Tony's Comments

Yep arrived yesterday and drank last night. Lovely, strong balanced, with honey overtones. Slightly depressing as my bitter's no where near as good. How did you get the honey? or did you dope the bottle with barley sugar? Good stuff anyway. What did you use the weetbix for?

And thanks!

As I said,I prefer it a bit flatter. It was a nice pint.
How long have you been brewing?

Hey Tony, I noticed you were using Wyeast. I'm still using the dried yeast I brought from the UK. are you growing on starters? maybe you could give me your pearls of wisdom..

Hey Tony, got into BoQ for a quick beer only, that place is pretty good! Unfortunately work colleagues, meetings, and seminars kept me busy, so missed out on Galbraiths...

Thanks Tony. Don't have a clue about any of this but very keen to learn. Looking forward to getting stuck into making my first brew.

18-21st November? I'm sure I can fit something in! I've got a hunting course around there sometime, but that's the w/e I think.brewing? no. Got an infection. 4 brews down the drain! Buying new fermenters this weekend though! Yes if you can manage it, I'd love some yeast to practice on

Hello Tony, I've done everything that you've mentioned!
I clean first with acidified bleach. That's a usually fatal for bugs cleaner. Good going over with a non-abrasive kitchen scourer and soak in the bleach for an hour. then rinse repeatedly with water than a soak in starsan. Both the bleach and the starsan get run through the tap. The brewing course I went on recommended that if you get the slightest suggestion of an infection chuck out the plastic, and I'm loathed to disagree with the professional brewer that taught me. That said, I don't pretend to know everything and I'm looking forward to the chance to watch others brew (I've had JT and Chris from Titahi Bay round to mine to brew). Looking to go gas soon too as I have an electric boiler...have to get it past the finance committee though!

Martin not Dan ;o) Yeah i think the price of my beer is largely dictated by the cost of electricity! And in NZ that mean $$$$. In the UK, most use electric as it is pretty cheap. Also had some exciting moments with melting plugs since coming to NZ

Yes I think it is more efficient. The odd thing is the scarcity of decent burners in this country. Or the high prices for them! There's a greater choice and better price to be had in the UK, where cooking outdoors on a burner/turkey fryer is something you can maybe do once a year :o). When I go gas, I shall be buying a burner over there and having it shipped

Hi Tony,
I,m based out in east Tamaki at the new Lion brewery.

Each to thier own.

Hi Tony,
I deleted the comments not because of thier nature, but because of my mild OCD.lol. (I hate lol but don't know smiley's).I like a tidy homepage, I even used to stack my aftershave in order of height. So don't worry I wasn't offended by anything said.
In my role at Lion I am a technical brewer for the group and part of that role is to increase beer appreciation as a whole. Personally, beer is my pasison. I have done a degree at Heriot Watt in Edinburgh in Brewing and Distilling, so its a lifestyle choice as much as job.
On the process side I,m not sure were the rumour came from of continuouse fermentation because Lion haven't carried that out since the 70's. All the brew's are now batch fermented.
As far as our beers go I know alot of the people on here don't appreciate them, but on the other side of the coin there are alot of people that won't drink a really hoppy beer, hence my comment "each to their own". In general I feel that beer is something that should be enjoyed socially with some good banter. So hopefuly see you up at the Hallertau Homebrew contest. Just did my brew and I,ve pleasently suprised myself! Might even suprise some other people too, you never know eh?

The thing is we're all just a bunch of nerds but instead of trainspotting or star wars, its beer!

Hi Tony,

The reg you got from a welding outfit - can you give me a few more details on it (single or dual pressure, gauges, non-return valve etc)? Looking to set up for kegging soon-ish and getting regs in from overseas is bloody expensive!

Happy Birthday Tony!