ALEiens Homebrew Club

Spreading the Joys of Homebrewing Throughout Philadelphia and Its Suburbs

Welcome to the ALEiens Homebrew Club

This is the official home of the ALEiens Homebrew Club of North East Philadelphia and Bucks County Pennsylvania.

The ALEiens Homebrew Club is dedicated to exchanging out-of-this-world home brewing information and brewing techniques.

Members

  • Steve Hulse
  • D Walter
  • John St.John
  • Chris Reilly
  • Terrence Charest
  • johnny b
  • Will Rogers
  • Christian Mosebach
  • Anthony M. Gurka
  • Eivind Sandstrand
  • Blaise Fougere
  • Dave Covey

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Latest Activity

Dave Romanek is attending Mike Sodano's event
Weyerbacher night at Hulmeville Inn
March 11, 2010 from 6pm to 9pm
@ 6. Blithering Idiot & a firkin of Hops Infusion. $3.75 drafts & $12 Growlers all day
23 minutes ago
And now they've raided their first distributor.. I think the most this will accomplish is hurting the small businessman. What's the next step, they raid bars in Central PA and pull Yuengling?
4 hours ago
Mike Sodano added an event
Weyerbacher night at Hulmeville Inn
March 11, 2010 from 6pm to 9pm
@ 6. Blithering Idiot & a firkin of Hops Infusion. $3.75 drafts & $12 Growlers all day
6 hours ago
Read Don Russell's fine commentary at philly.com. Sorry. Link won't stick.
yesterday
Add Don Russell's fine commentary:
yesterday
Lew tends to tell it like it is, and that's what I like about him. and Matt, that sounds like a great way to make a bad situation better!
on Tuesday
on Tuesday
And adding insult to injury... I went to McGillins to the philly opening of Flying Fish Exit 16. The event was cancelled due to fear of the PLCB stopping in. It's not on the official list yet.. Well, the least I can do is have a pint of something e…
on Monday
Gianpiero Lo Piccolo added a blog post
Hey guys I have two tickets that I am trying to sell if anyone wants to buy them shoot me an email - johnjohn8042@msn.com ..... I had a friend pick up a couple extra tickets before they disappeared. They are $25 dollars a piece and guarantee you one…
on Monday
at least we don't live in NJ and have to be insanely high property taxes!!! (sorry to any of you NJ ALEiens)
on Monday
The sad thing is that even when the beer is on the list the PLCB isn't smart enough to know which beer they're looking at, so they take them indiscriminately? Pathetic. It almost makes me want to go out and grab a pint of some obscure brew right now…
on Monday
Just read the article and it makes you sick to think that this is how our tax money is spent. Our corrupt politicians want to tax everything, so on top of all the taxes paid on beer they even charge a $75 tax to register a beer so you are allowed to…
on Monday

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Homebrew Club News and Information

Our next meeting is Tues. March 30th Time: 7:00pm Location: Hulmeville Inn

The ALEiens Bring Home 8 Ribbons

Congrats to all the ALEiens who entered into the War of the Worts and won ribbons. It was a tough competition. This year the competition was the second largest ever on the east coast with 816 entries.

Though I don't have a final count for the total points for the Keystone Cup, I do know Keystone Hops is running away with the competition this year. The ALEiens are in third place, but only like 5-7 points behind LVHB (last years champion). If LVHB didn't win Best of show, we could be in second. This just means we all need to brew more beers to enter into Malt Madness (the final leg of the Keystone Cup).

Below are all the ALEien Winners:

1st - Christian Mosebach - 13E - The Darkness - American Stout
1st - William (Bill) Schools - 18E - #41 Winter Salutary - Belgian Dark Strong
1st - Tyler Currier - 16B - Leffe Some on the Ceiling - Belgian Pale Ale
2nd - Stephen Stopper - 18E - Stranger Brew Abbey Dubbel - Belgian Dubbel
2nd - Sam Scott and Steve Hulse - 7C - Dusseldorf Altbier
2nd - Justin Low - 21A - Cinnaster - Spice Herb Veggie Beer
3rd - Anthony Gurka and Gianpierro Ioppicolo - 13C - Southpaw - Oatmeal Stout
3rd - Jeff Louella - 14C - The Flame (aka Estate Ale) - Imperial IPA



See what's on tap at the Best Craft Beer Bar in Bucks County.

Forum

Tom Cassidy

ferm problem? 11 Replies

Started by Tom Cassidy in Extract & Partial Mash Brewing. Last reply by Eivind Sandstrand Mar 8.

Brother Benny (aka Carl)

12oz bottles, anyone want some 3 Replies

Started by Brother Benny (aka Carl) in Selling Equipment and Vendor Specials. Last reply by Tom Cassidy Mar 8.

Jeff Louella

Priming with Dark Candi Syrup 2 Replies

Started by Jeff Louella in Kegging, Bottling, Despensing. Last reply by Matt Myers Mar 8.

Nick Vadala

Looking for Home Brewers to Interview for a Paper 5 Replies

Started by Nick Vadala in Misc Beer Talk. Last reply by Jeff Morehouse Mar 2.

Blog Posts

Gianpiero Lo Piccolo

Pliny the Younger Charity Event Blue Dog Tavern Sunday - March 14, 2010 @ 11:30AM / ends @ 11:30PM

Hey guys I have two tickets that I am trying to sell if anyone wants to buy them shoot me an email -

johnjohn8042@msn.com ..... I had a friend pick up a couple extra tickets before they disappeared.
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Posted by Gianpiero Lo Piccolo on March 8, 2010 at 2:09pm

Mike Sodano

Just a damn shame

I'm sure many of you have heard about the raid on Resurrection Ale House, Local 44, and Memphis Taproom late last week. Here is some updated info from philly.com.


"Citizen complaint". Hmmm . . .


And this part:


"Among the brands that the State Police reportedly sought during its raid was Pliny the Younger (emphasis added), recently named the No. 1 beer in the world by Beer Advocate, a popular online beer-rating site. The ale is made once a year

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Posted by Mike Sodano on March 8, 2010 at 8:36am — 10 Comments

Jeff Louella

Building an Airlock to Ferment in a Corny Keg

I was lucky enough to take part in a small group that obtained a Bourbon Barrel for the use of aging beer. For our first batch, we brewed an Abbey Dubbel and I contributed 10 gallons to fill the 55 Gallon Barrel. The beer aged in the barrel for about 4 months until we pulled the Dubbel and replaced it with a Russian Imperial Stout. This left me with 2 5gallon corny kegs full of Abbey Dubbel.

Since I had 2 kegs of the same beer, I wanted to do something different in one of them. I decid… Continue

Posted by Jeff Louella on March 6, 2010 at 10:30pm — 5 Comments

john b

Philadelphia Real Ale Invitational! Who's going?


  • Sunday, March 21, 2010



    • Philadelphia Real Ale Invitational

      1:00 PM - 5:30 PM


      The 3rd annual Philadelphia Real Ale Invitational is returning to Yards Brewing Company for the second consecutive year. This incredible event
      features the nations finest cask ale
      producers and offers attendees the oppurtunity to try a





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Posted by john b on March 4, 2010 at 1:34pm — 2 Comments

john b

Just picked up 20qt stainless kettle for $14!

Family Dollar on Aramingo ave has stainless kettles in various sizes, with lids, wicked cheap.

Posted by john b on March 3, 2010 at 2:45pm

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