Today's post is all about Hubby...I have to give my hubby a huge big plug..while he isn't much into all the work involved in keeping things simple, he sure does love the good food and all else that comes with the work I do. It takes a team effort to make a house-hold work. It doesn't matter who is part of that team, as long as you all work together and that includes the children, even from a young age....and you will find that within your own team, there will be different skills held by each member.....One of Hubby's many skills is making a good batch of brew.
First Prize - Bitter |
Second Prize - Lager |
Second Prize - Pale Ale |
Centre: Hubby with two of the judges of the Homebrew Section for Dapto Show 2012 LONGBOARD BEER |
Longboard beer |
Seeing the judging took place days before the show, we already knew in advance....and on helping Richard celebrate his birthday on Saturday at the garden course....Hubby gifted Richard with a 6-pack of the Prize Winning beer...which I'm sure he enjoyed....and I made him a birthday cake.
Here is a photo of the birthday cake I made for Richard...of-course it had to be garden related....lol
While we were waiting for the judging to finish and the presentations to begin....I couldn't help but wander a round the pavillion to look at the lovely dahlias which were entered. I took many many photos..but here is just a small taste of what I saw. Aren't they lovely?
Have you ever made your own batch of brew? How did it turn out?
NOTE: Hubby is looking for some Hop Seed to have a go at growing his own hops....if you have any spare, and would like to exchange using a barter set-up...I would be ever so happy to chat with you.
That is so neat! congrats to your husband! (and his brews look so good...)...the cake too! nice flower pics! love,andrea
ReplyDeleteNot a beer drinker, never have been but I understand the years of adjusting, tweaking and experimenting (not to mention sampling) that would have to go into making a fine brew. Congratulations to your hubby on his first and second (x2) places. By the way those photos of the flowers are simply amazing.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to your hubby Narelle! Your award winning talents must've rubbed off on him! LOL *wink wink* My Nanna's favourites were dahlias and she had so many varieties. I always thought they look a bit 'straggly' in the garden but the most beautiful blooms.
ReplyDeleteAnne xx
wow congratulations, my hubby makes his own beer, but just uses the kits.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to your hubby. I love dahlias, and your photos are just lovely.
ReplyDeleteGill in Canada
it must have been the week for winning lol congrats to your husband and his beer, i have a good friend and his father has been making his on beer for almost 40 odd yrs now and has it to a fine art. he always says the one thing not to forget is Raisins when putting down a batch. i have tasted it and it is a great drop thats for sure. back to the week for winning, my ma is in a Rose club and she just done the Kiama show and took out 7 x 1st places, 1 x 2nd, champion in 5 different groups and over all grand champion in show.
ReplyDeleteP.S Narelle, i still have your jar or rose petal jam here that ma sent up for you and a jar of her mint jelly <<<<YUK !!! lol just shoot us a txt or email when you might like to pop around for a chinwag.
Regards
Lee
Good for you Andrew! Congratulations.
ReplyDeleteHops grows from a rhizome not seed.
ReplyDeletewhat type of beer does he prefer as this will dictate the type of hops he needs ?
We have 5 plants taking over our garden at the moment. Dug up one whole plant and gave it away and didn't so much as get a thank you ( which was all that we wanted) !!!
Hi I live in oak flats and my husband grows cluster hops and you can have a rhizome from this if you like once it goes dormant. I think that's when you harvest them. Let me know if you would like some
ReplyDeleteCheers kaz
Dee and Kazj: I would love to try growing ANY type of hops for my husband...they also make a great sleep pillow apparently. Surely there is some way to show some grattitude for such a wonderful offer. Please both email me regarding details..... npe09777 (at) bigpond dot net dot au
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