Let me first preface this post by saying that I am not trying to clone, copy or otherwise mimic another beer, commercial or otherwise. I simply wish to discuss and experiment as to the merits of Crown Beer.
For a long time an Australian brewery, Carlton and United Brewery (CUB), has, in my opinion, been ripping punters off. They have done this by selling 2 different beers from the one fermenter. This is done by bottling the lower 2/3 (I really don't know the amounts, this is just a guess) of the fermenter and labelling it as Carlton Draught. The top or the "Crown" of the fermented beer is bottled and sold as "Crown Lager" at a premium price.
Now I don't drink either, it's my opinion that they are as bad as each other. But I wondered if there was any appreciable difference in the beer from top to bottom of a fermenter. To this end I bottled and kegged a beer this morning. For the sake of full disclosure I ferment in a 30 litre stainless steel connical fermenter with a rotating racking arm which draws from near the bottom of the fermenter. The first runnings ( is that an appropriate word? ) were bottled into 6 x 500ml stubbies, I then filled a keg and finshed by putting the "Crown Beer" into 2 x 500ml stubbies. In around a months time I will do a side by side of the top and bottom beers to see if there is any difference.
Has anybody had experience with this before?
What thoughts do you have on the outcome and why?
Cheers
Hashie
Crown Beer
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Last edited by hashie on 17 May 2014, 10:34, edited 1 time in total.
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