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'Draught' is not a beer style - it's a lifestyle
I'm back!
Brewing and talking about brewing has really been pushed out of my life for the last few months unfortunatley, but I'm still alive.
I moved hell and high water to get along to the Melbourne Brewers Steinbier brewing / camping / scorching rocks spectacular last month, which was without a doubt the most fun I've ever had either camping or brewing. Thanks to the MB guys (particularly Hans) for all the hard work that goes into that - it really is something every brewer should see (and smell) at least once in their lifetime, and it has lit a fire under me to get brewing again.
Still haven't dusted off the grain setup, maybe in a couple of weeks (if I can remember what I'm supposed to do with it), but last week I put 6 kit brews down in a hurry so that I can fill each tap on my new (still being finished) mobile chest-freezer-trailer-bar-beer-thingy when I go camping with friends over Easter. All are kit & malt or double kits so they should scrub up OK.
If anyone is interested this is what I'll have:
"Midland Mild Ale", OG 1038
"Irish Stout", OG 1050
"Yukon Smoked Brown Ale", OG 1048
"Belgian ale", OG 1045
"Spicy Ghost" (pseudo-wit), OG 1043
"Bavarian Lager", OG 1046.
As for the stainless conicals, sorry for the teasing and the delays, they are on hold at the moment but hopefully soon to be re-animated. I've got a couple of grand's worth of fittings and materials sitting here doing nothing so I'm dead keen to start building them. Me Mate Glyn who will be doing the welding has nearly got a workshop set up in his new place, and he's 2 weeks away from being a dad so I reckon within a month he'll be desperate to be spending as much time in his shed as he can!
Anyhow, just thought I'd say hi.
Did you all miss me?
:super:
Brewing and talking about brewing has really been pushed out of my life for the last few months unfortunatley, but I'm still alive.
I moved hell and high water to get along to the Melbourne Brewers Steinbier brewing / camping / scorching rocks spectacular last month, which was without a doubt the most fun I've ever had either camping or brewing. Thanks to the MB guys (particularly Hans) for all the hard work that goes into that - it really is something every brewer should see (and smell) at least once in their lifetime, and it has lit a fire under me to get brewing again.
Still haven't dusted off the grain setup, maybe in a couple of weeks (if I can remember what I'm supposed to do with it), but last week I put 6 kit brews down in a hurry so that I can fill each tap on my new (still being finished) mobile chest-freezer-trailer-bar-beer-thingy when I go camping with friends over Easter. All are kit & malt or double kits so they should scrub up OK.
If anyone is interested this is what I'll have:
"Midland Mild Ale", OG 1038
"Irish Stout", OG 1050
"Yukon Smoked Brown Ale", OG 1048
"Belgian ale", OG 1045
"Spicy Ghost" (pseudo-wit), OG 1043
"Bavarian Lager", OG 1046.
As for the stainless conicals, sorry for the teasing and the delays, they are on hold at the moment but hopefully soon to be re-animated. I've got a couple of grand's worth of fittings and materials sitting here doing nothing so I'm dead keen to start building them. Me Mate Glyn who will be doing the welding has nearly got a workshop set up in his new place, and he's 2 weeks away from being a dad so I reckon within a month he'll be desperate to be spending as much time in his shed as he can!
Anyhow, just thought I'd say hi.
Did you all miss me?
:super:
: Quote 'I can fill each tap on my new (still being finished) mobile chest-freezer-trailer-bar-beer-thingy when I go camping with friends over Easter'.
