New Zealand Brewers

[k-trips]

I tried that the other day they had them for sale for
$6 a bottle at New World.
I found it a little too fruity. Was very similar to the Macs Sassy Red. Nice but any more than 1 bottle would be sickly.

 

[crusader1612]

Fair Enough K-Trips its not for everybody .
Tried my new brew last night.....It is AMAZING!!!, still a wee way togo on carbing up and but taste is well.. epic lol.
It still needs to clear up a bit, and its quite dark!, I'm assumethats from the LME and the fact is made it very much amber LME and Light DME instead of the other way round... I'm going to do it again, except using all DME and I'm thinking about my different Hops additions now, i used nugget and Cascade last time.

this time I'm thinking Nugget and Willamette?

hope fully the pics show up.

 

[NZLunchie]

What brew is that you're drinking? She's pretty dark alright...

 

[crusader1612]

What brew is that you're drinking? She's pretty dark alright...

Supposedly its john palmers pale ale, from his book, the LHBS didnt have the right ingredients... so swapped basically the amber and Light over.
Should look better after another week or two of clearing up.
1 can Amber LME
1 kg Light DME
Nugget Hops and Cascde hops.
2 week ferm, and dryhopped too, tastes amazing, slightly sweet taste, with nice bitterness.

its dark because of the amount of amber I put in, and its LME which darkens it up further. Gonna do a variation on this, make it either black, with Dark DME or Light with Late additions of Amber, and less of it.

Probably more of an American Amber Ale than an American Pale Ale.

 

[crusader1612]

Any Picks for Tonights game??!!
Crusaders by 12 and under...

 

[NZLunchie]

Any Picks for Tonights game??!!
Crusaders by 12 and under...

Canterbury 13+ mate. Hopefully the Sharks win so its NZ final!!!!

 

[crusader1612]

Canterbury 13+ mate. Hopefully the Sharks win so its NZ final!!!!

Well Sharks Won! Just a shame the Crusaders couldn't get up and do it.

Nevermind, GO THE CHIEFS!!

 

[NZLunchie]

Yep go the Chiefs. May as well wagon hop huh.
Getting prepped up for the big brew day on the 11th. Just hope this weather holds off.

Any of you guys in a homebrew club? I don't think there is anything local so thought about starting one...

 

[sheblom]

Yep go the Chiefs. May as well wagon hop huh.
Getting prepped up for the big brew day on the 11th. Just hope this weather holds off.

Any of you guys in a homebrew club? I don't think there is anything local so thought about starting one...

Bro, you start one up, I there like a bear!

 

[crusader1612]

Yep go the Chiefs. May as well wagon hop huh.
Getting prepped up for the big brew day on the 11th. Just hope this weather holds off.

Any of you guys in a homebrew club? I don't think there is anything local so thought about starting one...

HA! Yeah, the Mrs. is from up that way, so I got to deal with her on Friday night after a few drinks, lol. So I'll jump on the wagon

No Clubs down here as far as I'm aware, would love to start one up, do some tastings brew nights etc. (Basically just a piss up, lol).

 

[crusader1612]

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/busty-brunette-blonde-ska-true-blonde-clone-321035/
Did this one on the weekend, my first attempt with grains..... I don't know how well it went really, but they went in for 20 mins or so, and heated up once the water was warm, (I don't have a thermometer)

And drank the Zombie as I "worked"
GREAT BEER!!!

 

[NZLunchie]

Well we brewed yesterday. Three brews and 2 All Grain cherries popped.....have a read:

http://manawabrew.blogspot.co.nz/2012/08/brewhemoth-brew-day.html

 

[crusader1612]

#cough#

 

[NZLunchie]

Whats the Orcon Pale Ale like?

 

[crusader1612]

Its good, quite fruity columbus hops cascade and simcoe. and it was especially good cos it was free at pomeroy's
It's got Melanoidin in it too, makes it quite sweet.
I'm not sure whether this is a limited edition a promo or its a permanent addition?
Still to try First batch and Message in a bottle.

looks like a good brew day the other day for you.

