I will probably make my Christmas Case beers in the next couple of weeks, so would like to know numbers so I can set my batch size. For those that came in late here is how it works.
1) You brew a beer/cider/mead of any style or flavour, using any ingredients, that is the best you can do with your current equipment, that people might like to try over Christmas.
2) Let n be the number of participants. You provide 2(n-1) longnecks of beer. Everone except you gets 2 bottles of your beer. Can be all the same or 2 different.
3) A longneck is a big beer bottle, containing anywhere between 500 and 800 ml of beer. It can be glass or plastic, it can be screw or crown or champagne top. We just dont care here in the west! If you need bottles, I have crates of the bloody things behind my shed.
4) All beers must be labelled. The sophistication of the label is completely up to you. If anyone needs access to a colour printer and sticky backed paper I can help out.
5) If bottle conditioning, think hard about the possible places your beer is going. I think we would all rather drink an undercarbonated beer in our case, than deal with a bottle bomb.
6) There will be no recipe booklet. There will be no tasting website set up. If you really like someones beer, send them a pm and ask them for details.
7) Get your beers to my place in Bayswater in the first or second week of December. Best if you come on the day and take your case away with you, otherwise get the beer to me before and pick up after.
Participants
I missed this discussion at Sandgroptoberfest, but from the posts above, by my count we are at:
Barfridge
Asher
AusDB
JasonY
BigAl
Sinkas
Deebee
Vlad the Pale Aler
Goat
Guest Lurker
Any other takers?