Lads, we need to organise a brewday.
This can be home or Pub based.
If pub, pick a pub.
For anyone not afraid of the Wilds of East Cork I volunteer my back garden/shed as soon as I sort a few bits out.
Thoughts?
Build it and they will come :) How is the shed coming on anyway?
Can you pick a right wet day like the last one, the damp smell is nearly gone from my car seats :P
Should we be thinking about the next brew for the barrel or is there any interest?
I vote for East Cork, but then I would :)
East Cork's a fine spot (apart from Midleton, that place is a kip!). My North Cork garden is up for it too. plenty of room for tents and a bonfire. BYOC&H (bring your own coke & hookers)
I'm not convinced of the value of the barrel though, surely it would be better to brew together to the same recipe but your own methods, ferment/bottle/condition individually, keep a half dozen bottles each to bring to the next brewday to see how everyone's individual efforts compare.
Extra coke & hookers for the best end result.
Quote from: johnrm on July 30, 2014, 01:31:58 PM
If pub, pick a pub.
Did Ronan (Bierhaus) mention something at the Monochrome comp? Or did I imagine it ::)
He did. I was talking to him about doing a brew demo.
I think we have to survey their outdoor space.
How about having the next meet there?
Gets very busy on a Friday or Saturday for a meetup at the Bierhaus.
yeah, great as the place is it's small and fills fast.
Their outdoor area consists of a footpath too right? probably not suitable for a brewday.
Any alternative suggestions?
Mad Monk?
why would we need to have a brewday in a pub?
I suppose the only real advantage of having it in a pub is that newbies would be more inclined to come along for a look?
If the idea of doing a brew day is to missionary, rather than just having a bit of fun I'd have thought the FW would be ideal - if they'd be open to it. There's space and you won't be standing around in the rain.
Johnrm didn't suggest doing it in a pub initially and if this is just a bit of fun doing I'd agree with LE that doing it in a pub mightn't be the way to go.
Craic would the main objective. I think someone's gaff is probably best so.
You can throw my place into the hat too. I've finally cleared out the garage so there's way more space than when ye last saw it. We could brew in there if it's raining or drag the gear outside if it's dry. The playground is nearly finished too so you can bring the sprogs if ye want?
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It seems there's no shortage of places to brew, so lets pick sort out a few details and we can fix a location later on.
- date
- recipe
- barrel or not?
- date : Saturday or Sunday. End of August or all September suits me.
- recipe : Session (4-5%) Hoppy Pale Ale?
- barrel or not? : Not. But we could discuss what's next for the barrel on the day.
Quote from: Garry on August 04, 2014, 12:06:58 PM
- date : Saturday or Sunday. End of August or all September suits me.
- recipe : Session (4-5%) Hoppy Pale Ale?
- barrel or not? : Not. But we could discuss what's next for the barrel on the day.
+1
That's pretty much what I was going to say anyway.
something simple and delicious for the brew. grab a bag of base malt off MCI and then just a couple speciality grains. 2 or 3 hops. An american pale ale maybe?
What kind of brew length were ye thinking of?
500ml
Makes for more meetups!
Oh grand, we can use a 10 yoyo tesco kettle as the brew kettle then, and maybe put a tea cosy on it for mashing.
Poifect!
Fcuk it, thats a great way for doing a trial batch...
Worlds smallest BIAB!
NHC in the Guinness Book of Records - How ironic is that!
Sounds good. Was only wondering as you mentioned the barrel.
We could do IPAs and enter them in the IPA comp.
Would love to come along to this, I'm away for the next few weeks, but i like the idea of doing ipa's. I was considering entering the competition myself, but i think learning from a group would be better for me.
@dcalnan, you're more than welcome. Of course we need to decide when and where first!
I like the ipa idea too. Are we allowed enter a club beer?
why enter a club IPA? Why not enter many members' attempts at an IPA?
Mr Hoppy will probably want to make some crazy belgian IPA, Taf will probably go for a black IPA, I'm thinking English or american IPA.
Woudn't also be a great meetup in the well mid winter with 5 or 6 different styles of IPA to try :)
Snap, I was thinking IPA (not because of the comp) - maybe black IPA. Just for fun.
If we did a large batch IPA everyone could take their fermenter away and hop it with their favorite hipster hop.
Or with a small batch maybe we could each bring a favored hipster hop and make a group hop bomb. I've some dehusked carafa and sinnamar, so... ^-^ you know
Where'd you get the sinimar you dark horse?
Taf!
Should've guessed :P
So how's about a BIPA?
Off topic but finally made it into MCI today! Can't wait to get a brew on.
We agreed on an IPA brewday so?
Lets nail down a date
I'm flexible weekends through late September.
Anyone else?
That's good with me.
one problem we might have is that there seems to be a lot of us with electric kettles that we won't be able to run off the same supply simultaneously.
not enough time for IPA fest
We could hold off til the national homebrew day in october and empty the barrel the same day. or something.
There's a beer festival due in the Mad Monk.
I was asked If I was interested in doing 'something', that might be a small batch brew.
I think this is 29/30 Aug.
Their facebook says it starts with live country music including a selection of Garth Brooks songs?
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My wife has a hen that weekend so I'm on duty :(
Shite.
I f'n hate Garth Brooks.
I'll time presence about this crap.
Lee Valley posted about a beer festival in Ballyvourney at The Mill on same weekend you mentioned Johnrm. White Deer, Mountain Man and Franciscan Well are going to be there for it apparently.
