NORTHERN BREWER RETAIL
NEWSLETTER
APRIL 2009
In this issue...
-- New Wyeast Private Collection Strains
-- New Limited Edition Beer Kits
-- New Wine Kits
-- Other New Products
-- May 2 is National Homebrew Day
-- St. Paul Summer Beer Fest
-- Thrifty Hipster
WYEAST BRETT FUSION PRIVATE COLLECTION
STRAINS
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Prepare to get dirty! Wyeast's Brett Fusion Private Collection
strains are here and ready to brew some funky beers: the vaunted 3763
Roeselare Blend, the new 3789 Trappist Blend, and the tropically fruity
5151 Brettanomyces claussenii. Available from April through June 2009
only -- get yours today!
BRETT SERIES LIMITED EDITION BEER KITS
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Take advantage of the cool spring weather for primary fermentation
and let the Brettanomyces run wild in the warm summer months!
Try the monolithic St. James Gate Foreign Extra Stout, the hoppy
Belgian-style specialty Notre Dame d' Golden Valley, or the
straight-outta-Flanders sour session ale Oud Bruin de Table.
Descriptions of these beer kits can be found here: http://www.northernbrewer.com/limited-edition-beer-kits
These kits are formulated with Wyeast's Brett Fusion PC strains, and we
will be stocking them for only as long as the yeast strains are
available from Wyeast! Please note: These
kits will be available sometime during the second week of April.
Also this is your last chance to get any of the limited beer kits from
last quarter: Imperial Slavic Ale, Quebecois Wheat Wine, and XX Ale.
The same goes for the yeast too. Those yeast strains were Imperial Ale
Blend, Old Ale Blend and Canadian/Belgian Blend, really some great
yeasts here.
NEW WINE KITS FROM WINEXPERT AND
CELLARCRAFT!
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World Vineyard Washington Riesling and California Pinot Noir are in
stock. $69.99 for the Riesling and $71.99 for the Pinot Noir.
Showcase Lodi Old Vines Zin and 5-week California Reserve Merlot with
crushed grapes are expected in the first half of April!
$127.99 for the Zinfandel and $66.99 for Merlot.
OTHER NEW PRODUCTS
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The Smart Strip: Reusable adhesive
strip reads temperature and liquid level inside a keg. For longest
life, apply to clean, dry kegs. $7.99
Northern Brewer Sticker: NB's square color logo on a clear 3" x 3"
sticker. $0.99
Mine 20 oz. Pint Glass: Be confident when saying that beer is mine
(especially when it says "mine" right on it). $4.99
Mine Sticker Pack: Includes 6 Mine Sticker with a writable surface to
label your carboys, kegs and such. You also get one NB sticker too.
$3.99
Book: Anyone Can Build a Whizbang Apple
Grinder and Cider Press
This book contains
detailed instructions on building and using your own Whizbang apple
grinder (built around a modified kitchen garbage disposal) and
Whizbang cider press. 46 pages, black & white illustrations. $18.95
6.5 gallon glass carboys are back in stock! $39.99
MAY 2 IS NATIONAL HOMEBREW DAY
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How will you celebrate National Homebrew Day this year? Enjoying a
pint or three of handcrafted micro-microbrew? Kegging or bottling a
batch? Brewing another batch? All three? Whatever path your beer takes
you down on May 2, we're with you in spirit!
And don't forget we've got you covered for the AHA's Big Brew recipes –
Saison Du Mont and SS Minnow Dark Mild!
http://www.beertown.org/events/bigbrew/recipes.html
ST. PAUL SUMMER BEER FEST
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Tickets Now On Sale!!! http://www.stpaulsummerbeerfest.com/
Northern Brewer is proud to sponsor the St. Paul Summer Beer Fest.
Check out the website! Lots of breweries in attendance. You can't miss
this one!
Northern Brewer will also be on site to chat about home brewing. Stop
by and say "hi".
THRIFTY HIPSTER
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If you have not checked out this site before, do it now!
Our friends at Thrifty Hipster offer a great site for citizens of the
Twin Cities.
Thrifty Hipster is your personal interactive guide to nightlife, drink
specials, and happy hours in your favorite local bars and clubs.
Northern Brewer's favorite is the drink special finder, just enter a
day and time and in two shakes you got a list of choices to find some
great drink deals.
http://www.thriftyhipster.com/minneapolis/
Cheers!
Northern Brewer
1150 Grand Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55105
651-789-0189