Nzbrewer's Blog – April 2010 Archive (3)

I needed a place to record my recent trip to the USA to answer all those questions people have asked me about it.





The main reason for my trip was to judge at the 2010 World Beer Cup, then attend the Craft Brewers Conference. I thought I would take the time before the event to check out the beer scene in the US since it had been two years since I had been there.



So this first part is my few days in San Francisco.



Living in New Zealand and flying to… Continue

I thought I would do a quick post here to answer some questions about what I am doing with the barrels in the brewery. So some stats





I purchased 12 x American Oak, Medium Toast barrels (225 litres each)



They were first filled on 19th February 2010 with some Epic Armageddon IPA



Today 19th April 2010 they were emptied back into a unitank and will be chilled down before filtering and bottling next week.



So IPA was on the wood for 2… Continue

I just found I never posted or actually finished this blog post. So I am just going to post it as is. I am now working on my recent US trip, hopefully it won't take a year to finish and go live



Date: 18th & 19th April 2009



People: Luke Nicholas (Epic), Colin Mallon (The Malthouse) and Derek "Analysis" Walsh (International Beer Judge, including BrewNZ Beer Awards 2007)



So how did we get to this point, a little background maybe. Well I was in London for a follow… Continue