Ian's Comments

Well the IPA was off so i consoled myself with a Yeastie boys golden boy....lovely beer that!

G'day Ian. The Irish pub in Picton sounds like a great way to waste away a few hours while waiting on the ferry or water-taxi. I'll make sure to check it out. I must confess it's been far too long a time since I've had a good pint of Guinness. If I ever get my kegging setup going, I'll make sure to be able to produce some nitro too! :)

Hi Ian

We did a very very limited run of bottles for The Beer Store but other than that it is only on keg at some of the few free houses around NZ. Regional Wines and Spirits (Wellington) and Invercargill Brewery (Invercargill) do fill-yer-owns, so you could try to get them to fill and courier.

Find us a pub with a guest tap in Picton and we'll see what we can do...

Cheers
Stu

Mate it's got to be one of my 'beers of the year' from a NZ brewer, that and Armageddon probably....
Yep it's going to be low in carbonation but i've had plenty of flagons from there before that tasted good...not as good as from the tap but pretty damn good! Be prepared for a taste explosion!!! :0)
How much are they charging you by the way?

Epic, it was a special....
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/epic-armageddon/91271/
http://realbeernz.ning.com/forum/topics/1500433:Topic:13294

Pleased you enjoyed the Ngahere. Compliments due where its due and Harringtons have done a great job of this old timer.

Chris

Hi Ian - you profiled me very well. Seem we have very similiar tastes - I'm pretty much an anglophile and therefore focus on english style bitters. Big fan of lower alcohol Ordinary bitters as well as Bests & Extra Specials. Though have only just started AG brewing so can't offer much recipe advice. I can dig out the John Palmers recipe for an ESB. Email me if I forget to send it. Will definitely try and brew something like Bookbinder in the near future. Studio1 has a good looking recipe in a thread somewhere there.

...just to clarify. The recipe Studio1 posted was for a Ordinary bitter from memory rather than a Bookbinder clone - my comment might have been a bit misleading.

Is the mill a new aquisition Ian ?
Looks like a happy brewer to me !

Is the mill new Ian ?

Hi Ian

Thanks for the comments...always good to get any feedback.

I am still working on the 2 beers, tweaking them to where I would like them! Now that I have my homebrew system out of packing, I can do the tweaking before releasing any others. The Gabriel will make a return to The Creek in the near future as Nikki has given me another tap.

Thanks again for your comments

cheers
Graeme

That's good to hear mate.... I'm glad I could have been of assistance to you. My suggestion would be to flick them an email and let them know about what you think about the beer they have sent you - I'm sure positive feedback will go a long way in ensuring continual quality of their product.

Cheers Mate - I'm tempted to get some myself now!

I hear you mate. I'm sure that that Supermarket in Blenheim should be able to get it in for you... Beerstore.co.nz has it - so if they do, there must be a supplier around. That would save a fair amount of your money - I'm sure. If you like that Pale Ale, I have a few recipes floating around that could be of interst to you... once you get your brewing A into G that is!

That's right Ian. Check me out on www.libertybrewing.co.nz

Cheers - Happy Brewing!

I'd make a starter with that smackpack... like 2 liters if you can. If it gets cranking, then I'm sure the yeast will be fine to ferment a lower gravity beer like a bitter. As far as dried yeast goes, both US-05 and S-04 will make nice beer. With the same recipe, your brew with US-05 will come out balanced, neutral with clean hop flavours and your brew with S-04 will carry some yeasty esters as well as less hop flavour with clean malt notes. We stock both of those dried varieties now. Cheers!