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New Zealand Wheat pale Ale (NZWPA) Pale ale made with 70% wheat malt and large quantities of whole NX grown hop flowers. I used 3 very different but very distinct NZ hop varieties.... Sothern Cross which is spicy and lemony Nelson Sauvin which is clean, crisp and gives the most unique tart...

A couple recent beers i have had on tap. Dortmunder. Oh man this is good. Still on tap but wont last much longer. German pils and carahell, Saaz and hallertau. YUM. American Rye IPA. This one used large LARGE amounts of Centennial and Amarillo that i imported into australia myself direct...

I was kindly handed a couple yellow 7's fromm hippy seeds just like that one above......... now have 5 happy seedlings reaching for hte lights. Oh i cant wait to grow them! Awsome stuff mate...... as always!

did some work in the hot box yesterday. I lined the bottom of the trays with some tin foil and then plastic wrap. I have been watering the seedlings from the top but have noticed the soil at the bottom of the seed trays is usually dry. Since this is where hte roots will be...... i want it wet...

here are a few pics of what i have 7 od wise.......... they are evil. I used 3 of these in a bottle of sauce and it has officially put one person in hospital........ no shit!

Thanks for the pics folks. They look dead set just like the 7 Pod's i grew from seeds Trinnihottie sent me. That plants 7's bleed yellow oil from the inside and burn like nothing else...... way hotter than my Bhut's when Pip and i tried them. So good chance i have a 3 year old plant of these...

anything like those barrackpores you grew Scotty?

Mmm yes you suplied a few of the seed strains and its much appriciated. I tried to grow the 7 Pod Jonah last year that Scolville sent me but none fired. My new improved seed raising mix seems to have done the trick with 2 up and running. Now does anyone know a link to a true 7 Pod jonah...

cheers mate.... I will give them another week or so and pot the strongest up to 4" pots. Half of them are open polinated so im hoping to grow 2 of each and keep the best one. fingers crossed they grow strait.

So it begins for another new season. Its still dropping to near freezing outside, but it wont be long and it will warm up. This time last year i was overseas working in the highlands of a little third world country and didnt get started till late. Not this year though...... they are up and...

Id have to agree with the don't bother docoction mashing thing. Especially with a wheat...... temp tests and lengths can affect flavour profile of the yeast used...... wheats are bloody tricky to get right. hard to get right and easy to get wrong........ my weizenbock i just made............. i...

1.037 FG.............. far out. lactose is a nasty in milk that cant be digested and i wont use it in beers. I actually buy lactose free milk for my dusghter and i like it too. Im planning on a special bitter this weekend with floor malted TF Marius Otter, some crystal, EKG and will start at...

this recipe sounds great........... i have a lot of devil tongues in the freezer..... i might give it a go. cheers

Hey Nova........... did you ever make that stout? Im Decoction mashing lots of wheat and pils malt now for a Weihenstephaner Vitus Weizenbock clone. Yum Yum

I found these at a bottle shot today Brewdog 10% single malt whisky barrel aged stout's Will post pics up when i get into them for now here is the Fullers 1845 i just had :)

Oh WOW Poured a dram. Super pale........ almost no colour at all. But massive aroma of peatsmoke and lemon. added a cube of ice and it just changed and changed again. constant flavour trasitions. Smoke, lemon, mint, then bourbon in the background, then classic single malt flavours metled in...

Had this turn up in the mail today. Ooooooo it smells nice...... i havnt tried it yet but WOW it smells good! Very hard to find this stuff. I have my eye on a bottle of 26 year...... will see how much cash i have in a month or so :) Im thinking this smells better than my bottle of 25 year...

Here is the filter i use. http://www.craftbrewer.com.au/shop/details.asp?PID=723 I will take a pic of how i filter next time i do it. cheers

Roggenbier. Basicly a Dunkelweissen made with a large chunk of Rye malt. This makes it a bit oily in texture and the carbonation makes it fluffy in your mouth. A really nice beer! Fermenter it with 3068 Whienstphaner strain.

No its a special cartridge. Soak in warm napisan solution for an hour and its clean Rinse in hot water and its good for next time. Its starting to get a bit odd shaped now after 4 or 5 years use..... time to fork out another $70 :)