photogscott
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Ever wanted to leap over the bar or somehow transport yourself Star-Trek style to the other side of the glass at your local brew pub to gaze in reverential awe at the massive steel tanks-to gently place your hands on the smooth walls of the kettle or mash-tun and fantasize yourself as the brewmaster of such a setup? Well I just got that experience last week...sort of.
Belmont Brewing Co. in Long Beach CA serves up consistently tasty and varied styles of ales. With 4 hours of "happy-hour" food & beer, you're likely to find me there on a monday, tuesday or wednesday. (not all three).
People at HBT have said that brewers are more than happy to donate yeast to HB'ers. With a pint of Long Beach Crude in hand I asked the bar-keep if the brewer was around. Minutes later he came to our table and I meekly asked if he "donates" yeast to homebrewers. He said come in anytime before noon with a jar and its yours. He remarked how he hated dumping so much of it. I walked out the next morning with a full 1l flask of creamy trubless german ale yeast. I pitched part of it and had to put in a blow-off tube after 6 hours! 4 WL vials crammed with washed yeast sit in the fridge for future brews
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Belmont Brewing Co. in Long Beach CA serves up consistently tasty and varied styles of ales. With 4 hours of "happy-hour" food & beer, you're likely to find me there on a monday, tuesday or wednesday. (not all three).
People at HBT have said that brewers are more than happy to donate yeast to HB'ers. With a pint of Long Beach Crude in hand I asked the bar-keep if the brewer was around. Minutes later he came to our table and I meekly asked if he "donates" yeast to homebrewers. He said come in anytime before noon with a jar and its yours. He remarked how he hated dumping so much of it. I walked out the next morning with a full 1l flask of creamy trubless german ale yeast. I pitched part of it and had to put in a blow-off tube after 6 hours! 4 WL vials crammed with washed yeast sit in the fridge for future brews
part two next