Brewshare Night In Sydney & Melbourne

[oztapguy]

Thanks to the generous support of Grain & Grape in Melbourne and Dave's Home Brew in Sydney, we're launching a new free night for homebrewers.

To be held each quarter, Taphouse BrewShare is about homebrewers bringing their own home brew to barter and socialise with their peers.

Even better news is that there is a $100 Grain & Grape/Dave's Home Brew voucher for People's Choice Beer!

The dates for the first events are on our blog @ www.thelocal.com.au. Home brewers can brew whatever they like for the first event. In future, however, we will have occasional style-specific nights.

As it's free, we need to know how many people are coming so you MUST book..

 

[WarmBeer]

Sounds like a lot of fun.

Hope my liver has recovered enough from the Vic case swap to fully take advantage of it

 

[lespaul]

Shattered, going to be in america...
Might head down to the pub to try out some of those beers tho

 

[Fourstar]

The question is, how much can we bring and how do we keep it all cold?

Sounds like a lot of fun.
Hope my liver has recovered enough from the Vic case swap to fully take advantage of it

We can always bring our liver dialysis machines with us! :lol:

 

[Maple]

We can always bring our liver dialysis machines with us! :lol:

We might need a bulk buy on those....

Sounds like a top idea...

 

[captaincleanoff]

yeah more info on this would be good..

Would be awesome to bring along my 9L party keg esky

 

[petesbrew]

Date please, for those of us with Work IT Nazi's.

Sounds beertastic!

 

[Maple]

Date please, for those of us with Work IT Nazi's.

Sounds beertastic!

Here you go pete:

ST KILDA: Tuesday Nov 24th from 7pm & free
DARLO: Thursday Nov 26th from 7pm & free

edit: you do need to book though, so have a look at the blog posted above when you can.

 

[petesbrew]

Cheers Maple.

Written in calendar & will look/book tonight.

 

[oztapguy]

Both bottles and kegs are welcome. If it's bottles, it's easier if the brewer brings them in an esky to keep cold. Likewise for kegs although kegs could be dropped off earlier in the day for cold storage in our kegroom.

Bring along as much as you want to share and barter with!

 

[oztapguy]

The first BrewShare in Darlo is already booked out which is an encouraging sign for the future.. A few more slots left in St Kilda though..

Now we need to finalise a rough format for the night! I will prob intro the night but after that it will need some structure. Suggestions? Do we focus on one beer at a time and give the HB a chance to talk about it for a few mins or something more informal?

Also, how much beer in total per person should be planned for as we can then let homebrewers know how much they might bring (with always some up your sleeve!)? For instance, is 3 pints a good guide (obviously some will have less)? That would equate to about 100ml tasters of each beer.

Love to hear all your thoughts..

 

[O'Henry]

How many people will be at Darlo? Might help to know for suggestions of things to do...

 

[oztapguy]

[quote name='O'Henry' post='552597' date='Nov 13 2009, 12:05 PM']How many people will be at Darlo? Might help to know for suggestions of things to do...[/quote]

We've capped the first BrewShare at approx 22-25 people.. In future, we would like it to grow up to about 40-50..

 

[Doc]

I've RSVP'd for the Darlo session and will be there. I have an idea what beers I'll be bringing along.
Didn't get a response to the RSVP though, so I hope I'm locked in.

Beers,
Doc

 

[jackmc]

Glad there was such a good response - Dad and I are booked in for Darlo as well. Looking forward to it.

I'm planning to bring 2 longnecks of IPA, 2 of ESB, and 2 of a young APA if it is ready.

 

[mikem108]

Same here Doc, no confirmation

 

[oztapguy]

I've RSVP'd for the Darlo session and will be there. I have an idea what beers I'll be bringing along.
Didn't get a response to the RSVP though, so I hope I'm locked in.

Beers,
Doc

We are sending out RSVPs once we finalise a format but you are on the list..

 

[oztapguy]

Well Sydney is booked out already but there are spots left for the St Kilda BrewShare next Tuesday.

For those who are attending, here's the format for the night.

http://thelocaltaphouse.blogspot.com/2009/...mation-for.html

 

[Doc]

For those who are attending, here's the format for the night.

http://thelocaltaphouse.blogspot.com/2009/...mation-for.html

Fantastic.
Reading between the lines, is the assumption 1 beer per homebrewer ?
I was planning on bring three different beers, but can easily narrow it back down to 2 and maybe 1

Doc

 

[O'Henry]

I think I will only manage one, but will have one on the side for you doc (for your help with the recipe)...