NZ Case Swap 11 Expressions of Interest

[Peter Smith]

All the talk of case swap beers always gets me going again... lets do an NZ case swap for the last weekend of June  Expressions of interest please to get an idea of numbers.. Hopefully a full swap given the new number of case swap members recently!!

The process goes something like this:

1. Brew a beer you're proud of and want other brewers to try and give feedback on.
2. Post your recipe as a separate thread in the NZ case swap group - feedback from others'll be posted under your own recipe thread.
3. Bottle it up in 750s - plastic bottles are best as they have to be shipped around the country using "smash and stomp" courier service.  Plastic being lighter also keeps the costs down a bit too. 
4. How many you send in will depend on the interest we get ----> total number to contribute = number of brewers in the swap minus 1
5. Get your beers to a central point under your own steam.
6. The organisers then make up a bundle of mixed cases and send them out. 
7. Receive your case, chill, drink and enjoy while giving feedback on the beer to the brewer via their CS recipe thread.

I'm happy to be the Auckland depot again this time around. 

If we get a few interested from Wgtn/ ChCh or elsewhere it might be good to have local "hubs" and organisers there too.  Shipping with NZ post to Auckland (assuming this is the only depot as it was last time, that we've got 13 brewers and everyone is using PET bottles not glass) is about $20 from the North Island and $35 from the South.  

Redistribution costs split over the lot of us came to about $10 each. 

So to summarise costs, if Auckland is the central point, are:

$10 for Auckland brewers who drop off and pick up in person

$30 for other North Island brewers

$45 for South Island brewers

How does that all sound? 

All that said last time there where only AKL people and it was free... lets see what happens.

I promise not to send in something I have not actually tasted this time  8)

[Barry]

I'd be keen but I'm not sure the new brewery will be up and running in time.

Maybe next time.

[Crusader-Rob]

I'll throw my hat in the ring, but will confirm defintely closer to the time.

Christchurch based. btw.

[Adrian Tayler]

Count me in for now.

[Tilt]

Thanks Peter - count me in too.

[Duncan Emo]

First timer - keen! Based in Porirua/Wellington.

[G S]

Count me in.

Can probably submit 2 different ones, am working on a Limbo i'd like some feedback on, and completely missed the Limbo competition.

Will confirm 1 or 2 later, but am in.

[Richard Jack]

Yeah, keen. Will try to cook up something interesting.

Hey we didn't do mad props for CS 10. G S, mad props for a delicious IPA.

[Michael_H]

Yes! Missed the last one. Count me in.

[Paul Finney]

I'd be keen if the Chch area has a few more to keep costs down. 

[paul m]

Hi peter, i should have something by then, I'm going through an imperial IPA phase at the moment so fingers crossed

[Peter Smith]

NZ Case Swap 11 Expressions of Interest

Just  a gentle reminder we have about 9-10 on the list here so far.   Plenty of time yet with the swap end of June.  I am in with either the Deeble pale ale (in fermenter now), or a dry irish stout (bottling tomorrow), perhaps both.  

[Peter Smith]

Sure is, I have a batch of pale ale boiling right now...