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Would anyone be interested in joining a homebrewing(beer,cider,wine,etc) society?
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24-10-2011 03:26PM#1Ahoy all, My name is Niall and im in 1st year arts here at NUIG. for a few years now ive been brewing my own beer and i have encountered many people who have expressed an interest in the area as well so i was thinking it might be interesting to set up a homebrew society in the college
To those completly new to this hobby i will briefly (attempt to
)explain: homebrewing is creating your very own beer,ale,cider,stout,wine, etc all by your lonesome using various combinations of ingrediants, flavorings and equipment. it is really beginning to catch on in Ireland and is becoming a popular hobby as people are getting tired of boring, old, tasteless, generic beers in pubs and want to see what REAL craft beer,cider,ale, wine and stout is like. once you have tried these proper brews you will never so much as look at a pint of Heiniken or other mass produced ****e again .
And as were all poor college students you will be happy to learn just how CHEAP AND ECONOMICAL it is compared to buying brand beer
A few ideas i have had for activities include:- Intodruction to brewing and a basic beginners brew to show newbies how to do it and what equipment they will need.
- Nights out sampling all the fantastic and delicious beers in Galways various craft beer and homebrew pubs
- As we all begin brewing our own we can have nights where we swap around our brews and compare(and get a wee bit trashed)
- I have spoken to the owners of the homebrew equipment and supply store here in the city and he has offered a 5-10% discount for all members who buy from there, it's a quality shop and ive been buying from there for years.
- Group based brewing competitions between brew-teams, see who can brew the strongest stout or the nicest wine or the bitterest of australian pale ales, and various things like that.
Anyone interested please send an email to niallbarnwall@gmail.com and just give a quick hello or whatever. I need to see if peeps be interested before i try to set it up.
Cheers for reading all this and raise a pint to the homebrewers!
-Niall McGuire0
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Haha well heres my idea for just the starting point: If we get enough interest(lets say 15 people for example) then everyone pop in just €2 or so so that we can buy a brew and ingrediants(average brew will make 40-46 pints).
we will have a meeting and decide what we want to brew, perhaps an indian pale ale or a canadian lager or a fancy cider, then we will go buy it and i will give everyone a basic run down on what to do and we will all brew it together. Then once its done fermenting everyone will get 2 or 3 of the beers they helped create and then if y'all decide ye are interested we will continue on or ye can just feck off away back to your lives 0 -
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Yeah, talk to eco-soc. We managed to get around this alcohol policy by pitching it as a general home made foods/drinks range of workshops.
And this actually isn't bull****!
We made cider from the apples off the tree beside the college bar a few weeks back and probs some beer again soon.
We also got the 10% deal from the shop you mentioned, I actually sorted them out an advert in SIN which comes out tomorrow, check it out, 10% discount for all students
I hope more students get into it, it's a great hobby and after a while you get way better beer than you buy in the shops.0 -
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Otherwise we could setup an unofficial society or homebrew club? Or just a Galway city one. We couldn't get funding and would need somewhere to meet but it's an idea.
As I was saying above, there is already a homebrewing group in 091 Labs that has just recently started up. We're all amateurs too which is great
Also, bildo - I read through Sin and didn't see the voucher you mentioned. Whereabouts is it?0 -
I've joined ecosoc, setting up a sub group looks like the handiest option alright.
+1TheCosmicFrog wrote: »Also, bildo - I read through Sin and didn't see the voucher you mentioned. Whereabouts is it?
20% off in HBW this saturday by the way. Unfortunately I'll be away for the weekend.
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I'm not seeing the issues apart from getting approval. But if it existed before then surely it was approved? Or was this pre-alcohol-policy?
Personally I agree. But there is a very vague alcohol policy across the uni. You will need to talk to the department of health promotion, it's their job to interpret it.
Talk to Cindy Dring, she's lovely, but don't hold your breath. 0 -
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