Saturday, February 5, 2011

A Couple of Weeks Ago

I moved into a new flat a few weeks ago and while I was talking to my new flatmates, I discovered that he used to brew beer / spirits while he was at university. I had always wanted to try home brewing beer. I ask my new flatmate if he would be able to help me through the process of brewing my first batch.

Down the road, there is our local Brewcraft store. I chatted to the retail attendant, who was extremely knowledgeable and explained the type of beer I enjoyed. He recommended the Brewcraft starter kit, which came with the Munich style beer.
The Munich style beer apparently tastes similar to hoegarden. Hoegarden is a bit light for my taste but I was told to reduce the recipes 23 litres to 21 litres, this will give it a more full bodied flavour.

I have since set up the starter kit and it has been brewing for a couple of weeks now. It's almost time to bottle it. Incase anyone was wondering, the starter kits are available at the Brewcraft Mt.Eden store for only NZ$89.

6 comments:

  1. Homebrewing is awesome, great idea for a blog! I've made a couple wicked IPAs in my day. Check out my post here on the evils of Budweiser:

    http://butthurtsquad.blogspot.com/2011/02/q-whaaaaazzzzzupp-kill-yourself.html

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  2. Thanks. I thought it would be a good chance for people to see what happens when a novice brews beer. lol.

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  3. Home brewing sounds awesome, i've never tried it and probably should, look forward to seeing the results.

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  4. Ive never had good results with home brew.

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  5. Sounds interesting - do let us know hoe your experiment works out

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  6. Hey After3, If you follow the directions on the recipe exactly, then you shouldn't have a problem. For my last batch I let the temperature get a bit too high, so I am not sure if this is going to be an issue of not.

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