Categories: Brewing, Startup Woes
This past weekend the original plan was to brew up our original porter combined with what was supposed to be an imperial version of the porter as well. It seems as the brewing gods had it in for us from the beginning:
- The propane tank ran out of propane when kicking off the first boil.
- Hooray, it was only the reserve tank that was empty.
- Nope, the actual tank ran out of propane shortly after.
- Hooray, we had a spare tank to get us through the two batches.
- CO2 tank runs out, requires a quick trip to the sporting goods store.
- Imperial Porter was supposed to have a gravity reading of 1.110, comes out with a reading of 1.070.
- Screw it, we’ll just add something to it later to make it a unique porter. We’ll just add some yeast…BANG
- Lid to our yeast storage container blows and spews yeastie goodness all over the walls and not into the carboys.
I don’t think we have had more things go wrong on a single day of brewing. However it wasn’t a total loss. We still have 18 gallons of porter fermenting waiting for experimenting. We also got to hang out with a really cool cat, Marcel. A lot of use bay area beer guys know this guy, and he is super knowledgeable about everything beer.
As Thomas Edison vaguely said…”I did not fail at making an imperial porter, I simply found a way not to make it.”
Categories: Brewing, Events
SF Beer Week has started releasing the list of events for the week. Here are the events that we plan on being at. If you will be at an event we haven’t listed, let us know which one and we will see about making time to get to it.
Feb 6th – Double IPA Festival
Where – The Bistro – 1001 B St. Hayward, CA 94541
When – TBD
Price – Free, but beers you gotta pay for
Feb 7th – Homebrew Demo
Where – Seven Bridges Cooperative – 325A River St. Santa Cruz, CA 95060
When – 12:00 – 2:00
Price – Free
Feb 9th – Meet the Brewer: Rob Tod, Allagash Brewing Co
Where – The Trappist – 460 8th St. Oakland, CA 94607
When – 6:00 – 8:00
Price – Free, but space will be limited
Feb 10th – Meet the Brewer: Vinnie Cilurzo, Russian River Brewing Co.
Where – The Trappist – 460 8th St. Oakland, CA 94607
When – 6:00 – 8:00
Price – Free, but space will be limited
Feb 13th – Homebrew Demonstration with 510 Brewing Co.
Where – Jack’s Brewing Co. – 39176 Argonaut Way Fremont, CA 94538
When – 12:00 – 5:00
Price – Free. Specialty beers will be available for purchase.
Categories: Updates
No, we’re not talking about aliens. We are talking about supercharging this little project we call 510 Brewing and plan on putting the petal to the metal in 2010. Here’s why:
- The business plan is almost done and ready for professional people to look at.
- We are confirmed and all set to host a public event in February for SF Beer Week
- 2010 and 510 end with 10
We hope all 5 of you that mosey upon this site have an awesome new year and we hope to make contact with you in 2010. Ha! Get it…make contact? Happy New Year!
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.
Posted on January 11th, 2010 by tsmith
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