VIC: XMAS in July 2013 case swap

[micbrew]

due to only becoming a member of this forum recently and haven't been schooled in the art on the case swap !
what are in fact the guidelines and associated etiquette.

should I identify my bottles , what are the mechanics of selecting a brew to swap etc etc

 

[Yob]

brew your best beer, label your bottles with the number listed against your name

bring beers to nominated addie, swap said beers... eat, drink, fall over

 

[manticle]

Micbrew - see the first post in this thread: http://aussiehomebrewer.com/topic/63991-vic-july-2012-caseswap/

 

[micbrew]

THANKS FOR THAT CHEIF !!! ITS ALL COMING TOGETHER NOW .......

 

[manticle]

GREAT.

SHOULD BE A LAUGH. LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

 

[Yob]

stop yelling at me, my eyes are sore

 

[manticle]

YOU NEED NEW GLASSES

 

[GrumpyPaul]

getting a bit worried about my brew.
Haven't used pet bottles before...how hard are they meant to get when carbed up?

Mine are like rocks. Could they be over carbed?

 

[breakbeer]

yeah, they should be quite hard when carbed up

how long has it been in the bottle?

 

[Yob]

drink one

 

[DarkFaerytale]

if all goes well i might actually get around to botteling tonight, i also have a wee heavy i have been brewing that i was going to use as a back up beer if the belgian dark won't carb (or i don't like the taste) so i hope no one minds that they may end up with 2 wee heavys

 

[GrumpyPaul]

3 weeks in the bottles (2 in fermentation fridge at fermetn temp of 19 degrees. 1 week with fridge turned off).

I havent bottled for a long long time - so you forget the little things.

I was not only surprised how hard the PETs are now but also to see the little layer of sediment.

I expected that just about everything would have dropped out before bottling but there is still a distinct bit of settlement.
This batch was racked off to a secondary (onto cherries) and then crashed chilled to almost 0 degrees for about two more weeks after it finished.

It is so hard to resist the temptation to try it out - but i only got 22 bottles out of the batch. The way the list of swappers keeps growing I am going ot need them all.

I have one Grolsh bottle that is about 3/4 full (couldnt quite squeeze out one more full longneck) I am saving that to take along to the next Melbourne Brewers club night.

 

[Edak]

I managed to get 27 bottles out of my batch so have a couple of spares.
Those PET bottles are all rocks now! One of the bottles has a distinct deformity in it so hopefully it's OK.

I am getting more and more excited by the swap.

 

[Midnight Brew]

Just bottled what Im hoping will shape up to be my swap beer. It's been awhile since I bottled and I may have jumped like a big wuss but this scared the **** out of me! Crawling towards me all flared up

 

[Yob]

Rockstar

 

[Charst]

1. Manticle - Wee Heavy (no longer a SMASH)
2. Charst – Saison by the look of it (HomeBrew world falling apart)
3. Fikuss
4. Meathead
5. WarmBeer
6. breakbeer - Black Nelson IPA
7. Vitalstatistix
8. bullsneck - ESB
9. Wolfman
10. Shane R - Black Saison
11. Yob - English something *******ised (WY1318)
12. Midnight Brew
13. DarkFaerytales - Belgian Dark Ale - wyeast 1762
14. Damn
15. Edak - Pirates American IPA
16. Kahlerisms (tentative)
17. GrumpyPaul (tenative) - Cherry Ripe Porter
18. Shane S
19. Grainer - Hoegarrten wannabe
20. micbrew - Stone &Wood Pacific Ale

Non swap attendees

1. Lecterfan (bloody good chance of getting there this time!!!)
2. Fents
3. Wakkatoo - if Lecterfan ends up making it, I'll share the drive from the 'rat with him.
4. technobabble66 (tentative) (might be able to bring some Simcoe-Motueka DSGA for the day)

 

[manticle]

Just bottled what Im hoping will shape up to be my swap beer. It's been awhile since I bottled and I may have jumped like a big wuss but this scared the **** out of me! Crawling towards me all flared up

Looks like a mouse spider mate. Be careful if you have those things about the place.

Should you find any dead ones though please pass them my way for drawing.

 

[Charst]

RE: Brewing on the day. I'd love to be involved. Have a bit of Mariss Otter I can contribute.
Not sure im ready to run the show. First mate perhaps.

Would be good to have something to pay attention to, maybe not get so pissed so early in the piece this time.

 

[Yob]

Pff you could be so lucky…

 

[DarkFaerytale]

managed to get 24 bottles of '13' last night. forgot that those bottling wands are much easier to use after you take the stupid spring out of them, especially when you get bits of coriander seed stuck in them.

the next few weeks are very very busy for me but i will try and bottle the wee heavy backup beer this weekend as well