Home Brew Mart

L.A. Times article on our new distillery: Ballast Point Spirits.
http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-distillers30-2008jul30,0,7809289.story?page=1

American Craft Beer Fest (ACBF)
Join us in Boston, this June 20 & 21, 2008 for the East Coast’s largest and most diverse celebration of American craft beer!

Featuring: 75 American brewers, 300 craft beers, guest speakers, and more!

Ticket Info
Advance tickets are $40 each, per session, and can be purchased online from Ticket Alternative or by calling them at (877) 725-8849; service fees apply. Ticket price includes:
Entry into one session; 21+ w/ valid ID
All 2oz beer tastings
Fest guide
Tasting cup
Access to beer education seminars
Fest Times
June 20, 2008 = 6-9:30pm (Friday)
June 21, 2008 = 1-4:30pm (Saturday)
June 21, 2008 = 6-9:30pm (Saturday)
Venue location:
Seaport World Trade Center, 200 Seaport Blvd in Boston, MA

Latest Updates
Beer List Posted! (American Craft Beer Fest)
Advanced tickets for the American Craft Beer Fest are now on-sale!
BeerAdvocate to Host the East Coast’s Largest American Craft Beer Fest
Much more to follow, so please visit often!

13th ANNUAL MAMMOTH FESTIVAL OF BEERS & BLUESAPALOOZA
August 1st and 2nd
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Mammoth Brewing Company Our Proud Sponsor
Welcomes Everyone To Mammoth Lakes!

Welcome to the 13th Annual Mammoth Festival of Beers and Bluesapalooza! Once again we are proud to host a fantastic lineup of blues performers and over 50 of the top breweries in the country. This event has gained a reputation for being one of the best “blues and brews” festivals around and is held in the most beautiful venue in the world – Mammoth Lakes, California and the Eastern High Sierra!

Mammoth Brewing Company (MBC) is located at 8,000 feet in the heart of the Sierra and is fortunate to have some of the finest brewing waters in the world. Using organic ingredients and local hops, when available, MBC has been brewing since 1995 and has won multiple gold medal awards and first place awards from such esteemed competitions as the Great American Beer Festival and the California State Fair. Celebrator Magazine has recognized MBC as one of the most decorated but least known of California’s microbreweries. MBC is also leading the way with innovative packaging and is one of the first microbreweries in the country to utilize aluminum cans to package their beers. Aluminum is a highly recyclable and environmentally friendly package, perfect for the outdoor-oriented lifestyle of the High Sierra backcountry. This small brewery, located between Yosemite & Death Valley National Parks, won’t be a secret much longer as we are expanding into other markets throughout California and Nevada.

The Mammoth Festival of Beers and Bluesapalooza was started 13 years ago by Sam Walker in the parking lot of Whiskey Creek with just ten breweries and a handful of beer lovers. With BBQ ribs on the grill and a local garage band playing from the roof of the restaurant, it was a fun beginning! The idea behind the event was simple – have some fun and introduce Mammoth to the joys of handcrafted beers. The second year we threw in some real blues bands and a lot more breweries and we’ve never looked back. From these humble beginnings the festival is now recognized as one of the best beer and blues festivals in the United States. FUN has always been, and continues to be, our top priority!

IT’S ABOUT THE BEER!
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Mammoth’s most talked about blues and brews party is back and promises to be bigger and better than ever!

The Grand Tasting takes place Saturday, August 2nd, 12:00–5:00 pm with unlimited tasting from more than 50 of the country’s best microbreweries such as Marin, Coronado, Stone, Mendocino, Reaper Ale, Karl Straus, Ballast Point, Anderson Valley, Angel City, Pizza Port, EJ Phair, Hoptown, Indian Wells, Kona, Lagunitas, Rock Bottom, and many more.

The following is a list of participating breweries for this year’s event. Stay tuned as additional breweries will be listed weekly.

