If you’ve ever tried to improve a Lager by stirring in a crumbled hop pellet.If you have a hose adapter permanently attached to your kitchen tap.If you wanted to name the puppy “Fuggles.” If you own a sterile plastic rubbish … Continue reading →
As Detroit grew to be an industrial giant of automotive manufacturing, the Strohs Brewing Company grew to meet the demand of the automotive worker for cheap brew. Back in the late 1920’s, shortly after Henry Ford introduced the 5 day … Continue reading →
Found this in an old (1996) Home Brew Digest #2183. I can confess to ignoring the occasional moth and fruit fly but these guys have the right attitude … Genius comes into play when the you realize an accident is … Continue reading →
TOP TEN THINGS THAT SOUND DIRTY AT THE HOMEBREWERY, BUT AREN’T: 10. After kegging, I like to roll it around on the ground. 9. Want to help aerate my wort? 8. Do you think I should rack off my trub? … Continue reading →
Brenda O’Malley is home as usual, making dinner, when Tim Finnegan arrives at her door. “Brenda, may I come in?” he asks. “I’ve somethin’ to tell ya.” “Of course you can come in, you’re always welcome, Tim. But where’s my … Continue reading →
One day an Englishman, (John) a Scot, (Ian) and an Irishman (Bono) walked into a pub together. They each proceeded to order a pint of Guinness. Just as they were about to enjoy their creamy beverage, three flies landed in … Continue reading →
–Reflections on beer…. Sometimes when I reflect on all the beer I drink, I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn’t … Continue reading →
The Annual General Meeting will be held at the Deaf Hawkes Bay Rooms, 22 Lee Road, Taradale at 7.30pm on the 20th April. Members please bring visitors for introduction and anyone else interested in our club and its activities please … Continue reading →
The Avis’s hosted our annual BBQ where we host members of the Central Hawkes Bay Winemakers and Brewers Club. A large contingent from their club attended and both clubs enjoyed a social get together of drinks and nibbles. This was followed … Continue reading →
This years function is to be held at our clubrooms, 22 Lee Road, Taradale on our normal club night, the 16th December. The format is to bring your preferred drink and a plate of nibbles or light finger food. There … Continue reading →
Our monthly meeting started with the Chairman thanking the whole club for all the work and help before and during the 20th National competitions and social weekend. Those not at the dinner were presented with their medals and certificates. It … Continue reading →
After the great amount of work our members did to run the National Competitions it was decided that the would have an easy meeting by going out to dinner. The Thai Orchard was chosen and 15 members and partners had … Continue reading →
At last the weekend arrived. On the Thursday all 854 entries of wine, beer, liqueur and cider were transferred to the Angus Inn after being recorded and logged into “Results“, a programme designed by Brian to produce a complete set … Continue reading →
David, our beer expert, gave us a talk about the role of hops in beer making. These are his notes below. I will add that he had examples of two hop varieties that he had either steeped or boiled for … Continue reading →