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Texas-based Karbach Brewing has released its new summer seasonal, Love Street Summer Seasonal Kölsch, on draft and in cans.

via Vimeo | Karbach.

The Missouri Legislature has approved a beer bill that will allow home brewers to participate in festivals and other public events.

More >> St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

#bbpBox_335871334611550208 a { text-decoration:none; color:#D0001E; }#bbpBox_335871334611550208 a:hover { text-decoration:underline; } @beerpulse BeerPulse TTB released guidance earlier this week on how alcoholic beverage manufacturers & wholesalers may use social media http://t.co/FWT137akzp about 16 hours agoReplyRetweetFavorite

It’s called Vulcan Ale, concocted by a trio of Albertans — Star Trek-crazy Canuks — and should land in most Canadian beer/alcohol outlets by early next year. Its official lift-off is slated for Alberta this week.

More >> Toronto Star.

 

 

The Growler Saver will keep your growler of beer carbonated, and tasting like it came straight from the tap for days on end.

via Kickstarter.

 

 

A look at our Smokestack 750ml bottling line—which on this particular day in February 2013 just happened to be moving through a batch of Saison-Brett.

More >> YouTube | Boulevard.

Today’s infographic is a well-known humorous poster, called I ♥ Beer, with more than three dozen funny equations about how adding beer to something changes it into something better, or at least different.

Click here to see the poster full size, though that one has a watermark. Here is one that’s slightly smaller, but without a watermark.

From Adventures in Homebrewing.  Includes a ball lock keg keg, Taprite dual gauge regulator, all required tubing disconnects and a faucet.  Pick up a CO2 tank locally (Check out Tip 3 on our Tips Page) or add one on to your order.

This has just been marked down to $139.99.

Homebrew Kegging System BALL LOCK - $139.99

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Product Description - Here.  Use coupon code BEERDEAL to get this discount.

More Beer's take on the famed White House Honey Ale.

American Honey Pale Ale - Extract Beer Kit KIT703 - $24.95 + Free Shipping with $59 Order

Availability: This is a More Beer Deal of the Day.  Quantities are limited. Check the Deal of the Day section - Here - to see if this is still available.

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Today is the 39th birthday of Jeff Bagby, who until a year or so ago was the head brewer extraordinaire at Pizza Port in Carlsbad. There, you can read the entire biography of Jeff “Extra Spicy” Bagby. I’m not sure when it was written, but it definitely needs to be updated, as it ends with the following sentence. “Jeff has his sights set on winning a GABF Brewpub of the Year award and we most definitely believe it is in his future as well.” Three years ago at GABF, Jeff won an amazing seven medals and Pizza Port Carlsbad was awarded the Large Brewpub and Large Brewpub Brewer of the Year. That means his plaid pants got to go up on stage a record eight times! You can see a retrospective of Jeff’s plaid choices over the years, too, at Jeff “Lucky Pants” Babgy Wins Big. Once he started working on opening his own brewery, I suggested he should consider “Plaid Brewing” or some variation of that idea, like “Plaid Pants Brewing” or “Lucky Plaid Brewing.” Unfortunately, he went with a more sensible Bagby Beer Co. All, well some, kidding aside, Jeff is a terrific brewer and a hell of a washoes player, though I still think Dave Keene and I could beat him and Tomme again. Join me at wishing Jeff a very happy birthday.

Jeff with his then-girlfriend, now wife, Dande at GABF a few years ago. And yes, those are his lucky pants.

Greg Koch and Jeff at the Falling Rock.

Former Drake’s brewer Melissa Myers with Jeff at an event at Anchor celebrating the Toronado’s 20th anniversary.

Sam Calagione, Bruce Paton and Jeff at the Lost Abbey for a beer dinner during CBC.

Jeff at the Toronado for the annual Belgian Beer Dinner last year, with owner Dave Keene wearing his “Who the F@#k is Jeff Bagby?” T-shirt.

This commercial quality 1 gallon pitcher from Rubbermaid has fallen to $15.90.  That's just 29 cents shy of a record low price.  It has very recently sold for $19.40.  Shipping is free with a $25 order.  Buy two and these ship for free.  For a price reference, the 2 Quart version of this is actually more expensive right now.  It's selling for $17.76.


I use two one gallon pitchers for vorlaufing/recirculating, topping up water, collecting wort from my mash tun, holding utensils on brew day and more.  That small upgrade has made a big difference on brew day.
I'm going to pick one of these up and give it a try.

Features:

• Clear, break-resistant polycarbonate
• Temperature range:-40-Dergee F/-40-Dergee C to 212-Dergee F/100-Dergee C
• Long-lasting measurement markings in red/blue
• Certified to NSF Standard
• Clear measuring cups for fast, easy identification of contents (read more)

Rubbermaid Commercial Products FG321800CLR 4-Quart Bouncer Measuring Cup - $15.90 + Free Shipping with $25 order

Also Consider: Thunder Group 4.0 Quart Liquid Aluminum Measure Cup - $14.01 + Free Shipping with $25 order

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Get 10% Off More Beer's entire selection of BrewMaster Series Kits when you use promo code ACBWEEK13.  Check out the full selection Here

Remember that More Beer offers free shipping on most orders over $59.

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Friday’s ad is for Hampden Mild Ale, from the 1950s. Hamden Brewery was located in Massachusetts. I’m not sure that troubadour singing “Enjoy Yourself, Enjoy Yourself” from atop a beer barrel would make anyone want to drink their beer, but who knows. The tagline at the bottom is pretty interesting. “The First Truly Mild Ale in America.” I wonder who true that was?

