Nsw July Case Swap 2010

[monkeybusiness]

I dodged the xmas swap, too much to do. But I've missed the action.

1. Barls- either a smoked belgian dark or something 4 Fatz with fruit
2. nifty - some sort of ...
3. MCT - Undecided at this stage
4. Pollux - A beer of some sort.
5. Thommo
6. Gulpa
7. Retsamhsam
8. DJR - winter lager of some sort, possibly.
9. Josh - I'm thinking Bock
10. Muggus - More than likely something with Topaz hops
11. Gruntus - something German
12. mrs eyres - probably a porter/stout
13. Stuster - beer also
14. Davelovesbeer - no idea.
15. Syd_03
16. Monkeybusiness
17.
18.
19.Fatgodzilla - Dragon's Blood (hot, smoky,red)
20.
21
22.
23.
24.

 

[DJR]

Still spots left... Bueller?

 

[matho]

ill give it a go got lots of german pils so maybe a german lager

1. Barls- either a smoked belgian dark or something 4 Fatz with fruit
2. nifty - some sort of ...
3. MCT - Undecided at this stage
4. Pollux - A beer of some sort.
5. Thommo
6. Gulpa
7. Retsamhsam
8. DJR - winter lager of some sort, possibly.
9. Josh - I'm thinking Bock
10. Muggus - More than likely something with Topaz hops
11. Gruntus - something German
12. mrs eyres - probably a porter/stout
13. Stuster - beer also
14. Davelovesbeer - no idea.
15. Syd_03
16. Monkeybusiness
17. matho
18.
19.Fatgodzilla - Dragon's Blood (hot, smoky,red)
20.
21
22.
23.
24.

 

[Greg Lawrence]

Im in.

1. Barls- either a smoked belgian dark or something 4 Fatz with fruit
2. nifty - some sort of ...
3. MCT - Undecided at this stage
4. Pollux - A beer of some sort.
5. Thommo
6. Gulpa
7. Retsamhsam
8. DJR - winter lager of some sort, possibly.
9. Josh - I'm thinking Bock
10. Muggus - More than likely something with Topaz hops
11. Gruntus - something German
12. mrs eyres - probably a porter/stout
13. Stuster - beer also
14. Davelovesbeer - no idea.
15. Syd_03
16. Monkeybusiness
17. matho
18. Gregor
19.Fatgodzilla - Dragon's Blood (hot, smoky,red)
20.
21
22.
23.
24.

 

[megs80]

Count me in too

1. Barls- either a smoked belgian dark or something 4 Fatz with fruit
2. nifty - some sort of ...
3. MCT - Undecided at this stage
4. Pollux - A beer of some sort.
5. Thommo
6. Gulpa
7. Retsamhsam
8. DJR - winter lager of some sort, possibly.
9. Josh - I'm thinking Bock
10. Muggus - More than likely something with Topaz hops
11. Gruntus - something German
12. mrs eyres - probably a porter/stout
13. Stuster - beer also
14. Davelovesbeer - no idea.
15. Syd_03
16. Monkeybusiness
17. matho
18. Gregor
19.Fatgodzilla - Dragon's Blood (hot, smoky,red)
20. Megs80
21
22.
23.
24.

 

[boingk]

Hell yeah, count me in on this one as well. It'll be extract with specialty grains if anyone minds that terribly.

1. Barls- either a smoked belgian dark or something 4 Fatz with fruit
2. nifty - some sort of ...
3. MCT - Undecided at this stage
4. Pollux - A beer of some sort.
5. Thommo
6. Gulpa
7. Retsamhsam
8. DJR - winter lager of some sort, possibly.
9. Josh - I'm thinking Bock
10. Muggus - More than likely something with Topaz hops
11. Gruntus - something German
12. mrs eyres - probably a porter/stout
13. Stuster - beer also
14. Davelovesbeer - no idea.
15. Syd_03
16. Monkeybusiness
17. matho
18. Gregor
19.Fatgodzilla - Dragon's Blood (hot, smoky,red)
20. Megs80
21. Boingk - Some kind of darker ale.
22.
23.
24.

 

[BjornJ]

Do we know roughly when this will be?

Never gone to a case swap, sounds fun!

But getting married in July and have to go to Sweden for at least the 3 last weeks of July


Anything first part of July and I'll join.
Or do I join and just get the case to barls if the swap after I have left?

Thanks
Bjorn

 

[monkeybusiness]

Bjorn, attendance at the at the swap is often hard to sort for many of us. Just get your case before and pick up after if you can't make it.

Might even be someone going past your place that can pick it up. We do that sort of thing for the guys coming up from the gong or further south like fatgodzilla and I.

Actually, we might be able to detour past your place on the way up if its kinda on the way and we're not already loaded to the hilt.

Just put your name down and sort it out later dammit!

 

[BjornJ]

Hell yeah, count me in on this one as well. It'll be extract with specialty grains if anyone minds that terribly.

1. Barls- either a smoked belgian dark or something 4 Fatz with fruit
2. nifty - some sort of ...
3. MCT - Undecided at this stage
4. Pollux - A beer of some sort.
5. Thommo
6. Gulpa
7. Retsamhsam
8. DJR - winter lager of some sort, possibly.
9. Josh - I'm thinking Bock
10. Muggus - More than likely something with Topaz hops
11. Gruntus - something German
12. mrs eyres - probably a porter/stout
13. Stuster - beer also
14. Davelovesbeer - no idea.
15. Syd_03
16. Monkeybusiness
17. matho
18. Gregor
19.Fatgodzilla - Dragon's Blood (hot, smoky,red)
20. Megs80
21. Boingk - Some kind of darker ale.
22. Bjorn J - Some kind of Aussie Lager probably?
23.
24.

