461 Brewing

Fairview Park Neighborhood - North Oakland, CA

Homebrewing in the 1970s-1980s: "Relax, don't worry, have a homebrew." - Charlie Papazian Homebrewing in the 1990s: Have you heard of a full wort boil, a counterflow chiller and liquid yeast starter? Homebrewing 2008: Relax, don't worry... but don't forget the autoclave, gas chromatograph and hemocytometer. Tasty beers (In the eyes of some judges, at least..) North Oakland Double IPA - Dry, Columbus/Summit pungent, Simcoe/Centennial citrusy, resiny hop bomb. Special thanks to Vinnie Cilurzo for kindly sharing his hopping techniques with us homebrewers. North Oakland Double IPA lab QC report courtesy of the White Labs Big QC Day. Check out those IBUs! 29(!) Silver, Category 14: India Pale Ale. AHA 2009 National Homebrew Competition 1st Place IPA and Best of Show BAM World Cup of Beer 2008 1st Place IPA and Best of Show 2008 Alameda County Fair Bay Area Brew Off 1st Place IPA and Runner-Up Best of Show BAM World Cup of Beer 2009 1st Place IPA Masters Championship of Amateur Brewing 2009 2nd Place, 2008 Mayfaire Regional Homebrew Competition - Class 7, India Pale Ale 2nd Place, 2008 National Homebrew Competition, 1st Round, IPA Category - West Region 461 Koelsch - A Koelsch style beer by way of North Oakland, CA with super soft EBMUD water and German brewing ingredients 461 Koelsch 2009 lab QC report courtesy of the White Labs Big QC Day. Pretty much spot on with the numbers from the recipe. 1st Place, Category 6, Light Hybrid 2009 National Homebrew Competition, 1st Round, Western Region 1st Place, Category 6, Light Hybrid 2009 Sam Adams Long Shot Western Region 1st Place, Light Bybrid, Honorable Mention BoS 2009 Alameda County Fair Homebrew Competition (BABO) Valley of Gold - Inspired by Orval, one of the most amazing commonly available Trappist beers with a nod to De Ranke XX Bitter 2nd Place, Category 16, Belgian and French Ale2009 National Homebrew Competition, 1st Round, Western Region 461 Belgian Dark Strong Ale - Inspired by Westvleteren 12 and St. Bernardus Abt 12. This tasted very different, but interesting nonetheless 2nd Place, Category 18, Belgian Strong Ale2009 National Homebrew Competition, 1st Round, Western Region Verhelst Tripel - Inspired by Gregory Verhelst's fantastic creation La Rulles Tripel. A blend of Belgian brewing tradition with balanced American hop character. This comes close, the addition of torrified malts would get it even closer. 3rd Place Belgian Strong Ale BAM World Cup of Beer 2009 3rd Place Belgian Strong Ale 2009 MoreBeer Forum Competition Nixter's 24th American Amber Ale - A citrusy, resiny, hop balanced American Amber with genreous caramel sweetness. Inspired by Speakeasy Prohibition and Bear Republic's Red Rocket. 1st Place Category 10B, Amerian Amber Ale 2008 Upper Mississippi Mash-Out 461 Wasserbrot Helles - Liquid bread of the Bavarians 3rd Place, Category 1 - Light Lager BAM World Cup of Beer 2008 BAM Barrel Project Old Ale House Favorites Wet Hop Homegrown Ale - Photos of the 2007 batch - Photos of the 2008 batch Experiment started in 2005. Homegrown Cascade, Centennial, Chinook and Nugget. 100% yield used. One batch per year. 666 Belgian Style Golden Strong Ale Inspired by Duvel & Damnnation. Originally brewed for a special toast at 6 minutes after 6AM PDT on June 6th, 2006. 461 Pale Ale - Nixter's graduation version Big american hop flavor and aroma, moderate hop bitterness, with Maris Otter and crystal malts in the background. Research and Imibibment 461 Belgian Style Lunchtime Single Tastes something like what some Trappist Monks drink? Light, low alcohol, balance towards the esters from the yeast. Thirst quenching. Speciale Bier het Noord-van Oakland Inspired by Houblon Chouffe, XX Bitter, Hop-It and Alvinne Gaspar. Higher american hop character. Kitchen Sink Ale April 2007 Inspired by laziness. Wanted to brew, but too lazy to go to the homebrew store. Turned out surprisingly good. Worth repeating. Who would go to all this trouble? "You know they sell this stuff at the store in 6-packs, right?" contact nate at destroy dot net. Sun Mar 30 19:28:52 MDT 2008 http://destroy.net