Home Brew Mart

Ale-mail 6/1/98

Dear Kind Reader,

Thank you for your patience in waiting for this long delayed e-mail. Now without further ado, some recipes.

SUMMER WHEAT

6# dry wheat malt extract

boil 1 hour with 1 oz Tettnanger (4.7%AA)

boil 5 min with 1 oz Tettnanger

Ferment with White Labs Hefeweizen Ale yeast

Prime with 1 cup corn sugar for a vigorous carbonation.

This is a crisp refreshing wheat beer. The dry wheat malt extract has a lighter color and dryer finish than the liquid. Its a little more expensive, but you are trying to get a result like Paulaner of Franziskaner the dry malt will work better.

SCOTCH ALE

11# pale malt extract

2 oz roasted barley

1# Scottish dark crystal

1/2# caramunich malt

1/2# 120L crystal

boil 1 hour with 2 oz Willamette (5.1%)

boil 10 min with 1/2 oz willamette

Ferment with White Labs Edinburgh Ale Yeast

This is a strong warming ale that you will want to let age well before drinking. It has huge maltiness and a typically low hop level. It will not have a “Scotch” flavor like Sam Adams Scotch ale. If you like that sort of thing use 2 oz of Peat smoked malt.

REAL ALE FEST

What a blast! Those of you who missed it, bummer. 24 cask conditioned dry hopped beers, bratwurst and sauerkraut pizza, and Pizza Port atmosphere, forget about it! My personal favorite beers (other than my own) were San Marcos Brewing Company’s ESB, Rock Bottom’s Whiskey Barrel Stout, and Pizza Port’s Ale Nino. I was grateful to recieve a second place People’s Choice award for the Firkin’ Hoppy I.P.A. made with 100% Puterbaugh Farms Willamette Hops (Diana Puterbaugh showed up and was giving away free hops and pickled hop shoots (very tasty!)). I also recieved a second place Brewr’s Choice award for the Cask conditioned version of the Ballast Point Copper Ale.

The complete awards were:

People’s Choice:

1st place Ale Nino-Pizza Port

2nd place Firkin’ Hoppy I.P.A.- Ballast Point

3rd place Old Boneyards Barleywine- Pizza Port

4th place Friar’s I.P.A.- San Diego Brewing Company (We’ll miss your brewing Charles!)

Brewer’s Choice

1st place Ale Nino-Pizza Port

2nd place Copper Ale-Ballast Point

Congratulations to Pizza Port (especially Vince, Tomme, Tom, and Gina) who put on a fabulous event.

Speaking of events….

GOLF TOURNAMENT

The San Diego Brewer’s Guild is putting on it’s first annual golf tounament at Tecolote Golf Course on Sunday June 14th. This event with feature a brewer serving beer at every hole!! Yes I know what you’re thinking. This sounds like a very dangerous event. I will be wearing a helmet.

Registration is at noon, there’s a putting contest at 12:30, and a shotgun start at 1:30PM. There is a $10,000 hole in one prize, a closest to the pin, and a longest drive contest. The winner of the tournament will recieve a one gallon jug from every brewery in San Diego. There will be lots of raffle prizes as well. Cost is $60 per person and tickets can be purchased at Home Brew Mart. Should be a blast!

BALLAST POINT NEWS

Start your 4th of July weekend with the Ballast Point Brewing Company

Bagpipe Band. We will be performing on Friday, July 3rd. I will send another e-mail giving a more detailed schedual before then.

Come see our car at the El Cajon Speedway stock car races! We are sponsoring the cars of Ball racing (we supply the beer for the pit crew).

Yell extra loud for Charlie in car number 68 (modified class). On Saturday he started in 20th position and finished 7th. Good job Charlie! Admission is only 7 bucks and there is lots of action (wrecks, burnouts, spinouts).

The beer selection at the speedway is lame, but head to Grandstand bar after the race for some Ballast Point Yellowtail Pale Ale and Copper Ale.

The crew will be there!

Can you down a yard of Yellowtail? Go to O’Hungy’s in Old Town and find out! This famous spot is now pouring yards of Ballast Point Yellowtail.

No fair breathing!

Other new spots to have a pint of Ballast Point are TGI Friday’s in Mission Valley, the cool new Crow Bar on Kettner, and T’s cafe (now open for dinner) in Solana Beach. About mid June we’ll start pouring Yellowtail at the Fish Market downtown.

That’s about all for this edition!

Don’t get too sober!

Peter A’Hearn

Brewmaster

Ballast Point Brewing Co.