Monthly get together & Case swap

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Permalink Reply by JumpR on April 9, 2013 at 7:47am

Cheers Matt, good to get some feedback.  I drink long blacks as my coffee of choice, so I like a decent coffee hit!  Haven't tried your porters yet.  In response to your queries, in a 24l batch I added 50ml of vanilla paste 5min before FO.  When I came to bottle, I split the batch 50/50.  For the vanilla porter, I added 3 more teaspoons of vanilla paste to the priming sugar, boiled 5 min and added to the bottling bucket.  For the coffee, I ground up 100gr of very dark roast coffee and steeped in 1L of water in the fridge for 24hours before bottling.  I then strained via a paper coffee filter and added the coffee direct to the bottling bucket with my priming sugar.

Permalink Reply by mattd2 on April 9, 2013 at 3:56pm

That is kind of what my first thoughts were - This would be a coffee lovers beer. Nice strong coffee aroma and taste.

Yeah I have never done any other additions to my beers yet so was interested in the process. On the cards in a while might be a chili porter so got to learn how.

Cheers.

Permalink Reply by JumpR on April 10, 2013 at 5:44pm

I did a bit of research on adding chilis for a ginger beer I did last year.  Some people reckoned that you can get a vege / capsicum taste by adding the whole chili, but just adding the seeds gives heat without that added flavour.  Seemed to work for me - added seeds from 3 chilis and there was certainly some heat there!  Each to their own re: flavours, but that was my experience if its of any use.

Permalink Reply by mattd2 on April 19, 2013 at 12:39pm

Hey guys,

Just got a message from AJ over on HBT. Grabone has a deal on a taster paddle for the newly opened Mt Brewing Co. (on 109 Maunganui Rd (?) about halfway through the shops I think)

5 beer + 1 cider tasters and a flatbread for $10

I think we should check this out for the next meet up, looks like they have the line-up of the new brewers/BOP brewery beers and some other crafts.

I'm going to grab the max of 2 (One for me and one for a mate).

Might be a good option for the next meet up?
http://www.grabone.co.nz/tauranga 

 

I guesse I should set the day for next time while I'm at it - as always first Thursday of the month - 02/05/13.

Cheers!

Permalink Reply by JumpR on April 19, 2013 at 6:20pm

Hey Matt, I grabbed one of those vouchers.  Also, tried your brown porter which was a nice drop!  Good clarity & malt flavour, with good carbonation.  Would happily pay for a pint! 

Permalink Reply by mattd2 on April 20, 2013 at 7:11am

Sweet got mine too. Thanks for the feedback, hat's given me more confidence in it now for the case swap. I bottled up the rest of it the other night and it looks like I had been sampling it too much as I only just got enough bottles!
Cheers!

Permalink Reply by mattd2 on April 30, 2013 at 11:55pm

Sweet as, another month down.

Hope to see some of you guys at Mount Brewing Co. 109 Maunganui Rd this Thursday 02/05/13 @ 8pm.

Cheers,

Matt

Permalink Reply by JumpR on May 1, 2013 at 7:47am

see you there!

Permalink Reply by mattd2 on May 13, 2013 at 10:43am

Hey Gary, tried the Blonde with the inlaws over the weekend. Got a very nice pineapple aroma and the ballance was good. The inlaws comment was they could drink quite a few on a nice sunny day. As you say I would happily pay for a pint!

Cheers!

Permalink Reply by JumpR on May 15, 2013 at 9:04pm

Cheers for the feedback Matt.  I have a crate sitting in the fridge to see if it will clear a bit more as the first one I drank had poor clarity (tasted nice though!).  Brew day this Sunday, my second crack at a kiwi pale ale...

Permalink Reply by mattd2 on June 4, 2013 at 10:15am

Hey guys, damn June snuck up on me! Anyone still keen for a beer on Thursday at Mount Brewing Co. (109 Maunganui Rd). Usual time 8pm.

Cheers,

Matt

Permalink Reply by Noel Monger on June 4, 2013 at 8:29pm

Hi Matt, i'll be there, haven't checked out the new MBC yet.

Cheers

Noel

 

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