Alaskan Brewing Company
Anacapa Brewing Company
Anderson Valley Brewing Company
Angel City Brewing
Back Street Brewery
Ballast Point Brewery Company
Bear Republic Brewing Company
BJ’s Restaurant and Brewery
Black Diamond Brewing
Blue Frog Grog & Grill
Brew It Up!
Brewbakers Brewery
The Brewhouse
The Bruery
Buckbean Brewing Company
Coronado Brewing Company
Craftsman Brewing Company
Dean’s Brothers Brewing Company
Deschutes Brewery
E.J. Phair
Fifty Fifty Brewing
Fireman’s Brew
Firestone Walker Brewing Company
Fox Barrel Cider Company
The Great Beer Company, Inc.
Green Flash Brewing Company
Golden State Brewing
Hair of the Dog
Hoppy Brewing Company
Hoptown Brewing Company
Huntington Beach Beer Company
Karl Strauss Brewing Company
Kern River Brewing

Klaster Brewery
La Jolla Brew House
Lagunitas Brewing Company
Left Coast Brewing Company
Lengthwise Brewing Company
Lumberyard Brewing Company
Marin Brewing Company
Mendocino Brewing Company
Mission Brewery
Moylan’s Brewing Company
New Belgium Brewing
Newport Beach Brewing Company
North Coast Brewing Company
Omaha Jacks
Peter Johnson Brewery
Pizza Port
Pyramid Breweries
River City Brewing Company
Rubicon Brewing Company
Russian River Brewing Company
The Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)
San Diego Brewers Guild
San Diego Brewing Company
Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Skyscraper Brewing Company
St. Stan’s Brewing Company
Stone Brewing Company
Telegraph Brewing Company
Trumer Brauerei

For more information about breweries and the Beer Festival email: jim@harvestmoonpresents.com or sean@mammothbrewingco.com or call 888-99 BREWS {888-992-7397}. Along with the beer there’s plenty of terrific “blues” food to satisfy the heartiest brews and blues appetite. Many of Mammoth’s finest restaurants will have food booths at this event so come hungry as well as thirsty! (Festival Tip: Best Ticket Value!!! If you are over 21 years of age, purchase the Ultimate Blues/Brews/BBQ Party Package Ticket which includes the Friday Night Blues BBQ and Concert featuring Coco Montoya and special guests Tom Ball & Kenny Sultan; a delicious BBQ Dinner and Saturday’s main event, The Grand Tasting & Bluesapalooza including a commemorative tasting glass, unlimited beer tasting and the blues festival featuring Jonny Lang, Curtis Salgado Band, Chris Cain Band, Devon Allman’s Honeytribe, and Tom Ball & Kenny Sultan.)

Come join Ballast Point Brewing Co. at the 14th annual San Diego Festival of Beers.

The fourteenth annual Festival of Beer takes over the streets at Columbia and B once again to bring you a fun-filled evening with over 4,000 local beer lovers like yourself enjoying the sounds of live music while sampling from over one hundred and fifty different microbrews.

This year we hope once again to be privileged to have Len Rainey and the Midnight Players and Night Shift as our live bands. The admission fee of $25 included ten (4oz.) beer tastings. Inside the “FOB” we had food and munchies for sale in addition to a selection of wines for purchase by the glass. All guests received a free souvenir event logo tasting glass that was theirs to use throughout the evening and to keep when they went home.

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Event date: Friday, September 19, 2008
Event time: 6pm until 11pm
Location: Downtown San Diego, at Columbia and B street
Live music: “Len Rainey and the Midnight Players” and “Night Shift”

Please note, this is a non-smoking event, and a 21-and-over event only.
No admittance without photo ID, and no children or pets permitted.

We’re a little new to the whole blog thing, but we’d like to help out and answer questions you might have about home brewing, wine making and great beer in general.

So grab a cold brew, relax and let your ideas flow.

Beer Recipes:

Deep Snow Stout (brewed at the home brew class)

6lbs. Cooper’s Light Dry Malt Extract

Grains:

4 oz. Roasted Barley
8 oz. British Chocolate Malt
6 oz. British Crystal Malt 70L
2 oz. Black Patent Malt

Hops:

2 oz. East Kent Golding Pellet Hops 5.9% 60 minutes

Irish moss last 20 minutes 1 tblsp.

White Labs Irish Ale Yeast

Ferment @ 68 degrees for 2 weeks. Bottle with at least 3/4 cup corn sugar and condition at room temp for at least 3 weeks.

This beer “DEEP SNOW STOUT” is now on tap as our “homebrew tap handle” at the bar in Home Brew Mart, so you can taste it before you brew.

Crystal Pier IPA clone (gold medal Ballast Point Beer at Double IPA festival)

11lbs. Cooper’s Light Malt Extract Syrup or 9 lbs. Cooper’s Dried Malt Extract

Grains:

With syrup use 1/2 lb. 20L Crystal Malt

If using dry malt use 1/2 lb. 20L Crystal Malt and 1/2 lb. 40L Crystal Malt

Hops:

1.5 oz. Galena Pellet Hops 60 minutes in boil
3.0 oz. Crystal Pellet Hops 60 minutes in boil
2.5 oz. Crystal Pellet Hops 15 minutes in boil
2.0 oz. Crystal Pellet Hops last minute of boil

Dry Hop:

2.0 oz. Crystal Flower hops added to carboy in a pre-boiled hop bag.

