First State Brewers Blog

Yay! Another brew day. I’ve got a culture of WLP028 Edinburg Ale on the stir plate ready for a batch of scottish ale. Tonight will be my second all-grain night. I can’t wait - I’m using “Golden Promise” as the base malt - it is supposed to be great in Scottish-style ales. Next weekend I’ll brew a big Scotch ale and use the yeast cake from this batch for that one.

I got a really awesome all-stainless ball valve for my 10 gallon kettle. The thing is built to last. In that shipment I also got a XL smack-pack of Ringwood Ale yeast (WY1187). Alot of people hate ringwood, but it can’t be all bad since a certain local brewpub uses it extensively… And I intend on trying to duplicate one of their beers here pretty soon.

I got a $500 award at work for some pretty cool stuff I did for our sourcing organization last year. Its an automated entry routine that eliminated a ton of really tedious data loading for them when we went live on SAP. That money is going straight into buying a 14 gallon kettle & new immersion chiller. I can’t wait to place the order.

I just received an email from State Line Liquors, so I though I would pass along the beer section.

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Beer… Beer… Beer

We’ve got a preliminary beer tasting schedule forthe next few months & a few additional notes we’d like to pass it along!

Stop by on Friday, April 29th from 4:00-7:00 pm when a representative from Tröegs Brewing Company will be offering samples of some of their many fine beers (no fee). Chris & John Trogner of Tröeg Brothers Brewing in Central Pennsylvania say, “We aren’t concerned with making beer to a particular style, as much as we want to create a quality beer that we like to drink—that’s what is really important.” State Line carries a great selection & on April 29th (only), you can enjoy discounted prices on these Troeg brews: Hopback Amber Ale, Amber Pale Ale, Rugged Trail Nut Brown, Sunshine Pils & the ever-popular, Troegenator Double Bock. Visit the Troegs feature page (go to “Beer Home”) on our website for additional info on these great brews.

GOOD NEWS… The sold out Baltimore/Clipper City bus trip (from January) has been rescheduled for Saturday, May 7th! BAD NEWS… Of the customers who’d signed up for the original trip, we had no cancellations. The trip is still completely full with an extensive waiting list.
We’ll be sure to let you know if we add another trip anytime in the near future!

NEXT our upcoming beer tastings schedule:
Thursday, May 19th, 2005, 7:00-9:00 pm, “Blind IPA’s”
Thursday, June 16th, 2005, 7:00-9:00 pm, “The Beers of Summer”
Thursday, July 21st, 2005, 7:00-9:00 pm, “Wheat Beers”
Of course we’ll have details as we get closer to each event but in the meantime, please mark the dates on your calendar! We may be adding a date or two so keep an eye on the Beer Tasting page of our website. Also, for those who attended our recent Belgian tasting, please check out “Spring ‘05 Belgian Tasting” (click) page for some fun photos taken that evening.

Also, a reminder, thru April 30th Club Card members may take advantage of a special 15% discount on all Belgian singles & 10% discount on all Belgian 4-packs & 6-packs. This is the last week!