TCB American Ale Wetpac

Anzac Cookies · Post by **Anzac Cookies** » Friday Sep 15, 2006 8:28 am

pixelboy wrote:
ACTbrewer wrote:If this isn't one of the best beers I have ever drunk then I'm a John Howard loving, muslim porn star.
I gotta get me some of this

Man even the burps taste awesome

lethaldog · Post by **lethaldog** » Friday Sep 15, 2006 4:23 pm

Just got on and ordered one, ive been meaning to for ages but if its this good then i have to try it

Sathias · Post by **Sathias** » Monday Sep 18, 2006 10:56 am

ACTbrewer wrote:If this isn't one of the best beers I have ever drunk then I'm a John Howard loving, muslim porn star.

haha well put

Mine has been in the bottle for 3 weeks now, and its already easily the best beer I have made yet.

Timmsy · Post by **Timmsy** » Monday Sep 18, 2006 11:31 am

where can you get one of these suckers from?

gregb · Post by **gregb** » Monday Sep 18, 2006 11:35 am

Country brewer

Cheers,
Greg

Timmsy · Post by **Timmsy** » Monday Sep 18, 2006 11:55 am

gregb wrote:Country brewer

Cheers,
Greg

Bloody ledg

I will buying one this pay day

lethaldog · Post by **lethaldog** » Monday Sep 18, 2006 7:37 pm

You wont be disapointed tim i have recently just tried my TCB Classic oak ale and it is fantastic and ive just ordered their TCB wetpacks: classic oak, american pale, southern lager and euro pilsner, also a wals pilsner and lager, im yet to try the wals pilsner i have already just bottled but ive only heard good reports about everything the make

Timmsy · Post by **Timmsy** » Wednesday Sep 27, 2006 11:23 am

Just brought one couldnt get one last week so better late then never. Now bring it on!!

lethaldog · Post by **lethaldog** » Wednesday Oct 04, 2006 12:10 pm

Just put this in today and it (as always with TCB products) looks and smells fantastic, Little darker than i thought though but colour doesnt concern me to much as long as it tastes as good as everyone says

Timmsy · Post by **Timmsy** » Wednesday Oct 04, 2006 12:21 pm

Got mine yesterday and what a ripper she is! Am going to tackle it this weekend as ive never done what the method sez to do and i will taking care. Im hoping this sucker will be great if so im buying more

lethaldog · Post by **lethaldog** » Wednesday Oct 04, 2006 12:28 pm

I dont think you will be dissapointed timmsy, i have only heard great reports about these and ive done the classic oak before, i was so impressed with that one that i bought 4 more ( various ones), i havent yet tasted a bad TCB brew ( if there is one)

Cheers
Leigh

Biggles · Post by **Biggles** » Wednesday Oct 11, 2006 7:47 pm

Ive just put down a TCB American Pale Ale, MAN what a fargin fantastic smelling and tasting beer already.
This is my 5th brew ever. The first three bottled are still too young to drink, I have tasted but yuck, I hope they improve. 4th brew is waiting to be bottled, maybe tonight, probably tomorrow.

I had the opportunity last night to taste a Little Creatures PA for the first time, man what an awesome beer.
This afternoon I bought a 6 pack of Northern Rivers Brewing Co's Pale Ale http://www.nrbrewing.com.au/whats_brewing.html and IMHO it is equally amazing as LCPA. As Im cooking up my TCB pack and drinking the newly acquired beer I can taste the smells. (if you get what I mean) I feel I learnt a whole lot about where the various tastes come from in our beer.

Im now going to order a few more wetpacks from TCB, Im that confident that anything that smells so good at the start can not be wrong.

Biggles · Post by **Biggles** » Monday Oct 16, 2006 3:35 pm

Day five since I put this sucker down, the temp has slowly risen from the 20 it was when I pitched the yest to around 24 now. I had an OG of 1040 and today is 1012, will check again tomorrow but its all but stopped for near on 24hrs now. THe SG sample I took today smells absolutely fantastic.

What sugar for bulk priming this beer ? The supplied instructions say use white sugar ? Im inclined to not disagree with the suggestion.

DJ · Post by DJ » Monday Oct 16, 2006 3:48 pm

Priming with white sugar is fine.. Although I use dex as I think it produces finer bubbles..

ACTbrewer · Post by **ACTbrewer** » Monday Oct 16, 2006 5:34 pm

I did a side by side with my TCB APA and a Little Creatures PA over the weekend. I liked mine better.

Try bottling one batch with dried malt, one with dex, and compare the taste, head, bubbles etc.

Biggles · Post by **Biggles** » Monday Oct 16, 2006 6:31 pm

ACT, I like what I read there, my brother and dad loved the little creatures PA I took to our last family gathering, and said Id never be able to home brew anything that good.

I have a package from my local brew supplies labeled light dry malt, however it is darker in colour (like honey) and no where near the very powderery texture of the Coopers LDM I had. More like a castor sugar type grain size.
I also happen to have another 2 TCB APA wet packs due in the mail tomorrow as well as one each of their Pilsner and Wheat Beer wet packs. (free delivery for orders over $100)

So Im planning to put another down as soon as I have a fermeter free and will bottle one with each of your suggestions.

rwh · Post by **rwh** » Monday Oct 16, 2006 6:40 pm

I think the difference in colour is down to the different grain size. Once you dissolve the coopers LDM in water it goes that golden colour.

ACTbrewer · Post by **ACTbrewer** » Thursday Oct 26, 2006 6:40 am

Gave two beer drinkers a blind test on the weekend.
Gave them LCPA and my APA. Both prefered the TCB ( although could be because it's a bit hoppier and blew their taste buds away, which made the LCPA taste smaller).

Noodles · Post by **Noodles** » Thursday Oct 26, 2006 10:59 am

I'm still a bit of a newbie, so please excuse my ignorance. If I order one of these packs do I need to anything or are they all inclusive?

At $30.00 a brew one would hope they're a huge improvement on my can, brew enhancer, ldm beers that i've been making.

Crowash · Post by **Crowash** » Thursday Oct 26, 2006 11:15 am

Yeah on that note what size pot do you need for one of these puppies?