A big thankyou to all the past and present Mac's brewers who were always more than willing to give tours through the brewery and talk beer. That is what I will miss the most when I visit Wellington.
Luke's pretty much spot on. It's never been changed from Belgian style to IPA because it would cost to much to change all the menu's etc.( we have all tried over the years)but I have changed RateBeer.com description. To me it's a bit of a mixture of…
At 1:06pm on September 21, 2009, Stu McKinlay said…
Sorry Shane, I do remember it being discussed but I wasn't there when the beer was poured. I'm not sure who was there but I'd suggest you try calling Craig Bowen or speaking to Martin Bridges.
It's a home brew competition out West. We do it once every 3 months and choose a different style of beer to compete with each time. Looks like the next one will be on the 5th of September - the weekend after Beervana. Check out the "Western Brewers Conference" group here on realbeer.
Mate - I'm really sorry for missing out... lets just say that the "Boss" didn't want me away for too long. To be honest - that's why the "Boss" came to the brewery. I will make an extra effort to catch up next time I'm up - maybe you'd be interested in coming along to the WBC IPA competition?
Thanks Shane. I appreciate your opinion. The notes are great, still trolling through them. I shall return the disc asap.
The yeast for the brown ale, was a tim taylor- west yorkshire ale. It fermented out really quickly, but cleanly (I thought). Are you suggesting the fermentation temp was too high?
The pilsner was a Wyeast California lager. I think I acquired it from someone. It was hard to keep the temp down in summer, as I don't have a chiller large enough for my fermenter. What would cause the yeast strain, temperature?
we spoke at the recent SOBA visit, about the Diploma in Brewing. You mentioned you had some CD material. Any chance of having a look at that? I am free to pop out and see you, if that is possible?
My granny had a great wake on the Thursday 0f 2007's event - Twisted Hop Oatmeal Stout and Emerson's Bookbinder on handpump! Thanks to Martin and Richard.