as usual our monthly meet, good food banter, brew stuff and camping for those who enjoy chilling by the campfire with a brew :) ;) :D ;D
see the pics of our club home here http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/forum/index.php/topic,3675.0.html
contact Brenmurph or Kellie for more info
Hi Bren,
May have to cry off at the last minute but should be able to make it along.
What brew is planned?
/J
no WORRIES U know where we are :)
Therll be optional camping if things go top plan, hoping to make this a summer festy thinggy..
No brew planned, we may even just do a taster day depending on wasps...We had an invasion last weekend doin the California common, wasnt nice :(
We will figure a brew nearer the day, ill see whos comin and put it out there.
Our parti gyle is doin ok. Theres 4 bottles lagerin and the rest left in cool shed ( see the difference) . the other half is in keg bit of chill haze but tastes and looks grand
Weather forecast lookin good, so get over to Kildare brewday/ beer tastin, and camping / sleeping for those who want to chill over a campfire and homebrew.
Great food, beer and wine weekend
REMNDER REMINDER REMINDER Brew day and meet up tomorra all welcome
Brewin, tastin, banter...try make it along.. remember green bus a fiver from Red cow, 10 euros from airport
by car 25 mins from red cow.
Good food beer and optional camping overnight, super hops, veggies and campfire in the garden
no worries, spread the word and plug it if u can...Rueuen and hillary are campin over and JD should be here and a couple of portloise members as well as my normal dropper in neighbours and friends throughout the day.
Love to see more getting to the meets ( not just mine) as I always suggest we need as much real brew days as well as the usual pub meets.
people ( and myself) learn sooooo much on brew days...
also therell be a sunday bash maybe a brew-breakfast 11-til midday and prob some tastin in the afternoon :)
Last reminder. Kildare brewday 5 euros on green bus, bring ur tent enjoy the day
Brewday, banter, great beer, great food, see the hop plants in all their glory, food from the garden, and to top off the evening we have beer imported specially from Munich by a lesser known NHC member to go with the smoked sausage, green peppars and cheese from the BBQ..campfire and homebrew.
All welcome bren & Kellie!! :) ;) :D ;D come on great day planned :) Midday till very late (Sat & Sunday :P)
Is this on Saturday 31st or Sunday 31st?
I hate that when the same date falls on 2 consecutive days.
its the whole weekend...dontb get too technical...when we do gigs here in Kildare we dont rush our guests out too quick.. i.e we dont have closing times :) ;) :D ;D
So would Saturday be a good day to turn up?
we dont care... we are here all weekend, food and beer is plentyfull and camping space is not limited :) ;) :D ;D
Quick report on weekend... reuben ( saurman) can give his feedback if he wants.
Ok Feck uip with the title of the event there was no sunday 31st and it should have been saturday 31st ??? ::) but we done an all-weekender anyway
Thanks to Tube (shane) for dropping in and havin a chat and checkin out the FAB hop crop. Reuben and Hillary turned up in the camper and we got straight to work...on the samples of 10 + kegs that we had to work through. Have to say Reuben worked incredibly hard as did I.....at least we did an honest evenings / days work. Hillary came down cos she heard there was a whole Keg of Pinot Grigio :) ;) :D ;D which there certainly was :P Kellie was so busy doin great food all weekend she didnt get that much time to drink. So beer, wine, few laughs later around the campfire we worked through 6 or 7 old beers from bottles which I had stored away as I recall...Vienna lager, IPA, modded bitter with choc and hops, and a different version of dry hopped mild. From keg we had dusseldorf alt dry hopped, several english bitters, mild and a parti-gyle bitter with german hops, we also had a garden light ale, spruce lager and a coors clone not ready yet in addition to tastes of the smokey 1 & 2 and JD's parti gyle brew from a month ago.
Around the campfire we ( Gonky, kellie, Dee, Reuben, Hillary, Sam, Phil, and myself tried a few more shared beers....3 german beers brought from Munich this week by Billy the Gypsey, and topped the night with an old 1992 Glenkinche ( me and reuben)
Food.....flowed all weekend...BBQ amazin spread... sat dinner great...... and sunday.........ahhhhh :) ;) :D ;D DAY 2......
