February Meet

[Bill_00]

w00t!!

[Paddy]

Hey

Don't know how I missed that previous post confirming the 21st.  Maybe it was alcohol blindness?  the fusals are at it again!

Properly frustrated as we have booked a cottage up the coast that Friday afternoon!!!  Sorry guys.

Could probably leave a few beers for tasting though if anyone is interested. 

[Roo]

What's the agenda for the evening.....is there a brew on the stove?

[Bazza]

How's about this for a preliminary agenda:

1. Happy New year and happy Valentine's greetings all round / Intro to any new members
2. Homebrew samples & House beer (as much as possible of both)
3. Agree on a date/venue/theme for March meet (brew build/equipment build, etc - this will determine if next meet is a Friday or a Saturday).
4. Ditto for April (and May?)
5. Any specific topic you would like help with or would like to share with the group? (post your thoughts or ideas and we'll cover as many as we can at the meet)
6. AOB e.g. anything we could do different regarding club/meets, etc
7. Ahh ff--fff---fug yish-all I'm geddin' a-naaerr fuggginn beeuurrrr yis fuggin b-b-basshhurss...

All suggestions welcomed.

Cheers,

-Barry

P.s. Do we want to take a head count at this stage?

[sub82]

Could probably leave a few beers for tasting though if anyone is interested.

Thanks Paddy - might be better if you save them for whenever you can make it? What've you got on at the minute?

[sub82]

Haha - sounds good Bazza! We'll definitely be down for this.

[iain_todd]

At what point do we retreat outside to smash the bottles on the road?

[belfastboozer]

Will you guys be doing an all grain brew?

[sub82]

Will you guys be doing an all grain brew?

The Friday meets are just to sample homebrews - any brew demos are usually on a Saturday.

[BrewBilly]

Hi Chaps,

I have some samples from the last brewday that I will bring along, they should quite good. I also have a hefe weizen to bring although I am not sure if it is true to form as the HBC mixed up the order and got a hefe instead of an american ale - but hey ho it still goes down well.

Also have a Centenial own repipe ready for March/April.

Cheers
Andy

[Paddy]

Thanks Paddy - might be better if you save them for whenever you can make it? What've you got on at the minute?
[/quote]

Fair enough.  They'll probably be better by then anyway Actually got a bit going at the minute.

Got that Porter you helped me out with (didn't turn out too bad), a few messed up Saisons (if anyone wants to see how NOT to make a Saison haha - warning causes extreme hangover), Winter ale, Citra APA smash, Centennial/Cascade APA, Czech Pilsner in the fermentor at 4 weeks, 60L Galaxy APA going on tomorrow (hopefully it wont rain!!!) and an oatmeal stout in two weeks.

Also did an experiment where I brewed 9 ales in one day all hopped differently (tried keeping every other variable as constant as possible).  They are about ready to drink.  I could put a few up for tasting if anyone wants to do hop comparisons, a bit of identifying varieties in March/April, or something like that, etc.... Just a thought 

[Bazza]

Shit. You've just reminded me. I've still to try that porter of yours.

[Bazza]

Andy man. Good to see you back on and brewing like a goodun. Next Friday should be a decent wee night.

-Barry

[sub82]

Also did an experiment where I brewed 9 ales in one day all hopped differently (tried keeping every other variable as constant as possible).  They are about ready to drink.

Sounds really interesting - I love that sort or thing! How did you vary it? Different hops or different schedule?

[sub82]

Nice one Andy - Iain and I just attempted a hefeweizen for the nationals so will maybe bring some too!