Here (http://www.millsinn.ie/en/2014/08/13/mills-inn-craft-beer-festival-august-29th-30th/76-15/) it is. No mention of Garth Brooks but you couldn't be too sure :P
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As bad and all it would be having Mr Brooks playing he ain't a patch on how well William Shatner destroys good tunes >:D
How about pairing into teams for a brew off? Halve the number of rigs and it would be a bit of craic.
Because we are so dispersed, splitting into groups might be a good idea? And yes, it would be a bit if craic too. I just don't want to be the last one standing by the wall like in school. Although in fairness, I was shite at football.
Small brew day going ahead Saturday on Midleton as part of Mad Monk Summer Beer Festival on Fri, Sat, Sun.
Cask ale, 2 New beers brewed for the festival - Rocketship IPA and Midleton Red Ale
Fri nite - Happy Hour 6 to 7, Music 10pm to late.
Sat - happy hour, Half price food 1 to 2. We're brewing at 2 to 5 or so.
Sam is doing a meet the brewer about 5:30
Sun - happy hour 1-2, BBQ all day.
What are you brewing?
I think a small batch BIG beer, so maybe 5l of barley wine...
This will be done on an induction hob...
what kind of volume are you talking about for Barley wine? I hope the pot is big enough :)
We met in the Mad Monk around 2, and brewed an unexpectedly light IPA.
Johnrm and I brewed, using my small batch kit. We did a BIAB, all in the pub, all with minimal kit.
We had a few of the East Cork Rebel Brewers join us, and had a few people coming over to have a look at the process.
We finished up around 6/6:30, and Sam from Blacks in Kinsale was getting ready to give his talk.
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3912/15090799722_0a6ee1a0f3_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/oZwi17)Rebel Brewers Brewday in the Mad Monk, Midleton (https://flic.kr/p/oZwi17)
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5580/14904581698_152d04bdd3_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/oH4SSw)Mashing in, at the Rebel Brewers Brewday in the Mad Monk, Midleton (https://flic.kr/p/oH4SSw)
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5559/15068162836_05236e9944_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/oXwgQY)Sparging, at the Rebel Brewers Brewday in the Mad Monk, Midleton (https://flic.kr/p/oXwgQY)
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5576/15088146391_c1689350dc_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/oZhGg2)Cooling, at the Rebel Brewers Brewday in the Mad Monk, Midleton (https://flic.kr/p/oZhGg2)
We got the wort down to about 28 in the pub, so John took it home to finish cooling and pitch.
How'd the induction job go?
Super job yesterday Brian.
Good pics too.
The induction hob worked well, that said we were doing a small batch so was quick to heat up and held the boil with no issues.
I imagine it would be possible to do a 25l batch on this too but you would probably need a kettle on hand to speed up the process.
Sam volunteered the brewery for a brew-day.
What say we try and calendar this?
Maybe do an NHC weekend and get some lads down from the big smoke?
Fair play Brian and John. That brew looks great. I bet the pub smelled fantastic for the rest of the evening?
@jrm, I know you were planning another brew in Midleton on the national homebrew day (4th Oct), but could we do a brew in Sam's that day? It's the one weekend I have booked off until the sister-in-law gets married at the end of October :'(
The twitterati would love it :)
brew in an actual brewery? that'd never work :)
My wife has an exam in Belfast that day so I would be up for that! What can I do to help with organisation etc.?
@Brian, the SG was 1.030 when I checked which was pre-boil with the wort at about 70C
This translates to 1.051 which is closer to what we looking for but still off the mark a bit.
If you recall we boiled for 20 mins before starting the clock so this has helped.
We are now at 1.058 via refractometer.
I'm guessing we lost a few points in the sparge.
All in all we weren't that far off the mark.
As for brew days, the idea is to spread the word, so more demos is better.
I reckon 2 brewers per demo - one does a kit and the other an AG - do the kit while you're mashing.
I don't multitask so I can't talk about it and do it at the same time - 2nd bod doing a running commentary is good.
Alternatively - do a kit - you're done in 1/2 hour - then show people your AG gear and explain the process.
There was a lot of people (about 50) at the first demo in Midleton, not sure where this lot have disappeared to.
I ballsed up by not grabbing names etc. at this - important to have a sign-in sheet.
Cork City has to have a demo. Fran well seems to be the obvious place, the Lee Valley lads should step up to the plate here.
Donnchadh - I know you're in Clonmel some of the time - would you be up for doing a demo there? Maybe team up with Cara in Thurles?
Anyone wiling to hit West Cork? Clonakilty - surely there is an interest in a 'foodie' town like that.
Kinsale? Maybe the Folkhouse? Not sure what the setup is there but this is a sister pub to the Mad Monk.
Throwing it out there - how about ...
Mad Monk Midleton - John and Brian
Folkouse Kinsale - Andrew and Garry
Fran Well - Lee Valley lads?
Clonakilty - its a trek from Cork, so lámha suas
Thoughts?
Doing a Cork/Dublin axis now, but can defo setup a brew day in Clonmel. What's the best thing, full 6 hour brewday? I'm assuming a pub would be the best option, though I know of other places which would be open to having us. Is there NHC literature I can bring? Anybody wanna help?
Quote from: johnrm on August 31, 2014, 09:29:28 PM
Thoughts?
We need a meeting (http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/forum/index.php/topic,7628.0.html)?
Quote from: johnrm on August 31, 2014, 09:29:28 PM
@Brian, the SG was 1.030 when I checked which was pre-boil with the wort at about 70C
This translates to 1.051 which is closer to what we looking for but still off the mark a bit.
If you recall we boiled for 20 mins before starting the clock so this has helped.
We are now at 1.058 via refractometer.
I'm guessing we lost a few points in the sparge.
All in all we weren't that far off the mark.
excellent, that's closer than my guesstimate was. looking forward to tasting it at the next meetup.