Hi all,
Next meet on Thursday.
Please sign up below if attending.
Cheers,
Bubbles.
Hi Conor,
Can't make it this week, any chance we could delay it till the 1st of December? If not then no worries.
Shanna
Either date works for me.
1st December it is then.
1. Molc - Helles
so after a heady month of post nuptial celebrations, i decided not to drink any beer from the october meeting until the november meeting... give the ould hepatic cells a chance to recover.... and now you want to add an extra week to this half existence called abstinence!!!!! FFS........
1. Molc - Helles
2. cc- Belgian blonde,thirstyNHCmember
Quote from: CC on November 21, 2016, 05:32:15 PM
so after a heady month of post nuptial celebrations, i decided not to drink any beer from the october meeting until the november meeting... give the ould hepatic cells a chance to recover.... and now you want to add an extra week to this half existence called abstinence!!!!! FFS........
1. Molc - Helles
2. cc- Belgian blonde,thirstyNHCmember
Cock. I decided the same and also have realised the consequences. We'll that's not ideal...
1. Molc - Helles
2. cc- Belgian blonde,thirstyNHCmember
3. CH-(provisionally) 2x NEIPA and several porters
ahh yes the famous pea soup.....now that is something to look forward to!
i'll have all the right adjectives on hand- juicy...
Cat piss, starburst
;D ;D
1. Molc - Helles
2. cc- Belgian blonde,thirstyNHCmember
3. CH-(provisionally) 2x NEIPA and several porters
4. Shanna - early sample of collaboration Belgian Pale ale (I collaborated by eating sandwiches, pringles & rice crispy buns, not to mention the gallons of tae)
Twas a fine collaboration! I could see the gears I'm your head working away making notes as we sat and stared at the kit working away. :)
Will be interesting to see what an early sample is like. It needs cold conditioning for sure to round off all those edges still.
Next time, we're doing one of your recipes :) Oh or one of Conors! Try to brew another Brewers recipe and see how it works out!
Guess I'll bring along the dipa for CH as well, so he can find the right bar of soap this Christmas :D
Quote from: CH on November 21, 2016, 05:55:33 PM
3. CH-(provisionally) 2x NEIPA and several porters
:-X
1. Molc - Helles
2. cc- Belgian blonde,thirstyNHCmember
3. CH-(provisionally) 2x NEIPA and several porters
4. Shanna - early sample of collaboration Belgian Pale ale (I collaborated by eating sandwiches, pringles & rice crispy buns, not to mention the gallons of tae)
5. RedWino - Scottish Ale
Quote from: molc on November 22, 2016, 08:40:22 AM
Twas a fine collaboration! I could see the gears I'm your head working away making notes as we sat and stared at the kit working away. :)
Will be interesting to see what an early sample is like. It needs cold conditioning for sure to round off all those edges still.
Next time, we're doing one of your recipes :) Oh or one of Conors! Try to brew another Brewers recipe and see how it works out!
Guess I'll bring along the dipa for CH as well, so he can find the right bar of soap this Christmas :D
Sure maybe do an amber the next time around. Will be interesting to see what if any difference the stainless fermenter and or hop dry hopper makes to the process also. Have recently fixed the water volumes and added detachable temperature probes so some of the insanity observed previouly in my setup is gone. Going to try all of the new changes including the first use of the stainless fermenter with a stout recipe.
Shanna
Anything but an amber! I've brewed about 6 this year already and have 40L of it at home :)
Quote from: molc on November 23, 2016, 10:58:43 PM
Anything but an amber! I've brewed about 6 this year already and have 40L of it at home :)
Ok maybe a stout or maybe Conor can share the secrets of brewing a good British ale with us :)
Shanna
Quote from: Shanna on November 23, 2016, 11:31:39 PM
Quote from: molc on November 23, 2016, 10:58:43 PM
Anything but an amber! I've brewed about 6 this year already and have 40L of it at home :)
Ok maybe a stout or maybe Conor can share the secrets of brewing a good British ale with us :)
Shanna
Oh a British ale. Now there's a worthy challenge and a great way to dial in your changes. Low gravity. Full of malt and English yeast character. Not something I've ever really tried to brew...
I wouldn't be the man to talk to! They're not an easy style to do really well. My last few attempts have been really disappointing.
1. Molc - Helles
2. cc- Belgian blonde,thirstyNHCmember
3. CH-(provisionally) 2x NEIPA and several porters
4. Shanna - early sample of collaboration Belgian Pale ale (I collaborated by eating sandwiches, pringles & rice crispy buns, not to mention the gallons of tae)
5. RedWino - Scottish Ale
6. Bubbles - something funky, and either a pale ale or a dry stout
Hi guys I'm going to sit this one out again as my cider won't be ready until 25th December onwards, you'll have to wait till the January meeting to try my ciders.