Ok long hard day saturday it was....breakfast at 11am sunday...kellie provided the excellent food again.... Rueben had a gig to do and they headed off at lunchtime.....2 minutes later JD arrived...
Great brewday sunday.. hey hey :) ;) :D ;D another unusual beer ( as we always do :D)
Off we go...more food laid on at 4pm after to set up and mashed out the Liquorice porter suggested by Gonky. In the end its a brown ale with some roast barley.
Lager malt, HOME ROASTED BARLEY STRAIGHT FROM THE FIELD YESTERDAY... only gorgeous roasty, toasty smokey smell all over the house..., biscuit, amber, wheat, Molases and Star anise. Turned out a great mash and pitched the notty at 7pm after the boil with star anise, DANA hops ( 60 mins) and hersbruker late addition
Summary great food mostly from the garden ( beetroot, onion, tomatoes, cucumber beet leaves, squash, herbs, potatoes and green peppars as well as the quail eggs from our hens and thanks to Ralph Sherwood for the Fresh field barley and the prize hen eggs, which were outstanding...add above to the non-garden including the bbq stuff and german sausages... yahhoo , great company great campfire and BBQ and great beer and wine and a lovely brew day today.
For more info ask Reuben or JD about The SOUTH KILDARE BREWERS where all NHC members are encouraged and most welcome, beginners to advanced and where no question or suggestion is a stupid question or suggestion because brewing is not an exact science when it comes down to it :).
Till the next one....get ur assess down here...what are ye waitin for..,
4 weeks time :) ;) :D ;D
Brendan,
Sounds like you had a great time! Working all this weekend, but I'm defo gonna come down for the next one if I can. Long live South Kildare! :D
@ Dunkel...certainly was as per report below and ur more than welcome down next one
Quick report on weekend... reuben ( saurman) can give his feedback if he wants.
Ok Feck uip with the title of the event there was no sunday 31st and it should have been saturday 31st ??? ::)
Thanks to Tube (shane) for dropping in and havin a chat and checkin out the FAB hop crop. Reuben and Hillary turned up in the camper and we got straight to work...on the samples of 10 + kegs that we had to work through. have to say Reuben worked incredibly hard as did I.....at least we did an honest evenings / days work. Hillary came down cos she heard there was a whole Keg of Pinot Grigio :) ;) :D ;D which there certainly was :P Kellie was so busy doin great food all weekend she didnt get that much time to drink. So beer, wine, few laughs later around the campfire we worked through 6 or 7 old beers from bottles which I had stored away as I recall...Vienna lager, IPA, moddes bitter with choc and hops, and a different version of mild. From keg we had dusseldorf alt, dry hopped, bitter, mild and a parti-gyle bitter with german hops, we also had a garden light ale, spruce lager and a coors clone not ready yet in addition to tastes of the smokey 1 & 2.
Around the camffire we ( Gonky, kellie, Dee, Reuben, hillary, sam, Phil, and myself tries a few more....3 german beers from Munich brought from Munich this week by Billy the Gypsey, and topped the night with a 1992 Glenkinche ( me and reuben)
Food.....flowed all weekend...BBQ amazin spread... sat dinner great...... and sunday.........ahhhhh :) ;) :D ;D
Ok long hard day saturday....breakfast...kellie provided the excellent food again.... Rueben had a gig to do and they headed off at lunchtime.....2 minutes later JD arrived...
Great brewday.. hey hey :) ;) :D ;D
Off we go...more food laid on at 4pm after to set up and mashed out the Liquorice porter suggested by Gonky. Lager malt, HOME ROASTED BARLEY STRAIGHT FROM THE FIELD YESTERDAY... only gorgeous roasty, toasty smokey smell all over the house..., biscuit, amber, wheat, Molases and Star anise. Turned out a great mash and pitched the notty at 7pm after the boil with star anise, DANA hops ( 60 mins) and hersbruker late addition
Summary great food mostly from the garden ( beetroot, onion, tomatoes, cucumber beet leaves, squash, herbs, potatoes and green peppars as well as the quail eggs and thanks to ralph Sherwood for the Field barley and the prize hen eggs which were outstanding...add above to the non-garden including the bbq stuff and german sausages... yahhoo , great company great campfire and BBQ and great beer and wine and a lovely brew day today.
