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- 2011 NZ National Home Brew Competition – Judging Day
- Yeastie Stu likes my beer PKB 2011 Remix – Weetbix
- Hop monsters for hop heads – late hop additions to give big hop flavour and aroma
- Taste notes – Caspa
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Monthly Archives: October 2011
2011 NZ National Home Brew Competition – Judging Day
This weekend past was the judging of the New Zealand National Homebrew Competition as organised by SOBA . http://nhc.soba.org.nz/ There were over 400 beers entered in the multitude of categories, which the organisers managed to collate and organise. I went along … Continue reading
Yeastie Stu likes my beer PKB 2011 Remix – Weetbix
Over here I talked about brewing the Yeastie Boys Pot Kettle Black 2011 Remix (Weemix). I sent Stu of Yeastie Boys a rigger of the brew I did of his recipe and this is what he thought http://lockerz.com/s/151463825 “Drinking “Weetbix” a … Continue reading
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Tagged beer, brewing, craft beer, dark, evaluation, home brew, homebrew, low alcohol, mild, New Zealand, new zealand hops, NZ, open source brewing, PKB Remix, Pot Kettle Black, recipe, session beer, tasting, Weemix, Weetbix, Yeastie Boys
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Hop monsters for hop heads – late hop additions to give big hop flavour and aroma
The key to getting big hop aroma and flavour in your beer is putting in large additions of late hops. Done right you will get a huge smooth hop character to your beer. There is quite a difference between the … Continue reading
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Tagged aroma, balance, beer, bitter, bittering, brewing, craft beer, flavour, floral, home brew, homebrew, hop head, hop monster, hops, how to brew, IPA, malt, New Zealand, new zealand hops, NZ hops, recipe, resinous, spicy, tasting
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Taste notes – Caspa
Thought I should chuck some tasting notes up for some of my beers. More as a record that I can go back to in the future when trying to remember specific characteristics. Tasted 18.10.2011 – Bottled 18.09.2011 New Zealand Pale … Continue reading
Posted in beer evaluation, Brewing, Craft beer
Tagged APA, beer, craft beer, evaluation, home brew, homebrew, hops, judging, judging beer, New Zealand, new zealand hops, NZ hops, NZPA, recipe, taste, tasting
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Key factors to making great beer at home
I feel like there is quite a funny reaction when you mention that you home brew beer. The words “Home Brew” seem to be automatically associated with some nasty tasting alcoholic substance that people tried years ago. Most likely brewed … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, beer, brewing, craft beer, home brew, homebrew, how to brew, how to brew great beer, key factors great brew, most important brewing advice, New Zealand, recipe, sanitising, sanitizer, setup, starting, temperature control, tips, yeast culture
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Caspa2 – NZ Pale Ale tweak
A rebrew of the NZPA that I have done previously with NZ Cascade, Nelson Sauvin and Pacifica hops (CAscade, Sauvin, Pacifica). Added a bit more darker crystal malt for a little more body and malt flavour. Have upped the ratio of Sauvin … Continue reading
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Tagged all grain, brewing, cascade, hops, malt, nelson sauvin, New Zealand, pacifica, pale ale, rebrew, water, yeast
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Cleaning your beer glasses “beer clean”
Ever been disappointed by the amount of head on a home poured beer, or the beer pours with ok head but it disappears really quick? The problem could be how you clean your beer glasses. Clean glasses are a big factor in how your … Continue reading
Posted in beer evaluation, Craft beer, Equipment
Tagged beer, beer clean, cleaning, detergent, glasses
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NZ vs Imported hops
I love hops! They smell great, and they make beer taste fantastic. However getting hold of the hops you are after can sometimes be a bit hard. At the moment there is a big shortage on hops grown in the … Continue reading
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Tagged American hops, APA, brewing, craft beer, home brew, hop shortage, hops, IPA, new zealand hops, NZ hops
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New Zealand Home Brew Competition NHBC 2011
As I have not yet had much in the way of professional evaluation of the beer I have been brewing I figure I will enter a few beers in this years National Home Brew competition which is organised through the aptly … Continue reading
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Tagged beer, brewing, competition, craft beer, evaluate beer, evaluation, home brew, judging, New Zealand, NHBC 2011, NZ, SOBA
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