NZ Case Swap - 12 Expressions of Interest

[Peter Smith]

With so many new Grainfather brewers and in general just more new brewers  - here is a chance to see how your beer tastes against other brewers (extract and partial mash and kits welcome, even Williamswarn users).

Lets aim to have a few beers to have over the Xmas period, so to be in you would need to get me your beers by Sunday the 7th December.  This will allow you a bit of time after SOBA if entering etc .

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 - used to be minus one but lets take the extra 1 to the no 1 queen st HB tasting event just before xmas...
5. Get your beers to a central point under your own steam. - My House Auckland also CBD dropoff
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 summarize costs, if Auckland is the central point, are:about 

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

$30 for other North Island brewers

$45 for South Island brewers

[Crusader-Rob]

Count me out this time Peter, maybe next time though.
Maybe you should make it a grainfather off.... lol.

[Peter Smith]

they may all be to shy....

[Taubin]

I'd be too shy this time around, but I will hopefully be better at being for the next

[Peter Smith]

mate don't be shy , I submitted a shocker my first ever entry (had two ccarboys in same fridge and the 1084 one got way too hot)  , a lesson to beginners perhaps submit something that you have tasted....    also if its super hoppy and you have tasted it, they will have faded a bit by xmas and many of us will be savoiring these the week before.     Even if you brew a SMASH with a newish hop thats cool as well, maybe I will do that...   if we got 5 Granfather brewers all doing a different smash that would be way cool, but its totally up to you what you submit

[Ryan Perkins]

I'm keen Peter if you have room for another.

[Peter Smith]

We really Don't have a limit, practically I guess it would be about 20 as that would be max bottles from a brew people would want to part with, doubt that we reach that , you are in. start thinking about what you are going to brew then just remember to bottle in plastic 750ml pets.... if using 2nd hand ones soak them with napisan to really clean them up

[Ryan Perkins]

Yeah no worries I have a few boxes of them sitting around.  20 would be my max though as I can only make about 15 litres at a time with my current setup.  Looking forward to having a big box of different beers to try.

[mattd2]

I am keen to be in - I should be up those ways for work on 4/5 December to drop off and back again on the 17th to pick up... if that works. Saves one lot of postage costs.

Cheers,

Matt

[Peter Church]

Hey Matt, will tee up for you to pick up another case on your way past if that suits

[mattd2]

Yeah should be alright

[Richard Jack]

Yep I'll be keen.

[Peter Church]

I'll be keen guys, get some feedback and sample a few good beers