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Thanks. Any special packaging required? I'm in NZ so probably different rules, but just wondering how best to protect against breakages. (Bottles get delivered all the time commercially just in cardboard boxes but I'd like to post a few bottles around)...

Interesting thread. Can I ask how you are posting your bottles?

Could use vodka if you don't want rum flavours. I made a cacao nib tincture for my white stout using voddy...

^ Amazing colour, looks like mango juice... 🙂 Did 23 litre Superdelic APA a fortnight ago and a 21 litre smoked Maibock over the weekend. 6681 litres...

I love my plate chiller. Bought it used and running a hot PBW solution through it in both directions removed an awful amount of green hop residue. Did this till it ran clear. I just give the same treatment occasionally now followed by a good rinse with the hose, and on brew day just circulate...

Oh just woke up to the result. Bula Fiji. Look fwd to seeing a replay...

Def not intentionally aiming high. I've only seen it once, will leave it to the officials. But like all these incidents (even Farrell with his history), I doubt there's any intent, just poor timing/technique. The likes of Curry was an incident in a fast paced game where heads happened to...

DeGroot? I doubt it was intentional. I've met him, he's run drills with my girls and a nicer young bloke would be hard to find. Esp a prop... 🙂 Some collisions in other games have looked far worse and yet no sanctions? It's hard to follow...

I think they've also sorted the anthems. No idea of they've fixed the beer situation... 😀 Watching the ABs in the morning with my girl again. She's watched 2 games live and they've lost both them. Told her if we lose to Namibia tomorrow She's definitely bad luck... 🙂

Out of interest, this was the view from the maimai on opening morning... Probably call it a 'Manuka smoked Mamai Maibock'...

Final gravity was low, which is weird as I normally overshoot. But I sparge using a litre jug and pretty sure I lost track as reached volume much earlier than usual, malt pipe was still draining well at that point. Was supposed to be a hearty 1.074, but came in around 1.069. Tastes pretty good...

Tank water is 10 degs ATM so plate chiller made short work of dropping temp to pitch temp... And into fermenter... The yeast had settled somewhat but really should've let it chill overnight... I decanted off the top portion but still pitched nearly 2 litres. Was a good thick layer on the...

Brew day this morning. Chilly early start. I'd milled grains last night. 6.85 kg on the limit for my BZ (around 15 litres grain volume when milled) so I added the extension collar... Probably could have managed without it but made it easier at the start. Was a thick mash so for first 10 mins I...

Spring just started here so while the tank water is still cold I thought I'd knock out a lager or two. We're in the middle of rebuilding a maimai (NZ term for a duckshooting hide) so a Maibock seems apt, especially as we camouflage it with manuka bushes and I want to use some smoked manuka...

Friday morning here, got the day off so doing a brew (Maibock) watching France v Uruguay. The Uruguayans are playing with a lot of heart. 27 - 12 to France in the end. No bonus point, I'd never considered BPs but they could be crucial in some pools. Noticed the ref is wearing a watch, must have...

And has anyone else found the choir versions on anthems underwhelming? Those countries with great anthems (not NZ, it's a dire dirge) seem to miss out with the timing off between the choir, team and crowd...

Missed live game this morning cos I had to go to work, but that Wales Fiji game was a cracker on the replay. Got to wonder about consistency in the reffing though. It seemed Wales had umpteen warnings about cynical penalties, yet a Fijian player was yellow carded immediately...? All I ask is...

What's next? South Africa v Scotland and Wales v Fiji overnight. Both interesting matchups...

Only saw one mistake from Ford, a missed kick to touch. Will Farrell even return after that performance? You could make churlish comments about the England score being divisible by 3, but I'd take a win over entertaining rugby any day at the WC. And clever rugby being a man down... That result...

Both teams down to 14 10 mins in. Both yellows and being reviewed. Ooh England upgraded to red. Curry gone 2 mins into game...