Toowoomba is a bit of a step down from the whitsundays mate whats the story? I lived in toowoomba when I was a teenager only lasted 12 months Heading up to maryborough and bundy next weekend to see family
Better get youself a ute with about 8 aerials that don't seem to serve any purpose, 24 indicator lights down the sides, bundy and bulls skull stickers and a big f*** off 5 post bullbar so you can fit in with the locals
Had Barls belgian on the weekend. Very nice, poured dark brown with a good head which dissapated after a while. Very rich, balanced flavour for a high alc beer. Can't remember too much after that, ha ha.
Also had emnpaul's dry cider. Quite a nice one, my wife commented that it tasted much fresher than my berri juice attempts. Would you care to share you recipe?
milliner1986 wrote:Toowoomba is a bit of a step down from the whitsundays mate whats the story? I lived in toowoomba when I was a teenager only lasted 12 months Heading up to maryborough and bundy next weekend to see family
The whitsundays is nice for a holiday but when you live here its unfortunately not all beaches and boats. For half the year its raining, stinking hot and humid. We were looking for somewhere a bit bigger and we have friends and family in Toowoomba, now that we have kids we want to be a bit closer to family. The last couple of years have been quite hard with no support of that kind. A lot of the friends that we made up here have moved away as its that sort of place.
On the brewing side there's quite a few brewers in Toowoomba and of course The Spotted Cow.
milliner1986 wrote:Better get youself a ute with about 8 aerials that don't seem to serve any purpose, 24 indicator lights down the sides, bundy and bulls skull stickers and a big f*** off 5 post bullbar so you can fit in with the locals
There's some of them around here as well. Before we lived in the whitsundays we were at Clermont near Emerald and there were heaps there too. Leads me to beleive they're everywhere.
milliner1986 wrote:Better get youself a ute with about 8 aerials that don't seem to serve any purpose, 24 indicator lights down the sides, bundy and bulls skull stickers and a big f*** off 5 post bullbar so you can fit in with the locals
There's some of them around here as well. Before we lived in the whitsundays we were at Clermont near Emerald and there were heaps there too. Leads me to beleive they're everywhere.
We've got 'em in Mildura as well. So your probably right Earle.
They're generally not uncommon in areas where you can say "B & S ball" and people will know what you're talking about instead of thinking you're into some sort of sado-masochistic testicle torture.
Being a city boy of bush origins, I've had to correct people's false assumptions on that one more than once...
earle wrote:Had Barls belgian on the weekend. Very nice, poured dark brown with a good head which dissapated after a while. Very rich, balanced flavour for a high alc beer. Can't remember too much after that, ha ha.
Also had emnpaul's dry cider. Quite a nice one, my wife commented that it tasted much fresher than my berri juice attempts. Would you care to share you recipe?
im not surprised mate, its about 10%. sounds like you enjoyed it. might have to open a bottle myself on the weekend. happy to share the recipe if you want.
its not as good as the first batch i think this was ether the second or third. mainly because we were drinking when brewing and forgot things.
actually talking about doing a barrel aged version of this before we turn it in to a lambic barrel.
