Humid Beings

@cafesuada I have numerous bags you can use for the brew in a bag method.

Last day to buy stuff for your 4th of July brew day! Have a safe and happy 4th!

@Johnny_Iuzzini - I saw you bought some Carbonater Caps from us! Any chance a carbonated dessert is being made? ;)

You've got enough socks right? Tell'em to stop by Brewstock for Gift Certificate for Father's Day!

Upgrade to a bigger kettle! How about a 9 gallon pot with welded couplers for only $79.99? tinyurl.com/3q4yepl #homebrewing #beer #homebrew

Back in the store today after a short hiatus. My parents enjoyed helping all of you last week. See ya in the shop soon!

I will be out of the store from June 4th to June 13th. THE STORE WILL BE OPEN NORMAL HOURS. Phones and emails will not be answered.

@Slyd Love the name of your wheat beer:)

Don't waste your holiday weekend, get a batch of beer or wine going! #homebrewing We'll be open from 10am-6pm this Saturday, as usual!

@FromMyMellin After 13 years, I still do a lot of my fermentation in buckets, but it's nice to see the beer in action! #homebrewing

@matthuckabee Pale- 6lb Light DME, 1lb Crystal 40L, 1oz Columbus (60min), 1oz Cascade (20min), 1oz Liberty (10min), US-05 Yeast #homebrewing

Yum, what a nice beer to celebrate 25 years with...a rye IPA http://beeradvocate.com/news/3790203 #craftbeer

PS- Strawberries are getting picked up for me tomorrow (Saturday.) Would need to know how many you'd want tonight!

In 1980 only 44 breweries existed in the US. Today, there are over 1500! Happy #ACBW and Happy #Homebrewing! http://tinyurl.com/4yjzj45

A FREE, complete book on #homebrewing! :) John Palmer's How To Brew - http://www.howtobrew.com/sitemap.html

Last day of our craft beer week sale! Come stock up on hops, try your hand at cheese making, or dig through our old magazine issues!

@turnNancAlbre Nice video! And I saw someone I knew for like 2 seconds!

@reebosak Good call...(availability sidenote: can sub debittered black for carafa III and citra for simcoe..I know every LHBS may not have.)

@523Design I've heard the Epson Stylus Photo printers are great for labels...I use a Canon MP620.

@fourstringfx Nice! I love a good fat tire clone. Using the recipe published a few months back in BYO?

Brewstock's Top 10 Gifts for Homebrewers!

I was looking through our inventory today, and was trying to decide what I'd love to get as a gifts this holiday season:) There's always those 'wants' that aren't really needs. We covered a few of those...study it, use it, get awesome presents. Have a great Christmas! The list- 1.…

A new hard cider kit!

I've been having a lot of fun the last week. At work. Doing research. I know, I know... I'm either a super nerd or I love my job. Probably both. Anyhow, after seeing a lack of high quality hard cider kits on the market, I've decided to throw my hat…

Malt Extract - Liquid, Dry, Bulk, Canned

Hey all- thought I'd get a blog about malt extracts posted here, since I get at least two or three people asking me each day, 'which do you prefer?' and 'do you carry bulk?'Which malt extract do I prefer, dry or liquid? I don't really have a preference...Wait, maybe I…

Hop Growing Down South

So you wanna grow hops but you live in one of the Southern states like me. Here in New Orleans, where it's extra humid, we can still grow hops, we just need to be careful.Tips:1. No Full Sun - Most growing directions will call for full sunlight. This works up…

Pale Ale Kit Contest

Hi all-I've been wanting to a Kit Contest for a while. I actually plan on having many more...This first one is for a Pale Ale. You brew a pale ale, enter it in the competition, and you could end up with one of your own beers on the shelf in…

Give yourself a break, brew easy.

Homebrewing can definitely become an obsession for some people. Understandable. Think about it- you're making beer. It's awesome.Life though, is often hard to brew around, and many people who invested time and money in to equipment, sometimes just find it hard to brew regularly. Some people choose to just brew…

Brewstock Buyers Club

February is a funny month for retailers in New Orleans. Depending on your business it can be a month to remember or a month to forget. This February looks to be better for most retailers out there, with Mardi Gras being compounded by the Saints in the Super Bowl. Anything…

Bread Yeast for Wine - A better, cheaper alternative: wine yeast.

