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12-24-2008, 10:21 PM
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Chappell Brewery
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Mariposa, CA
Posts: 8,141
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New brewery
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Our little town just had a small brewery open on Monday. I went there today and had a taste of their Pilsner and an Amber Ale. Pilz was a little cloudy and not real flavorful but the Amber Ale was nice. A little young, but tasty. Picked up a growler of the Ale and 4 glasses. Very nice people there. They are helping to host a Blues festival in May of 2009 featuring Elvin Bishop. Should be nice.
What this site does is orders the Wort from back east and then ferments it in the shop after adding their own ingredients. Is this common? I'm not familiar enough with this process to know how I might be able to take advantage of this situation.  Any ideas?
EDIT: After further analysis, I've found the beer here to be lacking in quality and flavor. The samples seemed okay but after taking it home and having a full glass, I realized the flavor is off. I'm going in today to talk to the guy there and share one of my Scotch Ales with him. My first thought is they are sacrificing flavor for speed. They are taking 1 week from start to finish. The initial smell is yeasty and the taste has a metallic/container type taste to it. I'm not experienced enough to know what's wrong. I'll get more info.
Last edited by HBHoss; 12-26-2008 at 04:14 PM.
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12-25-2008, 01:00 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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I may be wrong here, but it sounds like they are brewing with malt extract.
Regardless, get to know the brewer and free yeast will be your reward...probably.
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12-25-2008, 02:28 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Columbus Ohio
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Offer to pitch in somewhere if you can. I'd bet you'd get more than yeast.
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12-25-2008, 02:32 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: San Diego, CA
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that's awesome that Mariposa has a brewery! I'm spending Christmas in Coarsegold and wish good beer wasn't 45 minutes away. 
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That's what Jamil said.
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12-26-2008, 04:06 PM
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Chappell Brewery
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Mariposa, CA
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Originally Posted by GregR
that's awesome that Mariposa has a brewery! I'm spending Christmas in Coarsegold and wish good beer wasn't 45 minutes away. |
That little market in Coarsegold has a great selection of craft beers. You should check it out. After further analysis that beer from the brewery would not be worth the drive. |
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12-26-2008, 04:11 PM
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Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: "Detroitish" Michigan
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It's called a "turnkey brewpub system" we've b!tched about them on here a lot...More than likely the owner bought this system...
Brewing Procedures and Brewpub Equipment
It's basically a large scale MR Beer setup...Limited recipes, no boil, hopped extract you buy from them only, & IIRC bad infection prevention....If you search using the name of the company on here, you will find some reviews of theirr beers..I THINK someone on here even confronted the owner of one of these systems.
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12-26-2008, 04:17 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Iowa
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Originally Posted by Revvy
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Our beers are very drinkable. We won 1st place 5 years in a row - a record unmatched by anyone in the industry.
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It says right on their site how awesome they are! How can that be wrong?
I would never give $50k or more to a business that only has a gmail address... |
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12-26-2008, 04:17 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Terre Haute, IN
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[QUOTE=Revvy;1028376]t's basically a large scale MR Beer setup...Limited recipes, no boil, hopped extract you buy from them only, & IIRC bad infection prevention...QUOTE]
I didn't think those types of things actually existed. Ewwwww... 
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12-26-2008, 04:20 PM
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Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: "Detroitish" Michigan
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[QUOTE=eschatz;1028380]
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Originally Posted by Revvy
t's basically a large scale MR Beer setup...Limited recipes, no boil, hopped extract you buy from them only, & IIRC bad infection prevention...QUOTE]
I didn't think those types of things actually existed. Ewwwww... |
Guys, where ya been? this comes up every couple of months or so...
I love this part here...
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Who is Mr. Brew-It-Yourself?
In 1971, Leigh P. Beadle founded Specialty Products International. Earlier that same year, he wrote the best selling book, Brew-It-Yourself, which started the home brewing revolution in this country and led in turn to the brewpub and micro-brewing revolution in the mid-eighties. Since then, Leigh has written four additional books on brewing.
Specialty Products carefully blends the finest hops and malts at its own plant to create a complete range of extracts for the brewing industry. This greatly simplifies the brewing process and produces an assured consistency in quality.
The quality of malts Specialty Products had been producing for 28 years is considered the best in the U.S. and the world. Leigh Beadle has set the industry standard when it comes to the beers Specialty Products produces by winning the Southeastern Regional Brewing Contest 5 years in row!
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Funny I always thought Charlie Papazian's book started the whole homebrew revolution.... 
You can find copies of this major tomb for about 1.99 on amazon used...
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Revvy's one of the cool reverends. He has a Harley and a t-shirt that says on the back "If you can read this, the bitch was Raptured. - Madman
I gotta tell ya, just between us girls, that Revvy is HOT. Very tall, gorgeous grey hair and a terrific smile. He's very good looking in person, with a charismatic personality... he drives like a ****ing maniac! - YooperBrew
Last edited by Revvy; 12-26-2008 at 04:23 PM.
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12-26-2008, 04:25 PM
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Chappell Brewery
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Mariposa, CA
Posts: 8,141
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Revvy
It's called a "turnkey brewpub system" we've b!tched about them on here a lot...More than likely the owner bought this system...
Brewing Procedures and Brewpub Equipment
It's basically a large scale MR Beer setup...Limited recipes, no boil, hopped extract you buy from them only, & IIRC bad infection prevention....If you search using the name of the company on here, you will find some reviews of theirr beers..I THINK someone on here even confronted the owner of one of these systems. |
That would explain the wort coming from back east. I guess drinkable means it's in liquid form? I suppose for BMC drinkers it's okay but for anyone else with a palette, forget it. Is there anything that can be done to improve the flavor?
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