May 1, 2013

Here's to an Epic May

We've been busy bees here at TBC these days, especially Jerrod. He's been working overtime (well, more than usual) to be able to squeeze in a collaboration with a little brewery you may have heard of, goes by the name STONE BREWING COMPANY! Jerrod had the pleasure of brewing a double IPA with Stone's Justinian Caire (Greek God of brewing perhaps?). The Mothership Connection (per request of our beloved Stone rep Chuck Susse without whom this would not have happened) will be ready in time for a big Craft Beer Week celebration May 13th-19th.
Here at TBC Craft Beer Week we will be highlighted in numerous ways. It starts on Monday the 13th  with beers featured from Noble Ale Works & Ballast Point Brewery. Stone & The Bruery will be celebrating with us on Thursday, May16th.  We will participate, along with the aforementioned breweries in a Craft Beer Week National Cheers at 5:00 PM (our time), & the landing of the Mothership Connection. Four taps each will be  dedicated to Stone & The Bruery. That's a recipe for awesome & we like awesome. 
Speaking of awesomeness, we just released Stay All Day Session IPA & are pretty darn happy with it and its hoppiness. It's only 4.8% but is very generously hopped & has a great bite and flavor, while not rocking your world. This is different from a pale in how it is hopped. You can taste the difference.  Sometimes, as the little girl on a certain commercial says, "you want more, you like it, you want more!" This is to help those hopheads who want more but need to err on the side of caution. 
In the meantime...
Bikes and Beers is back and coincidentally (or is it???) lands on Cinco de Drinko/Cinco de MAYhem. So, in addition to house beer & pizza discounts, there will also be specials with names that have spanish words in them! For some reason, these specials always turn out very well and pretty darn authentic.... Anyways, always a great time, and if you haven't hung with The Path yet, you're missing out. Craft beer drinkers, mount up! http://eepurl.com/yTksT 
Last but not least, love to all you crafty mothers (and yes I reference craft beer, not homemade goods, but god knows I love them both, especially home made goods created to enhance craft beer or its consumption!).  Come join us for Mothers Day! We will open at 10:00 am with a special brunch menu served until 1:00, the regular menu will be served starting at 11:00 am.

Mar 26, 2013

Oh dear, where's my beer?

Ok all my lovelies, I'm sure many of you are very concerned that your go-to beer here at TBC may be missing. And perhaps even your back-up. Well first, please know that we are doing our very best to remedy the situation. A number of things led to this shortage including, but not limited too, refilling the sour barrels (which held up a tank) and finishing the brewing on the last of the Smog City beer brewed here at TBC. We look forward to Smog City's opening and knowing there will be much more excellent beer brewed in the world.

On that note, congratulations to Jerrod on his new role as TBC's head brewer! We are very happy and proud of him. He's tutelage under Porter was clearly a success because the beer has been damn great this past year. Keep it up Jerrod! We look forward to more of your great brewing.

Back to the situation at hand, RedHill Red and the beloved Old Town IPA will return Monday and American Pale Ale late next week. We made sure to soften the blow with some new specialties as well as some old favorites. Oh and let's not forget the guest beers, yeah, we can pick em...

Mar 7, 2013

Alert to Home Brewers- 5th Annual Monster Brew at TBC

On March 9, 2013 the Tustin Brewing Company and its Brewmaster, Pacific Gravity’s Jon Porter, will be hosting their 5th professional style Monster Brew.

PG’s Brewmaster Carl Townsend and Jon have developed a new base wort for this event. This year we are going for a spelt-based recipe with about 1/3rd spelt malt and a bit of oats. This will be a great starting point for a spelt-based wheat beer, a Farmhouse ale, Saison or Wit. For you hop heads, boost up the bitterness with your favorite American hop tea to make an awesome spelt IPA, or darken it up with chocolate malt to make a spelt porter. Or, use you imagination to make the most awesome beer ever. Each person will pitch his yeast of choice, add adjuncts to the wort, dry hop in secondary, or do nothing special to it. For some great suggestions, see Carl’s article, How do I modify my wort from the Monster Brew at Tustin Brewing?

 

COST

The cost will be $30 for each 5 gallons of wort. Everybody will be guaranteed 1 batch, and if mash volume permits, a second batch.  

Yeast and any additional ingredients you wish to add are not included. You can bring your yeast to the brewery, or pitch it at home.

Payment for the event must be done in advance by coming by Tustin Brewing Company to sign up and pay with cash. You cannot order wort the day of the event.  

You MUST be present at the event to get your wort. No friends will be allowed to pick up wort for you! If you have paid in advance, but find you cannot attend, 24 hour notice must be given in order to obtain a refund.

Some of us may want to purchase more than 10 gallons. Initially, ONLY 5 – 10 gallons may be purchased. However, if there is wort left over at the end we will hold a lottery to determine who may get an additional 5 gallon allotment. Bring an extra fermenter if you are interested.

Don’t forget to bring a sanitized fermenter for each 5 gallons you buy!

FERMENTERS

Fermenters MUST be either plastic or stainless steel. Absolutely no glass fermenters will be allowed in the brewery due to the danger of breakage on the tile floor. You may bring small glass vessels with yeast or other additions, however. If you have a fermenter with a small neck, bring a funnel to facilitate your fill.  

We will have extra plastic fermenters and airlocks available for on-site purchase.  If you think you may need one, please contact Jon Porter so that we can get a count. (see contact info below)

TIME

The event will be starting EARLY, at 6AM. If that is too early, you may show up by 12 noon and still get your pre-purchased wort. Of course, you’ll not get to take part in the actual brewing. Projected ending time will be between 1-2 PM.

FOOD

Tustin Brewing will have coffee, bagels, pastries, etc. for breakfast, and we will buy our own lunches towards the end of the brewing session. In addition, there is a Trader Joe’s nearby, and an early opening restaurant where you can get breakfast if you wish.

Tustin Brewing’s kitchen opens for lunch at 11am.

In addition Jon will be supplying tasting samples of some of his fine brews during the morning. Cut off time for free pours will be 11am. After that, beer will be available for purchase.

Contacts:

Jon Porter, Brewmaster, portertbc@gmail.com

Carl Townsend  CompetitionCoordinator@pacificgravity.com 
Dave Mauceli    President@pacificgravity.com 
Tim Bardet      Treasurer@pacificgravity.como