It seems silly to recommend wine yeast for wine, but here I am doing so. There are a lot of wine makers that use bread yeast for making wine. Cool. Great. I have no problem with that. But really, what's the logic behind doing so? I asked some winemakers why…

Two Grains and Hops to Try in Your Next IPA

One of the most popular homebrew styles, India Pale Ales are easily one of the most popular commercial craft brew styles on the market. Too name some of my favorites- we've got NOLA Hopitoulas brewed locally, Bell's Two Hearted in the Midwest, Bear Republic Racer 5 from the West coast,…

Hop Pellet Sales

As well as some beer and homebrewing postings, I'm gonna post a bit about the business as well. Maybe just some info for some of you interested out there.Top viewed hop pellets online for January (as of 1.24.2010)-1. Citra2. Simcoe3. Cascade4. Millennium5. WarriorTop sold hop pellets for January (as of…

Day 30: Imperial Pale Ale

The last day of my 30 day brewing run ends in odd fashion. A lot of home brewers out there got started because somebody bought them a 'Mr. Beer' kit, or something similar. These come with a ready made beer, that really just needs water and yeast added to it.…

Day 29: Raspberry Honey Mead

Second to last day of the 30 day ride. I've definitely decided to end this current brewing streak at 30 days. And I knew, I definitely wanted to get a mead in. I haven't brewed a honey wine in a while, and am remembering how nice the last one I…

Day 28: Specialty Beer

This may end up being a 30 day trial run of this brewing experiment. This battle of will. Man vs Beer.I'm stumbling a bit to find time and space (which is my biggest concern) for this project. I'm confined to a tiny store for brewing, and I have much more…

Day 27: Weizen/Weissbier

I really like hefeweizens. A lot of people do. I'm always stunned by how different the style can be, just based on how basic the ingredients are. Usually wheat and pilsner malt with a noble hop, and a Hefeweizen yeast strain. Usually no caramel or crystal malts, or a lot…

Day 26: Belgian Dark Strong Ale

Oh beer...how you come in so many different colors and flavors... I'm currently enjoying something from the Kiuchi Brewery in Japan, and was surprised at the amount fo ginger flavor that hit me immediately. It makes me want to totally avoid all this 'to style' brewing I do daily. I…

Day 25: Scottish Export 80/-

A quick note about kettle caramelization since the style I'm brewing today has historically relied on it- The whole point of caramelization is to add some color and toffee and possibly burnt caramel flavors. Most of the time we rely on the caramelization done by the maltster, which this recipe…

Day 24: Russian Imperial Stout

The wine I started a couple days ago is slowly chugging along...and tomorrow I may try to get a 'state of the beers' session in. Check gravities on everything, move beers in to secondary fermenters, repitch yeast in some if needed, move some in to bottles, etc...I'm getting to the…

Day 23: Traditional Bock

Back to beer today. I splurged and opened up one of the refractometers on the shelf today. I had one that broke somehow after about 3 months of light use. I loved using it. It's really nice and easy to take a quick gravity read with. I need to start…

Day 22: Sauvignon Blanc

Wine! I figured today would be the day to get a wine in! I was busy and beer brewing sounded like a lot of work.On to the wine...Wine #1 - Sauvignon BlancStyle: Sauvignon BlancRecipe: For 6 GallonsIt's a 10 liter Grand Cru Sauvignon Blanc kit that starts as 10 liters,…

Day 21: Berliner Weisse

I posted yesterday that I'm looking to get a wine going. Instead, today I'm brewing up the true Champagne of beers: The Berliner Weisse.On to the beer...Beer #21 - Berntnylin WeisseStyle: Berliner Weisse (17A)Recipe: For 3 Gallon (Partial-Mash)1 lb Briess Pilsen Light Dry Malt Extract1.75 lbs Pale Wheat Malt (steeped…