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Yeast

Yeast growth

Found on top of 2nd gen ardiennes yeast, smelt like paint thinner!

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Mini ipa

Took 1L of the belg Goldern. Dry hopped with 5g NZ cascade.

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Beer Googles

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Tasting

Kilkenny

Nothing on the nose, creamy head, nice mouth feel, no bitterness.

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Kegging

Portal co2 – paint ball 12oz cylinder

Paint Ball Cylinder
Co2 cylinder empty weight 625g

935g final – So fill of 310g – 12 ounces is 340 grams

Large C02 3.5Kg 
5.2Kg Empty, 6.4Kg with Gauge and c02 filler

Chilled cylinder in freezer. Filled in about 5 bursts.

Inverted so that large cylinder is upside down so liquid flows out.

Changed the value from a pin cable to an on-off valve in the cylinder.

New adapter from cylinder thread to regulator, nylon flat washer at the top to seal.

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Review

Bruges zot

Zesty on the nose, golden colour with firm head, rich mouthfeel, lingering malt taste. Great.

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Tasting

Chimay Blue

Vegemite on the nose, smooth nice mouth feel, 8

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Recipe

Toothfairy Amber Belgian

Remake of – Belgium blond ii – gold medal year end
22 July 2012
6kg NZ pils
300g crystal
300g cara belg

1/2 campden tablet in mash water

500g inverted sugar to dark orange

15g Motueka boil 7.3%
10 mins:
10g Motueka 7.3%
10g waikatu NZ hallertau 7%

1 min:
10g Motueka 7.3%
10g NZ hallertau. 7%

28ibu
2.5g Ellen’s dried orange peel
2.5 5g corriander split
1050og at 30c

Aerated with kenwood triblade.

Pitched Wyeast Laboratories. Forbidden Fruit™ 3463 from nano starter.

round fermentor:
1l with s-05

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Tasting

Floreffe – Bière d’ abbaye – Abdijbier

Vegemite on the nose, low carbonation, nice mouthfeel, very tasty drop.
6.3%

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