Northern Brewer Retail Newsletter

In this issue

Pre-Order your Hop Rhizomes
Limited Edition Yeast
Limited Edition Beer Kits
Green Arrow Engraving
St. Paul Summer Beer Fest

Hop Rhizomes!

As a wise man once said, 'give a man some hops, he'll brew for a day. Give a man a hop rhizome, he'll brew for a lifetime!'

Stop in to Northern Brewer today to pre-order your hop rhizomes. Rhizomes will be $5.99 each and are pre-pay. Also supplies are limited and we are not sure when the cut off date will be (whenever the hop farmers tell us) so stop in soon to ensure your order.
Just ask our friendly staff at the front register that you would like to pre-order hop rhizomes and they will help you.

Varieties For This Year

Cascade

Centennial

Crystal

Magnum

Mt. Hood

Nugget

Sterling

Willamette

We expect these rhizomes to come around mid to late April.

Limited Edition Yeast -These yeasts are available only until the end of March!

Wyeast 9093-PC Imperial Blend
Beer Styles: American Barleywine, Imperial IPA, Imperial Red, Imperial Brown, Imperial Porter, Russian Imperial Stout
Profile: This unique blend of strains is designed to ferment higher gravity worts used in producing any style of Imperial beer. The results will be a rich, malty, full bodied beer with notes of citrus & fruity esters. Even with a high starting gravity your Imperials will have a relatively dry finish.

Wyeast 9097-PC Old Ale Blend
Beer Styles: English Barleywine, English Strong Ale, Old Ale
Profile: To bring you a bit of English brewing heritage we developed the “Old Ale” blend, including an attenuative ale strain and a Brettanomyces strain, which will ferment well in dark worts and produce beers with nice fruitiness. Complex estery characters will emerge with age. Pie cherry and sourness will evolve from the Brettanomyces along with distinct horsey characteristics.

Wyeast 3864-PC Canadian/Belgian Ale
Beer Styles: Belgian Dubbel and Tripel, Belgian Specialty Ale, Belgian Golden Strong, Biere de Garde, Witbier
Profile: This strain has a classic profile producing mild phenolics which increase with higher fermentation temperatures. It has a low ester profile with a dry, slightly tart finish. This strain is alcohol tolerant while producing complex & well balanced beers.

Limited Edition Beer Kits -These beer kits are available only until the end of March!

Québécois Quadruple Wheat Wine $40.50

The Québécois are proud, bold and fiercely loyal people that can't be understood after a few pints, and they sure can make a damn good beer. This quadruple wheat wine is very much along the lines of a strong belgian golden ale but with a wheat focus. The wheat adds a ready character and keeps the beer from being too dry and the addition of Grains of Paradise adds a spicy, peppery finish. This dangerously potent libation is a peace offering to our friends to the North. In all seriousness, sorry for stealing Shatner.....

Uses Wyeast 3864 Canadian/Belgian Ale

XX Ale $34.25

Crowded, polluted, foggy and dangerous: these were the streets of Victorian London. Porter was the everyday drink of the working man who would, on rare occasion, order a pint of something more special. Stock ales, what we now call Old Ales, were different in the fact they had been aged and blended to produce a much more flavorful beer. This 'aged' character was sought after and cherished so much so that these beers were nearly double the price of the regular offerings. This beer, with its dried dark fruit character exemplifies the base of these stock ales. Additionally, a small amount of Brettanomyces is used in combination with yeast to give that unique aged flavor. Drink this young for a rich fruity libation or let it age and you'll get notes of leather and dark cherry pie. If you ever wanted to know what a traditional stock ale tasted like, this is your chance.

Uses Wyeast 9097 Old Ale Blend

Imperial Slavic Ale $62.95

If California can have its double IPA's, why can't one of the finest hop growing regions in the world do it one better? This triple IPA clocks in with a face-melting 200+ IBU's given by a half pound of hops. We added three pounds on Orange blossom honey to this beast which lend a sweet citrus character that blends perfectly with the floral and pungent bouquet. At approx. 11% abv, this is one bad matka... can you handle it?

Uses Wyeast 9093 Imperial Ale Blend

Green Arrow Engraving

Northern Brewer is happy to introduce you to Green Arrow Engraving. Green Arrow Engraving is a custom engraving company. Besides the many other products they engrave, they specialize in cups, mugs, wine glasses, wine bottles and beer bottles. They also do custom wood or bar mirror signs for your home brewery or winery. Give them a try to add a really nice and personal touch to your homebrew or wine.
To find more info please go to http://www.greenarrowengraving.com/

You can also check out some of their work at our retail store.

St. Paul Summer Beer Fest - Save the Date! June 28th

Here at Northern Brewer, we love our Minnesota summers almost as much as we love beer. So, of course we are going to love the St. Paul Summer Beer Fest. We are also proud to be one of the sponsors of this brand new event.

Here's some info from our friends at Chop Liver, LLC.

The St. Paul Summer Beer Fest is an outdoor beer festival taking place in Minnesota’s capital city on the grounds of Midway Stadium, home of the St. Paul Saints.This beer festival is being put on by Chop Liver, LLC in partnership with the Saint Paul Saints. The beer festival will include breweries and brew pubs from Minnesota and beyond, live music, food, silent auction for charity, and lots of fun. The venue has ample room, plenty of parking, and a historic location for enjoying beers during our great Minnesota summer. To find more info please go to http://www.stpaulsummerbeerfest.com/