What are you brewing?

[nzbrewer]

Since this is the most popular thread on the RealBeer.co.nz forum I thought I would start it here just to see what happens

[denimglen]

That will be tasty.

[Stu McKinlay]

A blonde....

ADM
Vienna
Caramunich II

Aiming for 1.060, dry, with Motueka to about 20ibu.
The "guest" yeast is on the way from New Plymouth.

Last chance for ADM - it's harder to get a clear run off with this malt than it is to pick your nose with your elbow. My wort looks like Campbells chunky soup.

[jt]

Probably old stock from some shonky shop Stu ;-)

You got a bit of shelter on the porch from that southerly Stu ?
It'd be chilling with hailstones if you didn't

[MrC]

Brewing my WellingtonBC APA today. All going well so far, nice clear runoff coming out at the moment. The house reaks of malt soon to be taken over by the hops ;-)

New thermometer is working out well.

[MrC]

Just about to pitch this bad boy. It's smelling a lot like Epic Pale Ale at this stage. I hope you WellingtonBC guys have thought about what you want the next style to be ;-)

The 250g Crarared didn't make the wort as red as I was expecting but the smell was fantastic during the crush. Smelt like Caramello.

I didn't have as many hops as I thought so I'll be reducing the dry hopping to a rate of 1g/L.

Isn't it funny how the expectation for every beer that goes into the fermenter is so high that the beer could never match up. Or is that just me...

[jt]

Smelt like Caramello

Let me know if you come accross chocolate wheaten

Isn't it funny how the expectation for every beer that goes into the fermenter is so high that the beer could never match up.

For some, yes. Some beers just never live upto their billing, usually when I try a new ingredient and find out that it's not all that it's made out to be - or that maybe I just don't like it

[denimglen]

I just turned to the dark side, or maybe the light side, I dunno.

Blasphemy on this forum I guess but I want to give it a shot.

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Wait for it...wait for it...

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CellarCraft Sauvignon Blanc...

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Yeah, yeah, it's not all for me haha.

[jt]

Are you trying to say that wine is the new beer ?

[denimglen]

Not for me :-P

This is definitely a once in a while type thing.

Overall I find wine itself pretty boring, and making it doesn't seem as interesting as beer but then I don't know too much about the real process. It seems like: grow grapes, juice, ferment, drink. Where's the variables like being able to hop the shit out of it or something? Haha.

[James P]

What you're telling me that you aren't tempted even a little to dry hop 50g of Nelson Sauvin in there too?

[Soren]

Had a glass of Astrolabe Sauvignon Blanc the other day, could have sworn it was dry hopped with nelson sauvin, possibly the most interesting white i have tried.. think it would be worth a try, dry hopping your wine that is...

[denimglen]

Well if that Sauvin character doesn't come out by itself...