Vic X-mas In July 2009 Case Swap

[Fourstar]

But, the BYO glass thing is always another option, or I could get some plastic cups... h34r: I've got a 1 litre Kaiserdom glass that I could use, but then again, a small glass would be better so I can sample all the beer on the day!

Dude, Plastic Cups. Go for it. Get some blue or red ones. US College/Uni style.

 

[Kleiny]

Dude, Plastic Cups. Go for it. Get some blue or red ones. US College/Uni style.

Beer Pong anybody? :lol:

 

[Fourstar]

Beer Pong anybody? :lol:

Recipe for a very messy day!

 

[Wardhog]

Recipe for a very messy day!

But not broken-glass-messy. Plastic cups are the better bet, I reckon.

 

[beerDingo]

OK, I'm thinking of getting a bunch of the 39 cent glasses. I need more glasses at home anyway. If anyone wants to take some home for 40 cents a glass, that's fine with me (I don't have 1 cent coins for change).

You guys can BYO beer pong stuff! I've only played it once, and i think I fell asleep in an elevator on the way home! I swear I got onto an empty elevator! I was then informed that they used to call it Beirut, and now some call it Iraq, as it just Fuc#$ you up!

 

[therook]

OK, I'm thinking of getting a bunch of the 39 cent glasses. I need more glasses at home anyway. If anyone wants to take some home for 40 cents a glass, that's fine with me (I don't have 1 cent coins for change).

You guys can BYO beer pong stuff! I've only played it once, and i think I fell asleep in an elevator on the way home! I swear I got onto an empty elevator! I was then informed that they used to call it Beirut, and now some call it Iraq, as it just Fuc#$ you up!

beerDingo,

I can bring a couple dozen of these glasses if you don't want to go and get any, let me now.

Rook

 

[beerDingo]

Cheers Rook, but one of my housemates has a knack for breaking glasses, so not sure how long they will last after the swap anyway.

 

[Hutch]

Thanks those who've added details to the brew-day Wiki Page.
Seems we should have more than enough equipment, and "boilover-watchmen".

Now just remains to agree on the style(s) to brew, and suring up enough ingredients to make it a goer.
- Dr Smurto's Golden Ale is an obvious choice, as its a real crowd pleaser.
- A SMASH brew is also a great idea - keeping it simple for the AG cherry-poppers.

I'm not sure how much grain we'll need - happy to donate a half sack of Pils, or more if we can cover the cost somehow (only a couple of $ per kg). I'm a bit low on specialty grain, though after the BB I'll have surplus Munich and Caramunich.

Kleiny - would be great if you could bring the Monster-mill. Also, how are you placed for ingredients?

Hutch.

 

[Leigh]

Happy to cough up some $$$ if I get some wort in my cube.

I like your suggestions of Dr Smurtos GA and a SMASH....maybe Wardies recipe from last swap?

 

[Kleiny]

Kleiny - would be great if you could bring the Monster-mill. Also, how are you placed for ingredients?

Hutch.

Ive updated the wiki, i have other bits and pieces in stock but we need to decide on what recipe?, how many Liters?, How to split the cost of the brew?

I think possibly Dr S Golden ale ive made it before and its a nice beer.

If thats the beer then we need some ammarillo hops, and JW Trad and Caramalt. Maybe those who want too take some wort home could get some hops and malts before they arrive or get all at once and split the total cost between us.

Kleiny

 

[Hutch]

Ive updated the wiki, i have other bits and pieces in stock but we need to decide on what recipe?, how many Liters?, How to split the cost of the brew?

I think possibly Dr S Golden ale ive made it before and its a nice beer.

If thats the beer then we need some ammarillo hops, and JW Trad and Caramalt. Maybe those who want too take some wort home could get some hops and malts before they arrive or get all at once and split the total cost between us.