 

[NZLunchie]

Its good, quite fruity columbus hops cascade and simcoe. and it was especially good cos it was free at pomeroy's
It's got Melanoidin in it too, makes it quite sweet.
I'm not sure whether this is a limited edition a promo or its a permanent addition?
Still to try First batch and Message in a bottle.

looks like a good brew day the other day for you.

Nice, looks like I'll have to hunt out a bottle or two.

Yeah was a good day, pretty long to!! Next one is planned for 6 weeks. might redo the Pale Ale or maybe a Fat Yak clone with some new world NZ Saaz hops. Yet to make up my mind.

 

[crusader1612]

nice! Whatever happened to the tui dark??
you use brewshop.co.nz by the looks of it??

 

[NZLunchie]

Tui dark will be left for another day. The guys who wanted to brew didn't show....their loss.

Yep brewshop is my local albeit in Hamilton...

 

[crusader1612]

Yeah I gotta say, reasonable prices etc. just oprder a heap of stuff, for my next one.
You don't have a local?

I might have to steal your thunder on the tui dark thing, lol. Nice easy recipe

 

[NZLunchie]

Yeah I gotta say, reasonable prices etc. just oprder a heap of stuff, for my next one.
You don't have a local?

I might have to steal your thunder on the tui dark thing, lol. Nice easy recipe

Yeah, I've got a local here but its not as good as brewshop
Lol if you do, let me know how it turns out.

Off to Beervana tomorrow.....some classy beers in there!!

 

[MacrosNZ]

Auckland brewer here

 

[crusader1612]

Welcome!
How long you been brewing for?

 

[NZLunchie]

Welcome along

I posted some ramblings about Beervana if anyone is interested: http://manawabrew.blogspot.co.nz/

 

[crusader1612]

Thats a pretty cool blog you've got going there mate! Very impressive.

 

[NZLunchie]

Thats a pretty cool blog you've got going there mate! Very impressive.

Thanks, its getting there aye, just need some more exposure and a better cell for pics

 

[Brendos]

Ah well. Any advice on what bottles are best to use and what not to use? Last thing I want is the groom clinking a bottle and it explodes in his hand and severs fingers before he consummates the marriage. Haha

I re-use Asahi or Monteiths bottles. Have also used Heineken too. Never lost one yet!

 

[Brendos]

Hi
I'm brewing out in South Auckland. Been going for about two years of which one year has been AG BIAB. Absolutely love it. Still learning some techniques and me and my helpers are having fun working our way through the Clone Brews book. Pretty keen on getting into kegging in the future. At the moment I'm just using the $30 portable stove from Mitre 10 and this is doing the trick (I usually go through about one and a half canisters of gas).

 

[crusader1612]

Thanks, its getting there aye, just need some more exposure and a better cell for pics

its looking good. sounds like your getting serious.....
It'd be wicked to do it for a living, but I can handle doing it as a hobby etc.

Bottle my true blonde tonight, took awhile, but i passed the time with some epic tastes good so far, slight cascade finish so far, give it a couple of weeks.

next up on sat my pale ale again, with biscuit malt and a hop change around, nugget and cascade again, just different quantities.

Hey Brendos, nice dog bro.
whats in the clone brew book?? anything worth pinching??! lol

 

[NZLunchie]

@Brendos - welcome along to the kiwi madness!! How long does it take for your portable stove to get a rolling boil? I looked at one for random brews at the beach etc but went with a proper gas ring burner from Bunnings.

@crusader1612 - I'd love to spend more time getting better gear, but alas, money doesn't grow on trees But yeah, I enjoy good beer, so brew I it. Next on the agenda is getting at least one tap and perhaps a stainless steel braid in the bottom of my smaller pot for a mash tun. Once I do that I'll drop the BIAB and become a fully fledged AG Brewer

I have a feeling my latest brew, which was supposed to be a porter will now become an American Mild Ale. I say American more so than English because it has a ****load more hops in it

Anyone else become a beer snob? I fond I don't really drink any of the big name brews anymore, they just have no flavour....

 

[Brendos]

@Brendos - welcome along to the kiwi madness!! How long does it take for your portable stove to get a rolling boil? I looked at one for random brews at the beach etc but went with a proper gas ring burner from Bunnings.


It only takes about ten or so minutes to get to boil, so gives me enough time to measure out the hops while I wait.