Quote from: JamMan on November 27, 2016, 11:59:25 AM
Hi guys I'm going to sit this one out again as my cider won't be ready until 25th December onward you'll have to wait till the January meeting to try my ciders.
Hi Jam Man,
If that is 2016 AJ then I would wait another few months to cold condition and age them if I was you. The cider will improve as a result.
Shanna
Sorry lads the curse of the brewing classes, "work", may not allow me attend on Thursday :( >:( and Bubbles I was gonna tell you which yeast does best for an IPA for next years comp as well :P
Quote from: CH on November 28, 2016, 02:17:52 PM
Sorry lads the curse of the brewing classes, "work", may not allow me attend on Thursday :( >:( and Bubbles I was gonna tell you which yeast does best for an IPA for next years comp as well :P
Damn.. and I'd planned on stepping up my wind-up trash-talk for the comp...
No matter.. I'll dust off my 2014 gold-medal winning recipe and give that a go instead... ;) :D ;) :D ;) :D :P :P :P :P :P
the one that won in 15, 13,....
;D
Didn't enter it in 2015 or 2016!! :P 8)
Quote from: Shanna on November 27, 2016, 12:33:09 PM
If that is 2016 AJ then I would wait another few months to cold condition and age them if I was you. The cider will improve as a result.
After pressing over 350ltrs of apple juice to make cider I'll have plenty of cider samples for 2017 and might last me till next years apple harvest.
lads i've recently come across a truly seminal piece of work....
Better Winemaking And Brewing For Beginners by BCA Turner.
Mr Turner is my kind of guy....
' Home brewed beer, properly made and matured is a superb beverage, beneficial as a tonic, perfect as an accompaniment to certain foods and a wonderful aid to relaxation and enjoyment of fellowship'
'Within the last few years many women have returned to their erstwhile task and some of the best beer being brewed at home is being made by women. Perhaps they hope to keep their husbands with them at home instead of being left alone whilst the men go to their local pub.'
;D
Nice one. Can we give him honorary membership or something? 8)
'why were you home so late on saturday....?'
'I was enjoying a few beneficial tonics to aid my relaxation and enjoyment of fellowship...'
QED.
Quote from: Bubbles on November 24, 2016, 08:36:50 PM
I wouldn't be the man to talk to! They're not an easy style to do really well. My last few attempts have been really disappointing.
Belgian ale then maybe or a would really like to do a Rye inspired ale (CC I know I can't help it with the funny ingredients).
Shanna
Just wanted to let people know that I will be bringing along chocolate malt tomorrow continuing on the malt tasting experiment. If anybody has a thermos and wants to bring along some different type of grain would be cool. 50 grams of finely crushed grain, 400 ml of 70C water (allow for 5C heat loss). I will bring along a few spare coffee filters and a thermometer and a container to drain the liquid in to.
Shanna
Thank you Shanana and Molc on your advice on creating a berry cider last September having a 10:1 apple to berry mix as I'll be bottling that brew this evening, and look forward to next summer sampling that with you guys.
Quote from: JamMan on December 01, 2016, 10:01:55 AM
Thank you Shanana and Molc on your advice on creating a berry cider last September having a 10:1 apple to berry mix as I'll be bottling that brew this evening, and look forward to next summer sampling that with you guys.
More than welcome. Hope it turns out well!
Quote from: Shanna on November 30, 2016, 05:42:40 PM
Just wanted to let people know that I will be bringing along chocolate malt tomorrow continuing on the malt tasting experiment. If anybody has a thermos and wants to bring along some different type of grain would be cool. 50 grams of finely crushed grain, 400 ml of 70C water (allow for 5C heat loss). I will bring along a few spare coffee filters and a thermometer and a container to drain the liquid in to.
Shanna
I have roast barley and black malt (I think), but don't think I'll have time to get it crushed and water heated before the train to the meet. Might try to plan a little ahead for the next meet and bring some complimentary grains though - it's a great idea.
Need to do the same myself with some aromatic and munich malt, as I added it to a lager recently and made a bloody malt bomb. Not sure which caused it!
