cooper xpa

Might be a good one to keep brewing again and again until you perfect it to your taste.

Be cool to see how different additions etc change the end product

Gash wrote:

Love the colour! but it is a bit odd with the grain bill
4.8 kg (95.2%) — Gladfield Ale Malt — Grain — 6 EBC
240 g (4.8%) — Joe White Maltings Crystal — Grain — 142 EBC
Maybe it was a dark batch of crystal!!

You shouldnt be able to taste the magnum hmmmm
did you put the magnum in last?

Cheers!

no i put that in at the start of boil after the hotbreak occured

i have a feeling i have scorched the brewed then as i know it was a very fine crush

i agree the color is great i prefer that color to the origional to be honest

the xpa has mellowed out a bit , and i say i have a bit of scorching going.

i think thats to the dickhead that brewed it being me (iam the only one that can call me a dickhead lol)

i do think that was becuase it was a very fine crush

Call it a decoction and say you meant to do it. lol. What’s it taste like?

Carrobrew wrote:

Call it a decoction and say you meant to do it. lol. What’s it taste like?

tastes like it is burnt .

like when you put your tongue on those square batteries and got that little shock sensation

Call it XPTripleA, battery ale.

Maybe it will calm down a bit after time in the keg.

Finnroo wrote:

About that burnt taste. That happened to me once when i lost track of the time and boiled way too long. Ive heard it can happen with too much of a vigorous boil. Only use enough power to get a nice rolling boil. Cheers, brew on.

Thanks finnroo , that may have been where the issue was i may have overboiled it for a bit to long

As i remember i lost a bit of concentration as Carlton match was starting, i was actually hoping to have the brew well and finished by then and with a bit of a sleep in didnt help my cause..

i Should have just plugged my lap top and switched my iptv service on in the carpot and watch both boil and the footy