Who is brewing on Long Island?

made a 4L starter last night for brewday tomorrow. Gonna try that Double Jack clone again.. something wasn't right in the last batch.

hey guys just brewed my first batch last week from a brooklyn brew shop kit. Already want to make another batch this week. What stores do you recommend in suffolk county?

East Farmingdale (Suffolk) here. Brewing for 2 years. Doing partial mash brews. Done Ales and Lagers. I keg all of my brews and have a 4 tap (for now) keezer. Nothing like brewing your own beer.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brewtopia-of-Port-Jeff/100774100005976
http://www.homebrewshop.com/ Located in the back of an old style hardware store in Northport. They can grind the grain you buy there.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/kedco-wine-racks-cellars-and-accessories-farmingdale They're mostly wine accessories (racks, carafes, fridges, etc). Their beer and wine making is also in the back. I still don't know why they don't have a web page...
http://www.arborwine.com/ In Islip.
About to start a New Zealand Rye IPA in a couple of minutes. (Brewing, not drinking...)

petey_c said:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brewtopia-of-Port-Jeff/100774100005976
http://www.homebrewshop.com/ Located in the back of an old style hardware store in Northport. They can grind the grain you buy there.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/kedco-wine-racks-cellars-and-accessories-farmingdale They're mostly wine accessories (racks, carafes, fridges, etc). Their beer and wine making is also in the back. I still don't know why they don't have a web page...
http://www.arborwine.com/ In Islip.
About to start a New Zealand Rye IPA in a couple of minutes. (Brewing, not drinking...)

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Nice! You get an early start! I just started heating my strike/sparge water with a bucket heater.. Need to hit Arbor or Karps later because I don't have enough two row.

petey_c said:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brewtopia-of-Port-Jeff/100774100005976
http://www.homebrewshop.com/ Located in the back of an old style hardware store in Northport. They can grind the grain you buy there.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/kedco-wine-racks-cellars-and-accessories-farmingdale They're mostly wine accessories (racks, carafes, fridges, etc). Their beer and wine making is also in the back. I still don't know why they don't have a web page...
http://www.arborwine.com/ In Islip.
About to start a New Zealand Rye IPA in a couple of minutes. (Brewing, not drinking...)

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Brewtopia added grain grinding an has an excellent selection of craft beer for research.

I have to head back out to PEP boys for headlights for the car. Maybe I'll drop by there and take a peak. Finished my IPA and am about 30 minutes into the boil for a double chocolate stout.

Avid brewer over here from Glen Cove. Been brewing for 4-5 years now and make atleast 3-4 batches a month. Also interned at the Greenport Harbor Brewery for a few months. Just wanted to recommend Kedco in farmingdale to you guys. Dave is the guy who runs the place and is a really great dude. Unless what I need is extremely cheaper online, I always try to support them and buy what I need there. Karps is also pretty good for used kegs and liquid yeast.

petey_c said:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brewtopia-of-Port-Jeff/100774100005976
http://www.homebrewshop.com/ Located in the back of an old style hardware store in Northport. They can grind the grain you buy there.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/kedco-wine-racks-cellars-and-accessories-farmingdale They're mostly wine accessories (racks, carafes, fridges, etc). Their beer and wine making is also in the back. I still don't know why they don't have a web page...
http://www.arborwine.com/ In Islip.
About to start a New Zealand Rye IPA in a couple of minutes. (Brewing, not drinking...)

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Cool thanks man, I've been to brewtopia before, never knew they had home brew stuff, probably just wasn't looking for it. Going to check that out on my day off.

Also found a shop in patchogue online called brewtique. Gonna check that out too.

If you like hot sauces, in that same small mall is a store called Pepper Heads. They have everything from mild, to the sauces where you have to sign a waiver before they'll sell it... You can also hit up Port Jeff Brewing for a few samples. They're just a short walk away.
My NZ RIPA was starting to bubble about 6 hours after I finished brewing it. The Dbl Choc Stout still sitting quietly...

Bisco_Ben said:

Avid brewer over here from Glen Cove. Been brewing for 4-5 years now and make atleast 3-4 batches a month. Also interned at the Greenport Harbor Brewery for a few months. Just wanted to recommend Kedco in farmingdale to you guys. Dave is the guy who runs the place and is a really great dude. Unless what I need is extremely cheaper online, I always try to support them and buy what I need there. Karps is also pretty good for used kegs and liquid yeast.