For more info ask Reuben or JD about The SOUTH KILDARE BREWERS where all NHC members are encouraged and most welcome.
Till the next one....get ur assess down here...what are ye waitin for..,
4 weeks time :) ;) :D ;D
So good he posted it twice!
I would love to have made it, unfortunately this did not happen. Maybe next month.
Theres been 12 in the past year so Im sure therll b more :)
Just like to say that, with the exception of his useless concept of the calendar, Bren deserves a bit of a clap on the back. He and Kellie have always been very welcoming, very friendly and super hospitable. Brewdays are fun and there's always a wide range of previous brews to taste and sample.
Yesterday was no different. Bren roasted some barley and we had a go at brewing an Aniseed brown ale. Of course, neither of us had a clue about how much star anise was required and Google just added to the confusion with every site we visited giving a different answer. In the end we went with finger-in-the-air 30 grams into a 22 litre batch added to the boil with 10 minutes to go. With both of us declaring that we knew exactly what we were talking about we proceeded with confidence and fingers crossed. We cut down on the late hops as well in keeping with the character of a brown ale. We were winging it a bit here but our fingers were crossed so it should be alright. The final wort was definitely aniseedy in aroma and taste. The bittering hops seemed to hit a little hard on the tongue but as this was pre-fermentation, we were not a bit concerned. Remember, our fingers were crossed, so we had it covered. Once the fermentation gets done, it should balance out nicely, all going well. Overall, I'm looking forward to tasting the fruits of the experiment in a few weeks time.
Brewing aside, the hops Brendan had planted are just a sight to behold. The outdoor Saaz and the poly-tunnel Hallertaur (I think) has enough cones to supply Guinness. If they taste half as good as they look, they'll be spectacular. I'm really looking forward to seeing and tasting the results of a fresh hops brew.
Next month, assuming Brendan learns to use a calendar by then :), the aniseed brew should be able give a much better account of itself. Here's hoping.
/JD
Quote from: JD on September 02, 2013, 11:03:16 AM
Just like to say that, with the exception of his useless concept of the calendar, Bren deserves a bit of a clap on the back. He and Kellie have always been very welcoming, very friendly and super hospitable. Brewdays are fun and there's always a wide range of previous brews to taste and sample.
Yesterday was no different. Bren roasted some barley and we had a go at brewing an Aniseed brown ale. Of course, neither of us had a clue about how much star anise was required and Google just added to the confusion with every site we visited giving a different answer. In the end we went with finger-in-the-air 30 grams into a 22 litre batch added to the boil with 10 minutes to go. With both of us declaring that we knew exactly what we were talking about we proceeded with confidence and fingers crossed. We cut down on the late hops as well in keeping with the character of a brown ale. We were winging it a bit here but our fingers were crossed so it should be alright. The final wort was definitely aniseedy in aroma and taste. The bittering hops seemed to hit a little hard on the tongue but as this was pre-fermentation, we were not a bit concerned. Remember, our fingers were crossed, so we had it covered. Once the fermentation gets done, it should balance out nicely, all going well. Overall, I'm looking forward to tasting the fruits of the experiment in a few weeks time.
Brewing aside, the hops Brendan had planted are just a sight to behold. The outdoor Saaz and the poly-tunnel Hallertaur (I think) has enough cones to supply Guinness. If they taste half as good as they look, they'll be spectacular. I'm really looking forward to seeing and tasting the results of a fresh hops brew.
Next month, assuming Brendan learns to use a calendar by then :), the aniseed brew should be able give a much better account of itself. Here's hoping.
/JD
+1 to this :)
If the new batch is undrinkable it can be blamed on me. I just have a thing for Liquorice and taught it might be nice in a beer, lol. Saying that, if what I tasted yesterday at this early stage, it could just work :D
Bren and Kellie to me are some of NHC unsung heroes for services over and above the call of duty.
TT
Quote from: Ciderhead on September 02, 2013, 09:36:15 PM
Bren and Kellie to me are some of NHC unsung heroes for services over and above the call of duty.
TT
Here here :)
And CH you can take a bow yourself as a fine example of a selfless member who helps out so many members.