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how old is your beer ?
Posted: Saturday Jan 28, 2006 12:36 pm
by yardglass
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
Posted: Saturday Jan 28, 2006 1:15 pm
by Chewie
being a newbie not a chance!
but I bet that adds some character to your beer

Posted: Saturday Jan 28, 2006 1:32 pm
by dags64
I have a couple of old Darwin Stubbies that I have considered using
but I havent as yet
Posted: Saturday Jan 28, 2006 2:03 pm
by yardglass
Chewie wrote:being a newbie not a chance!
but I bet that adds some character to your beer

mostly sand....

Posted: Saturday Jan 28, 2006 2:04 pm
by yardglass
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.
Posted: Saturday Jan 28, 2006 3:51 pm
by dags64
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

Posted: Saturday Jan 28, 2006 3:57 pm
by grabman
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!!"
Posted: Saturday Jan 28, 2006 4:51 pm
by gregb
Dags,
The Darwin Stubbies are a great crowd pleaser. I have about a dozen of them.
Cheers,
Greg
Posted: Saturday Jan 28, 2006 4:54 pm
by yardglass
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..

Posted: Saturday Jan 28, 2006 4:59 pm
by gregb
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
Posted: Saturday Jan 28, 2006 5:14 pm
by yardglass
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.....
Posted: Saturday Jan 28, 2006 5:16 pm
by yardglass
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
Posted: Saturday Jan 28, 2006 5:20 pm
by pharmaboy
"is there any time diff in carbing ?"
carbing - what you mean carbon date the thing!

Posted: Saturday Jan 28, 2006 5:37 pm
by gregb
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
Posted: Saturday Jan 28, 2006 6:02 pm
by dags64
it works out to about 5 and a half carb lollies
I might clean mine out and bottle with my next brew
Posted: Saturday Jan 28, 2006 7:32 pm
by shane_vor
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!
Posted: Saturday Jan 28, 2006 7:41 pm
by yardglass
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.

Posted: Saturday Jan 28, 2006 11:01 pm
by Dogger Dan
I have two cases of the original clear stubbies back from 1963.
Dogger
Posted: Sunday Jan 29, 2006 8:08 am
by yardglass
are they similar to mine DD ?
i always bottle into a couple of clears.
i like to watch....
Posted: Sunday Jan 29, 2006 9:58 am
by dags64
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