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Happened last weekBentspoke is about to release Cluster 8 in cans again too.
Happened last weekBentspoke is about to release Cluster 8 in cans again too.
Living dangerously...C
Bentspoke is about to release Cluster 8 in cans again too.
A mate told me the capital evil red IPA is really good, I went to buy a 4 pack yesterday but could not bend over far enough to take the $29 price tag. Is capital's beers so good I should just lube up and take it?Capital Summit Session XPA is pretty awesome, plenty of those will go down over Xmas. Canberra beers are killing it lately.
Bentspoke is about to release Cluster 8 in cans again too.
It should be $29 for a sixer, $25 if you look around a bit, don't think they do 4 packs. The best I've got on the XPA is $21.99 but it's a 3.5% so cheaper anyway. The Evil Eye is a nice red IPA, it's definitely a bit different to Benstpoke's Red Nut. I don't rate the Coast Ale (just not one I like) but the passionfruit one they had out there last time was awesome.A mate told me the capital evil red IPA is really good, I went to buy a 4 pack yesterday but could not bend over far enough to take the $29 price tag. Is capital's beers so good I should just lube up and take it?
Personally enjoying my own homebrew more than most beers I can buy.
One noticeable standout I've recently had on tap at the pumphouse in sydney is feral brewing biggie juice, packs a fruity hop hit and is so quaffable.
https://www.feralbrewing.com.au/beer/biggie-juice/
Crazy how easily it goes down for such a big beer.Living dangerously...
Abswolutely DO NOT pay that much. I know I get it cheap at the local bottlo as they support local brewers and there's less transportation to follow but I'm paying $4.90 for a SINGLE tin down here. That 4-pack has them at over $7 per tin...., in a 4 pack!A mate told me the capital evil red IPA is really good, I went to buy a 4 pack yesterday but could not bend over far enough to take the $29 price tag. Is capital's beers so good I should just lube up and take it?
Personally enjoying my own homebrew more than most beers I can buy.
One noticeable standout I've recently had on tap at the pumphouse in sydney is feral brewing biggie juice, packs a fruity hop hit and is so quaffable.
https://www.feralbrewing.com.au/beer/biggie-juice/
It should be $29 for a sixer, $25 if you look around a bit, don't think they do 4 packs. The best I've got on the XPA is $21.99 but it's a 3.5% so cheaper anyway. The Evil Eye is a nice red IPA, it's definitely a bit different to Benstpoke's Red Nut. I don't rate the Coast Ale (just not one I like) but the passionfruit one they had out there last time was awesome.
Been so fucking lazy on the homebrew front lately, last I made was a honey lager and it was superb, it was done for International Homebrew Day and I won the popular vote in the club. With the break coming, better pull my finger out, just need to reshuffle the fermenting fridge from being the excess food for Xmas fridge.
Anything from Feral is nice. As it happens, Feral, Balter and Stone and Wood are all ex Canberra Brewers (as in the home brew club) as are Pact, Zierholz and Bentspoke.
Crazy how easily it goes down for such a big beer.
I say I moved here 18 years ago for the riding but it turned out good on the beer front too.
You hitting up Plonk? I need to stock upAbswolutely DO NOT pay that much. I know I get it cheap at the local bottlo as they support local brewers and there's less transportation to follow but I'm paying $4.90 for a SINGLE tin down here. That 4-pack has them at over $7 per tin...., in a 4 pack!
Tell 'em they're dreamin'!
Unless its the best beer you've ever hadI really should be posting this in the home brew thread....
That is great info, I'll be down over xmas and fortunately have to go to Pushys in Fyshwich to collect a kids bike so this Plonk outfit will be getting a wedge of my hard earned.Yep, Plonk. They are a boutique specialty shop and are still cheaper than Dan Murphy's and the big chains.
My new setup:
You won't be disappointed, they have a massive range of everything and always something on special, often get things like 25 dollar Rogue Ales for 15.That is great info, I'll be down over xmas and fortunately have to go to Pushys in Fyshwich to collect a kids bike so this Plonk outfit will be getting a wedge of my hard earned.
Shit the bed, don't worry about the big double sliding door, I'd be more worried about the big home made stabby thing on the bench...you could rock up next to Paul Hogan and genuinely say "that's not a knife, this, is a knife".Big double sliding door just next to that ladder.
Really, Wig and Pen is closing? I’m sitting in their beer garden as we speak?Yeah @johnny the club can be hit and miss, and a bit cliquey. Got good contacts for brewing gear and ingredients, and a few mates there now is the main reason I stick around, and I look after their web stuff as there's not any other webbish dudes wanting to volunteer.
Nice setup, I'm running a Mk1 Robobrew these days, so simple and makes excellent beer. We're super lucky to have Plonk, great guy who I've known for a long time. Page Bottler goes pretty good too, Candamber in Weston also decent, generally great prices at IGA in Kambah on the local beers too (opposite the Super School).
Did everyone vote in GABS? I put Crankshaft 1, Capital SSXPA 2, Pact Mt Tennent 3, Two Birds Kiss from a Gose 4, Zierholz German Ale 5.
Sadly the Wig and Pen is shutting its doors on 31 Dec. The beer one of the Canberra Brewers guys made (as winner of the Wig and Pen trophy you get to make your winning brew at Wig and Pen) is going back on tap before the shut down, it's a Belgian Westvleteren style called WestBelconnen and quite nice.
I have sarking (silver stuff under your roof tiles) covered by yoga Matt. Not at all fire proof, so I use a couple of tin plates for heat shielding. It actually works very well, even with recirculation I still only drop about a degree an hour. I think the sarking makes a big difference.Nice set up @johnny . I notice you are using gas for heating, what is the insulation you have around the mash tun and how fire proof is it. I also have a gas set up and have always found it difficult to get insulation that suits, currently using rock wool but it isn't ideal.