CS 7 Anything Goes

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Permalink Reply by Reviled on April 16, 2011 at 11:28am

Haha crack up!

Permalink Reply by Richard Jack on April 16, 2011 at 11:37am

Brilliant, I like all of those things.

Permalink Reply by Mike Neilson on April 19, 2011 at 3:45pm

Oh yeah no Sanitation so drink ASAP!!

Permalink Reply by Andrew on April 19, 2011 at 4:52pm

I'd like to think I'd know if I got the Brett one, I hope.

Permalink Reply by Mike Neilson on April 19, 2011 at 5:57pm

Yeah you would hope!! Theres enough non sanitation with these beers to hopefully keep you intrested, hahahaha

Permalink Reply by vdog on May 3, 2011 at 8:37pm

I wasn't sure what to drink tonight, so figured I may as well drink something where I'd have no idea what it was anyway. I got the 2 dots.

 

Out of the bottle it pours a golden straw colour with a really slight haze to it and a 1cm loose white head that disappears pretty quickly. As it was reasonably cold I don't get a lot on the nose, other than a little bit of toffee/caramel and faint fruity hop. On the palate, this was a real surprise - smoke! Kind of like what you get using manuka sawdust to smoke fish, which reminded me a bit of Stu M's Brown Dog from the last swap, so I assume you've used some peated malt in this? Aside from smoke there's a nice light caramel malt going on, not much in the way of hop flavour (maybe some orange?) but enough bitterness for it to be refreshing rather than cloying. Good clean ferment with not much in the way of yeast character as far as I can tell.

 

Overall I thought this was well balanced, very drinkable, and a really interesting beer to try and review. I would happily drink more of this. Cheers Mike!

 

If I had to guess at ingredients I'd probably make a dick of myself, but not being one to care too much about that I'll say it's 90% pale ale (GP) and 5% each light crystal and peated. The hop I'm getting puts me in mind of Goldings, and I'd guess something neutral like US-05 for the ferment. Am I close?

Permalink Reply by Andrew on May 8, 2011 at 8:32pm

I had the 2 dot...and I might have got a completely different beer from Vdog. It poured really really clear. Same as Vdog the head dropped off pretty quickly and the beer was pretty flat by the end of the bottle but I think it was obviously bottled from keg so not much to be done about that.

    On the nose it was really weird, smelled like grapes, pears and apples. My good lady thought it smelled like Lindauer! I don't completely agree but I see where she was coming from. By the start of the 2nd glass it warmed a little and I figured where the apple, winey smell came from. It was pretty strong acetaldehyde. I think the carbonation and hops hid it a little at the beginning. I thought it was there but by the time it warmed up I was sure it was and from that point on I couldn't get past it.

   Obviously something in the fermentation there. Maybe over or underpitched or temp problems. Cheers for sharing mate.

 

Permalink Reply by Stu McKinlay on May 5, 2011 at 8:39pm

Is the "dot" a red star?

Permalink Reply by Mike Neilson on May 5, 2011 at 9:04pm

Nope, but enlighten me as I have the same question.

 

I cant really remember what I put on mine I think it was just dots in Gold pen?

 

I do remember what the beers are though

Permalink Reply by vdog on May 5, 2011 at 9:08pm

Red stars are mine...

Permalink Reply by Haish on May 5, 2011 at 10:21pm

I got one dot.

 

Crystal clear pale gold in the glass with a thin white head. Aroma is citrusy, orange and lemon with hints of tropical fruits, mango, passionfruit and pineapple. Soft bitterness is nicely balanced with the malt, citrus and tropical hop flavours are prominent into the crisp, dry finish. This beer smells and tastes like pale ale and finishes like a lager.

 

I reckon this is UK malt because there's not much crystal in there yet there is substantial malt backbone and US hops, some simcoe and something I've never tried before but citrus like that only comes from the US. The yeast must be a european lager yeast for that crisp dry finish.

 

Well brewed. Nice beer mate, thanks for sharing.

Permalink Reply by Stu H on May 8, 2011 at 9:19pm

Two dots:

 

Pours reasonably clear straw colour, decent sized head.

Aroma: Spicy yeasty

Flavour: Firm bitterness, nice and malty, and a bit spicy.

Mouthfeel: Nice and bubbly! 

 

I didn't think there were that many hops there, but the beer finishes hoppy, and lingers in the palate for awhile longer.

 

I think you've gone and used a belgium beer yeast, maybe some bugs too... There's a lot going on in this beer.. I think it's really well balanced between sweet, spicy, bitter, and bubbly. There's quite a lot going on in this beer, I like it! I'd love to know what went in it!

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