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I used to go out of the way to go to Brooklyn Homebrew for everything, but got tired of making the trip all the way out to the ass end of Brooklyn all the time. I just go there when I'm looking for something exotic that most of the homebrew shops on LI don't carry. I live about 15 minutes from Kedco and have been frequenting them a lot lately. They are really nice, helpful, and know their stuff . I should have been going there from the start because they have a nice little homebrew shop there!

Being in Brooklyn I have to say that I'm unimpressed with Brooklyn Homebrew, despite its claim to being the best homebrew shop in the city. The whole staff there exudes the typical snobbish brooklynite attitude which makes its uncomfortable asking for help. My favorite place to go here is called Bitter and Esters. Its owned and operated by a bunch of beer nerds who brew on premise. Stop in anytime and they'll share samples of what they've got on tap with you while answering your questions, helping you pick out the right ingredients for your recipe and just shooting the ****. They even hold classes and events regularly to help brewers on their journey towards better beer. All in all, very cool place. If any of you are ever in Brooklyn you should definitely check it out.

Sounds like a great place, they hav a cool website too. I think the store near me wants to go BOP but is building up base first.

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Their meetings are the first Wednesday of the month and they move around as far as where they meet, I've been to meetings in Patchogue and Massapequa.

Their website: beermalt.org doesn't seem to be up right now but that's where I usually find out where the next meeting is.

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I'm in Ronkonkoma, been brewing a little over a year (extract) and also a member of LIBME.

The site is up, but there is an issue where it's not redirecting you when you go to the Beermalt.org domain. You can visit it here: https://sites.google.com/site/beermalt/home

Next meeting March 6th at The Good Life in Massapequa.

They do raffles nearly every meeting for tickets to events, hard to get beer, and homebrew supplies.

No membership fees to join the meetings, but for $25 you get a charter membership which includes discounts at some craft bars and Distributers.

KTMurphy said:

I'm in Ronkonkoma, been brewing a little over a year (extract) and also a member of LIBME.

The site is up, but there is an issue where it's not redirecting you when you go to the Beermalt.org domain. You can visit it here: https://sites.google.com/site/beermalt/home

Next meeting March 6th at The Good Life in Massapequa.

They do raffles nearly every meeting for tickets to events, hard to get beer, and homebrew supplies.

No membership fees to join the meetings, but for $25 you get a charter membership which includes discounts at some craft bars and Distributers.

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I have been meaning to go to one of these meetings for a long time. Maybe I'll stop by this one and check it out.

toast said:

I have been meaning to go to one of these meetings for a long time. Maybe I'll stop by this one and check it out.

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Please do!

There is usually drink specials or a special beer on tap (sometimes on cask) directly from a local brewery for the meeting.

First half hour or so is socializing, next half hour to an hour is the meeting itself followed by a demonstration (not every meeting has a Demo) then more socializing.

Oh, and drinking too.

BTW -- If anyone asks for you to introduce yourself, do so and let them know you're "Here for the beer"

Hope to see you there!

pwm74 said:

Thank you , here are some current pics

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I am in stony brook. All grain brewing for a few years Charter member of libme. I am looking at these pictures and hoping you have a good Carbon monoxide detector in your basement.
I am kegging a saison today that we made in the garage during sandy.Anybody have a cool name for it??

Yes , I do

1 in the basement and a hard wired one on the second floor. It went off twice when I had the 23 tip burner, which also left a lot of soot. Changing too 10 although takes a little longer creates no soot and carbon dioxide sensor happy. The basement is only accessible through bilco doors which I leave open when I brew.

New additions to the brew cellar

A arduino temp monitor program code set up by hbt member Jimmayhugh

Silver soldered couplers with the help of silver solder topic on the board. If anyone on Long Island needs to borrow the dimple tool and flux or help doing , let me know

pwm74 said:

Yes , I do

1 in the basement and a hard wired one on the second floor. It went off twice when I had the 23 tip burner, which also left a lot of soot. Changing too 10 although takes a little longer creates no soot and carbon dioxide sensor happy. The basement is only accessible through bilco doors which I leave open when I brew.

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co detectors sound off at 35ppm.7ppm over time will make you very sick
I am a building analyst so I can measure this.I recently measured 7ppm in the top floor of my house after brewing in my garage[attached] with the door half open. I now have a fan set up and no co. Please consider using a fan to ventilate the basement

i shoot a fan up the outside stairs, how long did the co linger for at 7ppm. whats your saison recipe look like.

