who? me?

1769 Maraekakaho Rd

Few hundred metres past bridge pa township.. Past the golf course and aerodrome..

Yip all on.

thats a fair hike for me to go, drink and drive home again on a thursday night..... are you open in the weekends? might be best to bring the missus so she can carry me home..

Adrian, that's another reason why I was offering you a ride....

Looking forward to catching up with everyone. Steve and I should be arriving 7.15, bringing my son as well. I started him off on kits last year for his 23rd - irresponsible parenting! Does anyone know if Sparky is coming along?

Unfortunately Sparky has a prior engagement.

Yes, will have to branch out as well :o definitely good to try some beers. That 20% alc beer got me. Lucky didn't have to drive home! :)

Cheers,

Thanks for a good night Dermot, great venue and host with a good bunch of guys and beers. There is a wealth of idea's and brewing knowledge in the group which we should keep sharing around with nights like that. Keen to do that collaboration brew Dermot and I shall definately look around for some of those different yeasts we discussed. Cheers 

Yeah a good evening with some good beers alright.  Now the trick is to keep the momentum going....

Yes, lets look at Fairlanes 300 litre kit next month. When is it ready? :o

Thursday is quite good, as just one work day to go! lol

Ahh John, would be keen on an ESB or Scottish ale collab. Got all ingredients except for Pale Choc(only got dark). I think I have ordered yeast for scott, but would need ESB yeast. 70 litres is max I can make.. keg n 3/4 each. be keen on a Mexican at some point..

Ahh yer not interested in making a living out of grain, just heaps it ticking over, as freight is too expensive just for a couple of bags. I have to order 8-10 at a time..

$5 for overseas malt a KG
$4 for Pale & Pilsener including overseas a KG ($3 for malterop pilsen this month)
$6.50 for US05 & 34/70 Yeast 12gm packs(Can do any size you want). I package my own like Liberty, so some people might not like that. Always works for me though.

Got crazy stuff like Peated Malt, flaked Maze, Abbey malt, aromatic etc at the moment.

Nathan, here is the guts of the recipe.  Easy as easy.

Well, except for the decoction part which is your worst nightmare  :))

My Pils Recipe

If you don't choose to do the decoction mash, try to do a step mash at least.

Other key factors - proper yeast starter preparation, yeast nutrient, ferment temp at 10-12 deg with diacetyl rest, and real important a couple weeks at 2 degrees in the bottle after bottle ferment.

Nathan - I am going to be doing a decoction brew end of the week some time. Trying to put together a wheat doppelbock which is full bodied. Haven't tried decoction so far so very interested in the result. 

I am new to this group but am interested in getting involved in the regular catch ups if they continue.

Nathan, you could try Pacifica for more german rather than bohemian style maybe...?

In Hastings

4:1 ratio of motueka to nelson sauvin they recommend for riwaka. I get Turkish delight and tropical fruit tho lol...

did 70 litres of Evil Dead Red :) smells fantastic. 300gm Amarillo 300gm centennial. No more Amarillo hops ha. recipe doesn't have any bittering hops. just flavour and aroma. so will be interesting! 1.066

nah, wouldn't use pots, as you have to have 3 heating vessels. Way better to stick with 2 x 10 gallon picnic coolers as they stay at the same temp..

Use just one pot then..

I don't suppose you know someone that has a couple? ;)

Or the other thought is a chillybin mash tun...

@Nathan I did the decoction brew the other day. Little bit extra work but all seemed to go well. The wort was a deep brown colour. Have done the malt balance before and the wort wasn't quite so deep coloured. OG 1060 and happily doing its thing in the fermenter. Looking forward to the tasting ;-)

Go hard mate :-)

Yikes....plugged that grain bill into Brewmate and even with my low efficiency it shows as 1.069! Think I have a good mix of hops with cascade at 60 then a mix of cascade/ moueka at 10, 5 and 0. Oh well...time will tell..

ha, yer think you're suppose to be around 1.050 for a pale for 20-30 IBU..

1.25 qt. of water per lb of grain for mashing

Think you only have to do 60, 15 and 0 for pale..

ha man did one other day forgot to recirculate and only got 1.04 instead of 1.05. Didn't have enough water either! lol

I'm ready for the next meeting. got 2-3 new beers :o 

how is the color and gravity?

Just got it all in the pot after a little sparging and about to come up to the boil....will sample it very soon. Can see the orange colour that you mentioned already though

Ooooh look...a new member. Welcome Andrew.

We must look at organising another session in the new year...who's keen?

happy to host another one.. keen to try everyone's new beers.. Fairlane want to buy some ginga ninga and vintage porter next time you out this way :)

done a new English, Scottish, larger, red ale and pale ale since last one. finding it's getting a bit hard with the heat to keep below 21 deg :o

Hmm not much of the Ginja Ninja left so you may wish to pop out my way if you're really keen....

Anyone keen for a get together Thurs 7th Feb?

Also placing an order with Cryer malt early next week. Anyone want a full bag of o/s malt for $80 or NZ malt for $60.

still keen for some ninja :o

Keen for another get together but maybe not on that date...  I really feel more like a lazy Sunday arvo type get together.

I can do one at mine on the 17th...? 

And there is only about 1 doz of the nija left....  I would have got some malt off you but I just got a couple of bags of Weyermans Pilsner.  Next time maybe...

Yip. Can do the afternoon. What's the address? I can pickup some ninja then.

Got 11 bags of malt this week, so just about have most malts.. finally got some melanoidin and biscuit.

Just kegged a black ipa. was a bit hot in ferment last week though :(

cheers,

Hi guys, does anyone want some quart bottles? And a few other random ones. Have a couple crates free to a good home as we are packing up and heading south to the craft beer capital. Let me know ;)

Hey guys... anyone going to Beervana and want to catch up.....?

I am going to the Sat morning session and will also be in town Fri and Sat night (probably only in body sat evening!!)

Hmm I'm going to sat eve session.  Couldn't do a morning one - it just doesn't feel right...

Placing an order with Cryer malt early next month probably. Anyone want a full bag of o/s malt for $80 or NZ malt for $60.

Also, anyone want some specialty malts for $3 a kg next few weeks? Bring own bag :o Can mill if want. Not getting through the bags fast enough. Mainly using just base malts.

Text on 021 2722 737 if need anything or yeast. even got cider yeast.

Hey Dermot, wouldn't mind a bag of the floor malted bohemian pilsner malt if you can.

Would be interested in what you have if you have a list...?

what brand for the bohemian? Wyerman?

Definitely weyerman

And from the look of that list I need to pay you a visit...  I'd like some of nearly all of that!