The deacon is pilgrimaging to Green Bay/Madison, WI and Boulder, CO from 11/12 - 11/19 as part of a Great American football/skiing co-vacation, and eager as hellfire to get out of this office, I'm brainstorming a list of microbreweries or brewpubs I'd like to visit while out there. So far this is what I have:
Green Bay
New Glarus Brewing (#21 American Craft Brewery by volume sales...they make the popular Spotted Cow Farmhouse Ale, a great session beer which I sampled last year on the Beer Dad's recommendation)
Capitol Brewing
Titletown
Ale Asylum (Madison Brewpub)
J.T. Whitley's (Madison Brewpub)
Boulder
New Belgium Brewing Co (Ft Collins, #3 craft brewery)
Odell Brewing Co (Ft Collins, #32)
Avery Brewing Co
Boulder Beer Co (#46, Boulder's oldest microbrewery)
Rockies Brewing Co
Boulder Walnut Brewing (oldest brewpub in Boulder, apparently)
Any recommendations from the WI/CO trolls lurking out there? When I'm not tailgating/skiing I plan on beer drinking/burger eating. So basically: I'm excited
Twisted Pine Brewing Co
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Wednesday's homebrew shop of the day
It's a common complaint among New York's ENORMOUS population of homebrewers, that dangerous class of amateur basement chemists who more often than not have never taken a science class and yet churn out delicious ambrosia, that the city with everything lacks even one homebrew storefront. Ordering online is expensive, and chains one to the one preferred brand of malt of a given website. Well fear not city dwellers, there are new kids in town, and they reside over a comfortable and comprehensive apartment storefront in Sunset Park.
the deacon took a bit of an R train pilgrimage to the fledgling Brooklyn Homebrew (12 weeks old) and found the lovely co-owners, Benjamin and Danielle, to be friendly and helpful w/out a hint of beer snobbery. We talked barley malts and gypsum salts, and the deacon came away with a new starters kit, an extra glass carboy, salts, bottle caps, grain bags, and all the malts, barley, hops, and yeast needed for a dandy chocolate stout, all for a startlingly affordable $152.
They're new and already thriving, which isn't a surprise, so if you live in NYC and want in on the homebrew game it's a perfect place to start. That's a selfish request for me (a thousand ave marias): the more business they get, the more diverse a selection of malts and hops they can afford to carry. But they're super friendly, open 12pm to 7pm Tuesday - Sunday, and will gladly answer your questions about stock or availability at brooklynhomebrew@gmail.com. Hallelujah.
EDIT: Curious about the recipe?
6.6 lbs Briess Liquid Unhopped Traditional Dark Malt Extract ($12/3.3lbs)
1 lb Muntons Chocolate Malt (400L) ($2.50)
1 lb Weyermann's Caramunich (Crystal Malt) 60L ($2.50)
2 oz Willamette Hops (AA 5.8%) ($1.50/oz)
2 packs Coopers Dry Ale Yeast ($2/pack)
5 lbs DELICIOUS CHERRIES (bought separately)
= One delicious Cherry Chocolate Stout
Chillax, homefry. As Arthur Guinness would say, "Stout IS Porter!" And then he'd say, "Hey deacon, want a personal tour of the brewery? I left the taps on..." and then we'd ride down the streets with no names on matching black stallions. At least, that's how all my dreams end.
the deacon took a bit of an R train pilgrimage to the fledgling Brooklyn Homebrew (12 weeks old) and found the lovely co-owners, Benjamin and Danielle, to be friendly and helpful w/out a hint of beer snobbery. We talked barley malts and gypsum salts, and the deacon came away with a new starters kit, an extra glass carboy, salts, bottle caps, grain bags, and all the malts, barley, hops, and yeast needed for a dandy chocolate stout, all for a startlingly affordable $152.
They're new and already thriving, which isn't a surprise, so if you live in NYC and want in on the homebrew game it's a perfect place to start. That's a selfish request for me (a thousand ave marias): the more business they get, the more diverse a selection of malts and hops they can afford to carry. But they're super friendly, open 12pm to 7pm Tuesday - Sunday, and will gladly answer your questions about stock or availability at brooklynhomebrew@gmail.com. Hallelujah.
EDIT: Curious about the recipe?
6.6 lbs Briess Liquid Unhopped Traditional Dark Malt Extract ($12/3.3lbs)
1 lb Muntons Chocolate Malt (400L) ($2.50)
1 lb Weyermann's Caramunich (Crystal Malt) 60L ($2.50)
2 oz Willamette Hops (AA 5.8%) ($1.50/oz)
2 packs Coopers Dry Ale Yeast ($2/pack)
5 lbs DELICIOUS CHERRIES (bought separately)
= One delicious Cherry Chocolate Stout
["But wait! Chocolate malt + Crystal 60L doesn't make a stout, that's a porter!" yells Beer Kid in all his high-pitched ignorance.]
Chillax, homefry. As Arthur Guinness would say, "Stout IS Porter!" And then he'd say, "Hey deacon, want a personal tour of the brewery? I left the taps on..." and then we'd ride down the streets with no names on matching black stallions. At least, that's how all my dreams end.
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