Use Yeast Nutrient to give your yeast a boost. Diammonium Phosphate (DAP) is a good source of nitrogen for your yeast and will add nitrogen to keep the yeast active during fermentation. A nitrogen source commonly used to help promote … Continue reading →
The Club has 6 x 500g packs of Bentonite available for purchase -only $2.50 each from David Grant. Place your order next meeting. Read on for the what, why and how of Bentonite. The winemakers friend, Good for mead also. … Continue reading →
Hawke’s Bay Amateur Winemakers and Brewers Club is pleased to announce we are hosting the 2020 Central Region Competition! The 2020 Central Region Competition! will be held in Hawke’s Bay on the 9th to the 11th October 2020. The venue … Continue reading →
We have been asked to link to a survey being run by Dr Wendy Parr, wine sensory scientist of Lincoln University. The survey is about ‘the role of wine in our lives’. She says “Anyone who drinks wine (and is … Continue reading →
The 2017 NZ National Amateur Winemakers & Brewers Federation Bi-Annual Competition was held recently and was hosted by the Manukau Winemakers, Brewers & Apiarists Club in Papatoetoe, Auckland. 5 of our members attended with two of these judging in the … Continue reading →
A smaller turnout for this meeting but it was an interesting one. Brian, our President, dealt with club matters and presented certificates to last month’s competition medal winners. It was noted that the Central Region’s competitions are to be hosted … Continue reading →
After the formal part of the evening Norman gave a very informative talk and demos on aspects of wine and beer making. He created a triangulation tasting of two of the five basic tastes, acid and sweetness and then where both acid … 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 →
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 →
Twenty members and visitors had a very busy meeting which started with Norm being made a life member of the club. Norm joined the club many years ago and has worked tirelessly over the years. He has held every office in the … Continue reading →
MONTHLY COMPETITIONS WINE AND BEER CUPS AS AT May 2015 WINE BEER MONTH CLASS DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION CLASS May 2 Medium Red Grape Lager 3 10 Dry White Fruit Dry Stout 8 … Continue reading →
On the 16th 17th and 18th of October the Manawatu Club hosted the Central Region Amateur Winemakers & Brewers Association 30th Regional Competition. Our club did very well as the statistics below show! Section | Entries | Bronze | Silver | Gold | … Continue reading →
Our Speaker for September was Warren Gibson, winemaker from Trinity Hill Wines and also has his own label Bilancia. Warren has worked at Trinity Hill for 17 years! Warren advised that while aromas are important most consumers were more interested in the … Continue reading →
The formal part of the evening covered discussion on the arrangements of the up coming club wine and beer completion to be held in late September. The Regional competitions were discussed and those attending have had travel arrangements organised by … Continue reading →
