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Love The One You're With
We have had a few exciting weeks at our humble shop, thanks to our wonderful community of homebrewers and some friends of ours. First off, we added 12 new products to our lineup, restocked some favourites and brought in some unique ingredients we are excited to share. Second, we were part of a collaboration with Picaroons General Store in the heart of uptown Saint John, allowing us to test our skills on the big system. It was like moving up to the major leagues for a weekend. Stay tuned for our release. We brewed a Vienna Lager from an upscaled home brew...
The Community Brew Shop - Brewing Basics Series
Over on our Youtube channel we have started building a playlist of videos catering to new(ish) brewers. One of our missions here at the shop is promote the home brewing community in general, and this includes helping to onboard new brewers! In this video I break down three tips to help you best manage when your latest brew is done fermenting, and how to tell when it’s ready to bottle or keg. Cheers! Derek
Harvesting Wild Yeast in the Winter Months
Holiday Beers Are Here!
Following pumpkin spice, the next annual trend in the progression of beer trends is holiday themed beer. You probably do not want to run your home brewery like a machine and bow to the corporate suits who know that if you somehow incorporate the holidays into your brewing it will move off the shelves. Yes we see this everywhere, even sneaking into the craft scene (how dare they!). As home brewers we have the unique ability to buck the trend and stick to our guns to make something different, something classic, something non-trendy. This post is about holiday beers and...
We’re Shipping Canada Wide & It’s Contest Time
With the big news that The Community Brew Shop is now shipping across Canada we wanted to host our first contest to celebrate! Please see the details below: You probably made your way here via a shipping is now available / contest time post on Facebook & Instagram. If you don’t follow us – you should – although it is not a requirement for the contest. We want to get the word out – shipping is a big play for us, and we are so excited to be servicing the entirety of this great country. The Rules: You will received one (1)...
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