NORTHERN
BREWER RETAIL NEWSLETTER
NOVEMBER 2009
In
this issue...
* Grand Opening in Milwaukee
* Black Friday
Sale!
* National Teach A Friend to Homebrew Day
*
New Polarware Kettles
* New Blichmann Engineering Products
*
Winexpert's Limited Edition 2009
NORTHERN
BREWER GRAND OPENING IN WEST ALLIS, WI
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Here in Saint Paul,
we're all a little jealous of what's going on in West Allis,
Wisconsin. The new store is getting closer and closer to
opening. Grand Opening festivities will be held over the weekend of
November 13 - 15 and promises to be a good time for all. There
will be all-grain brewing demonstrations hosted by NB employees and
featuring Jamil Zainasheff and John Blichmann (on Friday and
Saturday, respectively). The Brewing Network will be
broadcasting live on location. Brian Perkey from Wyeast
Laboratories will be talking yeast and generally hanging out.
Award-winning mead-maker (and NB employee) Curt Stock will be in the
house talking mead. There will be door prizes and, of course,
everything in the new store will be on sale all weekend long.
*
Check
here for more details.
* Sales do not apply to our
Grand Avenue location.
SAINT PAUL
BLACK FRIDAY SALE
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Get
that holiday shopping out of the way early this year! Northern
Brewer will again be having our annual Black Friday Sale on November
27th. WE WILL NOT BE OPEN FOR REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS ON THE DAY
OF THE SALE! We will be opening early at 8:30 AM for all you
brewers out there hoping to squeeze in two brew sessions. We
will also be closing early at 5 PM. Everything in the store
will be discounted by 15%. This is a one-day-only sale, and
rain-checks do not apply.
NATIONAL
TEACH A FRIEND TO HOMEBREW DAY
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On
Saturday, November 7th Northern Brewer will be hosting the Saint
Paul Homebrewers Club as they brew a batch of
beer in our back parking lot with their big-batch system.
Anyone is encouraged to come out and hang out for the brew session,
which will be getting started around 10 AM. Award-winning
homebrewers, and members of the SPHBC will be on hand to answer
questions with regards to the all grain brewing process or any other
beer related questions you may have. Feel free to bring samples
of your own brews or commercial beers for tasting. Northern
Brewer will be operating normal business hours - we will be open from
10 AM to 5 PM.
Additionally, Barley John's Brewpub will
be hosting the Minnesota
Homebrewer's Association for a hands-on brewing
demonstration. Again, acclaimed homebrewers and members
of the MN Homebrewers will be on-hand and talking beer from 10-2 PM.
Barley
John's is a fantastic Brew Pub located at Old
Highway 8 and County Road D in New Brighton. If you
haven't sampled any of their tremendous beers, we encourage you to
stop by. Northern Brewer will also be donating brewing
equipment as a door prize. Whether you're just getting started,
want to learn a little more, or you just want to go hang out and talk
beer,this is a great chance to enjoy a pint and hang out for a brew
session.
NEW POLARWARE
KETTLES
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Northern
Brewer is excited to carry Polarware's newest addition to their line
of brewing kettles. We will now be offering Polarware's eight
gallon kettle welded with a half-inch ball valve, perfect for a
full-volume wort boil for the five-gallon batch brewer. In
addition to this kettle, we'll carry Polarware's new line of Deluxe
Kettles. These kettles will feature a
graduated weldless sight-glass in addition to the welded ball-valve
and thermometer ports that are currently offered on their brew
kettles. These Deluxe kettles will be offered in 10 and 15
gallon sizes. These brand new kettles are not yet on our
website or in our retail location. But we expect them to be
available within a couple of weeks.
NEW
BLICHMANN ENGINEERING
PRODUCTS
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Blichmann
Engineering has done it again! Northern Brewer now carries the
newly-released Blichmann AutoSparge.
Looking like something out of Tesla's laboratory, the AutoSparge
allows you to maintain a constant level of sparge water in your Mash
Tun by automatically adjusting the flow rate from your Hot Liquor
Tank into your Mash Tun to match the flow rate from your Mash Tun
into your Boil Kettle. So you can just "set it and forget it".
Compatible with gravity-fed systems or with systems designed
around pumps--including RIMS systems--and fits any kettle or cooler
that is at least twelve inches in diameter.
Also check out
Blichmann's
Brewing Gloves. Elbow-length protection
from scalding and perfect for sanitary applications, you'll wonder
how you ever brewed without them.
NEW
LIMITED EDITION WINE KITS FROM WINEXPERT
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Each
and every year, this series of wine kits represents the best that
Winexpert has to offer. These wines speak for themselves, if
you have made one in the past, then you can speak to their
excellence. This year marks the 20th anniversary of Winexperts'
Limited Edition Series, and to commemorate, they are bringing back
five of their most popular wines! This
year's line includes the following:
* South
African Shiraz
* California Trio Blanca
* Australian Petit
Verdot
* Pacific Quartet
* Italian Brunello
We'll
see you next time you're in the store,
Cheers!
Northern
Brewer
1150 Grand Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55105
651-789-0189