Title: Brewing Demo - National Home brew day - Sat Oct 4th
Post by: brettdundee on September 07, 2014, 02:34:19 PM
Post by: brettdundee on September 07, 2014, 02:34:19 PM
Seemingly its National Home brew day on Sat Oct 4th !!!
The National Homebrew club are hatching a plan. The plan is to brew a load of batches of beer in Pubs around the country and get the public to come along. There'll be one in Midleton, one in Cork, Galway, a few in Dublin etc.
I'm planning to do one extract brew demo in the Crafty Fox Bar in Limerick.
I just called in to the Crafty Fox bar yesterday, after chasing the giant Granny with the family, and they are keen to host it. They have some very nice beers and wood fired pizzas also.
Should be a fun day out and a chance to attract other new and old brewers in the area.
The National Homebrew club are hatching a plan. The plan is to brew a load of batches of beer in Pubs around the country and get the public to come along. There'll be one in Midleton, one in Cork, Galway, a few in Dublin etc.
I'm planning to do one extract brew demo in the Crafty Fox Bar in Limerick.
I just called in to the Crafty Fox bar yesterday, after chasing the giant Granny with the family, and they are keen to host it. They have some very nice beers and wood fired pizzas also.
Should be a fun day out and a chance to attract other new and old brewers in the area.
Title: Re: Brewing Demo - National Home brew day - Sat Oct 4th
Post by: johnrm on September 08, 2014, 07:19:03 AM
Post by: johnrm on September 08, 2014, 07:19:03 AM
Great stuff Brett!
Title: Re: Brewing Demo - National Home brew day - Sat Oct 4th
Post by: Rossa on September 08, 2014, 05:04:59 PM
Post by: Rossa on September 08, 2014, 05:04:59 PM
That's fantastic. Can you email me the details and I'll add them to a list I'm going to publish this week. Super stuff.
Title: Re: Brewing Demo - National Home brew day - Sat Oct 4th
Post by: brettdundee on September 29, 2014, 09:11:08 AM
Post by: brettdundee on September 29, 2014, 09:11:08 AM
Beer Brewing Demonstration for National Homebrew Day
(http://i1324.photobucket.com/albums/u608/brettdundee/3935b3e5-e466-4310-b229-824d4f41b728_zpsabeaef8e.jpg)
When : 3pm – 7pm Saturday 4th Oct.
Where : Crafty Fox Bar, Denmark St, Limerick
Who : anyone who's interested.
Cost : Free entry
What's Happening : Watch a batch of pale ale being brewed with locally grown hops, brewing discussions, chance to meet with other new and experienced home brewers in the area, sample or swap some brews, also the pub has a lovely range of craft beers on tap, and stone baked pizzas available. All welcome.
More info : See the Limerick Brewers forum http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/forum/index.php/topic,7667.0.html
Twitter : @LimerickBrewers (https://twitter.com/LimerickBrewers)
(http://i1324.photobucket.com/albums/u608/brettdundee/3935b3e5-e466-4310-b229-824d4f41b728_zpsabeaef8e.jpg)
When : 3pm – 7pm Saturday 4th Oct.
Where : Crafty Fox Bar, Denmark St, Limerick
Who : anyone who's interested.
Cost : Free entry
What's Happening : Watch a batch of pale ale being brewed with locally grown hops, brewing discussions, chance to meet with other new and experienced home brewers in the area, sample or swap some brews, also the pub has a lovely range of craft beers on tap, and stone baked pizzas available. All welcome.
More info : See the Limerick Brewers forum http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/forum/index.php/topic,7667.0.html
Twitter : @LimerickBrewers (https://twitter.com/LimerickBrewers)
Title: Re: Brewing Demo - National Home brew day - Sat Oct 4th
Post by: johnrm on September 29, 2014, 09:52:56 AM
Post by: johnrm on September 29, 2014, 09:52:56 AM
Good man for piecing this together Brett!
Make sure and get a few pics on the day.
Make sure and get a few pics on the day.
