Rob Courtney Posted July 30, 2019 Report Share Posted July 30, 2019 I almost didn't order this based on the name. I mean we all love a Bohemian girl until that second when you say "lets have a shower together" and she says " what's a shower?" Dead set, the most under rated beer on this site ( given I'm not huge on ales...I will take that comment under advisement). I have brewed this beer twice and both times has just been ace. I rate it right up there with the Belgian Lager but unlike the Belgian Lager this is not the all rounder the Bel Lager is. A Belgian Lager drinks early and keeps on improving, a crisp, clear, flavoursome lager. The Bohemian lager drinks OK early but as it develops it brings some floral notes to the taste...you could even say it blossoms. I have had this beer at about 12 weeks and it is pretty much a pleasure to drink, the flavour in it is something you would not expect from a lager. When I start my brewprint ordering, there is 2 Belgian and two Bohemians...and then I start the rest of the order. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted July 30, 2019 Report Share Posted July 30, 2019 I have marked down the Deutsch Lager for my next brew after the Now fermenting Highlands IPA (had to do this one again) however on your recommendation I’ll do the Bohemian first (lager not the girl). Sounds a ripper, good review as well by Spence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Courtney Posted August 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2019 Story on this one. Was up in Adelaide a couple of weeks back to visit my Ma and brought a few bottles up. This was the first time someone else had drunk one of my beers and my 80 year old ma had a glass , had a drink looked at me and said "jeez, is this really the stuff you make?' She was only going to have a small glass as she is recovering from an illness but looked at me and said " I'll have a pint of that if it's going, you know where the glasses are" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted August 2, 2019 Report Share Posted August 2, 2019 9 hours ago, Rob Courtney said: Story on this one. Was up in Adelaide a couple of weeks back to visit my Ma and brought a few bottles up. This was the first time someone else had drunk one of my beers and my 80 year old ma had a glass , had a drink looked at me and said "jeez, is this really the stuff you make?' She was only going to have a small glass as she is recovering from an illness but looked at me and said " I'll have a pint of that if it's going, you know where the glasses are" Now you just can’t beat an approval like that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted August 3, 2019 Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 Highlands IPA kegged, Bohemian Lager now in propagation mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 15/8/19 kegged the Bohemian Lager (will report when being consumed) and put down the California Steam Ale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Courtney Posted August 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2019 Yeah, next droid finished starts a Boho. I'm going to really enjoy the stretch of beers that have started with the Bel Lager in the droid, 2 of them, an Aussie Premium, Boho and a tin of Tommy Coopers Pilsner. Such a good line up to go through 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted September 13, 2019 Report Share Posted September 13, 2019 Your evaluation of this one Rob is pretty spot on. I’ve sampled this at only 4 weeks in the keg (note: I carbonate with co2 so no 2 weeks issue) having stocks depleted a bit by two adult sons on Fathers Day (bastards 🤗) Another top lager, clean, crisp, spicy, malty with a smooth bitter finish. Very drinkable now and would mature well but I don’t think that’s going to happen. A bit darker than expected, how was yours? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Courtney Posted September 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2019 Jeez, not that dark, did you stick 3 bags of X3 in it? Seriously though, just can't remember for sure but thought it was lighter than that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted September 13, 2019 Report Share Posted September 13, 2019 13 minutes ago, Rob Courtney said: Jeez, not that dark, did you stick 3 bags of X3 in it? Seriously though, just can't remember for sure but thought it was lighter than that Mmm the recipe calls for 2 x X1, I don’t think I used X3 by mistake however wonder if I accidentally used one X3 with one X1? Could account for the sweetness? However I’m fairly careful when preparing the ingredients. Could dry hopping with pellets rather than the clear liquid be the cause? That’s probably it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Courtney Posted September 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2019 Yeah, that may be it, almost looks like a dark lager though? The beer itself does have a bit of sweetness to it though so it wouldn't be an X3 that caused it. Glad you liked it though, nothing worse than talking something up and someone gets it and says "yeah, that's crap" 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted September 13, 2019 Report Share Posted September 13, 2019 Yeah I reckon it will be the hops. A hop tea is always relatively dark so dry hopping for 2 days could do that. Shouldn’t alter the recipe result to any great degree as it did fit with the recipe profile. One to remember when dry hopping or doing a tea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted September 14, 2019 Report Share Posted September 14, 2019 16 hours ago, Barrelboy said: