The event place for Brewfest is all ready. Look like they have done up the place nicely.

Most of the booth are also quite ready. Saw a lot of Japanese food stall, not sure why? I should be there selling potatoes chip and earn some beer money… haha

If you still don’t know about this event, here the details again. BREWFEST 2012 opens to public from 5:30pm to 1:00am on 17 May 2012 and from 5:00pm to 1:00am on 18 and 19 May 2012. Admission is RM 58 for Day 1 (17 May 2012) inclusive of one premium beer and RM68 each day for Day 2 (18 May 2012) & Day 3 (19 May 2012)inclusive of two free beers. All access pass for three full days is priced at RM128 inclusive of two beers per day. Only non-muslim adults above 18 years of age are allowed. Visitors will receive ticket stubs and identifiable wrist straps for admission.

By the way, Tweet me as I got 10 tickets to give away for today entry. First come first serve basis. As they said, early bird catch the worms. See you there, Cheers!

Please visit www.mybrewfest.com or
Facebook page www.facebook.com/BeersAndCheers for more information.

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Hey Guys I’m going to show you how I brew my beer at home here in Australia. Today I’m doing an all grain brew using the Brew In A Bag method (BIAB)  I’ll be brewing a Czech Dark Ale Version of one of my all time favie beers Budvar Dark!

Here’s my Grain bill and Ingredients which is a recipe from my local Home Brew Shop– Marks Home Brew here in beaut Newcastle Australia .

Grains:
Cracked extra fine (0.9mm) for BIAB
Premium Pilsener  3.230 Kg
Munich Dark 0.586 Kg
Cara Munich T2  0.586 Kg
Wheat Chocolate (yummy!) 0.220 kg

Hops:
Saaz Czech (T90) 79g @60mins boil time

Yeast:
Safale US-05 ALE Yeast (I’m using Muntons Prenium Gold this time round though)

Here’s my cleaned and sanitised Equipment + Grains

From Left :

1. Thermometer -decent scientific one.
2. Hydrometer  to calculate abv and gravity
3. Whirlfloc tablet- finning/to clear the brew at end of boil
4. Saaz Hop Pellets-Yay- Hops!
5. Grain bill-Malty goodness!
6. Burner- Mine’s an Italian spiral type

More Equipment:

-My good ‘ol faithful brew bag that holds 5 kgs of grain no worries! Cleaned and ready for action!

My Brew pot that I picked up In Thailand last year- 36 litre capacity and does the job. Filled up with just over 20 litres of good ‘ol H2O.

Here’s some Spare Pots from previous brewing adventures along with a strainer and my mash paddle which is also great for stir frys too!

I prop the burner up onto my old barbie (BBQ) for safety reasons pop the pot filled with water on top  and connect the gas up to the burner and let her rip! Aiming for 50 degrees Celsius strike water temp I grab the thermometer and monitor the temp.

Woo-hoo! After about 10 mins the water temp nears 50C strike temp– time to get the bag and grains ready!

So after the temp hits just over 50c I turn off the gas and take the pot down off the burner (with oven gloves on- as I don’t like getting burnt) . Now the bag goes in the pot followed by the grainy goodness being poured in nice ‘an slow.

Now the grain is given a good stir making sure I get all the lumpy bits mashed and all the grains are wet. Oohh it smells good! Once thats done I pull the tie on the bag to seal it up and pop the top on the brew pot.

Now I’ll put the brew to bed for 60mins to let it mash— have a beer and read some beerbeer.org and properbeermate!

What I use to wrap the pot up to maintain the mash temp is a towel and some old clean bed covers -does the trick!

In Part two the which will be posted  next week we’ll start the boil and add the magic that is HOPS!!

Cheers till then!

PROPERBEERMATE

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BREWFEST 2012 opens to public from 5:30pm to 1:00am on 17 May 2012 and from 5:00pm to 1:00am on 18 and 19 May 2012. Admission is RM 58 for Day 1 (17 May 2012) inclusive of one premium beer and RM68 each day for Day 2 (18 May 2012) & Day 3 (19 May 2012)inclusive of two free beers. All access pass for three full days is priced at RM128 inclusive of two beers per day. Only non-muslim adults above 18 years of age are allowed. Visitors will receive ticket stubs and  identifiable wrist straps for admission.

Here’s the map for those that not sure where is Publika, Solaris Dutamas.

Please visit www.mybrewfest.com or
Facebook page www.facebook.com/BeersAndCheers for more information.

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Mikkeller is a brand name that are quite famous in craft beer scene. When I know Taps Beer Bar are carrying it, I must go and try it. Was searching for some friends to go down and tried, too bad no one are available on the last minute planning. So I go alone and tried as many as I can.

#1. Dim Sum Beer (5%)
The name itself tell you many things. It’s created to paired with Dim Sum, but not so much on asian pairing note. The beer is on the sweet and easy to drink on fruity side. Something different in palate.

#2. The American Dream (4.6%)
Regardless of what the american dream of, this beer is nice. A light beer with power IPA flavour. Not much after taste but full of flavour. If you like Hoppy beer, this will do justice.

#3. Nelson Sauvin (6.9%)
After trying The American Dream, I was hoping for something more heavier in taste. This one doesn’t deliver. It is a good IPA but after the The American Dreams, it just doesn’t stand out!

#4. I Beat yoU (9.75%)
So the fourth one is not tasting as I tried this beer before. Is a Imperial IPA which is strong in hoppy flavour with extra bitter. I order this as I my taste bud is quite pack with taste, I need something to cover the previous aroma and flavour. As 1 person do tasting is quite limited to the amount of taste your tongue can take.

#5. Black (17.5%)
For the finale, we shared this bottle of Black courtesy of Alvin. It’s a different class by itself. The body is thick and oily, the aroma is pungent with light alcohol vapour and taste wise is complex with plenty of flavour. Is something I wish to have it in my collection.

For many people, they don’t prefer to come near Changkat Bukit Bintang side because of the traffics and parking. But for me, this place offer the best meal after beer. All the chinese variants out there is super awesome! After drinking Mikkeller, it open up your taste bud to different level. I’m met a tourist in the bar, and decided to walked down to Jalan Alor and have some food. We have a burger and wantan mee. Perfect evening to end the day. Look forward to try more Mikkeller beer! Cheers!

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When the beer poured out?
Very nice fruity and floral aroma with light sweetness

How’s the taste?
The entry is complex with full of floral sweetness with nice bitter slowly bringing in the flavour. At 9% abv the beer is well balance, nicely carbonated with plenty of hoppy citrus floral fruity taste. The after taste have a lot of tangy floral flavour.

What’s the colour of the beer?
Pale yellowish orange

Where to drink?
Got it from Brewers’ Craft, Singapore.

My Opinion:
The first impression of the beer is awesome. The entry and the taste is something really light me up. This is one of the best Double IPA I tried. The alcohol vapour the aroma with the nice balance taste, really lovely. If you are a fan of IPA, this is a must tried beer.

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