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Title: Hop tasting experiment with the Liffey Brewers - all welcome!
Post by: delzep on March 04, 2014, 09:51:19 PM
See here - http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/forum/index.php/topic,5838.0.html
Title: Re: Hop tasting experiment with the Liffey Brewers - all welcome!
Post by: Dr Horrible on March 04, 2014, 10:36:47 PM
Tried this recently with a six pack of Coors light that had been hanging around my house like a bad smell for the past year. Really enjoyable, great idea for a tasting session. I found that some of the hop pellets broke up badly and wouldn't settle so would recommend bringing a tea strainer or some sort of little sieve to remove the particles when pouring. I found the bottles with the whole hops added were much easier to handle. Was also surprised how much more drinkable the beers became once they had some actual flavour!
Title: Re: Hop tasting experiment with the Liffey Brewers - all welcome!
Post by: delzep on March 04, 2014, 10:39:35 PM
I have a couple of these I'll bring along

(http://i.imgur.com/dKLrQBQ.jpg)
Title: Re: Hop tasting experiment with the Liffey Brewers - all welcome!
Post by: imark on March 04, 2014, 10:44:38 PM
I could bring my (http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5zmjedfpJ1qc2otc.jpg)
Title: Re: Hop tasting experiment with the Liffey Brewers - all welcome!
Post by: delzep on March 04, 2014, 10:50:49 PM
Dunno if theres a need....its just to pour it out from the bottles

By the way, teacups with a lid is a genius invention (fine bone china). Quite popular in Belgium for some reason
Title: Re: Hop tasting experiment with the Liffey Brewers - all welcome!
Post by: Dodge on March 05, 2014, 05:29:42 AM
Will you be making coffee imark?  ;D
Title: Re: Hop tasting experiment with the Liffey Brewers - all welcome!
Post by: imark on March 05, 2014, 09:00:14 AM
Quote from: Dodge on March 05, 2014, 05:29:42 AM
Will you be making coffee imark?  ;D
delzep on tea... I'm on coffee... You can bring the hob nobs.
Title: Re: Hop tasting experiment with the Liffey Brewers - all welcome!
Post by: delzep on March 05, 2014, 01:01:09 PM
Its looking like this is gonna be on the 20th of March in the Lucan County. Can you stick your name down if you're gonna attend so theres enough hopped beer to go around everyone thanks

1. delzep
Title: Re: Hop tasting experiment with the Liffey Brewers - all welcome!
Post by: irish_goat on March 05, 2014, 01:32:56 PM
1. delzep
2. Tube
3. Irish Goat (provisional)

I'll put myself down provisionally. I'll be down the next day anyway to head to Cork so I just need to check I can get off work an extra day + price accommodation etc. Let me know if you want me to do an Amarillo beer.
Title: Re: Hop tasting experiment with the Liffey Brewers - all welcome!
Post by: DEMPSEY on March 05, 2014, 02:10:50 PM

1. delzep
2. Tube
3. Irish Goat (provisional)
4. DEMPSEY
Title: Re: Hop tasting experiment with the Liffey Brewers - all welcome!
Post by: IsMise on March 05, 2014, 05:57:57 PM
1. delzep
2. Tube
3. Irish Goat (provisional)
4. DEMPSEY
5. Is Mise (preference for 27th tho  :( )
Title: Re: Hop tasting experiment with the Liffey Brewers - all welcome!
Post by: mcgrath on March 05, 2014, 10:11:31 PM
1. delzep
2. Tube
3. Irish Goat (provisional)
4. DEMPSEY
5. Is Mise (preference for 27th tho  :( )
6. McGrath
Title: Re: Hop tasting experiment with the Liffey Brewers - all welcome!
Post by: imark on March 05, 2014, 10:17:51 PM
1. delzep
2. Tube
3. Irish Goat (provisional)
4. DEMPSEY
5. Is Mise (preference for 27th tho   )
6. McGrath
7. imark
Title: Re: Hop tasting experiment with the Liffey Brewers - all welcome! 27th of March
Post by: delzep on March 09, 2014, 03:07:07 PM
Picked up a box of 20 coors light bottles today. Felt a bit dirty doing so :o
Title: Re: Hop tasting experiment with the Liffey Brewers - all welcome!
Post by: delzep on March 10, 2014, 04:25:43 PM
Folks this is kicking off at around half 7 in the Lucan County on Thursday the 27th of March. All welcome
Title: Re: Hop tasting experiment with the Liffey Brewers - all welcome!
Post by: lordstilton on March 10, 2014, 04:31:31 PM
1. delzep
2. Tube
3. Irish Goat (provisional)
4. DEMPSEY
5. Is Mise (preference for 27th tho   )
6. McGrath
7. imark
8. Lordstilton
Title: Re: Hop tasting experiment with the Liffey Brewers - all welcome!
Post by: ColinC on March 10, 2014, 04:32:06 PM
1. delzep
2. Tube
3. Irish Goat (provisional)
4. DEMPSEY
5. Is Mise (preference for 27th tho   )
6. McGrath
7. imark
8. Lordstilton
9. ColinC
Title: Re: Hop tasting experiment with the Liffey Brewers - all welcome!
Post by: hurleyci on March 10, 2014, 09:49:15 PM
Can I come too?!

