Comments for Wine and Beer Hawkes Bay https://www.wine-and-beer-hb.org.nz/ Hawke's Bay Amateur Winemakers and Brewers Club Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:30:13 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Brewers Grain Mill has Rusty Rollers:$@#! by Brian https://wine-and-beer-hb.org.nz/2026/04/03/brewers-grain-mill-has-rusty-rollers/#comment-493 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:30:13 +0000 https://www.wine-and-beer-hb.org.nz/?p=4406#comment-493 How annoying! Good research but not sure I’d be so happy with rust killer…
Can you please post a photo of the rollers?

]]> Comment on Gladfield 23rd NZ National Amateur Wine & Beer Competition & Conference by Brian https://wine-and-beer-hb.org.nz/2023/07/21/23rd-nz-nationals-conference-2023/#comment-492 Mon, 02 Oct 2023 20:56:24 +0000 https://www.wine-and-beer-hb.org.nz/?p=2867#comment-492 Program Update:

Friday:
• 9:00am Stewards Ready
• 9:30 Judges Briefing & Judging starts
• ? End of Judging
• Best of Show Judging.
• Judges Meeting.
• Cert Printing and Engraving…
• 5:30pm -8pm Mini Expo
• 6:30 Food

Saturday:
• 9:30 Bus Boarding.
• 3pm Bus back
• 3pm – 6pm Expo in Kauri Lounge – Sell More Raffles.
• 6pm move to Dining area
• Presidents Welcome.
• Sell more Raffles…
• 6:30 Draw Raffle 1
• 6:45 Dinner Main.
• 7:15 ish Award Ceremony. Awards By Club & by Person
• Desert
• Raffle Draws… … …
• Midnight Move to Kauri.

Sunday:
• 10am BGM
• ~11am ish BBQ
• Farewell.
• Clean-up.

]]> Comment on 2018 Club Competition by Brian https://wine-and-beer-hb.org.nz/2018/07/05/2018-club-competition/#comment-491 Fri, 03 Aug 2018 00:13:59 +0000 http://www.wine-and-beer-hb.org.nz/?p=1065#comment-491 The Competition went well. We had just 52 bottles entered but the quality was high!
Judges scores were entered into the competition management program RESULTS https://www.processit.co.nz/results.htm and it tallied the scores and determined the medal winners.

32 MEDALS were awarded. 4 Gold, 10 Silver and 18 Bronze! Congratulation to all medal winners who all selected great prizes from our sponsors.

Thanks again to all our Sponsors for their awesome support! I know I’m looking forward to trying out the products I won. 🙂

]]> Comment on 20th Nationals Registration Form by David Grant https://wine-and-beer-hb.org.nz/2015/07/15/20th-nationals-registration-form/#comment-490 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 08:46:13 +0000 http://www.wine-and-beer-hb.org.nz/?p=681#comment-490 Each can take 45 people. Which Bus is for you?
well first up is always best dressed, especially for meals. But if the second RWC quarter final is close you may prefer to take the second bus and enjoy a post match post mortem. With a bit of luck you English and SA fans won’t need to worry about that!
cheers

]]> Comment on 20th Nationals Registration Form by Brian https://wine-and-beer-hb.org.nz/2015/07/15/20th-nationals-registration-form/#comment-489 Wed, 23 Sep 2015 20:59:30 +0000 http://www.wine-and-beer-hb.org.nz/?p=681#comment-489 Further Update:
Due to demand we now have TWO buses:
– Bus One will depart at 9:00am returning at 3:30pm
– Bus Two will depart at 9:45am returning at 4:15pm

]]> Comment on 20th Nationals Registration Form by David Grant https://wine-and-beer-hb.org.nz/2015/07/15/20th-nationals-registration-form/#comment-488 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 00:56:03 +0000 http://www.wine-and-beer-hb.org.nz/?p=681#comment-488 Breaking news: the Bus Trip has been fully subscribed even though we’ve got the biggest bus available. Any further registrations cannot be guaranteed seating. Anyone for a bicycle?

]]> Comment on August Meeting 2015 by Brian https://wine-and-beer-hb.org.nz/2015/08/21/august-meeting-2015/#comment-487 Thu, 20 Aug 2015 22:32:21 +0000 http://www.wine-and-beer-hb.org.nz/?p=710#comment-487 Congratulations again to Norm. Such a long association and effort provided to our club. Well Done!

]]> Comment on May 2015 Meeting by Brian https://wine-and-beer-hb.org.nz/2015/06/18/may-2015-meeting/#comment-486 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 03:54:57 +0000 http://www.wine-and-beer-hb.org.nz/?p=667#comment-486 Yes some very well aged wines were tasted. See their website: http://www.temotu.co.nz/

]]> Comment on National Champs to be held in Hastings! by Brian https://wine-and-beer-hb.org.nz/2015/04/02/national-champs-to-be-held-in-hastings/#comment-485 Tue, 09 Jun 2015 02:37:33 +0000 http://www.wine-and-beer-hb.org.nz/?p=502#comment-485 Oops – Additional historic information has come to hand and we have now determined that this is the 20th Nationals and have had to amend the logo to suit!
What an honour to be hosting such an important event!

]]> Comment on Beer Appreciation Day III by Brian https://wine-and-beer-hb.org.nz/2013/02/22/beer-appreciation-day-iii/#comment-307 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:41:32 +0000 http://www.wine-and-beer-hb.org.nz/?p=263#comment-307 And got this update back from Jim…

From the attendees perspective we received a lot of positive feedback. The guided tasting was especially well received. Hugh opened with some interesting comments on the state of the New Zealand craft brewing industry and the effect that the attempts of the big boys to appropriate the category are having.

Dermot from Fat Monk (based out at Abbey Cellars) had some interesting comments on the different brews that he has been making, and then Matt Kristofski and Matt Stevens from ParrotDog introduced us to a range of their beers and told us the story behind the brand and the brews.

cheers

Jim

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