Plenty notice for this weekender. Drop in for an hour or the weekend.
Meet the Dublin craft beer ladies, who are coming down, they will tell u a thing or two about how to drink ;) ;D
Ok we are launching our first cask ale after the success of the first ladies brew what Better brew to put in and tap from a cask only a fantastic Gold medal Scottish Shilling. Malty, toasty, smokey...itll be a gem.
Brewin a batch of Beetroot lager as an experiment following last years success with our nitro beetroot ale, a rare beer with a crimson body and shocking pink creamy head...we are doing it all again this time a PINK Lager
As usual great food, great company and the best club base in the country with camping, caravanning barbcue and all night campfire. Followed by our famous breakfast either before u get to bed or not!
You have been warned the brew weekend to beat all brew weekends coming up 10am 17th may till u go home, whenever that is :) ;) :D ;D
Lets show what home brew club is really about..get down and share the experience
Bren & Kellie
Not forgetting that we must all pause and sing the Norwegian national anthem before downing or beers on that day.
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Woohoo! Work rota is perfect for this - off on Saturday. AND off on the 17th May - what's that about?
So see you Mashtun and Kellie on Saturday, with tent. And SWMBO :)
This one is our biggest yet 8), encourage everyone to bring yor tents, kids, other halves and dont worry about beds, we have any amount for those dont like camping, but keep in mind our camping is more like glamping.
I dont think I announced we have invested in a fantastic luxury caravan 5 berth which can be used at our weekends for anyone wants to bring along the family. Caravan is situated in the garden beside the indoor camping grounds and beside all the amenities. there is also plenty of sofas, beds and floor space, someone may even be lucky enough to sleep in the brewery beside the beer fridge :) We also have the trailer tent (glamping again) sleeps 5 or 7 if kids are small.
@ Dunkel .... a few words of inspiration for those who may be procrastinating about coming down to one of our weekends?
Quote from: brian_c on April 15, 2014, 12:36:11 PM
Not forgetting that we must all pause and sing the Norwegian national anthem before downing or beers on that day.
Brian be delighted that you may be able to make it if thats what ur saying, if not we will do a skype ;) while we are half drunk on cask shilling :)
@ Dunkel....swmbo better get into practice..tell her no fecking off to bed (tent) at 4am this time :D
And this will be ready on time! a fabulous marzen on the way as well as our other treats!
OK, this is what happened last time
http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/forum/index.php?topic=4371.msg54715#msg54715
:) :)
I'm off work so should be there all going well. No more drinking from sample glasses ;)
hopefully il make this as its cup final day for the gunners, any other days planned prior Bren? would really like to get to 1
@ Graham r
this saturday double brew day
Right.... busy day brewin, bottling, transferring, modifying kegerator, setup summer taps straight from kegerator, brewed the second half of the 9 gallon ale going to cask for 17th may 8)
Just had a taste of last weeks half cask-brew, its well on its way to being a fabulous cask ale and the head retention and clarity is bang on. Earthy aroma from the ekg and willamette, malty as a shilling should be
So just bumping our 17th may cask launch, beetroot lager brew and all evening drinking session hopefully by the campfire / bbq with overnight camping, glamping, sofa hugging or floor warming just bring ur sleeping bags...everything else is here :)
We have a few guaranteed overnight guests and I'm confident those 3 r 4 people will demolish half the cask without too much trouble ???.
The other half and our other three session beers will be to hand as well as our numerous other offerings.
Never done cask before so will have to start reading on how to fill., condition, tap, rest and pour ;D any quick tips pass them on :)
Hopefully make it Bren, and with the family if ok
Thats great Rodger........would be great to see you all, Lee will have a great time, lots of fun to be had here for kids and not forgetting adults too! ;) :)
Well dodge it depends on your 'appearance fee', if we can afford you :o ask your agent to contact Kellie ;D, funds are low now that we have contracted Imelda May supporting arcade fire and the stripes....but anythings possible...havnt hired a chef yet...kellies on a weekend off....any suggestions?
After our "quick" ( 2 hours ;D) drop off of CARA's 750ml bottles yesterday, and the tour, and a fabulous tasting of many award winning beers, I have to say that you are a credit to the NHC, you have a super set up and very relaxed and generous approach to all things brewing.
We will keep the 17th in mind and try make it for some of the day!
RIght folks, just to tease you...here is is waiting patiently to be consumed :) Cara is our master of ceremonies on saturday morning, hopefully it will be empty by sunday morning...Im confident our guests will honour their commitment :) ;)
A thing of sheer and utter BEAUTY
Gonna bring my 1ltr Stein :D
9 GALLS ;) :)
2 MORE ALES BREWIN TODAY :)
After intensive negotiations myself and SWIMBO are coming to this. :) Don't know if we will be able to be there for 10am (more like lunchtime) but we would be staying late.
Quote from: shiny on May 13, 2014, 08:40:04 PM
After intensive negotiations myself and SWIMBO are coming to this. :) Don't know if we will be able to be there for 10am (more like lunchtime) but we would be staying late.
cool :)
Do you need any glassware? I cant arrive empty handed. ;)
No glassware needed we have at least 100 :) we will be asking everyone who drinks in volume to bring 4-6 beers as back up (homebrew or the offy), thats all, normally we wouldnt ask this but this is a huge event and we simply havnt enough beer to fill everyone all weekend. I'm just hoping our 15 gallons of session ale brewed for the event (9 gall real ale in cask) will go a long way but we have 35-40 guests, most are good drinkers :o ??? ::) so we are in fear of beverage bankruptcy at 9pm or earlier if Saruman is in good form ;)...not to mention a half dozen others with reputations for being competent consumers ;) I wont name any more names ;D but all Ill say is we seem to have members travellin from all over to this one.
