Stranger than Fishin'
OK, I know its been a couple of weeks but lots has happened. Not a lot to get excited about on the beer front but busy none the less.
I spent a week in Thailand and earned the summer that the UK seemed to forfeit. It was nice, 7 nights of clear sky', 35 degree weather and Thai food. On the beer front things were limited to two choices. 1. Singha - A 5% abv premium lager in the pale pilsner style. Cold and wet it was perfectly suited to the tropics. Besides it's temperature it was a little bland. More interesting was option 2. Chang - a 6.4% maibock style lager. This beer was an awesome match to the fiery Thai dishes it was so often consumed with. On an interesting note it seems a piss weak 5% version has been released in the UK. Personally I wouldn't bother. I think the heat, humidity and exotics of Thailand really make this beer special. Somehow it wouldn't be the same sipping it on Clapham common.
Anyhow after Thailand I enjoyed the Rubbish service that British Airways has to offer and finally made it back to Sydney in one piece. Just as an aside, I think BA deserve to go under if they want to run their business the way they do. Actually I hope they go under. Beer wise I haven't had much of an opportunity to explore the local scene yet. I have drank all my old man's VB, my father in-laws Crown Lager and half a case of Gage Roads IPA I picked up from Dan Murphy's. The Gage Roads is a little tame compared to the US IPA's I have been getting into recently. Don't get me wrong it's a nice beer with a great hop aroma, but it's severely lacking in the bitterness department. Whilst in Dan M's I was pleasantly surprised that the craft beer selection has increased from 2 isles to 7 over the last 3 years - not that I buy beer here very often. I also plan to get back into brewing quickly. I don't have my AG rig available to me at the moment so I picked u a coopers pale ale and a coopers dark ale kit. I plan to mix both kits together and ferment it out with the pale ale yeast. Should make for a nice malty porter. Fingers crossed I'll be able to get some all grain up and running sooner rather than later but its looking bleak for at least the next 6 months. Other important news is that I have found a new place to live in the lovely suburb of Kirribilli. It's a bit of a poncy area, but will be nice until we buy a place in 6-12 months time.
I couldn't be assed typing anymore so I guess that's it for now. Fingers crossed I'll get time to blog again before I start my new job on Monday.
Stranger than Fishin'? I recently told someone not to fish in their own pond. Well it appears that I have been proven wrong. I have heard from a reliable source that said person has caught a beauty and the happy couple have been seen about town. I offer my congratulations to the happy couple.
I spent a week in Thailand and earned the summer that the UK seemed to forfeit. It was nice, 7 nights of clear sky', 35 degree weather and Thai food. On the beer front things were limited to two choices. 1. Singha - A 5% abv premium lager in the pale pilsner style. Cold and wet it was perfectly suited to the tropics. Besides it's temperature it was a little bland. More interesting was option 2. Chang - a 6.4% maibock style lager. This beer was an awesome match to the fiery Thai dishes it was so often consumed with. On an interesting note it seems a piss weak 5% version has been released in the UK. Personally I wouldn't bother. I think the heat, humidity and exotics of Thailand really make this beer special. Somehow it wouldn't be the same sipping it on Clapham common.
Anyhow after Thailand I enjoyed the Rubbish service that British Airways has to offer and finally made it back to Sydney in one piece. Just as an aside, I think BA deserve to go under if they want to run their business the way they do. Actually I hope they go under. Beer wise I haven't had much of an opportunity to explore the local scene yet. I have drank all my old man's VB, my father in-laws Crown Lager and half a case of Gage Roads IPA I picked up from Dan Murphy's. The Gage Roads is a little tame compared to the US IPA's I have been getting into recently. Don't get me wrong it's a nice beer with a great hop aroma, but it's severely lacking in the bitterness department. Whilst in Dan M's I was pleasantly surprised that the craft beer selection has increased from 2 isles to 7 over the last 3 years - not that I buy beer here very often. I also plan to get back into brewing quickly. I don't have my AG rig available to me at the moment so I picked u a coopers pale ale and a coopers dark ale kit. I plan to mix both kits together and ferment it out with the pale ale yeast. Should make for a nice malty porter. Fingers crossed I'll be able to get some all grain up and running sooner rather than later but its looking bleak for at least the next 6 months. Other important news is that I have found a new place to live in the lovely suburb of Kirribilli. It's a bit of a poncy area, but will be nice until we buy a place in 6-12 months time.
I couldn't be assed typing anymore so I guess that's it for now. Fingers crossed I'll get time to blog again before I start my new job on Monday.
Stranger than Fishin'? I recently told someone not to fish in their own pond. Well it appears that I have been proven wrong. I have heard from a reliable source that said person has caught a beauty and the happy couple have been seen about town. I offer my congratulations to the happy couple.
Labels: Chang, Gage Roads, Singha, Sydney, Thailand
posted by Tim at
Thursday, August 06, 2009
5 Comments:
Glad to see you're back on the scene. Hope you read the exchanges between Prescotti and I. He's seriously lacking in the arts. He's one of those flat earther's who think cask beer should be conditioned via exposure to air.
I'm going to be ordering some Nelson Sauvin hops from CraftBrewer here soon. They're in Queensland. I'll be brewing several IPA's in the near future featuring some high alpha varieties.
Take total and blessed care!
Has this fishing tale got anything to do with a blogger type person?
@Sausage - Craftbrewer are great to deal with. Ross Kendrick the owner is a pom but provides US level customer service! You should pick up some Australian hops as well. Millenium and Galaxy would suit your purposes well.
@Dave - Yes this individual while short in stature is a giant in the blogging community
Yes, he's done well there I think. Great company they both were on Monday night.
Dave, I hope you were not blinded by the fluoro purple boat shoes and the rolled up jeans!
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