Title: Re: Brewing Demo - National Home brew day - Sat Oct 4th
Post by: brettdundee on September 29, 2014, 10:11:47 AM
Post by: brettdundee on September 29, 2014, 10:11:47 AM
Tks john. We are getting there.
Attached here is a poster that can be printed out and put anywhere that home brewers might wander.
Attached here is a poster that can be printed out and put anywhere that home brewers might wander.
Title: Re: Brewing Demo - National Home brew day - Sat Oct 4th
Post by: Chris on October 02, 2014, 05:06:17 PM
Post by: Chris on October 02, 2014, 05:06:17 PM
Just going to give this a bump, I'll be there as long as nothing happens at work.
Title: Re: Brewing Demo - National Home brew day - Sat Oct 4th
Post by: brettdundee on October 02, 2014, 08:55:46 PM
Post by: brettdundee on October 02, 2014, 08:55:46 PM
Re publicizing it, any last minute ideas ?
Its here on homebrew website, twitter, listed as an event on Limerick city of culture website so hopefully some turn up.
Its here on homebrew website, twitter, listed as an event on Limerick city of culture website so hopefully some turn up.
Title: Re: Brewing Demo - National Home brew day - Sat Oct 4th
Post by: johnrm on October 03, 2014, 11:08:52 AM
Post by: johnrm on October 03, 2014, 11:08:52 AM
City of Culture should add to the numbers.
Title: Re: Brewing Demo - National Home brew day - Sat Oct 4th
Post by: brettdundee on October 03, 2014, 03:21:15 PM
Post by: brettdundee on October 03, 2014, 03:21:15 PM
I'll have to give some focus to describing the Limerick's rich yeast culture. Here's a picture I did a few years ago to describe the adolescent phase of the yeast culture in a batch of fermenting beer.
Title: Re: Brewing Demo - National Home brew day - Sat Oct 4th
Post by: brettdundee on October 03, 2014, 08:15:23 PM
Post by: brettdundee on October 03, 2014, 08:15:23 PM
Just went to drop in my gear to the venue and its closed..... as in closed closed :o
Title: Re: Brewing Demo - National Home brew day - Sat Oct 4th
Post by: brettdundee on October 03, 2014, 08:22:29 PM
Post by: brettdundee on October 03, 2014, 08:22:29 PM
PLEASE NOTE : Change of venue - The HomeBrew demo is now located at the Blind pig bar in Thomas St.
Sort of fitting really, because the longest running homebrew shop in Ireland was in Thomas street.
Sort of fitting really, because the longest running homebrew shop in Ireland was in Thomas street.
Title: Re: Brewing Demo - National Home brew day - Sat Oct 4th
Post by: brettdundee on October 03, 2014, 09:08:16 PM
Post by: brettdundee on October 03, 2014, 09:08:16 PM
Attached is Poster with venue changed to The Blind Pig
Title: Re: Brewing Demo - National Home brew day - Sat Oct 4th
Post by: brettdundee on October 05, 2014, 03:20:34 PM
Post by: brettdundee on October 05, 2014, 03:20:34 PM
Well we had a small but interested group in the Blind Pig bar, Limerick. Hope you all enjoyed it. Twas much more interesting for me that talking to myself in the kitchen at home.
The locals were a little bemused at first when all the pots and pans were set up. One thought we were cooking up a stew for the dinner.
There was an artistic ambiance with Billy Hayes standing on the bar painting a mural on the pub wall. Eventually the brewing aroma got to him and he turned his attention to photographing a pictorial record of the brewing process. I'll add link to it here when its available.
Here we managed to avoid flooding the pub with the cooling process
(http://i1324.photobucket.com/albums/u608/brettdundee/a96d655a-6f7c-4731-bde9-88ebf83f92c8_zpsf7c20aa7.jpg)
Here's the bit everyone was waiting for - the sampling. My nettle ale, wheat beer, and Chris's pale ale all went down well.
