February Meet

[sub82]

Defos Bazza! It's been too long.

[Paddy]

Haven't tried the Porter myself since before I gave you that one Bazza but at the time I wasn't too happy.  I split the brew with a mate of mine, I fermented with 04 and he used Nott.  Mine turned out unflavoured so I thought we made a mistake during the Mash or something but his turned out amazing! Hopefully mine has improved in the past few weeks - we shall see.

We fermented with the same schedule Chris, just different hops.  Excuse my forum etiquette ignorance but you can see a full post with pics on it here: http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=48413

Stevie and I had a go at them over the weekend but only half of them turned out descent enough for notes which was a bummer.  Will have to try the expirement again with bigger batches as it was difficult to measure for small 2L brews! 

[Bazza]

HI Paddy,

You've just reminded me. Had a few drinks on Sunday night, and among them was your porter. Probably a bit early, but I couldn't resist leaving it any longer. Anyway, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. That was very smooth, flavoursome and a nice balance of the malts and hops i.e. nice body without being too heavy. Another couple of weeks and she should be a classic. Nice one!

-Barry

[Paddy]

Hey man!

Thanks for the feedback.  Sounds like the time has been good to that batch, hopefully it will continue to be so.  I will try one tonight.

[Bazza]

Hi all,

As if you need reminding, this is a wee bump for tonight's Belfast club meet in the Hudson Heel Bar at 8pm.

Bring a sample (of the non-medical kind), bring a friend and most importantly bring a thirst for both beer and knowledge (Christ, that's deep).

Here's our provisional agenda again.

1. Homebrew samples & House beer (as much as possible of both)
2. Agree on a date/venue/theme for March meet (brew build/equipment build, etc - this will determine if next meet is a Friday or a Saturday).
3. Ditto for April (and May?)
4. Any specific topic you would like help with or would like to share with the group? (post your thoughts or ideas and we'll cover as many as we can at the meet)
5. AOB e.g. anything we could do different regarding club/meets, etc


Though, in true Hollywood style, we'll probably throw that out the window proclaiming 'I don't need this' and speak from the heart in scenes the likes of which have not been seen since 'Babe 2: Pig in the City'

See you all there.


-Barry

[sub82]

Sounds good.

Thoughts or topics - I remember a Saison competition being mentioned, would be good to see if people are up for running something like this?

The other thing is the possibility of running a homebrew festival similar to the one in the Bernard Shaw last October. Would be good to look into something like this up here?

[sub82]

If anyone's coming down - we've moved to the top floor in the Hudson!

[Quiet_Man]

Very quiet on here tonight? You guys still out partying?

So did you put the world to right?

[Bill_00]

Afraid the Giants' lifting the trophy took precedence...sorry guys!

[Paddy]

So how'd it go?  Was there a descent turn out?

[Bazza]

Aye, was pretty good. Some great beers were enjoyed in the plush setting of the Hudson's whisky lounge upstairs. With the comfortable leather sofas we'd have been mistaken for gentry if it hadn't been for all the shite talk and bad language.

Numbers-wise? Well, if they'd provided a pool table we'd have comfortably played doubles most of the night.

We forgot about the whole agenda thing too so I guess, going forward, item one of the agenda should be to remember we have an agenda.

Good to catch up though.


-Barry

[sub82]

Yeah was a great night - much more relaxed on the sofas! Hopefully we can use it again!