The Foamy Express

An electronic periodical from the owners of

Home Brew Supply, LLC

Saint Joseph, Missouri

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The Foamy Express is published electronically (approximately) monthly. While the information, recipes, FAQs, and other information included in these back issues is still good, the coupons and specials offered in each issue are expired prior to the issue being posted in this archive. In order to subscribe to The Foamy Express, visit www.thehomebrewstore.com/store.htm and fill out the form to open an account. No purchase is necessary, but make sure you check the “mailing list” option. The “Recipe of the Month” for each issue is shown in parentheses. If you have any questions, please contact Chris at webmaster@thehomebrewstore.com.

2006

· January – How January Became the New Year (HBS^® Com Mandarin Chief – orange blossom honey wheat)

· February – St. Patrick and the Leap Year

· March – Raspberries and Blackberries (Raspberry Blonde)

· April – A History of Bock (Madoc’s Maibock)

· May – Mothers Day and Simple Mashing Techniques (HBS^® - Kansas City Kölsch)

· June – Dry Hopping Your Beers (Fantome Saison clone)

· July – Military Service and Beer (Be Ale That You Can Be – American Pale Ale)

· August – Mead Day: Honey – To Boil or Not To Boil (Millennium Mead)

· September – Ancient Wine Making Practices (Egypt) (Peach Prestige – peach wine)

· October – Vegetables and Beer (Sleepy Hollow Sassamanash – cranberry/orange beer)

· November – History of Altbier (Ophiuchus Altbier)

· December – Prohibition vs. Tolerance – an Evolving History (Catch Her In The Rye – rye beer)

2005

· February – Valentine’s Day …or, “Honey, I drunk the Lees” (Strawberry Wine)

· March – St. Patrick’s Day & the Evolution of Irish Stout plus Blarney: The Art of Eloquence (HBS^® Peter Cotton Ale)

· April – Rolling Back the Beer Tax (HBS^® Brother Bacchus Indulgence – Belgian Trippel)

· May – Yeast Culturing Made Easy (HBS^® At Least I’m Not… - ESB)

· July – Links to 4^th of July celebrations (HBS^® Independence Pale Ale)

· August – AHA Mead Day 2005 (HBS^® Blue Collar American Amber)

· September – A portrait of Johnny Appleseed (HBS^® Autumn Apple Ale)

· October – The history of the jack-o’lantern (HBS^® Horny Hobgoblin Pumpkin Porter)

· November – Beer selections for the formal Thanksgiving dinner table (HBS^® Winter Warmer)

2004

· March – Yeast starters (HBS^® Show Me Stout)

· April – Clarifying agents (HBS^® Midwest Maerzen)

· May – Sanitization (HBS^® Missouri Steamboat)

· June – A primer on mead ingredients (Sweet Cinnamon Cyser)

· July – Pub Crawl: A review of San Antonio’s Blue Star Brewery brewpub (HBS^® Independence Pale Ale)

· August – Fickle Finger of Flavor (HBS^® Blue Collar American Amber)

· September – Perception is Reality: A discussion of presentation (Elderberry Wine)

· October – The effects of sunlight on beer (HBS^® Horny Hobgoblin Pumpkin Porter)

· November – Teach a Friend to Homebrew (Winter Wonder – spiced melomel)

· December – Merry Christmas to All (HBS^® Winter Wonder – spiced brown ale)

If you’ve read down this far, you might really be into homebrew or enjoy homebrewing as a hobby. Or maybe you’re just curious about this those wonderful libations called “home brew”. In any case, The Foamy Express e-zine might just be what you’re looking for. It’s published often enough to keep you up on the latest home brewing techniques and equipment items, but not so often that it clutters up your inbox. You can read a little bit about homebrew recipes, get some of your brewing questions answered, see reviews of home brewing products and ingredients, and enjoy our feature articles on all sorts of home brewing, wine making, mead making (meadhing), and distilling. We even have plans to expand our information base to include soft drinks.

If you have any suggestions for articles you’d like to see, or have a homebrew recipe you’d like to share, please email me at webmaster@thehomebrewstore.com with suggestions. This page is current as of August 31, 2006.