The Maltose Falcons are: 1989, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2004, 2007 CALIFORNIA HOMEBREW CLUB OF THE YEAR! (Presented by Anchor Brewing) 2008 Mayfaire Competition Result Join The Falcons Today! Home About Brews and News Brews Band Club Gear Club House Club Breweries Bars and Draft Compete Events Food Members Other Photos Recipes Tech and Tips Search Site Join the Falcons' Yahoo Group Our Group Page Brewing and Tasting Monthly HWBC 22836 Ventura Blvd. Woodland Hills, CA Like What You See? Ready To Brew Your Own Beer? Join The Falcons Today! Stop by the next Club Meeting or Shop Brew to taste some great beer. New Beer Testers Always Welcome!		Home » Club Gear » Club Breweries » Malibu Brews (Craig Shapland) Members Systems - Malibu Brews (Craig Shapland)     Welcome to the brewery of Malibu Brews in Agorua Hills. Run by Craig Shapland, winner of multiple awards for diverse beer styles including his Eisbock and Belgian Strong Ales. Craig brews on a two tiered keg kettle HERMs with large BTU propane burners to get things really moving. Here you can see Craig set up on his patio preparing his brew of the day.     Instead of hand grinding 38 lbs of grain, Craig powers his mill with his power drill. And yeah, those are your typical Home Depot buckets providing storage. Use what you got and what's cheap, right?     When you get right down to it, this is when you know the brewday has really started, from this moment on, there's a clock running.     Craig sets up the HERMS to raise his beer to mashout temperatures. Generally one of the more annoying aspects of HERMS usage is the priming of the a typical homebrewer's pump. Here you can see Craig already has the pump set and running and waiting on the mash liquor to return to the kettle.     Craig gives one last tweak and the HERMS is off and running. Mash liquor runs out of the tun, up through a coil in the HLT and back down to the mash tun. Truly the easy way to make your mash happen.     Craig's boiler and mash tun both use the same false bottom to clean the wort up.     Almost done. Craig chills his beer with one of the new fancy Therminator chillers. Running with this device the wort comes down to a ready to pitch 74°F, even during the height of summer in Los Angeles.     Oh yeah, really hard work. Craig claims to be watching an airshow in this shot, but really, we all know that brewing is hard work.     Thanks to the Therminator, Craig's capable of running the wort out of the boiler and into the carboys at full speed.     Less than 12 hours later and the blowoff tubes are spewing yeast into the overflow tank. Remember the power of good yeast is the power to make good beer.
Want to make your own beer at home? Get started on the right foot. Check out the Falcon's sponsoring shop, The Home Beer, Wine, Cheesemaking Shop. John Daume, proprietor, has been serving the home brewing and winemaking needs of Angelenos since 1972, over 30 years! (Falcon Members receive a 10% discount on supplies) Looking for older Falcons' information?, The Westval Maltose Falcons Webpage (Locally cached) (The Original Falcon's Roost, prior to 1999) Looking for a home wine making club in the Los Angeles area? Check out our sister club, The Cellarmasters, over 30 and still stomping grapes. Unless otherwise noted, all material on this website is the property of The Maltose Falcons, 1999-2005. Page Last Modified: November 19 2005 00:38:39.