Home Brew Mart News Letter - May 15, 1997
Hello All,
Well, I am finally feeling sober after the Temecula Homebrewers Festival.
Mark your 1998 Calendars for the first weekend in May next year. I tried
dozens of beers almost all of which were quite good. There were meads and
ciders and even some homemade Scotch. I survived 16 hours of drinking
somehow and even made it to work the next day. I think next year we are
going to do Black and Tans again next year and you can probably even count
on a Barleywine to make an appearance.
Broke into quite a good deal of mead this weekend at a friends wedding.
What a great wedding gift–inexpensive and highly appreciated.
Not too much else to report on this week, so this will be short. Hopefully
the weather will cool off soon. We have a new pitchable wheat yeast–the
American Hefe-Weizen strain for brewing beers like Widmer. Good brewing
to all.
Cheers!
Tom
CONTENTS
BALLAST POINT
3 AND 15 GAL CARBOYS
PUB UPDATES
RECIPES
CLASSES
BALLAST POINT
The B.P. Porter is back on tap as is our Cask Conditioned Copper at the
tasting bar. A few new accounts to report: Tony’s in Ocean Beach, The
Marriot in Mission Valley and Hudson Bay Seafood in Point Loma. Porter’s
Pub, Mr. Peabody’s, Point Loma Seafood, Windsock and Kirklands are all now
carrying the Copper Ale. If you want kegs for Memorial Day Weekend please
call the brewery at 298-2337 to reserve them.
3 AND 15 GAL CARBOYS
The 3 gallon carboys are back in stock. These are the taller, more slender
ones that differ from the squat 2.8 gallon carboys. And we can special
order 15 gallon carboys for anybody who feels the 7 aren’t quite big
enough. They are not as sturdy though, so you may be better off with
multiple 7s.
PUB UPDATES
I was down at San Diego Brewing Co. last week. They have their IPA on the
beer engine at the moment and it is quite good. And although I didn’t try
it, I noticed that they had the Lindemann’s Framboise on tap–a treat for
lambic lovers.
And I got some info on the new mead at Bev. & More from my inside source:
The new mead is from a company called HoneyWood. They also make several fruit
wines. Haven’t tried it yet. I know Carmel Mountain carries it, my
store Encinitas does not.
-Lisa S.
RECIPES
I am pulling out an old favorite of mine-Happy Masses Honey Ale. This is a
light-copper colored honey beer with orange peel to add a distinctive
flavor. This one is a little strong (6% alcohol) which is one of the
reasons those masses are so happy.
7# Pale Malt Extract
1.5# Honey - Add last 5 Minutes
.5# Caramunich
.5# 60L Crystal
1 oz Northern Brewer 6.9% AA - Boil
.75 oz Crystal Hops - Finish
.5 oz Orange Peel - Finish
California Ale Yeast
Hopefully next week I will have a report on all the new pitchable ale yeasts.