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Brewstoria is proud to present it's first Homebrew Competition the Queens Challenge. The competition will be held on October 28, 2017 at Fifth Hammer Brewing in Long Island City, Queens. Registration is open for entries, and we are actively looking for Judges and Stewards. You can...

Our September meeting will be held at 7 pm on Wednesday September 3rd at the Astoria Brewhouse located at 2850 31st Street in Astoria, Queens. We are excited to announce that our guest speaker will be the legendary Garrett Oliver. Not only is he a native of Queens, but he has been the...

This month we are meeting on April 2nd at the Astoria Brewhouse. This month we will be doing a style analysis on Category 10: American Ale. We will have a few commercial examples and quite a few homebrew samples left over from the NHC First Round Judging. As always, old, new and potential...

Hey Guys Brewstoria is excited to be hosting the FastRack Speed Challenge, and as far as we know it is the only one in the New York area. If your not familiar with the event, it is a competition to see who can fill a FastRack with empty beer bottles the fastest. We have some prizes to give...

This month we are meeting on March 5th at the Astoria Brewhouse. This month we will be visited by Queens’ newest brewery Finback Brewery. Basil Lee and Kevin Stafford will be joining us to fill us in on their brand new 20 barrel brewhouse and the amazing beers coming out of it. As always...

This month we will be meeting at the Astoria Brewhouse again. Our guest speaker will be Chris Basso from Newburgh Brewing. Chris worked at Brooklyn Brewery for six years before striking out on his own. Newburgh has an impressive beer line up, with many rarely seen styles (Gose anyone?), so...

Brewstoria's January meeting is taking place on Wednesday, January 8, 2014. Following the closing of our old meeting place, we will be meeting this month at Astoria Brewhouse, located at 2850 31St Street, Astoria NY (Between 30th Ave., and Newtown Ave.) More information will be posted to...

Hi, we would love to have you. We usually meet on the First Wednesday of the month. For January that is January 1st, so we are likely moving it to the 2nd Wednesday. I try and post updates here and on our website. The best thing to do is go to our site and sign up for our email list (upper...

Your process is a bit off, but you may still have yeast in the growler depending on how long you let it sit before decanting it the first time. Washing yeast like this works because the trube will settle out first, leaving the yeast in suspension. You can then decant the growler into a clean...

In short, yes but it has nothing to do with the fact that you used corn sugar during brewing. There will likely be some CO2 left in the beer from fermentation. When figuring out how much corn sugar to add to the beer during bottling, you need to take into account the temp of the beer to get an...

No- I don't use it.

Someone, someplace on this forum once said that it is a homebrewing competition and not a recipe competition. What is going to happen, is that you should get back unbiased and experienced feedback on your beer. A good score sheet will tell you if you have any problematic areas with your...

I have not used this particular brand, but it is similar to oxyclean which has the sodium percarbonate, but does not have the sodium carbonate. The sodium carbonate is probably used as a water softener, which will make the sodium percarbonate more effective in hard water. I have never actually...

It is not "officially" released until January 1, although it may start to show up in book stores after December 16th. - Matt Schaefer

I use my barrel a little differently, but if I was you I would move it to a secondary and condition the beer in a carboy before moving it to the barrel. Because of the high surface area of the barrel, your are going to pick up a lot of flavor from it very quickly. I would take a sample once a...