I turned the whole house fan on and it cleared out pretty quickly.The saison blows me away.Pun intended.This was the first time i used 3711 yeast.
the stuff is a beast.FG 1.003 OG1.095. I had to put a blow off about 6 hrs after pitching.

Hey guys, Don here from smithtown.
You could name your brew from sandy, "Blow Hard Saison"

pwm74 said:

Yes , I do

1 in the basement and a hard wired one on the second floor. It went off twice when I had the 23 tip burner, which also left a lot of soot. Changing too 10 although takes a little longer creates no soot and carbon dioxide sensor happy. The basement is only accessible through bilco doors which I leave open when I brew.

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Just remember co is heavier than air, and will stay in the basement if left undisturbed.

french for blowhard is"souffler fort"
german is blasen hart
I think good ol american "blow hard saison" works real well.
Thanks for the name
CO is about the same wieght as air and mixes well with it.Propane is heavier and will pool on the floor

yak80yak said:

french for blowhard is"souffler fort"
german is blasen hart
I think good ol american "blow hard saison" works real well.
Thanks for the name
CO is about the same wieght as air and mixes well with it.Propane is heavier and will pool on the floor

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Thanks for the info.
I don't know what's worse, the fact that I was misinformed or that I, in turn, have been misinforming people for years now.

I think it is Radon that is heavier than air and will pool in the basement if left undisturbed. That is why I had a fan sucking air out from under my basement slab in Pennsylvania.

Brewing from huntington station for over a year now.

Anyone serious about collabing on a batch and wanna chill during a brew sesh hit me up!!

New brewer here from Kings Park. Just bottled my 3rd brew since x-mas - an IPA extract purchased from Brewtopia in Port Jeff. I'm going to probably stick to extract for a while - to work out the kinks in the process. I plan on attending the LIBME and Brewtopia events early next month so hopefully I'll see some of you there. It is nice to see there are so many folks close to home... can't wait to get more involved with the LI brewing community.

mjblake said:

New brewer here from Kings Park. Just bottled my 3rd brew since x-mas - an IPA extract purchased from Brewtopia in Port Jeff. I'm going to probably stick to extract for a while - to work out the kinks in the process. I plan on attending the LIBME and Brewtopia events early next month so hopefully I'll see some of you there. It is nice to see there are so many folks close to home... can't wait to get more involved with the LI brewing community.

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Welcome to the hobby! See you at Brewtopia. Mark has a great deal on bulk LME that can make it pretty economical to stick with extract brewing as long as you want.

does he sell sacks of grain

Glad to see so many Long Island brewers. I'm from mastic beach, been brewing for about three years and have been wanting to join a local club but can't ever make it to the meetings because of either school or work. Hope to make it out eventually.

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Are anyone of you guys in any local brew clubs
Nice to see saison being brewed, I happened to be reading
Farmhouse ales, nice read

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Not a formal club but we've been tasting homebrew and swap recipes at Brewtopia in Port Jeff on first Tuesdays at 7pm. The shop sells a wicked line of craft beer and the owner can be counted on to open something research worth during the event...

Reminder! April 3rd is the next LIBME meeting at The Black Sheep Ale House in Mineola.

http://www.blacksheepalehouse.com/
http://www.beermalt.org

KTMurphy said:

Reminder! April 3rd is the next LIBME meeting at The Black Sheep Ale House in Mineola.

http://www.blacksheepalehouse.com/
http://www.beermalt.org

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See you there

eric19312 said:

Welcome to the hobby! See you at Brewtopia. Mark has a great deal on bulk LME that can make it pretty economical to stick with extract brewing as long as you want.

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Eric, I'm also from kings park. Try to make the LIBME meeting next month

Sounds fun, will try but Mineola is pretty far for me.

west Babylon here

Justa wanted to introduce myself, I'm from Bethpage...just starting my first brew tomorrow Brewers Best Witbier. I've been to Arbor and i need to check out Brewtopia. Are their any other stores that specialize on LI or Queens?

Karp's Homebrew and Hardware in Newport is a good store too. Good selection of ingredients and well set up with the hardware side of the store to help you build all grain equipment.

Karps is in northport. auto correct sucks. Larkfield road just south of the railroad. Alan is a font of knowledge and home brewing is one of many passions for him.
support your lhbs!!