Homebrew Night Part 2

Well the homebrew night was a success with Richard, Craig and Paul coming along to enjoy a few locally produced ales and a few commercial offerings as well. A big thank you also to Michael for supplying his IPA and also to Ben who supplied a 6.5% Amber, 5.5% French Oak, 7% Black IPA and a lovely 10.5% Imperial Stout! The blind tastings were enjoyed by all with the DryPA Is Dead challenge proving quite popular. The same 5.5% IPA without dry hopping, with Cascade, Simcoe and Nelson Sauvin. Of these 4 beers, the Simcoe proved most popular among the group (me included).

The next challenge will be to do a yeast series. Recommendations are very welcome. My thoughts are to include a Lager yeast as well as Brett, however, we'll aim for 4-5 different versions so time to get culturing! Also coming up will be Craig's Oolong and Chilli Challenge which should be very interesting. I have both a hock and a mead ready for this. It would be nice to do this challenge soon as my collection is dwindling.

So, thanks again to everyone who supplied their beer and who came along on the night. It would be nice to do this again later in the year to give people time to brew new beers.

Homebrew Night

On Friday 30th March, there will be a home brew tasting at our place. A mini keg of 5.1% India Brown Ale has been vented and will be flowing as of 7PM. A big thank you to Paul for supplying 7 different beers for this event. There will also be a few contributions from other local home brewers. Several commercial beers will also be enjoyed blind alongside offerings of similar styles with plenty of opportunity for vertical and horizontal tastings. Here is a list of what's in store, with the possibility of a few other weird and wonderfuls if people are feeling brave.

Dry Hop Series- Simcoe, Cascade and Nelson Sauvin
Prog IPA
Frozen Donut DIPA
Belgian Bitter
Bohemian Like Ewe NZ Pilsner
Hop Jockey Citralicious IPA
2011 Pumpkin Ale and Ginger Edition
Bruntsfield Abbey Trappist
Dubbel Rainbow
Bamberg Black Mild
Juniper Porter
Wild type- Rauchbier with Brett

Hopefully, we'll see a few of you tomorrow night!