steeped 10min
Kit yeast

because it tastes shit hot

OR

1.7kg Coopers Lager
500g Dextrose
250g Light DME
250g Corn syrup
20g Hallertau steeped 10min
1 sachet dry enzime
1 sachet Saflager

because it is what I have on-hand

I'm with Dogger, my favourite is whatever is in the fridge at the time.

[Boozer]

Coopers Pilsner................

It definately is one of the best. Ive only done one ( too hot here ) but it was the cleanest beer ive made.

Well its not exactly cold in Yemen either

First brew turned out really well without any temp control at all apart from the fermenter sitting inside a cupboard in my airconditioned room (about 23C)

[Mewshew]

Well I'm still a kit'n'kilo brewer but so far my best would be my Coopers Sparkling kit with 1.5kg of malt. Very simple. Was quite afraid that it would turn out horrible but it's bloody nice.

[mark68]

My best brew to date has been a coopers canadian blonde with BE2 and 250 grams of wheat malt plus 20 grams of saaz hops.It was drunk in 1 week,with no complaints.

[JaCk_SpArRoW]

Well I'm still a kit'n'kilo brewer but so far my best would be my Coopers Sparkling kit with 1.5kg of malt. Very simple. Was quite afraid that it would turn out horrible but it's bloody nice.

Im in the same boat as you Mew...still at the K&K stage but I would have to say my best brew so far would be the strawberry blonde (canadian) with 500g LDME, 500g dextrose & 250g dried corn syrup & 325g honey, safale s-04 yeast & super alpha hops....damn nice drop, very refreshing & still have a few left!

[Lebowski]

Muntons Premium Lager
Blackrock 1.5kg Light malt extract
500g crystal malt crushed and steeped for 20 mins, then strained and boiled for 20 mins (most people reckon this is way too much but it tastes great to me)
Safale S-04 yeast.

[Jay]

http://www.homebrewandbeer.com/forum/vi ... tle+porter

Beautiful, Probably one of the best blacks I have ever had...and I've had a few. I've since made the same recipe with 20g of roasted barley for a subtle roasted/coffee flavour...yum.

Incidently I named it Newcaste Porter because the base kit was the Newcastle Brown Ale and because I'm a Newie lad (Newcastle, AUS).

Cheers,
Jay.

[two headed brewer]

The Country Brewer American Pale Ale Wetpack

Absolutely sensational!!!

Agree with the Wal's range too

Bally

[Bruiser]

Coopers Heritage Draught
Ultrabrew pack
12gm Cluster hops 10 mins

Worked out at only 4% ABV, bottle primed. Everyone has complemented me on this, even the peasant mates who don't like homebrew. Next time will do with 1.5kg LME.

+ Anything with Cascade in it!!!

[ACTbrewer]

An old topic, but I had to add my all time favourite, because apparently it is now no longer available!

Muntons (Woodforde's) Nelson's Revenge