Rob Courtney Posted June 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2022 4 hours ago, Captain 3 Droids said: Haven’t brewed this for a long time, records show I had left the X5 out and didn’t substitute. It made it a 4.5% brew and easy drinking. Will do again but when?..ha I have done it without the X5 before and it was OK but nothing more 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Courtney Posted June 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2022 It has been a long day, a long week, 3 clients who came to see me today brought me a coffee...which is great, it really is but it means I am breaking my "no beer during the week" rule...otherwise I'll get to sleep at 4am. I reckon this has hit 8 weeks now and it is almost there, may have been there if it wasn't so cold, anyways, starting to remember what I liked about this beer, is rounding out and becoming a bit moreish. Looking like my "no expansive breakfasts during the week" rule, can see that getting the arse tomorrow as well 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted June 9, 2022 Report Share Posted June 9, 2022 35 minutes ago, Rob Courtney said: 3 clients who came to see me today brought me a coffee...which is great, it really is but it means I am breaking my "no beer during the week" rule...otherwise I'll get to sleep at 4am. Great excuse lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Courtney Posted June 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2022 12 minutes ago, Captain 3 Droids said: Great excuse lol I have been good for three weeks, it was going to break sooner or later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted June 9, 2022 Report Share Posted June 9, 2022 4 minutes ago, Rob Courtney said: I have been good for three weeks, it was going to break sooner or later... Sooner is always better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Frothman Posted June 9, 2022 Report Share Posted June 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Rob Courtney said: Looking like my "no expansive breakfasts during the week" rule, can see that getting the arse tomorrow as well Not to worry if you don’t. I reckon the last three mornings this week I’ve had this entire forum’s worth of expansive breakfasts at the hotel buffet. Another one tomorrow can’t hurt. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Courtney Posted June 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2022 I think this beer is stuck in the "almost there" phase and that is where it will stay, nice enough without being great. Too many better beers to order this one again unless I was dropping the X5 and doing some different hops to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillies Brewing Posted January 21, 2023 Report Share Posted January 21, 2023 Going to put this one on tonight, but "Lawnmower Lager" style, dosing it up with some dry hops. Probably 20ish g of citra because that's what I've got. I think I also ordered it with the extra e1 instead of e5 but I'll check. There's a very popular recipe in our circle that people call "Floral Friday" which usually involves a basic lightly flavoured lager can kit with a dose of usually galaxy so this will be my attempt at a version of that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Courtney Posted January 22, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2023 21 hours ago, Gillies Brewing said: Going to put this one on tonight, but "Lawnmower Lager" style, dosing it up with some dry hops. Probably 20ish g of citra because that's what I've got. I think I also ordered it with the extra e1 instead of e5 but I'll check. There's a very popular recipe in our circle that people call "Floral Friday" which usually involves a basic lightly flavoured lager can kit with a dose of usually galaxy so this will be my attempt at a version of that. Sounds good I'm not a big fan of the X5 in the recipe, be interesting to hear your thoughts on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillies Brewing Posted January 24, 2023 Report Share Posted January 24, 2023 Yeah I did order it with the X5, ah well. I don't mind a "dry" beer and my thoughts will be skewed because I think the flashy hops I'm adding might hide a multitude of sins regardless. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillies Brewing Posted June 10, 2023 Report Share Posted June 10, 2023 I'll post a piccy of it laterif I get into one of the bottles of these I've got left. It was somewhere between 15-20g of citra, nothing else because I didn't want it too bitter, resinous or complex. At first this turned out... A little odd. There was a grassy taste and just some strange aftertaste going on with the hops and maybe something in the malt not quite being friends. I took it to our brewers & drinkers meet and it didn't do terribly but not great like I'd hoped. In the many weeks since then it's matured very well and is now just very strongly citrus tasting, with an almost sweetness. Bitterness is nice and low. Head and mouthfeel are good. Interesting in some lighting if you hold it up it almost looks a bit green. If I did this again I'd probably try to use a slightly milder lager again, but it's definitely not a regret. I'd also consider running with the citrus flavour and add a bit of lemon or lime zest. I'm just getting an idea now for kaffir lime beer... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillies Brewing Posted June 10, 2023 Report Share Posted June 10, 2023 2 hours ago, Gillies Brewing said: I'll post a piccy of it laterif I get into one of the bottles of these I've got left. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Courtney Posted June 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2023 11 minutes ago, Gillies Brewing said: Think Citra is a great idea, a hop I think goes well in Lagers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillies Brewing Posted June 10, 2023 Report Share Posted June 10, 2023 25 minutes ago, Rob Courtney said: Think Citra is a great idea, a hop I think goes well in Lagers Yeah the citra is bloody beautiful there's just a teeny tiny funky interplay between the hops and malts on this recipe so I'd look at trying it with a different one. That's almost completely disappeared now unless you're looking for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Courtney Posted June 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2023 2 hours ago, Gillies Brewing said: Yeah the citra is bloody beautiful there's just a teeny tiny funky interplay between the hops and malts on this recipe so I'd look at trying it with a different one. That's almost completely disappeared now unless you're looking for it. I snuck a bit into a Czech Pilsner, would like to split it 15/15 as I believe that would come up OK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Posted October 10, 2023 Report Share Posted October 10, 2023 (edited) Just stuck this one on, swapping out the X5 for the 250g of dark malt extract I had left over from my attempt at a marzen. Given the German yeast and the amount of wheat malt in there I'm hoping it comes out something like Erdinger Dunkel. Edited October 10, 2023 by Wolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 Did not come out anything like a dunkel but a fantastic lager. Slightly darker gold but very tasty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Courtney Posted February 20 Author Report Share Posted February 20 3 hours ago, Wolf said: Did not come out anything like a dunkel but a fantastic lager. Slightly darker gold but very tasty. It's good when experiments work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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