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Saturday, September 11th  2010,  Lancaster Homebrew will have a one year Anniversary Celebration Social at the store from 9am to 3pm.

The day will include:

• One big social!  Bring a bottle of something you’ve made to share with others.
• Revolving specials
• Food samples prepared by Jeff of TJ Rockwells
• Brewing demonstration
• Commemorative brew – one per family as free gift (while they last)
• Commemorative pint glass – one per family as free gift (while they last)
• Rootbeer floats
• Kids games
• Drawing for Lancaster Homebrew Gift Cards

I will be playing with the band from the Lancaster Brewers Club on Saturday, July 24th in the 3rd annual Battle of the Brewery Bands.  It is a special event that will donate proceeds to local charities.  Please come out and show your support.  Tickets are $25.00 a person and includes drinks, food buffet, and entertainment.

click here for more info

Chocolate Raspberry Port  is back.   If you haven’t had it before, this is an awesome desert wine.  Thick and rich, bursting with raspberry and chocolate flavors.  Order deadline is July 31st.  Price is $109.00

Also available:

Okanagan Peach Icewine Style – $115.00

Blackberry Port – $115.00

Chocolate Raspberry Port at Lancaster Homebrew

Saturday, July 10th starting at 9am (to beat the heat) we will go through the basics in getting started in all grain brewing.  We will explain the mashing process and build a mash tun from a cooler.  We will through names in a hat and pull a winner to keep the mash tun.

Please let us know if you plan to attend.  Thanks

It’s finally done!  We are having a little tapping party on Thursday at 7pm.  Stop out if you can.

Lancaster Homebrew now carries gluten free extract and yeast to make your own gluten free beer

Had a lot of fun brewing with Paul and Collin the other day at Iron Hill.  My stout will be on tap in a few weeks.  Here are som pictures from the day.

Here, Paul is hooking up pipes to pump hot water from the liquor tank into the brewing vat where that mash will take place

The mash kettle/brewing kettle holds 400 gallon of beer!

A look inside the mash kettle

Here, I'm switching outlets to now pump the liquid mash over to the lauter tun

Yes, I'm inside the mash tun. After the mash is pumped to the lauter tun, the mash kettle needs to be competely rinsed of all grain before the first running are pumped back in.

Paul begins to conduct the lauter. It is recirculated until it is clear of particles and then transferred back to the brewing kettle

Collin sanitizes the fermenter while the kettle boils

Now that's a lot of beer

The wort is now boiling!

Cleaning out the spent grains from the lauter tun

Shoveling out the grains

Adding the bittering hops to the kettle

Sanitizing the cannister of yeast

Collin pumping the beer over to the fermenter

Paul is ready to add the yeast and let them work their magic!

We now carry Bail style and Classic style growlers from Benjamin Arthur.  There are several colors to choose from with several graphics to choose from:  buggy, fish, and deer head.  Stop by and check them out!  All styles are $35.00 a piece.

Finally have a date set.  May 12th, I will be brewing my award winning sweet stout with Paul at Iron Hill Brewery.  It should be on tap by the end of May.  I’ll keep everyone posted.

The store will be closed, since I will be over there all day.