July 2011 Blog Posts (3)

My wife made some Stout Soap last night, and I added heaps of fuggle hops into it. I used it this morning, and it great. Nothing like the sweet smell of hops in the shower. The club members at Great Expectations tonight will be the test subjects to gain some market feedback.

The selling tag line could be.
"If your wife thinks you been drinking cause you smell of beer, you can say that you just showered"

Bought a 15m length of 1/4" copper pipe from TradeMe, $71 inc postage:

Filled it with water and stuck it the freezer...

Tip: to fill the pipe, stick one end underwater in the sink and suck the water through. Learnt this after getting quite a lot of water on myself and the floor.

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Been brewing extract brew for a while, but slowly making the transition over to the dark side.... of all grain brewing.

Bought 3,  50L kegs from Tui brew @ Mangatinoka. I bought a Crankinstien grain mill for a really good price and had a friend bring it back for me[if maybe a few of you guys need a mill i might be able to get other mates returning to NZ to bring them back] . Cost  me $149.00 US sent to my mates. Got 15m of 1/2 inch copper coil off Trade Me for $69 + $10

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