estricklin
Well-Known Member
I recently tried to send a letter via snail mail to the Spoetzl Brewery about cloning their delicious Shiner Ruby Redbird seasonal beer, the discussion about this clone can be found in another thread. After searching for half an hour on the internet I sent the letter to what I thought was the correct address, only to find out a week later that it was only the physical address, apparently they have a P.O. box and don't want anyone contacting them via snail mail, so I would advise anyone that wants to, give up!!
I decided to send them an e-mail through the "contact us" option on their what I found to be poorly made website. The following is our correspondence:
"Hello, I have been trying like crazy to clone your Ruby Redbird Beer. Any information would be greatly appreicated, such as hop schedule, recomendation for lager yeast, FG, grapefruit juice ratio, anything!! The batches I made were great but not even close to what you guys brew!! I brew 5 gallon batches. Thanks in advance, Eric"
"Hi Eric, Thank you for your interest in Shiner Beers. We are very excited that you chose to use to clone Shiner Ruby Redbird. Because we are a privately owned company, any and all information is proprietary. We appreciate your understanding and wish you good luck with your home brewing. If you haven't already visited the Spoetzl Brewery, come and see us....we'll save a cold one for you!! Anne Raabe Public Relations Representative"
I know I know before anyone says so, what business do I have asking a professional brewery how to make a beer that THEY make? Well, I thought it couldn't hurt to ask. I write letters to companies all the time and you'd be surprised at how eager some are to reply and help with any questions I have. I would have gone on to tell Shiner how much I love their beers, and how I buy them on a regular basis and have since I was of drinking age, but the text box was so small I had to choose my words carefully.
I feel let down, disappointed even. Come and see the brewery? Ya I'm really excited about that now. Pfff.
Anyone else ever ask a brewery for help cloning a beer, or just wrote in to say thanks?
I decided to send them an e-mail through the "contact us" option on their what I found to be poorly made website. The following is our correspondence:
"Hello, I have been trying like crazy to clone your Ruby Redbird Beer. Any information would be greatly appreicated, such as hop schedule, recomendation for lager yeast, FG, grapefruit juice ratio, anything!! The batches I made were great but not even close to what you guys brew!! I brew 5 gallon batches. Thanks in advance, Eric"
"Hi Eric, Thank you for your interest in Shiner Beers. We are very excited that you chose to use to clone Shiner Ruby Redbird. Because we are a privately owned company, any and all information is proprietary. We appreciate your understanding and wish you good luck with your home brewing. If you haven't already visited the Spoetzl Brewery, come and see us....we'll save a cold one for you!! Anne Raabe Public Relations Representative"
I know I know before anyone says so, what business do I have asking a professional brewery how to make a beer that THEY make? Well, I thought it couldn't hurt to ask. I write letters to companies all the time and you'd be surprised at how eager some are to reply and help with any questions I have. I would have gone on to tell Shiner how much I love their beers, and how I buy them on a regular basis and have since I was of drinking age, but the text box was so small I had to choose my words carefully.
I feel let down, disappointed even. Come and see the brewery? Ya I'm really excited about that now. Pfff.
Anyone else ever ask a brewery for help cloning a beer, or just wrote in to say thanks?