Kleiny

I was also thinking DrSGA would be a good one, as I've got about 300gm Amarillo in need of a good boil.
If just a few of us contribute ingredienets, it would make the cost split quite simple. Anyone wanting to take home wort can pitch in $x, plus their own cube.

In terms of litres, if Fents is happy to lend is kettle and Mash tun, then we'll effectively have about 100Ltr capacity from a single system.
Not sure if we'll be able to run this system back-to-back, or wheather it'd be simpler running another system in parallel, to get it wrapped up before dark (about 5pm these days).

Fents, you cool with us driving your monster system?

 

[Fents]

yea sure....

basically, its just a 120L esky with a beerbelly false bottom and a 120L kettle with beerbelly hopscreen. we will need a gravity setup with mine though - have never used a pump with it....also its only setup for batch sparging...

and im not lugging the burner and gas over either, im sure beerdingo will let us use his burner...what burner have you got again dingo?

brew a brew on my system and one on kleinys (90L+40L) and thats 130L's of worth right there.

 

[Leigh]

The question is, how many people want wort? 130L will get 7 people 18ish litres or 6 21ish etc

 

[beerDingo]

I'll have some JW Trad Ale, so that's covered.

I don't mind picking up Fents gear if that's OK with him. I can come over Friday night before swap and help transport brew gear and spit.

I'm up for a "Dr S Golden ale".

Fents I just saw your post. I've got a Rambo burner. It fits a 50litre keg no probs, it should be OK for your 120litre (I hope). I've also got a 4 ring burner, but no stand. I might pick one up this weekend, otherwise, I might need your stand, and maybe your gas regulator. But I can help with the transportation.

 

[Fents]

cool mate, i have a spare stand for your 4 ring if you want it, my 4 ring broke so i dont need the stand. BUT...we will just be using your rambo anyway...im assuming it has a med or high pressure reg?

So looks like we will just brew on the two systems? kleinys and mine? i think it will get too messy otherwise.

As for how many people want wort? well i dont mind either way, im happy to not recive any...

should split it into 10L batch's so 13 people can take home some.

 

[Fents]

oh and well need a HLT (keggle) for my setup as well. im sure dingo's got that covered.

 

[beerDingo]

Yeah, I've got a 50L kettle that can be used as a HLT.

I believe that it is a high pressure rambo reg.

But it might be good to borrow your med reg, so that we have a burner for the HLT (and yes I'd happily take the stand off your hands, since it would be cluttering up your house ).

 

[Neill]

I would love some wort, i have a 17 litre cube here left over from a FWK that i bought a few weeks ago so i can bring that. i reckon a Dr S Golden Ale would be brilliant - particularly for us extract brewers who haven't seen an AG brew done, i think it would be very interesting and informative to watch!

I have 40g of Amarillo, 40g Nelson Sauvin and 20g centennial in the fridge if any of that helps, if not i will definately chip in some $$$ for a cube of wort. put me on the list!

also i plan on bringing some sausages and bread for people to use

edit: just updated the wiki

 

[Hutch]

Sounds like the Mash-tun / Kettle / HLT components are sorted.
I agree that 130Ltrs wort is a worthy output from a session. I'm neither here nor there whether I take home a cube of wort (though I won't complain if I'm forced to )

Fents, I think the march-pump should be an easy addition to your system. I have garden fittings and silicon hose, so it's easy to connect to standard 13mm barbed fittings, assuming that's what you have on your kettle & mash-tun? It certainly simplifies things not having to lift 100+kg boiling wort above our heads!

As for brews, I think there is popular concensus that one should be Dr Smurto's Golden Ale (perhaps the bigger of the 2). My 300gm Amarillo should cover us for that (assuming 4 * 20Ltr batch size).

The second brew could be a SMASH, perhapswith all Galaxy, or all Green Bullet, JW Ale.
Any preferences from the list of hops in the wiki?

 

[Fents]

i've done a smash with bullet before...was ace...but i also love galaxy...but i'm not taking wort home so it dosnt bother me...