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just realised its not s-189 i have but w34/70, last time i brewed with this i had some major issues with it (i'll not say what as that could give the game away at a potential taste test, i have a few things that i plan to change though to see if i can get it to behave itself better.

"sbillings":2ql5ldkr wrote: I have a Young's Harvest Pilsner Lager kit marked best before July 2011. I have had it for a year, but has been stored with my grain, so it hasn't been maltreated or anything.
Would someone like it?[/quote:2ql5ldkr]If you want, I'll brew it up as well (unhacked; kit & a kilo style). Hopefully it'll give us a view on 'kit tang'

"delboy":bdq6xcph wrote: When is this happening, before or after the belfast beer festival? i have some lager yeast (s-189) in the freezer and i could probably knock out a lager at proper lager temps and have it ready for the beer fest, if anyone was coming up to that i could pass it onto them to take to the taste challenge.[/quote:bdq6xcph]That sounds like a great idea, since we don't have anyone else doing a real lager.

Have you a recipe in mind? To match the kit we'd be looking at about 1.045 OG and 21 IBU. Is that realistic?

Yeah i can match that.

"Irish Party Ale":2uy32ioz wrote:

&amp;quot;TheBeerNut&amp;quot;:2uy32ioz wrote: You mean the tasting event?[/quote:2uy32ioz]Yep... unless you had something else in mind? <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->
Does anyone else want to host this illustrious brew event? Anyone...?[/quote:2uy32ioz]

I can certainly host it, but that means all you lads jumping on the Galway bus to Rochfortbridge. <!-- s:D --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s:D -->

Quick question, how many bottles would i need to produce, i was thinking of doing this as a split batch between an ale yeast i can trust to make good beer (TV3) and possibly only turning over one or two gallons over to the lager yeast, i'd probably do this in demijohns so i can play around with a couple of variables, which would have the added advantage of being easy to keep them under airlock as well.