White Labs California Ale Yeast (double pitch or make starter)

Ferment @ 68 degrees for 2 weeks. Bottle with at least 3/4 cup corn sugar and condition at room temp for at least 3 weeks.

This beer is modeled after the Ballast Point Crystal Pier Double IPA which won top honors at the Double IPA festival held at the Bistro in Hayward, California last month.

Spring (is around the corner) Bock

8lbs. Cooper’s Light Dry Malt Extract

Grains:

4 oz. Victory Toasted Malt
8oz. Crystal Malt 20L
4oz. Crystal Malt 60L
4 oz. Carapils

Hops:

3 oz. Hallertauer Pellet Hops 60 minutes
1 oz. Hallertauer Pellet Hops last 10 minutes of boil
2 oz. Tettnanger at last minute of boil

Irish moss last 20 minutes 1/2 tblsp.

White Labs German LagerYeast

Ferment @ 55 degrees

THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HOMEBREWERS FESTIVAL WILL BE ON MAY 5TH!

We have tickets and we will be selling them right here at the shop for $30. The fest starts at around 10 am and goes till 8:45 pm. The fest is held at Lake Skinner in Temecula. The fest will feature hundreds of homebrews on tap for your enjoyment. There are not any micro brews, strictly homebrew at this event. The local clubs are well represented, each year trying to out do themselves with more and more beer. There are local hotels running specials for the fest including free shuttle buses, as well as loads of camp sites at Lake Skinner. For more info please call the fest hotline (619) 334-2337 or check the website http://www.calhomebrewers.org

Some new products:

All grain mash system with 5 gallon coolers, ideal for 5 gallon batches $119.00. Includes two coolers, false bottom, sparge sprinkler, valves and tubing.

Cobalt blue or brown 16 oz. EZcap “grolsch” type bottles $19.95 case of twelve.

Barley wine splits, small bottles capable of being capped or corked, $14.95 case.

New hop varieties (pellets) Horizon 11% A.A. Santiam 6.8% A.A. Ultra 2.1% A.A.

New White Labs Yeast in: “Dry English Ale Yeast,” “Mexican Lager,” “Southwold Ale Yeast.”

Recipes:

Maibock

9 lbs. Pale Malt Syrup

1/2 lb. Crystal 40 L

1/4 lb. Special Roast

1/4 lb. Victory

1 1/2 oz. Perle boil 1 hour

1 oz. Ultra last 5 minutes of boil

White Labs Oktoberfest Lager or San Francisco Lager (S.F. Lager if done at room temp.)

Honey Spring Ale

3 lbs. Light Dry Malt Extract

1 lb. Pale Malt Syrup

1 1/2 lb Mountain Flower honey

1/2 lb. Gambrinus Honey Malt

1/4 lb. 10 L Crystal Malt

1 1/2 ounce Ultra Boil 45 minutes

1/2 ounce Ultra last minute of boil

White Labs German Ale Yeast

All Grain Marzen

8 lbs. Pale 2 row

1 lb. Dark Crystal Malt

1/2 lb Crystal 80 L

1/4 lb Special Roast

1 lb Malted Wheat

1 ounce Santiam Boil 90 minutes

1 ounce Santiam last minute of boil

White Labs German Lager or White Labs German Ale if done at room temp.

On tap right now at Ballast Point Taster Bar: Yellowtail Pale Ale, Calico Amber Ale, Black Marlin Porter, Black Marlin Porter cask, Come About Stout, Big Eye IPA and even homemade root beer.

Tentative scheduling for the next beginner class is April 26th, however, this date will be confirmed with an email next week. As always the class is free and is held here at Home Brew Mart from 6:00-7:45 pm. Always call the day before the class to confirm that the class is still scheduled. (619) 295-2337 Our address is 5401 Linda Vista Road suite 406, San Diego.

It is time to grow your own hops!

We have just received our once a year shipment of hop rhizomes ready to plant. These are root cuttings which have budding hop plants already growing from them. Only one time a year are these available, so get them now, and plant them A.S.A.P. Quantities are limited, and the sooner you get them the better they will grow.

