Cinderella

So it seems I’m the only person involved in the New Zealand Craft Beer Industry who isn’t about to jet my way to Melbourne for A.I.B.A.
It sounds like it going to be a hell of a party and I’m certainly a touch sad that I won’t be there.
However the pint of Brooklyn Bulldog E.S.B. that I took from the last pilot batch of beer to be brewed before I do it for real at Emerson’s is making me feel better. I have just racked it into a keg to cask condition, and filled 3 bottles so there is a sample of the pilot for Richard to try on brew day. I think it’s one of the best beers I have ever brewed, certainly the best draught beer I have brewed. A good omen I think.

Pro Brew

It now seems confirmed that I will be given the absolutely fantastic opportunity to go and brew a small commercial batch of beer with a New Zealand craft brewer later in the year. Needless to say I’m looking forward to it!
My own brew house has been relatively dormant recently but I think its time to start fine tuning a recipe. I’m planning to do an E.S.B. with a big pronounced New Zealand grown Styrian Golding and NZ grown Golding character, providing those hops are available to me of course.