Rob Courtney Posted June 13, 2020 Report Share Posted June 13, 2020 Brewed this once before and it was a bit of a disaster but that was more on me I guess, so a year later I have given it another go. So, 4 weeks in I chucked a stubby in to see what it is like (really had to stop myself in the last few weeks to open one, it was alright in the sample out of the droid) and that is a real good example of a Dutch lager, a real good example. Early days but that is a fair chance of cracking the top 10, really impressed with this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Courtney Posted June 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2020 Just looked at my top 10, has Monch in it...and I like Monch but Neder has it covered by a fair mark...and it has a few in my top 10 covered 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Courtney Posted July 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 Close to 7 weeks in and this is sensational, really nice bitterness to it, fresh and crisp. I'd post a picture but I am in a good place with a pint and just can't be arsed frankly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Courtney Posted July 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2020 7 weeks in now, lost a touch of the bitterness that it had early, so my belief is this is best drunk between 4-6 weeks. In saying that though, still a cracking beer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Courtney Posted July 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2020 First beer back and it is the Neder at about 10 weeks and funnily enough, after trying some Heinekens when I was away and not liking them, the Neder, a Dutch lager, indeed had a bit of the Heiny in it but it was a far, far better version of it. Really happy with this, drinks very nicely at 4-6 weeks but maybe leave out 7-8 weeks and then drink the rest for a different beer. I was going to talk about top 10 in beers but maybe we have to extend it to top 15... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Courtney Posted May 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2021 Just reading what I wrote about this last year, this is a really nice beer. Had one last week and thought it was bloody lovely (7 weeks now) but yeah having one tonight...and I am at that point where I can have a longneck of something differnt in the night...but I may have to have a second. This is an awesome beer, if I got this on tap in a pub, I'd be stoked, like really stoked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted May 30, 2021 Report Share Posted May 30, 2021 17 hours ago, Rob Courtney said: Just reading what I wrote about this last year, this is a really nice beer. Had one last week and thought it was bloody lovely (7 weeks now) but yeah having one tonight...and I am at that point where I can have a longneck of something differnt in the night...but I may have to have a second. This is an awesome beer, if I got this on tap in a pub, I'd be stoked, like really stoked. Haven’t brewed this one so I will. With regards to hops, did you follow the recipe or change? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Courtney Posted May 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2021 32 minutes ago, Captain 3 Droids said: Haven’t brewed this one so I will. With regards to hops, did you follow the recipe or change? JUst the recipe, pretty sure it would have been 25gms of Hallertau or close enough to 25 I'm not a huge fan of Heiny out of the bottle, off tap it's better but this is...dare I say it...a version of Heiny that it would want to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted May 30, 2021 Report Share Posted May 30, 2021 1 minute ago, Rob Courtney said: JUst the recipe, pretty sure it would have been 25gms of Hallertau or close enough to 25 I'm not a huge fan of Heiny out of the bottle, off tap it's better but this is...dare I say it...a version of Heiny that it would want to be. Thanks for that and one to blame if crap. 😳😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted June 3, 2021 Report Share Posted June 3, 2021 Just put this one down and will dry hop at day 6 15g each of hallertau and green bullet (green bullet close match to hallertau but adds a bit of berry) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Frothman Posted June 12, 2021 Report Share Posted June 12, 2021 On 04/06/2021 at 10:54 PM, Rob Courtney said: You won't be disappointed if your OK with Hallertau hops ( obviously I am) drinks well through secondary from 4 weeks on. I know what beer it is trying to emulate and it has it covered. I may have told this story before... But When I have to do work or seminars up in Adelaide, the company puts me up in a hotel and gives you a breakfast allowance and I think $55 for dinner, which is easier used at the hotel than paying for it somewhere else and then getting reimbursed. So, it had been a couple of years since I had been up to Adelaide and rules had changed, I used to get a couple of beers with dinner...25 years ago, I could get 6 beers and dinner...no idea how giving mixed company a fair bit of alcohol caused problems...but it did, so the value of alcohol dropped until... I was on my first night at the hotel after a conference and the hotel had some decent food...or...imperial pints of Heineken on tap for 10 bucks, so I sat in the bar and had 6 pints ( I went 5 bucks under the next night to even things out), then walked down a steep staircase and staggered to Maccas, bought 2 quarter pounders ( which quite frankly I could only eat smashed), staggerd back, went to sleep. 