Quote from: Shanna on November 30, 2016, 05:42:40 PM
Just wanted to let people know that I will be bringing along chocolate malt tomorrow continuing on the malt tasting experiment. If anybody has a thermos and wants to bring along some different type of grain would be cool. 50 grams of finely crushed grain, 400 ml of 70C water (allow for 5C heat loss). I will bring along a few spare coffee filters and a thermometer and a container to drain the liquid in to.
Shanna
I don't drink anything that isn't fermented... ;) :o 8)
Quote from: molc on December 01, 2016, 10:09:27 AM
Quote from: Shanna on November 30, 2016, 05:42:40 PM
Just wanted to let people know that I will be bringing along chocolate malt tomorrow continuing on the malt tasting experiment. If anybody has a thermos and wants to bring along some different type of grain would be cool. 50 grams of finely crushed grain, 400 ml of 70C water (allow for 5C heat loss). I will bring along a few spare coffee filters and a thermometer and a container to drain the liquid in to.
Shanna
I have roast barley and black malt (I think), but don't think I'll have time to get it crushed and water heated before the train to the meet. Might try to plan a little ahead for the next meet and bring some complimentary grains though - it's a great idea.
Need to do the same myself with some aromatic and munich malt, as I added it to a lager recently and made a bloody malt bomb. Not sure which caused it!
Weight it out and I will bring my manual coffee grinder as I draw the line in bringing the jewellery scale :) We might ask the Dark Horse for a flask full of hot water.
Shanna
Lads we're in the bar this evening, not our usual spot.
Newbie here, will pop in this evening to introduce myself. All my beer is fermenting so I won't have anything to sample this time around, unless someone wants some top quality crystal malt dog biscuits?
Very welcome Emot. I'm grand for biscuits .. :)
good standard last night lads... some very interesting beers... i'm still trying to figure out the taste profiles in dave's super yeast brew!
Everything hurts this morning! Great meet as always. The sour and Barleywine stood out for me.
+1... to be honest bubbles entire range last night was pretty damn good... imagine what this fella is going to achieve with the new kit!
i remember one of my first meets some lad bangin on about how the grainfather confers an unfair advantage in competiton... how it wasn't really proper homebrewing...
your amber was tip top for me molc... wouldn't change a thing on that recipe.
Thanks! It needs a colour and clarity adjustment but the flavours are pretty good alright. My recipe from last year might still be better though... It's only 6 weeks grain to glass though, with quite a kick, so still has to clean up a bit.
Looking forward to rebrewing the lager with the traditional method and seeing how it works out now. Great feedback there.
Quote from: molc on December 02, 2016, 10:42:40 AM
Everything hurts this morning! Great meet as always. The sour and Barleywine stood out for me.
Yes I know that feeling, thank god work is quiet :)
Shanna
Quote from: CC on December 02, 2016, 11:24:49 AM
i remember one of my first meets some lad bangin on about how the grainfather confers an unfair advantage in competiton... how it wasn't really proper homebrewing...
What kind of a knob says something like that???
;D ;D 8)
Thanks for the kind words lads.
Ditto on molc's amber. Ditto on sore head. It's going to be a long afternoon..
Good craic last night lads, though I'm not sure how I feel about this hangover that I wasn't planning... Cheers for all the advice, I'll bring along some of my pale ale next time and ye can slate it ;D
ah you'll not get slated at all Emot... almost every brewer starts off making flawed beer and with a bit of help, advice and constructive critique hopefully we'll get you making good beer that we can all enjoy- and more importantly you'll enjoy it more
Quote from: CC on December 03, 2016, 09:14:08 AM
ah you'll not get slated at all Emot... almost every brewer starts off making flawed beer and with a bit of help, advice and constructive critique hopefully we'll get you making good beer that we can all enjoy- and more importantly you'll enjoy it more
+1 to that.
Emot, I'll drop you a PM during the week about that mash tun if you're still interested.
Hell you still make some flawed beers years later. The key of meets is you get to share and learn from them :)
Quote from: molc on December 03, 2016, 07:10:30 PM
Hell you still make some flawed beers years later. The key of meets is you get to share and learn from them :)
Hey I resemble that remark :).It's also the case that continuously changing ones setup can & does impact ones ability to consistently good beer. I have picked up multiple tips from others at our meets & while I might be sensitive to feedback/criticism of my beers the have usually been spot on.
Shanna
Is there a meet up on the 29th? I've never been to one before but wouldn't mind seeing what people think of my Belgian dark.
No, I'm afraid not. Next meet will be on Thu 26th Jan.
Not to worry, I'm enjoying the dark too much for it to last past new years, but I'm brewing my first IPA so perhaps I'll come with that in January
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Regarding the 2017 home brew championships are ciders included?
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