Auckland Guild Of Winemakers & Brewers
Auckland's original home brewing club
Minimal Sparge: An Easier Way to Brew For most of my first nine years homebrewing I produced wort with the standard “American” process. I mashed in a five gallon cooler fitted with a homemade copper manifold, recirculated by hand, manually …
WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE WORLD’S RAREST BEERS BY AMANDA MARSTELLER | AUG 28 2015 There exist in the uppermost echelon of brewing, a handful of rare beers that demand unmatched awe and respect. Often called “white whales,” these beers are meant …
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So, after ordering crushed grain over and over again and not being able to buy in bulk due to worrying about spoiling, I decided it was time to look into a grain mill. It turns out, the commercial solutions are quite expensive. …
Beervana 2015 ― upcoming absences and presenceshttp://philcook.net/beerdiary/2015/08/12/beervana-absences/ Sent via Flipboard
Up Your Glass Game: An Expert Guide To Proper Craft Beer Glassware [Infographic]http://www.wearebrewstuds.com/features/craft-beer-proper-glassware-how-to-get-the-best-experience/?__scoop_post=34598a60-44de-11e5-f3b6-90b11c3998fc&__scoop_topic=219049 —Sent from Zite, available for free in the App Store.
Adam Shake joins me this week to discuss making beer with electric brewing systems, and we cover a wide variety of equipment topics including heating elements, pumps and different types of controllers to automate your brewing system. Subscribe on iTunes …
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My sister and her husband are pretty flash with a home brew kit. They gave me a kit once. Didnt work. There were a myriad of things that I didnt do right. I will blame my flatmate at the time. …
In Steve Hindy’s book, titled The Craft Beer Revolution: How a Band of Microbrewers is Transforming the World’s Favorite Drink, he uses the Oxford English Dictionary to define a pioneer as “one of a body of foot-soldiers who march with or …
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News broke this evening that the Australian yeast spread Vegemite might become subject to sale restrictions due to the fact that residents in some distant Northern Territory ‘dry communities’ are using the iconic condiment to brew alcohol at home. There are so many …
Shane Cowlishaw/Fairfax NZ Whitebait in beer? Only in the Media Brew competition. OPINION: Recently, we seemed to reach peak “I’m going to put a crazier ingredient in my beer than you”. That beer, made with a dash of stag semen, caused a …