3 days later I got the most passive aggressive email from HR dictating the "no alcohol" policy. Capitals, bolded and in red specifying the policy. It was sent by...well quite frankly a woman who thought I was not married and had not developed a shield against such behaviour...I wanted to point out that I had married someone far more able to read me the riot act...and even then I chose whether to listen so her efforts were futile. Still, those six imperial pints of Heineken were worth it, good night, I must have looked a shambles eating those quarter pounders though Nothing quite like a few beers on a work trip. I used to stay right next to Hemmingways brewery in Cairns for work and did a bit of damage there. Even had an infamous stay in Canberra where I walked from a hotel in Manuka into the city to go to Bentspoke Brewing for a session. Not that impressive really except that it was snowing outside. 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted July 16, 2021 Report Share Posted July 16, 2021 Heaven help us, another top Lager, shit 3 droids and I struggle to brew all the “goodies” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Courtney Posted July 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Captain 3 Droids said: Heaven help us, another top Lager, shit 3 droids and I struggle to brew all the “goodies” I will go as far as to say the Neder is a better earlier drinker, weeks 4-7 in bottles is just nice and quite "Becks 700ml import like" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted December 27, 2021 Report Share Posted December 27, 2021 Well ages since I’ve done this, actually only done it the once. Would seem I lost it in the never ending number of brews to brew. In the Droid today and will dry hop on day 5 with 20g each of Hallertau and Styrian Golding. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 9 hours ago, Rob Courtney said: Snap, this one must have been put in the same day as yours Dry hopped today, increase amounts from 20g to 25g. What hops you going to/have used? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 Now this is another top drop 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted February 25, 2022 Report Share Posted February 25, 2022 Now the 25g of Hallertau and25g of Styrian Gold is spot on. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted October 3, 2022 Report Share Posted October 3, 2022 In the droid today. Over the last few brews I’ve gone back to those that I haven’t brewed for a while eg Neder Lager, Tall Tale PA, Highlands IPA, Golden Days of Summer, Mountain Goat Fancy Pants, Dusk Cerveza, London’s Own…. boy there have been quite a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 Kegged into 2 X 5l BrewFlo kegs after 9 days fermentation plus 24hrs “settling” in the Droid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Courtney Posted October 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2022 9 hours ago, Captain 3 Droids said: Kegged into 2 X 5l BrewFlo kegs after 9 days fermentation plus 24hrs “settling” in the Droid. Drink one of those at 4 weeks and the other at 8 to see the difference 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Courtney Posted May 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2023 Bottled tonight, 25 gms of Hallertau, good early drinker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Courtney Posted June 9, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2023 5 weeks in, very nice Hallertau hops shining through, to be honest reckon this goes better in a stein than the pilsner glass but good start to a Friday night 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thagomizer Posted June 10, 2023 Report Share Posted June 10, 2023 Yep. This was good one. I brewed it last fall. Definitely repeatable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Courtney Posted June 16, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2023 Finally Friday and the beer can flow. Sitting very nice and quite the bitter beer. Is it as bitter as a divorced woman, is anything? Well it comes close 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Courtney Posted June 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2023 Nice dinner back home with a full belly and onto my own beers after some vodka and a couple of glasses of Shiraz at the restaurant. I do sometimes wonder though if it is a faux pas to ask for a double when you are getting a glass of Shiraz? Anyways, beer is really nice, well worth a try if you haven't brewed one before, probably be even better if it was summer and not 5 degrees outside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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