Freehouse Brewery Review

Last Wednesday, the Low Country Libations homebrew club held our monthly meeting at Freehouse Brewery in North Charleston.  Freehouse is owned by Arthur Lucas, who was manning the tasting room on this particular evening.  The location is real nice, as it is located on banks of the Ashley River.  There is a nice deck for enjoying some beers and checking out the view of the river.

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Yeast- Everything Homebrew Review!

Two Saturdays back was the grand opening for Yeast-Everything Homebrew in Mt. Pleasant.   Finally, we have a homebrew shop and it's within 10 minutes of my house.  Sweet!  I made it out to the grand opening and I must say traffic in and out of the store was nice and steady.  It was good to see the local homebrewers come out and show their support.  Speaking of local homebrewers.  The local homebrewing club, The Low Country Libations (I am a proud a card carrying member) showed their support by brewing a batch of Belgian White.  It was an extract ingredient kit that is sold at the shop.  I arrived when they were just finishing up, and it smelled damn good!

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Charleston Area Homebrew Shop....Finally!

In case you haven't heard, a homebrew store will be opening next week in Mt. Pleasant.  Yeast- Everything Homebrew will open it's doors next Saturday, February 1st in the Belle Hall area of Mt. Pleasant.  The exact location is 557 Belle Station Boulevard in Mt. Pleasant.  The store will be open six days a week, and its hours will be Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 11am-7pm, Saturday 10am-5pm, and Sunday noon-5pm. They will be closed on Wednesdays.


Yeast-Everything Homebrew is owned by Peter Kinslow, at Mt. Pleasant resident.  He homebrewed for years before he moved to the area.  When he moved here, he stopped brewing due to the lack of local homebrewing resources.  Her recently renewed his love for homebrewing, and feels it's about time we have a dedicated homebrew store in our area.  I couldn't agree more!

"The shop will offer brewing equipment, supplies, kits, ingredients that include a selection of fresh malts, grains, hops and yeast, provide support through demonstrations and advice for novices seeking to start in the craft."  He will have a library where patrons will be able to peruse through his personal collection of homebrewing books.  Once the store gets up and running, the store will hold special events such as classes on how to brew your own.

I am definitely excited to have a homebrew shop within 10 minutes of my house, and will definitely be a regular customer.  Check out the website www.yeasthomebrew.com or follow on Twitter at www.twitter.com/yeasthomebrew.  Oh and try to come out to the Grand Opening next Saturday, February 1st and show your support!  I will definitely be there!

Cheers!

   

                     

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Low Country Libations August 2013 Meeting

Last weekend, the Low Country Libations met for our monthly homebrewing meeting at Laura Alberts on Daniel Island.  The meeting was well-attended, and a ton of quality homebrew was sampled.  The meeting began with a award winning tasty Kolsch (I'm not just saying it was tasty because I brewed it...honestly), and ended with a high octane Imperial Stout.   In between, we tasted Saisons, an Amber ale, Brown Ale's, IPA's, Double IPA's, a Belgian Speciality beer that had been aged since like 2008 or 2009, and quite a few other delicious beers.  Someone in the homebrew club definitely has some patience, holding on to that Belgian Specialty beer for about five years.  Wish I had that kind of discipline.  All in all, it was an awesome meeting.  This club certainly has a lot of talent!

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Adventures in Homebrewing-The Recipe!

I have been homebrewing for about 3 years now.  I started as an extract brewer and about a year ago, went to All-Grain brewing.  From here on out, I plan on documenting my "Adventures in Homebrewing" on this site.  This coming weekend, I plan on brewing a Belgian IPA.  I did a Belgian IPA last year, and it turned out pretty good, though a bit under carbed.  This is a different recipe, so I will call this one Belgian IPA #2.  If it comes out good, then I can give it a better name.  If it doesn't turn out good then it will become a one and done, and not get a fancy name.  Here's the recipe:

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