Morning all,
I'm finding myself in a unique situation. I've taken an assignment with my employer for a two year posting in a country in West Africa. There are no homebrew shops available, and the only local beer is a generic fizzy yellow lager. I'm bringing my brewing and serving equipment (all grain full boil BIAB, and six tap kegerator) so assuming I can get propane and CO2 locally, I'm good there. One of the perks is that I'm allowed to bring in an initial shipment (shipped via boat, so no climate control) of 1200 pounds of food and consumable products that aren't available on the local market. Families tend to use this for cleaning products, peanut butter, shampoos, etc, but there's no regulation against brewing supplies.
I'm looking for ideas on what the community might bring in a situation like this. I'm thinking a few 55 pound sacks of 2 row, maybe one of wheat, pilsner, and vienna. Speciality grains...that's the hard part. I can order those in small quantities, but it will take a few weeks to reach me.
What would you bring for hops? This will be hot and humid year round, so I'm thinking lighter IPAs, lagers (I'll have a fermentation chamber), saisons, pale ales, hefes, etc. What about yeast? Bringing a ton of dried Kevik seems to be the best idea I've got so far. Liquid yeasts aren't going to survive the shipping process.
I've got my own ideas, but hoping that there are some interesting ideas out there that I haven't thought of yet. Thanks for the input!
I'm finding myself in a unique situation. I've taken an assignment with my employer for a two year posting in a country in West Africa. There are no homebrew shops available, and the only local beer is a generic fizzy yellow lager. I'm bringing my brewing and serving equipment (all grain full boil BIAB, and six tap kegerator) so assuming I can get propane and CO2 locally, I'm good there. One of the perks is that I'm allowed to bring in an initial shipment (shipped via boat, so no climate control) of 1200 pounds of food and consumable products that aren't available on the local market. Families tend to use this for cleaning products, peanut butter, shampoos, etc, but there's no regulation against brewing supplies.
I'm looking for ideas on what the community might bring in a situation like this. I'm thinking a few 55 pound sacks of 2 row, maybe one of wheat, pilsner, and vienna. Speciality grains...that's the hard part. I can order those in small quantities, but it will take a few weeks to reach me.
What would you bring for hops? This will be hot and humid year round, so I'm thinking lighter IPAs, lagers (I'll have a fermentation chamber), saisons, pale ales, hefes, etc. What about yeast? Bringing a ton of dried Kevik seems to be the best idea I've got so far. Liquid yeasts aren't going to survive the shipping process.
I've got my own ideas, but hoping that there are some interesting ideas out there that I haven't thought of yet. Thanks for the input!