VF # 7

VF # 7 was a bit of a coup for us as we had been tackling some big equipment issues and overcame them with a little innovation. VF#7 is Mountain Goat Hightail Ale copy, the reason we used the Hightail as a benchmark is because it has all the qualities of a superb session beer. And of course we all know very well what it tastes like - through research!
Not much to the recipe but what is important is the addition of Marris Otter, the classic English Malt - also note the London yeast 1028 (Wyeast). These two factors meant we were now pointing the rocket in the right direction!! And this beer did not last long in the bottle - I vaguely remember a cards night in a small shed which got very lively on the strength of VF#7.
Great hop character and really nice malt throughout the profile. We attempt this again with limited success, maybe when we are even more experience we will return to this one and give it a polish.

Giles

VF # 6

As dark ales go this was a good attempt that aged really well as I recall. We struggled with the stepping mash temperatures, which in hindsight was pretty unnecessary. The hops were fairly standard and the yeast was just Safale 04 packet, so really nothing to impart any whopping flavour except the black and choc. The roasted malts did make it a great ale but the mix was a little unclear, with 4kg of Cara Munich combined with the choc malt the sweetness almost seemed overbearing, luckily there was sufficient acid to clean it up. The black malt did not have a huge chance to show up. I think we should revisit this recipe at some stage, but look at making more of a chocolate porter or stout in the vein of a Youngs or Fullers?
Giles

VF # 5

Nice tidy little dark ale, we were tossing up the required amounts of dark malts to have in our dark ale. After the success of creating a very drinkable dark ale in VF#4 we wanted to step it up a bit, but keep our variables in check. We reversed the amounts of dark malts to see the effect on the flavour, in retrospect we just needed a little bit more. VF#5 was a bit more successful as you can see from the gravity readings, once again the results lacked some body but we could see some big steps being taken in the right direction. I think P has some left over, I don't?

G

VF # 4

Our first dark ale had high expectations, well in truth we knew nothing about brewing in general and thought we could nail this one. We made it OK but as you can see from the notes that we did not get great efficiency from the amount of malt that we used, and I can only assume that we did not pitch enough (Safale 04) yeast. The result was a fairly passable dark ale, it alcked a bit of depth or middle or both but we drank most of it before the end of July. I think the Skipper kept some s0 maybe I should ask him?

G

Beer awards....

This years results for the VF are in and have been limited to the dark ales or Aus2 division, with 3rd and 4th being taken out by our dark ales 16 and 15 respectively. These beers were developed by none other than The Creeper, and brewed in the last few months. I am extremely proud of these beers as they are full of flavour, roasty toasty and clean finishing.

G

Welcome

The VF Brewers started brewing a few years ago and slowly developed a skill of drinking most of what they produced far top quickly meaning brewing always was a a priority. And still is today.



The Brewery was a labour of love and can pump out up to 110L of wort at a time! Sound like a lot? Not when you have thirst like a dead dog!
i love cascade hops!!!!!!