Selected Style and BJCP Guidelines
18E-Belgian Strong Ale-Belgian Strong Dark Ale
Minimum OG: 1.075 SG Maximum OG: 1.110 SG
Minimum FG: 1.010 SG Maximum FG: 1.024 SG
Minimum IBU: 20 IBU Maximum IBU: 35 IBU
Minimum Color: 12.0 SRM Maximum Color: 20.0 SRM
Recipe Overview
Wort Volume Before Boil: 27.00 l Wort Volume After Boil: 20.00 l
Volume Transferred: 20.00 l Water Added To Fermenter: 0.00 l
Volume At Pitching: 20.00 l Volume Of Finished Beer: 19.00 l
Expected Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.056 SG Expected OG: 1.092 SG
Expected FG: 1.013 SG Apparent Attenuation: 85.2 %
Expected ABV: 10.6 % Expected ABW: 8.3 %
Expected IBU (using Tinseth): 24.6 IBU Expected Color (using Morey): 27.0 SRM
BU:GU ratio: 0.27 Approx Color:
Mash Efficiency: 80.0 %
Boil Duration: 60.0 mins
Fermentation Temperature: 18 degC
Fermentables
Ingredient Amount % MCU When
Belgian Pilsen Malt 5.550 kg 79.1 % 3.7 In Mash/Steeped
US Caramel 60L Malt 0.225 kg 3.2 % 5.6 In Mash/Steeped
Belgian Caramel Munich Malt 60 0.225 kg 3.2 % 5.6 In Mash/Steeped
Belgian Biscuit Malt 0.113 kg 1.6 % 1.0 In Mash/Steeped
Sugar - Candi Sugar Dark 0.453 kg 6.5 % 52.0 Start Of Boil
Sugar - Invert Sugar (Golden) Syrup 0.453 kg 6.5 % 0.0 Start Of Boil
Hops
Variety Alpha Amount IBU Form When
Slovenian Styrian Goldings 5.4 % 35 g 20.4 Loose Pellet Hops 60 Min From End
Slovenian Styrian Goldings 5.4 % 14 g 4.1 Loose Pellet Hops 15 Min From End
Czech Saaz 3.0 % 7 g 0.1 Loose Pellet Hops 1 Min From End
Other Ingredients
Ingredient Amount When
Orange Peel, Bitter 7 g In Boil
Whirlfloc Tablet 1 g In Boil
Star Anise 1 g In Boil
Star Anise 1 g In Boil
Yeast
Wyeast 3864-Canadian/Belgian Style
Water Profile
Target Profile: No Water Profile Chosen
Mash pH: 5.2
pH Adjusted with: Unadjusted
Total Calcium (ppm): 13 Total Magnesium (ppm): 5
Total Sodium (ppm): 13 Total Sulfate (ppm): 10
Total Chloride(ppm): 27 Total Bicarbonate (ppm): 0
Mash Schedule
Mash Type: Full Mash
Schedule Name: Single Step Infusion (65C/149F) 90minute
Step Type Temperature Duration
Rest at 65 degC 90
Recipe Notes
from p 36 of beer captured
whirlfoc, anise and orange peel in at 15 minutes
second lot of anise at 1 minute
earle wrote:Had Barls belgian on the weekend. Very nice, poured dark brown with a good head which dissapated after a while. Very rich, balanced flavour for a high alc beer. Can't remember too much after that, ha ha.
Also had emnpaul's dry cider. Quite a nice one, my wife commented that it tasted much fresher than my berri juice attempts. Would you care to share you recipe?
Sorry, this was philsbrew's cider.
Had philbrews' Belgain White last night. Poured deep golden brown with a white fluffy head. Rich spicy taste with a bit of tartness as well to help balance out the flavour. 11% so was glad it was a 375ml bottle on a "school" night. Very nice. I think the yeast played a major role here, but as it was a "white" is there some spice as well? Cheers
I think that means I've sampled all the beers I have received so far. I think there's a couple to come. Moving in 3 weeks so when you're ready PM me for the new address. Cheers
Earle, you have a choice of my first two Braumeister beers.
No.68 DrSmurto's Golden Ale
55% Maris Otter
20% Bestmalz vienna
20% Weyermann rye
5% Simpsons Dark Crystal
US-05
Hopped with Amarillo
No.69 Steam-ish Ale
55.6% Pilsner malt
40% Wheat malt
4.4% Pale crystal malt
Late additions of Citra and Galaxy
US-05
The second is on the slightly sweet side IMO, but both were described by a colleague with whom I swapped some cider as better than any brew he's ever made.
Let me know and I'll get it off to you ASAP.
Apologies about the delay, but I've felt that nothing until now has been worth!
I'm pretty p'ed off with myself as I was too eager and opened your bottle after only a couple of days in the fridge Oliver. After all, after waiting a year and a bit, what is a few more days. Needless to say it was quite murky, mainly due to my impatience I suspect but does the rye contribute to this as well. Anyway I still drank it and tried to factor out the problem that I had caused and reached the conclusion it was quite a nice beer. Sorry I can't offer a proper review. I'm think you sent out a few bottles of this so I'm keen to read a proper review by a non-idiot.
I lived in toowoomba when I was a teenager only lasted 12 months 
Heading up to maryborough and bundy next weekend to see family 