Yeah I reckon it will be the hops. A hop tea is always relatively dark so dry hopping for 2 days could do that. Shouldn’t alter the recipe result to any great degree as it did fit with the recipe profile. One to remember when dry hopping or doing a tea. Did some research to find that dry hopping can change the colour of brew particularly if original is light in colour, change darker, usually to amber. However over time the particles of hop will settle out and the beer colour will lighten if not to what it should be. Makes sense with this brew 1) as only been kegged for 4 weeks and in the fridge to chill for a couple of days. 2) taste profile fits fairly well to what is stated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted September 14, 2019 Report Share Posted September 14, 2019 There you go, lighter in colour already. Must also have picked up settled hop material in the first two pours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Courtney Posted September 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2019 Yeah, that's how I remember it being Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 7 hours ago, Rob Courtney said: Rummaging through a few bottles of this tonight. One of those beers I'd like to get onto with some hot weather ( which may, or may not happen where I live) Think there are a few beers I need to set up for Jan-April drinking, should have another Brewprint of this around so I think I'd be able to get this for April, maybe Easter. All up though, with a couple Mark put me onto, one of my clear favs If you brew now you reckon you’ll be able to keep them until April 😄😄😄🤡🙄 lol lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Courtney Posted November 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2019 4 hours ago, Barrelboy said: If you brew now you reckon you’ll be able to keep them until April 😄😄😄🤡🙄 lol lol Be close, 16 kegs in storage by next week 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted November 23, 2019 Report Share Posted November 23, 2019 I know where to go in Mount Gambier, and it ain’t Jens 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Courtney Posted December 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 15 weeks in secondary, 4 degrees and just ace, really ace. I could drink this beer all night long...and I bloody well will. It was nice out of the bottle at 8ish weeks but that is gold. This hasn't been dry hopped ( though, it would not hurt) and it is close to the perfect summer beer for me. I know guys on here love the IPAs, PAs and ales but get this with 3 months secondary and you will think " maybe the guy wasn't just really thirsty". The only way you are getting a beer like this on tap from the pub is if it is one of those pubs that brews it's own on site. Anything CUB or Lion Nathan have does not even come close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted December 21, 2019 Report Share Posted December 21, 2019 11 minutes ago, Rob Courtney said: That was a fun sesh last night, can't quite remember going to bed, I moved a chair into the middle of the bedroom for no apparent reason ( I mean, it was already in the bedroom, not that I drunkenly took a chair from another room in there...not saying that might not happen though). Good news is there are a few after cricket pints to sink tonight I had a few myself yesterday but wasn’t involved in any “musical chairs” shenanigans. 😂. The best I could do was singing along with UTube music clips. The good women always grabs a book and goes off for a bath, not sure why? Something to do with my singing perhaps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Courtney Posted December 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2019 Just through EOF, some brewart hop pouches and 10gms of Saaz should be good. Think I am down to my last few pouches of brewart hops now and then just dry hopping. It is weird that in the brewshop 25gms of hops is 8 bucks, 100gms is 10. Question though, the 25gms says 3.6% alpha and the 100gms 2.4% alpha...what does that mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted December 27, 2019 Report Share Posted December 27, 2019 11 minutes ago, Rob Courtney said: Just through EOF, some brewart hop pouches and 10gms of Saaz should be good. Think I am down to my last few pouches of brewart hops now and then just dry hopping. It is weird that in the brewshop 25gms of hops is 8 bucks, 100gms is 10. Question though, the 25gms says 3.6% alpha and the 100gms 2.4% alpha...what does that mean? Generally the alpha % represents the amount of bitterness for the same weight, the higher the percentage the more bitterness that can be achieved. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Courtney Posted February 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2020 Ok, so this is the one I dry hopped as well as hop oiled and then bottled via capping. Beer is now six weeks, a sneaky stubbie..FMD, that is very nice. Won't know how the capping affects head retention til I crack a longneck but the stubbie is just grand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Courtney Posted February 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2020 very, very good. Drinking from a stubbie is just the balls too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted February 1, 2020 Report Share Posted February 1, 2020 I trust they are 375ml stubbies and not “crafty” 330ml? Chilled stubbies are tops, agree with that. Glad it turned out well, I gave it a good rating. Another to do again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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