The varieties are: Cascade, Centennial, Goldings, Hallertaur, Mt.Hood, Chinook, Horizon, Nugget,Tettnanger, Saaz, Fuggle, and Willamette. The roots are $3.75 each. The rhizomes grow a twining vine which will climb up to twenty feet. Usually they are wrapped around a trellis or string so they will make a great looking ornamental plant as well as a source for brewing material. Sometimes they will take a year or two before flowering, as they need to develop a root system to flower. They die back each winter and return in spring. Come get em quick because they are only available once a year! We also have a handout for helpful growing tips.

Big Eye IPA
We will soon have Big Eye IPA available for full RETAIL SALE. Next week the latest batch of our India Pale Ale will be available in 1/2, 1, 5, and 15.5 gallon sizes. Don’t forget the tasters at our tasting bar. A special carbonated Black Marlin Porter available in JUGS and a 3 year old mead plus our regular offerings of Calico Copper and Yellowtail Pale Ale now on tap.

Congratulations to all the winners at The Del Mar Fair last weekend. I judged and I will say there were some great beers to be had. I do not have the results but if I can get them I will try to post them.

In store news we have all sizes of Stainless Kettles back in stock: 9 gal. $105.95, 12 gal. $115.95, 15 gal. $130.95, 20 gal. $149.95. Prices include lid. We also have the Colona Bench Capper limited offer $19.50 while supplies last. White Labs has releases their latest Platinum Series Yeasts: Hefeweizen 4 and Belgian Wit 2. For those looking for a bigger Co2 canister we have a new 10 lb tank ready to go at $149.95. In addition to our regular “pepsi” cornelius kegs at $19.95 we have a small supply of “coke” style corny kegs, available at the same low price. This price includes new O-ring kit.
Need something to keep your beer cool? Be the envy of your neighbors with the dual cornelius kegerator. Hold and dispenses 2 five gallon kegs, and comes complete with Co2 tank, regulator, kegs, taps, faucets, drip tray, lines and new fridge all for $689.

Mammoth BrewFest scheduled for August 12th! One of the best Blues and Brews Events you will ever attend!
There will also be a homebrew contest along with the festival. Entries will be accepted from August 1st to August 10th. Entry fee is $5 per entry and beers can be sent or dropped off at Mammoth Brewing Co or Tyce Heldenbrand will be picking up San Diego entries. Register online at www.softbrew.com/mbchbc
More questions call Rod Ambrose (contest organizer) (949) 661-3821 or stop by Home Brew Mart for an
entry form.

LOOK AT THIS !

• Ballast Point Tasting Room With Beer To Go!
• CO2 Tanks For Keg Systems!
• Great Gift Ideas & New Items For Christmas!
• Get Your Friends Brewing For The New Year!
• Beginner, All-Grain and Meadmaking Classes!
• UPS Shipping Available On All Products

BREWING RECIPES:

Where’s the Wit White Beer (extract recipe)
(this refreshing summer time wheat beer is light and crisp with hints of lemon and orange)

5 lbs Dry wheat extract

1 ounce Hallertauer hop pellets boil 45 minutes
1/2 ounce Hallertauer hop pellets finish last 10 minutes

1/2 ounce Crushed Coriander after kettle off in muslin bag
1/2 ounce Sweet orange peel after kettle off in muslin bag
1/4 ounce curacao after kettle off in muslin bag

White Labs Belgian Wit 2 Ale Yeast

Wit beer (All Grain Version)
4 lbs Great Western 2-row
2 lbs Flaked Wheat
1 lb Malted Wheat
1 lb Flaked Oats

1 ounce Hallertauer hop pellets boil 45 minutes
1/2 ounce Hallertauer hop pellets finish last 10 minutes

1/2 ounce Crushed Coriander after kettle off in muslin bag
1/2 ounce Sweet orange peel after kettle off in muslin bag
1/4 ounce curacao after kettle off in muslin bag

White Labs Belgian Wit 2 Ale Yeast

Flat Tire Amber Ale

8 lbs. Pale Malt extract syrup

1/2 lb. 60 L Crystal
1/2 lb. 80 L Crystal
1/2 lb. Caramunich
1/4 lb. Caravienne

2 ounces Mt. Hood boil 60 minutes
2 ounces Cascade last minute

White Labs California Ale Yeast

Remember for beer supplies or beer we will be closed 4th of
July but we will be open Monday the 3rd until 7:00 pm. So get
your beer early and keep it on ice for the big day.

ale mail 6-29-00

Black Marlin Porter

Black Marlin Porter
(Dark, creamy, velvet smooth American style Porter served on Nitrogen- we brewed this beer because we couldn’t find it anywhere else!)

