Categories: Market Research
The great thing about the internet is the wealth of knowledge one can find on any subject. Most compelling to us is the knowledge we can find in regards to launching our brewery one day. These days, breweries seem to be popping up all over the place. I am putting together a list of the guys and gals who I have been interacting with who are going down the same path as 510.
EntreBrewer
twitter.com/entrebrewer
www.entrebrewer.com
Brian is working on starting up a nano-brewery on the east coast. He’s been a great resource to bounce ideas off of, since we are both about on the same step in the process.
Full Steam
twitter.com/fullsteam
www.fullsteam.ag
These guys are working on building out their brewery with the plans to open in the spring of 2010. They also just announced the hiring of Brooks Hamaker, ex-Head Brewer for Abita Brewing Co. No doubt they will be just as popular in a few years.
Hess Brewing
twitter.com/HessBrewing
hessbrewing.blogspot.com
The guys over at Hess are actually building out their location, which means we’ll be trying their beer soon. They have definitely plowed through a lot of the legal issues that a lot of us face ahead.
Hooked on Winter
twitter.com/hookedonwinter
startingabrewery.wordpress.com
PJ is going through the process of starting up Mad Haven brewing. His blog not only outlines what he’s going through to open, but a lot of usefull information about what’s going on in the brewery world.
Monday Night Brewery
twitter.com/mondaynight
www.mondaynightbrewery.com
Based out of Atlanta, GA they are rock stars, at least in my mind. If you are in the area, try to track them down on a Monday night….that is if they decide to ever brew on Mondays!
olllllo
twitter.com/olllllo
No official website for his brewery yet, but we do know it will be based out of Pheonix. He knows a shit load about beer and is a go to resource for all things brewing.
Tim & Steph Weber
twitter.com/timweber
twitter.com/stephweber
No webpage for their brewery yet, however these guys brew more often then the rest of us combined. They have plans to open their brewpub in the next 5 years in NC.
Tommy Werner
twitter.com/wtwerner
I actually don’t know much about Tommy except that he is a recent college grad and is attending brewing school. Tommy, chime in and let us know what your deal is!
I know there are probably others out there as well. If you are starting up a brewery, email me the info and I’ll add you into the list.
Categories: Brewing
Our SF Beer Week event is being planned for Saturday February 13th, 2010. We want to brew a collaboration beer with Jack’s Brewing Company prior to the event for two reasons.
First, we will have this beer on tap at the event for all our faithful fans to have while they enjoy our show.
Second, we will brew this recipe scaled down from 10bbls to 10 gallons on our current pilot system out front of Jack’s to show what ingredients go into beer and what the finished product is like.
We have a couple ideas for what we want to brew, but I am curious if any of you have any input or recommendations for what you would like to see. Post up a style or three you think would be cool and we’ll throw it into the mix in our final collaboration discussion.
What: Homebrewing Demonstration put on by 510 Brewing
When: Saturday, February 13th, 2010 @ 12:00PM
Where: Jack’s Brewing Co., 39176 Argonaut Way, Fremont, CA 94536
Cost: High Five and/or a Hug
If you are attending, and you are on Facebook. Join the event invite here.
Categories: New Toys
One thing that has stuck with me since childhood is the excitement of getting something shiny and new. I like to think of it as being a child at heart. That being said, as we get closer to opening up we will be accruing some toys to help make our lives a bit easier.
A few weeks ago, Austin Homebrew Supply had a special deal going on for Refractometers. One thing that we always forgot and/or were too lazy to do was take gravity readings all throughout the brewing process to effectively measure efficiency and alcohol content of our beer. That and we hated wasting all that beer using the hydrometer tube. I think the technical usage is place liquid under the “flap” and look through the eye hole at a something bright.
Through the eye hole you can get a brix reading of just about anything in liquid form. Since we haven’t brewed since we got it, I have taken a reading of a blueberry, tap water, diet pepsi, and orange juice. When we actually get to brewing another batch of beer, we found this handy little spreadsheet from MoreBeer which helps track fermentation and alcohol percentages along the way.
Categories: Brewing
SF Beer Week is coming up soon and we have been invited/asked to get something together for the party. By ask I mean I volunteered us to get something together to the organizers of the event. In looking at the events, there is a lack of “homebrewing” events as well as a lack of events in the East Bay. So why not kill two birds with one stone.
What we want to do is bust out our brewing rig into a public venue like the parking lot of a brewery/brewpub and maybe have a couple other homebrewers do the same. I would love for someone who does extract to come out as well so people can see how easy it is to actually get their foot in the door. If any of you out there are extract brewers, give us a shout so we can get you included in the event.
There are a few hurdles, however, that I think need to be overcome before we just show up and start brewing. I am clueless to the laws needed to get such an event up and running. I have sent a request over to CA’s Alcohol Beverage Control to try and get their help. I also pinged the guys from More Beer, since I know they put on events like this every so often. If anyone has some useful information on how to get it setup or activities we should do for the event, please speak up.
Thanks to olllllo for sharing this link with us:
Ohio University homebrew crew busted after seemingly being set up by officials
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Posted on December 18th, 2009 by tsmith
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