 

[peter.brandon]

I'm in!

1. Barls- either a smoked belgian dark or something 4 Fatz with fruit
2. nifty - some sort of ...
3. MCT - Undecided at this stage
4. Pollux - A beer of some sort.
5. Thommo
6. Gulpa
7. Retsamhsam
8. DJR - winter lager of some sort, possibly.
9. Josh - I'm thinking Bock
10. Muggus - More than likely something with Topaz hops
11. Gruntus - something German
12. mrs eyres - probably a porter/stout
13. Stuster - beer also
14. Davelovesbeer - no idea.
15. Syd_03
16. Monkeybusiness
17. matho
18. Gregor
19.Fatgodzilla - Dragon's Blood (hot, smoky,red)
20. Megs80
21. Boingk - Some kind of darker ale.
22. Bjorn J - Some kind of Aussie Lager probably?
23. Plyers - American pale ale or IPA
24.

 

[Josh]

I've gotta get brewing on this one. We're doing the USA this year. Including the NHC in Minneapolis. As long as it's bottled before I leave, we should be back for the swap date. Which would make mine ready to drink.

 

[barls]

bump any more

 

[Fatgodzilla]

I've gotta get brewing on this one. We're doing the USA this year. Including the NHC in Minneapolis.

Do you ever spend anytime inside Australia?

 

[BjornJ]

Never having been to a case swap before, I am curious to how it works

28 bottles seems like a lot, but I guess it will be fun to pull a random bottle out of the fridge and try.

Are we including a printed sheet with recipe and brewnotes or something with the beer?

That way we could get "encouraging" e-mails over the next couple of weeks with taste notes after people try your beer? Comments ranging from "you call this beer!!?" to "you make my beers taste good, thanks for that" to "not too bad, but did you send me a yeast starter by accident?"

It would be fun to hear back some specific pointers on the beer, etc,

thanks
Bjorn

 

[Greg Lawrence]

Im in the same boat.
Can someone give us a rundown on requirements & expectations.
Eg: All my bottles are coopers crown seals. I dont want to part with 28 of these and in return get the thin VB twist tops. So are the plastic coopers PETs acceptable? I dont mind parting with them.

Are recipes usually posted on the forum after the swap?

Gregor

 

[Gulpa]

Hi Gregor and Bjorn,

Welcome to the swap. You wont regret it.

You should provide beer in brown glass longneck bottles. PET are generally frowned upon (some dont lilke to swap good bottles for inferior ones ). You wont get your coopers bottles back so you should look to source some more bottles if you cant stand to lose them. I should be getting some more bottles in a few months but this may be a bit late to help you. Someone else may be able to help.

You dont need to include notes/tasting sheet but you can if you wish, we normally specify beer name/style as part of the swap list. Generally feedback is provided on your beers by some of the swapers - notes can vary in length. See one of the Swap tasting threads for the general idea. This works best if you also provide feedback on the beers you taste.
Hope this helps.

Cheers
Andrew.

 

[RetsamHsam]

Never having been to a case swap before, I am curious to how it works

28 bottles seems like a lot, but I guess it will be fun to pull a random bottle out of the fridge and try.

Are we including a printed sheet with recipe and brewnotes or something with the beer?

That way we could get "encouraging" e-mails over the next couple of weeks with taste notes after people try your beer? Comments ranging from "you call this beer!!?" to "you make my beers taste good, thanks for that" to "not too bad, but did you send me a yeast starter by accident?"

It would be fun to hear back some specific pointers on the beer, etc,

thanks
Bjorn

Im in the same boat.
Can someone give us a rundown on requirements & expectations.
Eg: All my bottles are coopers crown seals. I dont want to part with 28 of these and in return get the thin VB twist tops. So are the plastic coopers PETs acceptable? I dont mind parting with them.

Are recipes usually posted on the forum after the swap?

Gregor

Hi guys,

The beer is swapped in glass bottles. And there is normally a
Tasting Thread set up after the swap date to discuss the beers.

And each brewer updates the Wiki with all the relevant info on their beers.

Most people only post their recipes if someone requests it, and this is normally done in the tasting thread..

Edit: Beaten by a whole 10 minutes

 

[Greg Lawrence]

Hi Gregor and Bjorn,

Welcome to the swap. You wont regret it.

You should provide beer in brown glass longneck bottles. PET are generally frowned upon (some dont lilke to swap good bottles for inferior ones ). You wont get your coopers bottles back so you should look to source some more bottles if you cant stand to lose them. I should be getting some more bottles in a few months but this may be a bit late to help you. Someone else may be able to help.

You dont need to include notes/tasting sheet but you can if you wish, we normally specify beer name/style as part of the swap list. Generally feedback is provided on your beers by some of the swapers - notes can vary in length. See one of the Swap tasting threads for the general idea. This works best if you also provide feedback on the beers you taste.
Hope this helps.

Cheers
Andrew.

Anyone got any spare glass brown longnecks?

 

[RetsamHsam]

Anyone got any spare glass brown longnecks?

Try Jez he helped me out a while back..

 

[Greg Lawrence]

Try Jez he helped me out a while back..

Thanks Rets, I will try him if another source doesnt come thru.
Otherwise, I could always buy a couple of boxes of cheap swill and tip it down the drain :huh: .