So just bring urselves and a few beers as above to act as back up if our 15 gallons run out. And Kellie never says no to a small, inexpensive contribution to our line up of food feasts e.g a cake or some salad or even better some culinary delight ye put some passion into, which is commonly done. Never ceases to amaze us how many people have specialities, cakes, candles, honey, herbs, spices, home made dishes. Blueshed done a great job last event ( small event ) twas a grand little bit of soakage half way through the day :)
Quote from: brenmurph on May 13, 2014, 10:45:03 PM
... so we are in fear of beverage bankruptcy at 9pm or earlier
... with reputations for being competent consumers
@Kellie: Its time to cut down his River Cottage Viewing, he's start to pun like Hugh FW!
Right folks heres the plan.: We should have 50 guests throughout the day many overnight. Its a big homrbrew party / bbq/ brewday :)
Weather is good and the venue is set. Beerhall in the polytunnel ;) garden will be in use as weather is good forcast.
Cask ale is perfect and time well so should be fabulous. We have 15 gallons of great beer on offer.
12- till 4pm ......(including clean up) 40 ltr beetroot lager brewed and being pumped to conical in the temp controlled chamber.
4-5pm .............grub up, tuck in to Kellies famous feasts, ye wont be dissapointed :)
5-6.30 pm.........Beer tasting...those who have some beers bring a few along for appraisel (or slagging ;D)
6-30pm.................BBQ will b asmokin :) We ask that ye bring your own favorite BBQ foods if possible and cook urself we wont be buyin T-bone steaks for yis we will supply the usual saus & burger basics, but please bring a contrib for the BBQ
8pm till late.. ...............chill around the campfire, drink beer..be happy, celebrate life....we only get one :)
???am ..........campfire goes out when last person falls asleep by it as we did in Dodges weekender :) ;) :D ;D
Next morning our Whistling bird haven will certainly sing you to the breakfast table ( they may even be singing us to sleep if ye last that long) our famous big brekfast ( thanks kellie and volunteers again) few beers for those not driving.
Sauna and steam-room will be available to really add to your weekend escape. Sundays we chill, no one has to go home at any specific time so ye can enjoy the post-party calm.
This is a big event we have a lot of guests circa 40 we expect 20+ to be stayin over.
Rules / requests are simple in order to make it a perfect event...
1. Be nice and welcoming to all guests (some are new to brewing and the club), the neighbours and the venue. We dont have a noise Curfew.... we can enjoy ourselves, many of the neighbours will be here late ;)
2. Have fun and enjoy the event
3. Relax and chill in this haven of a venue, I feel very privaleged to have it and to share it :)
4. Bring a contribution to the BBQ depending on what you like..cook it yourself or have our chef do it for ya.
5. Bring a contribution of beer 4-6 bottles or cans as back up. We have supplied 15 gallons of session beer + samples + wine but we cannot guarantee free beer all night for everyone as it is such a big homebrew event and many of you have reputations for drinking more than the chief medical officer's recomendations ;D. So this time help us out by ensuring theres enough beer some some homebrew or something from the offie.
6. Feel free to bring some nibbles / snacks / crisps or any specialties e.g sauces, soup, cake, desert or special dish you are good at. Kellie will appreciate that and it will help keep the food flowing...its a long day and night into next day brekfast.
7 If you see a quail egg in the henhouse you can take it and eat it but FFS hands off the quails...we need them to lay eggs >:(
Right party starts at 7pm tomora...friday... c ye if ur here
anyone got a tap for a minikeg? should be able to bring a few liters for appraisel/slagging just not 100% sure if i know where i put the tap will have a look later
I was also considering bringing a minikeg. :)
Bastards! Just bastards! I'll be thinking of yez when I'm swearing at some flooring I've to put down on Saturday.
@ shiny @ beerfly
Dont stress folks, u dont need to bring 10 pints and dont go to too much trouble. We are having a beer tasting around a big table so an idea might be rather than bringing a 5 litre keg why not find a half decent beer, maybe something unusual or maybe even just a few bottles of urquell, Budvar or an unuaual english ale or german lager for the tasting party. If you have a homebrew bring it by all means for tasting to pass around the big table.
The day is about beer banter, socialising, tasting, DRINKING, and sharing the passion for all things good beer and good food, even tho we may just break the weekly allowance for saturated fat, salt and alcohol :o >:( :) ;) :D ;D
If u do bring mini keg no prob we do have a fridge that will cater for plenty of cans, bottles and minikegs
Ah its no bother, we are bringing the car so I will just leave it all in the boot and go and get it as required. I'm bringing the last few sets of these (http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/forum/index.php?topic=5499.0) if anyone wants them. That's why I was asking you about glassware before, I was going to throw a conical your way for your trouble if you needed one.
Hi shiny. I'll be at Brens on Saturday. Do you have any of these kits available? It would be nice to get one?