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

[JoKing]

Nope - sorry. The organic range is very limited unfortunately. It's a coincidence that the only UK organic Pale Malt is from such an awesome maltings. I have no doubt that the Warminster Organic malt is in any way inferior to their other floor malted grains.

Getting back to your question though Simon, organic malts available (in 25kg sacks) are as follows:

Weyermann Pilsner
Weyermann Pale Ale
Weyermann Vienna
Weyermann Munich I
Weyermann Munich II
Weyermann Pale Wheat
Weyermann Chocolate Wehat
Weyermann CaraHell
Weyermann Cara Munich II
Weyermann CaraFa I II and III
Weyermann Chocolate Rye
"Bairds" Pale Ale Malt (turned out to be the floor malted optic from Warminster)

[Reviled]

What is it that makes it 'organic?'

And also, why would a homebrewer spend more money on organic products unless were trying to be all 'green' about it? Not trying to be cheeky just curious, do organic products make tastier beer?

[studio1]

Organically certified by the uk soil association so their rules appy: http://www.soilassociation.org/Whyorganic/Whatisorganic/tabid/206/D...

No pesticides/GM/chemical fertilizer would be the main points. Lots of debate about wether it is actually healthier for the person, but certainly for the planet. I grow my own vege organically and I can tell you it pisses all over commercially grown vege.

Not sure if you can spot a 'better' beer from it, but I have certainly enjoyed all the organic beers I have tried.

[Stu McKinlay]

i'd guess it'll piss all over commercially grown organic produce too...

[Mike Neilson]

Wheres the trademarks sign bro?

[JoKing]

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[Michael]

Today we bottled the batch the North Welly brewers put down a couple of weeks ago. One can certainly smell the hops in the big APA! Hopefully they are conditioned nicely before I go to the states.

[Stu McKinlay]

Eastie Boy:
Drinking my Belgian Mild (kegged a couple of weeks back - but I'm wishing I'd used )
Kegged my Belgian IPA last night
Brewing something around 1.035-1.040 this weekend but all I know so far is the yeast (Hales/Gales Wyeast 1332).

Yeastie Boys:
Motueka Monster - dry hopping with Sauvin and NZ Cascade (also had Sthn Cross in the kettle)
Yakima Monster - dry hiopping with Simcoe and Amarillo (also had Nugget in the kettle)
Her Majesty 2010 - warm conditioning (if you can get such a thing in Invercargill) and hope to have the first samples at Regionals tasting at the end of the month - 750ml bottles soon after.
Thinking about the next beer too: His Majesty 2010...

[Reviled]

Yeastie boys Yakima Monster??? OMG yes, that is awesome, cant wait ;o) Plz make sure some gets to Auckland, along with the Motueka Monster, and the rest!! lol

[Stu McKinlay]

Yeh, Jo approached me about it about a year ago and i thought it was an ideal chance to try the exact same beer with NZ v US hops. But we had other beers lined up for the next year so this was the earliest opportunity. I guess he got sick of waiting and now has three beers coming out within a couple of months!!! Fun for him. And us!

Just hope the beer lives up to his standards (and the name).

[JoKing]

Hey - we all know that home brew is better than the comercially available stuff aye? The IPA from Mikes was interesting as there is definately some parallels to my stuff at home. It's definately not the same, and as I said to Mike Neilson - my home brew is way better, but it has the essence of what I brew at home and that has to be good enough. Also, I hadn't had any training on their system - nor was I willing to do test batches with the organic ingredients (which held up pretty well IMHO) so I guess it's a bit of a fluke that the IPA isn't incredibly flawed.

So - with Yakima / Motueka Monsters and Steve (The award winning brewer) brewing these in his award winning brewery, I don't have any question that these beers are going to be anything less than delicious... I know that my recipe is good!

[Stu McKinlay]

yeh... it should be alright... the Motueka Monster will be waaaaay better though, given that NZ hops are better than American ones ;-)


And yeh, homebrew is better.... if i was to pick the 10 best beers I had last year (home and commercial) i'd be pretty confident that 7-8 would be homebrew. I guess I tried about 75-100 unique homebrews last year and about 3x that in unique commercial beers, so the "homebrew awesomeness ratio" is pretty awesome.