(http://i1324.photobucket.com/albums/u608/brettdundee/IMG_2261_2_small_zps4d2980b6.jpg)
The locals were a little bemused at first when all the pots and pans were set up. One thought we were cooking up a stew for the dinner.
There was an artistic ambiance with Billy Hayes standing on the bar painting a mural on the pub wall. Eventually the brewing aroma got to him and he turned his attention to photographing a pictorial record of the brewing process. I'll add link to it here when its available.
Here we managed to avoid flooding the pub with the cooling process
(http://i1324.photobucket.com/albums/u608/brettdundee/a96d655a-6f7c-4731-bde9-88ebf83f92c8_zpsf7c20aa7.jpg)
Here's the bit everyone was waiting for - the sampling. My nettle ale, wheat beer, and Chris's pale ale all went down well.
(http://i1324.photobucket.com/albums/u608/brettdundee/IMG_2261_2_small_zps4d2980b6.jpg)
Title: Re: Brewing Demo - National Home brew day - Sat Oct 4th
Post by: Chris on October 05, 2014, 11:37:55 PM
Post by: Chris on October 05, 2014, 11:37:55 PM
Hats off to Brett well done. There was a good interest in the process by the small gathering. The last minute change of venue didn't help the numbers not to mention Munster tearing Leinster a new one. The Blind pig were fantastic hosts and couldn't do enough to help. Again well done Brett
Title: Re: Brewing Demo - National Home brew day - Sat Oct 4th
Post by: johnrm on October 06, 2014, 12:06:19 AM
Post by: johnrm on October 06, 2014, 12:06:19 AM
Oh man, you didn't need that.
Great stuff for pulling it together!
Great stuff for pulling it together!
Title: Re: Brewing Demo - National Home brew day - Sat Oct 4th
Post by: brettdundee on October 06, 2014, 08:34:53 PM
Post by: brettdundee on October 06, 2014, 08:34:53 PM
Yep, it sure was a bit of a curve ball to get late Friday evening.
Thanks again to The Blind Pig and Dr johns (https://www.facebook.com/TheBlindPigandDrjohns) for taking us in and supporting us at the last minute.
Thanks again to The Blind Pig and Dr johns (https://www.facebook.com/TheBlindPigandDrjohns) for taking us in and supporting us at the last minute.
Title: Re: Brewing Demo - National Home brew day - Sat Oct 4th
Post by: DesQuinn on October 17, 2014, 08:39:16 PM
Post by: DesQuinn on October 17, 2014, 08:39:16 PM
Thanks to Brett for the great demo and free samples!
I learned a shed-load that day and have been putting it all to good use! O0
I learned a shed-load that day and have been putting it all to good use! O0
Title: Re: Brewing Demo - National Home brew day - Sat Oct 4th
Post by: johnrm on October 18, 2014, 09:19:42 AM
Post by: johnrm on October 18, 2014, 09:19:42 AM
Hey Des, good to see you on board here too, welcome!
Title: Re: Brewing Demo - National Home brew day - Sat Oct 4th
Post by: marzen scorsese on October 26, 2014, 06:55:21 PM
Post by: marzen scorsese on October 26, 2014, 06:55:21 PM
looked like ye had a good day lads. well done to everyone. im in newcastle west myself and going to try to make it in for any meets and stuff in future
Title: Re: Brewing Demo - National Home brew day - Sat Oct 4th
Post by: Chris on November 13, 2014, 09:43:24 PM
Post by: Chris on November 13, 2014, 09:43:24 PM
Quote from: marzen scorsese on October 26, 2014, 06:55:21 PMI'm in Newcastle too
looked like ye had a good day lads. well done to everyone. im in newcastle west myself and going to try to make it in for any meets and stuff in future
Title: Re: Brewing Demo - National Home brew day - Sat Oct 4th
Post by: marzen scorsese on November 23, 2014, 04:47:08 PM
Post by: marzen scorsese on November 23, 2014, 04:47:08 PM
well chris good to hear from another local man. hows the brewing going for you.