1. delzep
2. Tube
3. Irish Goat (provisional)
4. DEMPSEY
5. Is Mise (preference for 27th tho   )
6. McGrath
7. imark
8: hurleyci
Title: Re: Hop tasting experiment with the Liffey Brewers - all welcome!
Post by: delzep on March 10, 2014, 10:38:39 PM
Only if you copy the correct list of attendees (the one before your post ;))
Title: Re: Hop tasting experiment with the Liffey Brewers - all welcome!
Post by: hurleyci on March 10, 2014, 11:10:55 PM
Woops! sorry bout that!

1. delzep
2. Tube
3. Irish Goat (provisional)
4. DEMPSEY
5. Is Mise (preference for 27th tho   )
6. McGrath
7. imark
8. Lordstilton
9. ColinC
10: hurleyci
Title: Re: Hop tasting experiment with the Liffey Brewers - all welcome!
Post by: delzep on March 21, 2014, 07:07:30 AM
Cut off point for this is Sunday at 11pm so get your name down before then otherwise yer out :-*
Title: Re: Hop tasting experiment with the Liffey Brewers - all welcome!
Post by: headgasket on March 21, 2014, 10:43:43 AM
Well lads, I'm on for this...

1. delzep
2. Tube
3. Irish Goat (provisional)
4. DEMPSEY
5. Is Mise (preference for 27th tho   )
6. McGrath
7. imark
8. Lordstilton
9. ColinC
10: hurleyci
11: headgasket
Title: Re: Hop tasting experiment with the Liffey Brewers - all welcome!
Post by: headgasket on March 21, 2014, 11:07:39 AM
Ok lads - John Blueshed will be attending hop tasting meet also next Thursday (unable to get online to post here)

1. delzep
2. Tube
3. Irish Goat (provisional)
4. DEMPSEY
5. Is Mise (preference for 27th tho   )
6. McGrath
7. imark
8. Lordstilton
9. ColinC
10: hurleyci
11: headgasket
12: Blueshed
Title: Re: Hop tasting experiment with the Liffey Brewers - all welcome!
Post by: delzep on March 22, 2014, 01:02:59 AM
Ok, the final line-up is to use the following for tasting - Citra, Cascade, Chinook, Zeus, and Simcoe.

Can some people please bring along a plastic one litre jug for decanting...I have one, and if we have 5 then all the better
Title: Re: Hop tasting experiment with the Liffey Brewers - all welcome!
Post by: delzep on March 24, 2014, 09:33:07 PM
Feck...my cascade is 2012 harvest. Still used it anyway. I found some 2012 Simcoe leaf as well that I used to compare it to 2013 harvest (leaf might not work but sure its worth a try)
Title: Re: Hop tasting experiment with the Liffey Brewers - all welcome!
Post by: delzep on March 24, 2014, 10:37:21 PM
Its done now (unless you want to do it yourself)
Title: Re: Hop tasting experiment with the Liffey Brewers - all welcome!
Post by: Partridge9 on March 25, 2014, 06:45:46 PM
Great idea lads - nice to learn more about the effects and tastes of the individual hops.

Title: Re: Hop tasting experiment with the Liffey Brewers - all welcome!
Post by: Mark on April 22, 2014, 11:03:18 PM
What was the consensus on this? Worthwhile experiment?
Title: Re: Hop tasting experiment with the Liffey Brewers - all welcome!
Post by: delzep on April 22, 2014, 11:18:39 PM
was a disaster
Title: Re: Hop tasting experiment with the Liffey Brewers - all welcome!
Post by: delzep on April 22, 2014, 11:46:29 PM
I look forward to you sorting that one out