… one of my favourite brewers gave to me an absolutely fantastic bottle of beer. That brewer being Epic and the beer being the new Epicurean Coffee & Fig Imperial Oatmeal Stout. I had been following this beer rather closely from the moment I heard about it. Coffee, figs and then coconut; all these...
A flash of inspiration the week before bottling gave us a name for our first batch of all-grain home brew, a beer based on Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. We named it the ‘Sierra Endeva’, and it seemed very appropriate for our first foray into this brewing method. Approaching bottling day, we figured it would...
Please forgive this post, as my memory can be a little jaded and I was supposed to write this post two weeks ago when we actually had our brew day. We have had to overcome many challenges on our way to brew day, including a completely failed attempt at brew day the weekend prior....
Just a quick shout out for one of my local bottlos that I only recently discovered; Herne Bay Cellars. I would like to be able to say I just happened across this little gem as I was trolling the streets of my neighbourhood, but the truth is I don’t make it up on to...
I think we all know somebody who needs a hand sometime. Take my mate, Matt for example, he could very well be insane. On Sunday 11th of December 2011, The TelstraClear Challenge is taking place. The challenge is Aucklanders’ chance to ride over the harbour bridge as part of a 110 km cycle race...
Just a quick post today. Brew day is almost upon us. It seems to have crept up rather quickly and unannounced, but maybe that’s just from the hustle-bustle of our regular lives getting in the way of brewing. In the last week we managed to assemble all the final pieces of the brew kit...
With my newfound interest in aging and cellaring beers, a practice I once thought was exclusive to wine enthusiasts, I decided that I needed to do more research. Which is how I uncovered this article about storing beer. The article is pretty robust and the points raised seem pretty consistent with other results I...