Porters are a style of beer that developed in London in the mid 1800’s. It has a confusing and difficult to sort out history. We know that some Porters began as a bartender’s blend of three ales that would be ordered as “three strands.” Breweries caught on to the popularity of the
blend and began to brew beers having the characteristics of the blend. This popular beer became known as Porter, because railroad porters were its biggest fans.

A typical London workingman’s meal of the time might have consisted of Porter, bread, and oysters (which were then considered to be lower class fare). As different styles of Porters developed, one of the most popular was dry porter, which emphasized the use of roasted barley. This type of Porter eventually became known as Stout. Today the use of roasted barley distinguishes Stouts from Porters.

Ballast Point Black Marlin Porter is a rich dark chocolaty Porter with a distinctive American hop character. It is nitrogen dispensed which gives it a creamy texture, thick head and a balanced flavor that is reminiscent of traditional British cask conditioned ales. It is a great beer to go with
hearty foods and is surprisingly one of the few beers that goes well with dessert. One of our favorite combinations here at Ballast Point is Black Marlin Porter with apple pie a la mode.den.

Very Important Beer Information!

We now have tickets in our store for the Homebrew Fest. in Temecula! They are $30.00 and we have only forty. These are actual tickets, not ticket request forms. The tickets will be $50 at the door of the event. For more info please see my last email. Past Emails are posted on our web site under Yuseff’s Periodic Emails http://www.homebrewmart.com . I am still working on posting the last few, so they might not be up untill tomorrow. If you have questions you can call us (619) 295-2337.

Hop rhizomes will be in in the next week or two! They will run about $3.95 and we should have the following varieties. Cascade,Centennial,Chinook,Fuggle,Golding,Mt.Hood,Nugget,Saaz,Santiam,Tettnang and Willamette. I will post another email the day we receive shipment.

New Hop variety in stock, Amarillo which is a Cascade derivative. With an alpha acid at 8.5% it is a nice higher alpha hop with a great flavor and aroma. This hop was made famous by Kirk Mchale, the brewer at Carlsbad Pizza Port. His Amarillo Ale has been widely imitated but never duplicated. Be sure to stop by the Port and ask for one, it’s quite nice.

White Labs Posters are free with purchase of any two White Labs Yeasts (while supplies last). These posters show the release dates of the Platinum series strains as well as many Brewing events. Get ‘em while you can!

The 5 Star line of cleaners is now in stock including PBW and Saniclean.

All burners are back in stock including the 2 ft. tall non-sooting model for $79.95, perfect for outdoor summer brewing.

New honey now pouring! Meadow Foam, the most unusual honey you will ever try. This honey smells and tastes like marshmallows and cotton candy. We also have Blackberry with subtle hints of fruit and medium color. These sell for the same price as our Mountain Flower and Orange Blossom $1.99/lb. but are limited in quantity, and they are from Oregon, unlike the local Mountain Flower and Orange.

5 gallon recipes:

Blackberry Honey Ale

4.5 lbs. Cooper’s Light Malt Syrup

2 lbs. Blackberry Honey

1/4 lb. Carapils

1/4 lb. 20 L Crystal Malt

1ounce Hersbrucker Hops boil 45 minutes

1 ounce Hersbrucker Hops finish last minute

White Labs California Ale Yeast

Amarillo IPA

8.5 lbs. Cooper’s Light Malt Syrup

1 lb. 40 L Crystal Malt

1/2 lb. Caramunich

2 oz. Amarillo Hops boil 1 hour

1 oz. Amarillo Hops finish last minute

1 oz. Amarillo Hops dry hop

White Labs English Ale Yeast

Imperial Porter

10 lbs. Cooper’s Light Malt Syrup

1 lb. Cooper’s Amber Malt Syrup

1 lb. Mountain Flower Honey

3/4 lb. Chocolate Malt

1/4 lb. Black Patent

1/4 lb. Special “B”

1 lb. Dark Crystal Malt

1/2 lb. Special Roast

2 ounces Galena Boil 60 minutes

1 ounce Amarillo 10 minutes

1 ounce Amarillo last minute

1 ounce Kent Golding last minute

White Labs California Ale Yeast

Ballast Point T-shirts back in stock: Big Eye IPA, Calico Copper, and Yellowtail Pale Ale. All sizes now available, just $9.95 (long sleeve Calico Copper $12.95)