National Homebrew Club Ireland

Hi all,

Next meet is on the 26th, hope to see you there.

See further details here (http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.ie/forum/index.php/topic,8012.0.html). Please sign up below if attending.

Cheers,
Bubbles.

1. Bubbles - Citra Pale Ale

1. Bubbles - Citra Pale Ale
2. Molc - Sweet stout

Got invited to a work night out (free food and drink) so will have to sit this one out. Molc if you want to exchange grain/yeast or anything else in preparation for the June bank holiday weekend please let me know & I will try figure something out. Might have to meet you at the coffee dock some morning :)

Declan

Free food and drink always wins :)

No worries about the grain and yeast. I can bring it on the day and grind it just before I leave so we'll have no hassle. Will also pop the grown up yeast in a pet bottle.

Might be an idea to skip the meet this month if no-one else signs up? I'm pretty busy next week as well with the north county comp that weekend.

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Quote from: molc on May 18, 2016, 05:49:22 PM
Free food and drink always wins :)

No worries about the grain and yeast. I can bring it on the day and grind it just before I leave so we'll have no hassle. Will also pop the grown up yeast in a pet bottle.

Might be an idea to skip the meet this month if no-one else signs up? I'm pretty busy next week as well with the north county comp that weekend.

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Sounds good, not sure if you use the 2% water addition by weight of the grain gets sprayed on to the grain 20 minutes before grinding.  I found it makes the process of grinding the grain go much smoother and it also means that the grains don't get pulverised so you have less flour in the mash. Maybe we could reschedule the meet to that Sunday evening when we are doing the brew to encourage more participation?

Shanna

Quote from: Shanna on May 18, 2016, 05:59:36 PM

Quote from: molc on May 18, 2016, 05:49:22 PM
Free food and drink always wins :)

No worries about the grain and yeast. I can bring it on the day and grind it just before I leave so we'll have no hassle. Will also pop the grown up yeast in a pet bottle.

Might be an idea to skip the meet this month if no-one else signs up? I'm pretty busy next week as well with the north county comp that weekend.

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Sounds good, not sure if you use the 2% water addition by weight of the grain gets sprayed on to the grain 20 minutes before grinding.  I found it makes the process of grinding the grain go much smoother and it also means that the grains don't get pulverised so you have less flour in the mash.

Shanna

Nope don't do it, but I've never had an issue with crush that I've noticed. I'm fact, I keep making my crush finer to improve extraction. The herms, thin mash and bag just means it never sticks for me.

I spoke too soon,  can't make the 26th

Quote from: molc on May 18, 2016, 05:49:22 PM
Might be an idea to skip the meet this month if no-one else signs up?

Sure no problem. We'll make a call on it next week?

1. Bubbles - Citra Pale Ale
2. Molc - Sweet stout
3. Craiclad - Munich Helles, Ginger Beer (If there's any left after the weekend)

Quote from: craiclad on May 19, 2016, 06:32:58 PM
1. Bubbles - Citra Pale Ale
2. Molc - Sweet stout
3. Craiclad - Munich Helles, Ginger Beer (If there's any left after the weekend)

4. Steve - mooching

the good news is I have brewed something - 20L batch of Red IPA fermenting nicely..
looking forward to meeting up (if its on!)

1. Bubbles - Citra Pale Ale
2. Molc - Sweet stout
3. Craiclad - Munich Helles, Ginger Beer
4. Steve - mooching
5. David - Smash lager



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Lads, just a heads up that we may be in the bar tomorrow evening, as there's a function on.

In with the real men

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I'm 50/50. Basically if the other half is out, I get to go out :D Will update tomorrow.

Looks like I'm good for tonight :D See ye laters.

1. Bubbles - Citra Pale Ale
2. Molc - Sweet stout
3. Craiclad - Munich Helles, Ginger Beer
4. Steve - mooching
5. David - Smash lager
6. RonnieB - Cider

nice one lads. See ye later so.

1. Bubbles - Citra Pale Ale
2. Molc - Sweet stout
3. Craiclad - Munich Helles, Ginger Beer
4. Steve - mooching
5. David - Smash lager
6. RonnieB - Cider
7. bachus - some mead of course

Nice to meet you, Steve. Hope to see you again next month.

"Beer" of the night for me, and I'm guessing most of you, would be craiclad's ginger beer. Better than any commercial ginger beer I've ever tried.

Great range of bevvies tonight - Ronnie's cider was excellent and bachus' blueberry mead .. Spectacular as always..


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Great night and man, that ginger beer! Think I'm still a bit tipsy - glad I don't have to work any heavy machinery this morning :)

Calypso Berliner Weiss on tap and jalapeno pretzel pieces.. My stomach is ropy this morning! :)

I'm thinking how an artificially sweetened version of the ginger might work. Though the reason it was so nice is largely due to the fact that it was sweetened 'naturally'.

I'm not sure I'd like a keg of it, but an occasional bottle would be great. Maybe pastuerising would work well if bottle conditioning.

I'd love to taste those flavours in a mead also.

Fantastic night last night, very happy at the positive feedback on my ginger beer. If anyone would like the recipe feel free to PM me and I'll pass it along. Or I could post it up on the recipes board if people would prefer.

Very simple to whip up if you have the means to force carbonate. I suppose you could bottle condition and then pasteurise at the desired carbonation, I have read of others having success with that method as well.

Very enjoyable evening.