The product description says on this says that it's a Fermentap brand 12" stainless steel false bottom.  I believe that Fermentap is More Beer's resale brand.  If all that's the case then this false bottom is probably the same as this false bottom.  This rings in at $10.95 less.  Or, you could look at it like this is 95 cents less + free shipping.

Fermentap Stainless Steel Ss False Bottom For Igloo - $28 + $10 Shipping

Also Consider: Putting Together a Cooler Based Mash Tun


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454 Gram tin of Lyle's Golden Syrup for $7.99.  Shipping is free.

Tate and Lyles Golden Syrup Tin 1lb 454g - $7.99 Shipped



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The price on this 19" stainless drip tray has dropped 59% from $35.73 to $14.74.  Shipping is $7.96 for the first drip tray.  Additional drip trays ship for less.  This is a great deal.

This has a couple of great reviews.
Update International DTS-419 Rectangular Stainless Steel Drip Tray, 19 by 4-Inch - $14.74 + $7.96 Shipping

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The Texas House of Representatives just voted to approve a 5-pack of bills that would make significant changes in the way beer is sold across the state.

More >> Houston Chronicle.

Another new additional to our Amazon Fillers and Free Ship Add Ons Resource Page.  You get 100 of these one ounce graduated cups for $3.50.  That's 3.5 cents each.
Use for measuring or portioning hops and or other boil additions.
You could also use these for measuring 6 mL of Star San for use with the spray bottle method of sanitizing.  But... if you take a close look at the graphic (from the manufacturers website - Here), the graduations skip from 5 to 7.5 mL.  So, you'd have to be okay with estimating should you decide to use this for that purpose. 
You could give these away at homebrew club meetings or get-togethers.  This is another good giveaway.  Or, if you're super-duper cheap, you could use these at taster glasses.  Okay, I'm just messing with you now.  Also checking to see if anyone reads these things.
Medline Plastic Medicine Graduated Cups, 1 Ounce (Pack of 100) - $3.50 + Free Shipping with $25 order

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#bbpBox_335544473088032769 a { text-decoration:none; color:#088253; }#bbpBox_335544473088032769 a:hover { text-decoration:underline; } @StoneGreg Greg Koch But, but..that can’t be! It’s *gasp* ILLEGAL. “@borddumonde: @StoneGreg local Sam Adams reps offering cash for tap handles…” May 17, 2013 7:56 pmReplyRetweetFavorite

(Alpine, CA) – The latest from Alpine Beer Company, courtesy of the company’s email newsletter…

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The good people from “City Beer Store” in San Francisco are celebrating their 7th anniversary this weekend. For the occasion, we made a Double IPA called “Magnificent Seven” which uses seven different malts, seven different hops with seven different additions and is 7.7% abv. Most of the beer was shipped to San Francisco but we managed to hang onto 3 kegs. We will be selling it at the Pub in samples, pints and pitchers only.

There will be a special beer released in the pub as soon as “Magnificent Seven” is gone. “Keene Idea” is making its way to our Pub when the anniversary beer is exhausted. This beer was first made for Toronado San Francisco’s 25th Anniversary and appears to have made a distinct impression. It may be our most requested beer we have made to date. Remember, no growler fills, only available in the Pub and only after “Magnificent Seven” is depleted.

New Sunday hours in the Pub started last week. Yes, we will open earlier to accommodate the tired mountain bikers and thirsty travelers enjoying their weekends as much as they can. We will open at 11AM Sundays and may readdress the time again once football season is upon us.

Another release we have to announce is the most celebrated beer in the world. “Hoppy Birthday” will be released on Thursday May 30th for growler fills and on draught in the pub. This wonderfully popular beer is really a Pale Ale at 5.25% abv, but we make it like an IPA. One of the three beers we will be ramping up production late this year.

More info on the increased production of Nelson, Duet and Hoppy Birthday, it appears on track for when the hop crops are harvested, plucked, pulverized and pelletized and ready to ship. Nelson uses hops from the southern hemisphere and should be available after mid-year sometime. The North American hop crop is ready to use very late in the year, look for Duet and “Hoppy Birthday” early next year, most likely. A recent development has made it possible for us to make the extra keg beer locally and the bottle and can beer made in Minnesota, the land of 10,000 lakes. Bottles will be our current 22 oz. amber beer bottles and cans will be the Alumi-Tek 16 oz. can with a large screw cap.
“ELEVEN PLUS TWO” can be rearranged to “TWELVE PLUS ONE” (and it’s still unlucky)

Now I’d like to say a few things about contract brewing. There has been much ado made about contract brewing and not in a positive way. Most consider contract brewing to be inferior, cheating or unethical. I would like to point out that our collaboration with New Belgium Brewing, where we made nearly our annual production at one time, turned out to be a fantastic beer that really resembled an Alpine IPA, for sure. That is very much what contracting for us would be like, hands on utilizing our unique techniques and ingredients. Yes, I will be in Minnesota directing the brewing and packaging of our precious beer. Much like we will be doing when we can jump through enough hoops to get our own production brewery built. Another major consideration with Minnesota is the fact they have an incredible abundance of phenomenal water. Their “glacial melt” water leaps from a spring at the brewery and has an almost identical composition as our brewery water, which is awesome. So, fear not that we are contracting to have more beer made for you, our thirsty friends, embrace it and I promise you will not be disappointed.

Some of the negative publicity surrounding contract brewing was warranted. Some breweries tried to hide the fact they were contracting out of the area yet advertising things like they were “the first local brewery” or something equally deceptive. Plus, they weren’t putting in their own techniques and quality control, something we won’t have a problem with. For us, it will be like borrowing your favorite Uncle’s awesome, modern brewery of size and racing it down the craft beer highway.