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Archive for April, 1999

Home Brew Mart News Letter - April 20, 1999

Tuesday, April 20th, 1999

Beer festivals, homebrew classes and homebrew recipes what more can you
want?

The 2nd annual Real Ale Festival is scheduled for Friday and Saturday,
May 14th and 15th starting at 3p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. Saturday until
closing time. The festival will be held at Pizza Port Carlsbad located
at 571 Carlsbad Village Drive just � mile west of I-5 in Carlsbad. The
cost is $10 to get in and includes a festival Imperial pint glass and 5
tasting tickets good for 5 oz. pours. For more info call (619)
620-4201.
There will also be a Belgian Beer tasting at the Whole Food Market in
Hillcrest Friday April 23rd from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Hosting the event will
be Johnny Fincioen who has lived in Belgium for 40 years and has been
dealing with Belgian Beer for years. Space is limited so please call
ahead (619) 294-2800.
Of course we should all know by now that the Southern California Beer
Festival is scheduled for May 8th at Lake Skinner in Temecula. The
cost is $30 in advance and $50 at the door. The festival will be held
from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. We do not have tickets at the store so
call the info line for tickets. If you need further info please call
(562) 908-9434.

Watch in amazement as beer is actually brewed right before your eyes!
The class will be held from 6:00-7:30 May 4th right here at Home Brew
Mart. This class will cover brewing with extract and steeping grains as
well as transferring and bottling. Master brewer Pete A’hearn will
teach the class and share his personal outlook on brewing. The class
is free that is correct it costs you nothing so bring a friend or two
and learn how to turn water into beer.

Belgian Tripple

9 lbs. Pale malt syrup
1 lb. Clear candi sugar (added in boil)

1 oz Styrian Golding boil 60 minutes
1 oz. Styrian Golding at last 30 minutes
1 oz. Saaz last 10 minutes of boil

White Labs Trappist Ale yeast

India Pale Ale

11 lbs. Pale malt syrup

1 lb. 20L Crystal Malt
� lb. Victory malt
� lb. Dark Carastan

2 oz. Galena boil 60 minutes
1 oz. Centennial finish last 5 minutes
1 oz. Centennial at kettle off

White Labs British Ale yeast

India Pale Ale (all grain)

12 lbs. Great Western 2-row
1 lb. 20L Crystal Malt
� lb. Victory malt
� lb. Dark Carastan

1 � oz. Galena boil 60 minutes
1 oz. Centennial finish last 5 minutes
1 oz. Centennial at kettle off

White Labs British Ale yeast

Summer Hefe-Wit -Weizen

3 lbs. Dry wheat malt extract (added with syrup into boil)
3 lbs. Wheat malt extract

1 oz. Hallertauer boil 45 minutes
1 oz. Hallertauer finish last 10 minutes of boil

� oz. crushed coriander added with finishing hops
� oz. sweet orange peel added with finishing hops

White Labs Hefeweizen yeast

Nut Brown Ale

4 lbs. Pale Malt syrup
4 lbs. Amber Malt syrup

6 oz. Chocolate Malt
1 lb. 20L Crystal Malt
� lb. Special Roast

2 oz. Fuggle boil 60 minutes
1 oz Kent Golding last minute of boil

White Labs English Ale Yeast

What is new?
We just got in our Yellowtail Baseball caps with colorful embroidery
selling for $19.95. Our over run caps are oxygen absorbing and sell for
the amazing low price of $1.75 a gross. Hop rhizomes desperately in
need of homes ready for planting special price $2.99 each. Designing
Great Beers by Ray Daniels is back in. No more looking through our
catalog in the store to find prices, price tags now on almost every
item!

Brewery Info

We now have 5 beers available at the tasting bar. Yellowtail Pale Ale,
Copper Ale, Nitro-tapped Special, Nitro-tapped Porter and Whiskey Barrel
Porter on the beer engine.

Home Brew Mart News Letter - April 8, 1999

Thursday, April 8th, 1999

Special Bulletin!

We will be having a beginning brewing class tonight April 8th from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. This class will cover steeping grains and basic to intermediate brewing. The class is free and will be held at Home Brew Mart 5401 Linda Vista Road suite 406. Call for info (619) 295-2337

Other important news: We have hop rhizomes (these are the root cuttings of hop plants that grow once planted) and you have to plant them this month if you want them to grow! We have Cascade, Mt. Hood, Galena, Kent Golding, Willamette and Chinook. They sell for $3.75 each. (If you mention you received this email you will be able to buy them for just $2.99.) Remember to get them as soon as possible because the faster they go in the ground the better the chance of healthy growth. Ask for our growing tips handout.

RECIPES:

Golden Honey Ale

5.5 lbs. Pale Malt extract

1 lb. Orange Blossom Honey

� lb. Gambrinus Honey Malt

� lb. Carapils/Dextrin

1 oz. Cascade to boil 45 minutes

1 oz. Cascade at finish last minute

German Ale/ Kolsch White Labs Pitchable Yeast

Dunkel Weizen (dark wheat beer)

8 lbs. Wheat Malt extract

� lb. Crystal 60L

� lb. Chocolate Malt

� lb. Special “B”

2 oz. Hallertauer hops to boil 60 minutes

1 oz. Crystal hops last 5 minutes of boil

Hefeweizen White Labs Yeast or American Hefe if less ester is desired

All Grain Pale Ale

9 � lbs. Great Western 2-row

1 lb. Crystal 40L

� lb. Victory

� lb. Carapils/Dextrin

1 oz. Centennial hops to boil 60 minutes

1 oz. Centennial last minute of boil

California White Labs Pitchable Yeast

NEW PRODUCTS

Remember to plant your hop rhizomes! The vines will come up year after year with a bigger harvest as they grow older! If you mention you received this email you will be able to buy them for just $2.99. (Regular price $3.75)

We have a new counter flow wort chiller which drops your wort from boiling to about 75-80 degrees at a rate of one gallon a minute. It is all metal construction with a steel outer jacket that the water flows through and an inner copper coil that is enhanced for maximum heat dissipation. These sell for $99.95.

We have the popular 7.5 gallon stainless pots back in $89.95.

We over ordered on some White labs yeast and we are marking the price down to $3.00 on any yeast older than 2 months. The yeast is not bad it just needs a starter culture to insure proper lag time. With 6 tablespoons of malt extract and one day you can save yourself $2.50! Ask for our free starter culture instruction sheet.

We have a complete 15 gallon All grain set up on display in the store. This system will produce 10-13 gallons of all grain beer in 3.5-4 hours. The system includes burner rack, plumbing, kettle, mash tun with thermometer,propane tank, sparging tanks and wort chiller. It sells for $995, just add water and grain!

BREWERY NEWS:

Yellowtail Pale ale is now available in 22 oz. bottles! Ask for it at your local bars and liquor stores.

The new Copper Ale t-shirts are here and feature a vibrant depiction of the Point Loma Lighthouse. These sell for $9.95