New Zealand Brewers

[NZLunchie]

NZ brewer here. Live just outside of Hamilton. Building my own SS HERMS system. If anyone is keen i could post some build pics, im about 3/4 through at the moment.

I like seeing other peoples brew porn.....

 

[cycomiko]

Friday morning here. Got a brewer from Auckland coming down to pop his Beervana cherry

Yeah man, I'd be keen as to catch up and see where we go from there!

I wasn't gonna go to beervana this year, but a spare ticket for Friday morning means I am.

So might see people as well

 

[cycomiko]

Was expecting a little darker but I will repeat in a little bit and up the dark malts. Hops are great.

 

[Donmega]

Close game !!! Nice to relax after a massive day !!




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[cycomiko]

So who are these guys?

http://www.homebrewshop.co.nz/

 

[NZLunchie]

So who are these guys?

http://www.homebrewshop.co.nz/

Couple of locals, one lives in Philly, not sure where the others live. Good guy.

 

[Jes2xu]

Close game !!! Nice to relax after a massive day !!

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I do love me some Trappist triple! I caught a four pack of the same stuff at pack and save a while back for $9. ......they must have screwed up lol!


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[Jes2xu]

Couple of locals, one lives in Philly, not sure where the others live. Good guy.

So this is the new place on rangatiki st yeah? It is online online though?


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[Jes2xu]

Do any of the palmy crew want 750ml plastic bottles.

I finally have enough glass to keep up the rotation so they are going in the bin. Welcome to them if you want them!


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[cycomiko]

My daughter saw it the other day, in the corner with the web developers. People coming out with extract - but can't tell from their site if it's a shop as well.

 

[cycomiko]

Public shop that is versus web shop. Best of luck to them, it's not as though we are under served in internet shops for beer stuff especially when you have nothing different to offer over the 20 other stores. Is palmy crying out for more local brew shops?

 

[Jes2xu]

Public shop that is versus web shop. Best of luck to them, it's not as though we are under served in internet shops for beer stuff especially when you have nothing different to offer over the 20 other stores. Is palmy crying out for more local brew shops?

Yeah see your point man! Wish em the best of luck! Good on them for getting it started, but yeah in terms of online there is competition. On the other hand .......another shop that may have that one ingredient im looking for and cant get....sweet!

So it is a brick and mortar as well as online?




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[NZLunchie]

Online only from what I know with plans to expand to a shop.

 

[cycomiko]

Ok - they have their name splashed all over a glass shop frontage

 

[Jes2xu]

Yeah I saw the sign...tried to find a way in.

I could see in and see a lil stock etc, but couldn't get in ahaha.


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[cycomiko]

If its webonly - its a shame. I can get stuff from wellington cheaper than 3km down the road :|

 

[Jes2xu]

Yeah....my thoughts too!

And then there is the thought of stock turn over etc.

But it would be really nice to be able to have another spot in town that you can walk into! All power to em!


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[cycomiko]

I can walk to simply brewing but I tend to shop online mostly. Antisocial i guess.

 

[Donmega]

I do love me some Trappist triple! I caught a four pack of the same stuff at pack and save a while back for $9. ......they must have screwed up lol!


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Dam that's some good buying



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[Donmega]

I can walk to simply brewing but I tend to shop online mostly. Antisocial i guess.

You must live close to me and Lunchie !!! I'm on Fitzroy !! But yeah their product lineup is pretty weak at the mo... Hope they do well so they can invest in some more stock.


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[cycomiko]

Just by Ross intermediate

 

[Donmega]

Question for the more experienced brewers... Receipt says 30mg cascade at 0 mins... Then 46mg dry hop... At the 0 min will the heat dissolve the 30mg ? First time moving il from extract, going to biab this....


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[Donmega]

Just by Ross intermediate

We should all catch up at some stage to share a few brews and a few yarns !!


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[crusader1612]

We should all catch up at some stage to share a few brews and a few yarns !!


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chck it in when you turn the flame off, and let it sit for 10-15min. then chill. assuming you have a Wort chiller of course.

 

[cycomiko]

Im reading through your post and see 30mg ....

Might not be enough hops

 

[Donmega]

Im reading through your post and see 30mg ....

Might not be enough hops

Lol to many beers !!


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[Donmega]

chck it in when you turn the flame off, and let it sit for 10-15min. then chill. assuming you have a Wort chiller of course.

Now that I don't have, was trying to think of a way to chill quickly.... Have a big old cast iron bath which is looking like an option... If I can swing it past the missus !! Otherwise stumped at present


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[cycomiko]

I dont have one either. Its just a bit of kiwi #8 wire thinking.

I only do small batches, but my current setup is freeze a bunch of coke bottles of water, then sit them in a plastic tub (black thing from the warehouse) for 30mins to get cold as hell water. Stick the brewing kettle in this and leave the bottles in as much as you can. Stir occasionally. I keep the lid on which holds in the heat, but i do this outside, so its just a precaution against wild microbes.

You can also freeze a bottle, and sterilize the outside of it, then dump it into the wort.

Rapid chilling is a way of dropping denatured protein mess out of solution and into the trub, but it is not the be all end all. The aussie guys love their no-chill option, which is basically stick hot wort straight into their ferment bucket and just leave it overnight.

 

[Donmega]

I dont have one either. Its just a bit of kiwi #8 wire thinking.

I only do small batches, but my current setup is freeze a bunch of coke bottles of water, then sit them in a plastic tub (black thing from the warehouse) for 30mins to get cold as hell water. Stick the brewing kettle in this and leave the bottles in as much as you can. Stir occasionally. I keep the lid on which holds in the heat, but i do this outside, so its just a precaution against wild microbes.

You can also freeze a bottle, and sterilize the outside of it, then dump it into the wort.

Rapid chilling is a way of dropping denatured protein mess out of solution and into the trub, but it is not the be all end all. The aussie guys love their no-chill option, which is basically stick hot wort straight into their ferment bucket and just leave it overnight.

Thanks for the ideas never would have thought of the bottle in the wort !!


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[Pkrd]

I built a chiller but only used half the tubing, anyone interested let me know.

They do save a bunch of time at the end of the day.