how old is your beer ?

yardglass · Post by **yardglass** » Saturday Jan 28, 2006 12:36 pm

i'm currently drinking one that is 43 years old.

not really, but it's got to be some sort of a record, anyone got any oldies they bottle into ?

cheers
yard

Chewie · Post by **Chewie** » Saturday Jan 28, 2006 1:15 pm

being a newbie not a chance!

but I bet that adds some character to your beer

dags64 · Post by **dags64** » Saturday Jan 28, 2006 1:32 pm

I have a couple of old Darwin Stubbies that I have considered using
but I havent as yet

yardglass · Post by **yardglass** » Saturday Jan 28, 2006 2:03 pm

Chewie wrote:being a newbie not a chance!

but I bet that adds some character to your beer

mostly sand....

yardglass · Post by **yardglass** » Saturday Jan 28, 2006 2:04 pm

dags64 wrote:I have a couple of old Darwin Stubbies that I have considered using
but I havent as yet

i would, good talking point at the barby.

dags64 · Post by **dags64** » Saturday Jan 28, 2006 3:51 pm

yardglass wrote:
dags64 wrote:I have a couple of old Darwin Stubbies that I have considered using
but I havent as yet
i would, good talking point at the barby.

bloody long way down the bottom to clean them out though

grabman · Post by **grabman** » Saturday Jan 28, 2006 3:57 pm

dags64 wrote:I have a couple of old Darwin Stubbies that I have considered using
but I havent as yet

Turn up at the barby saying "I'm the driver can only have a couple!!"

gregb · Post by **gregb** » Saturday Jan 28, 2006 4:51 pm

Dags,

The Darwin Stubbies are a great crowd pleaser. I have about a dozen of them.

Cheers,
Greg

yardglass · Post by **yardglass** » Saturday Jan 28, 2006 4:54 pm

gregb wrote:Dags,

The Darwin Stubbies are a great crowd pleaser. I have about a dozen of them.

Cheers,
Greg

have you ever hb'd into them, would be awesome to turn up with a 6pack under your arm..

gregb · Post by **gregb** » Saturday Jan 28, 2006 4:59 pm

Hombebrew into the all the time. Bit heavy taking 6. One Darwin goes well into a Rugby test per person. Downside is they take 24hours to cool to drinking temp.

Cheers,
Greg

yardglass · Post by **yardglass** » Saturday Jan 28, 2006 5:14 pm

dags64 wrote:
yardglass wrote:
dags64 wrote:I have a couple of old Darwin Stubbies that I have considered using
but I havent as yet
i would, good talking point at the barby.
bloody long way down the bottom to clean them out though

have a gander at my bottlewasher, no stuff too tuff.....

yardglass · Post by **yardglass** » Saturday Jan 28, 2006 5:16 pm

gregb wrote:Hombebrew into the all the time. Bit heavy taking 6. One Darwin goes well into a Rugby test per person. Downside is they take 24hours to cool to drinking temp.

Cheers,
Greg

it goes without saying that bulk priming is the call here.

is there any time diff in carbing ?

cheers
yard

pharmaboy · Post by **pharmaboy** » Saturday Jan 28, 2006 5:20 pm

"is there any time diff in carbing ?"

carbing - what you mean carbon date the thing!

gregb · Post by **gregb** » Saturday Jan 28, 2006 5:37 pm

Bulk prime and they are ready to go with the normal stubs.

Individual priming is I think about 18 to 20 gm of sugar per Darwin.

Cheers,
Greg

dags64 · Post by **dags64** » Saturday Jan 28, 2006 6:02 pm

it works out to about 5 and a half carb lollies

I might clean mine out and bottle with my next brew

shane_vor · Post by **shane_vor** » Saturday Jan 28, 2006 7:32 pm

was this about the age of the beer or the age of the bottle?

if its the bottle, I'll have to go out and check, then obviously get a pic but a couple of my longys are from the 1950's

heaviest bottles I have for sure!

yardglass · Post by **yardglass** » Saturday Jan 28, 2006 7:41 pm

shane_vor wrote:was this about the age of the beer or the age of the bottle?

if its the bottle, I'll have to go out and check, then obviously get a pic but a couple of my longys are from the 1950's

heaviest bottles I have for sure!

the bottle, i cant keep a beer for more than 6 mth.

Dogger Dan · Post by **Dogger Dan** » Saturday Jan 28, 2006 11:01 pm

I have two cases of the original clear stubbies back from 1963.

Dogger

yardglass · Post by **yardglass** » Sunday Jan 29, 2006 8:08 am

are they similar to mine DD ?

i always bottle into a couple of clears.
i like to watch....

dags64 · Post by **dags64** » Sunday Jan 29, 2006 9:58 am

yardglass wrote:are they similar to mine DD ?

i always bottle into a couple of clears.
i like to watch....

I too am a voyuer

I like to see the colour of the brew