Northern Brewer Retail Newsletter
(January 2009)

In this issue...

New Wyeast Private Collection
New Limited Edition Beer Kits
Beer Nerd Gear and new NB Coffee Mugs
Wine Kit Discount
Upper Mississippi Mash-Out Competition
NB Coupon

New Wyeast Private Collection $5.75

Brewing high gravity beer is a long standing European tradition, and Wyeast is making it possible for you to create and brew your own. Whether you are looking to brew an extremely rich malty brew with a powerful bouquet or a winter warmer with malty sweetness and complexity, Wyeast's High Gravity Private Collection™ will provide you with the most critical tool to make it possible. These brews will take a little more preparation, demand more effort and require more patience but the benefits are amazing! So, settle in this winter season with your favorite brewing resources and prepare yourself for a truly Big Brew experience.

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.

Alc. Tolerance             12-14%

Flocculation                low-medium

Attenuation                 75-80%

Temperature Range     68-75°F (20-24°C)

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.

Alc. Tolerance             12%
Flocculation                medium
Attenuation                 75-80%
Temperature Range     68-75°F (20-24°C)

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.

Alc. Tolerance             12%

Flocculation                medium

Attenuation                 75-79%
Temperature Range     65-80°F (18-27°C)

New Limited Edition Beer Kits

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-PC 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-PC 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-PC Imperial Blend

Beer Nerd Gear and NB Coffee Mugs

Just a heads up. We just reprinted our Beer Nerd T-Shirts and have them back in stock at our retail store. The shirt feature a wizard casting arcane spells made up up of brewing equations at a five-headed hop hydra coming out of his boil kettle. Reads "10th Level Beer Nerd" on the back. Comes in L and XL sizes. $12.99
We love our new Northern Brewer coffee mugs. We drink a lot of beer, but we're addicted to coffee. You can't drink beer every morning, right? $4.99
To take a look at these two products and others click here.

Wine Kit Discount

Northern Brewer has various select wine kits from Winexpert, Cellar Craft and Mosti Mondiale on sale. Prices vary as does selection so you will have to swing by to see what is on sale and in stock. No guarantees on kit availability and first come, first served. Average discount is 20% off. Applies to Grand Avenue retail location only.

Upper Mississippi Mash-Out January 23rd and 24th

Minnesota's premier homebrew competition is nearly upon us. The two day event showcases some of the best homebrew in Minnesota and beyond. The competition is brought to us by Minnesota Home Brewers Association and the St. Paul Home Brewers Club.
To find more information go here. http://www.mashout.org/index.html

Northern Brewer Retail Coupon

$1 OFF NB COFFEE MUG or $2 OFF ANY NB T-SHIRT

Coupon must be present. Expires 2.28.09