www.stpats.com 512•989•9727 with on-line ordering Fax Orders: 512-989-8982 and more information, newsletters, and updates [email protected] Welcome to St. Pat’s. I hope you Shipping and Ordering Infor- Table of Contents enjoy our catalog. mation on Page 25. We are simply delighted with our Equipment Sets ....................... 2-3 new 10,000’ store and warehouse which 5% Discount to AHA Members. Extract Kits .............................. 4-5 we built last year. Needless to say it was Malt Extract and Sugars .......... 6-7 paid for by our customers, who are known See page 25. Grain ..................................... 8-10 to be above average in every way. If you Partial Mash Kits ................. 10-11 live in Texas please drop by. If you’re All Grain Kits .......................11, 13 outside Texas, pick up a passport and All Grain Instructions .................12 come visit us. In any event, the additional Hops .................................... 13-15 space will allow us to provide better Yeast ................................... 16-20 service to both local and mail order Soda, Liqueurs, Flavorings, customers as well as more products for Spices, and Vinegar ..................21 years to come. Homebrewing Instructions... 22-24 As always, I appreciate your support, Shipping and Ordering ..............25 Wine .................................... 26-28 Honey, Mead, Cider ..................29 Clarifiers, Nutrients, Chemicals .30 Brushes, Mills & Bags, Tuns .....31 Lynne O’Connor pH meters, Hydrometers, and 2 Austin Locations Thermometers ..................... 32-33 North Store St. Pat’s at Waterloo Party Kegs.................................33 1828 Fleischer Dr Austin, TX 78728 4th & Guadalupe at Waterloo Brewing Co Fermenters and Accessories34-35 512-989-9727 fax 512-989-8982 401A Guadalupe Austin, TX 78701 Bottles and Cappers..................36 Mon-Fri 9-6, Sat 10-3, closed Sunday 512-499-8544 Wort Chillers..............................37 to Round Rock Wed, Thu, Fri 12-6:30, Sat 10-6, Sun 1-5 Pots ...........................................38 St. Patrick's North Grand Ave closed Monday and Tuesday 3-Level Brewing System ..... 39-40 To Round Rock Outdoor Cookers .......................40 south frontage Howard N St. Patrick's Downtown Tubing and Clamps ...................40 5th Kegging ............................... 41-46 St. Pats Staton Mopac Temperature Controller .............43 Metric N Bar Supplies ..............................46 Fleischer3/4 mile Lavaca FM 1825 Books ........................................47 Interstate 35 Interstate Parmer Guadalupe 4th 35 Interstate St. Pat’s Merchandise ...............48 Interstate 35 Wells Branch Waterloo Index .........................................48 to AustinTo Austin Brewing Co. 1999 Swimsuit Issue Beginning Equipment Sets page 2 Single-Stage Plastic $26.00 Which Equipment Set? 6.5 gallon plastic fermenter Making beer the first time is a little easier plastic spigot in a plastic fermenter. Two-stage has 3-piece airlock some advantages. The ‘plus’ sets have one-hole rubber stopper items which save time and make things 2’ plastic tubing easier. Give me a call if you are unsure. spring-loaded bottle filler Regardless of which you choose, you are Black Beauty capper likely to be very pleased with the quality 50 St. Pat’s bottle caps of your beer. w/ Joy of Homebrewing $38.00 Instructions on pages 22-24 of the catalog. Many beers are ready to drink in 2-3 weeks. If you have any questions Single-Stage Glass $53.00 while brewing, please call us. with 7 gallon carboy! It’s not essential to start, but we highly 6.8 gallon glass carboy recommend The New Complete Joy of 3-piece airlock Homebrewing. It contains information 7-gallon carboy handle for beginning, intermediate, and ad- one-hole rubber stopper vanced brewers. I began with this book 8” funnel with screen and still use it. Many great recipes. carboy brush bottling and racking kit Black Beauty capper Beer Bottles 50 St. Pat’s bottle caps You will need 2 cases of beer bottles for each 5 gallon batch. Avoid screw w/ Joy of Homebrewing $65.00 cap bottles. St. Pat’s proprietary products, the 7- 12 oz bottles (24/case) gallon carboy cap and handle, allow us new ...................... $7.75/case to offer glass-to-glass 2-stage fermenta- tion systems as well as a unique 7-gallon used ..................... $6.75/case single stage system. cobalt blue ......... $12.00/case 2-Stage Plastic-Glass $56.00 22 oz bottles (12/case) $8.75/case 5 gallon glass carboy Add $1/case handling charge in addition to 5 gallon carboy handle freight for beer bottles. 6.5 gallon plastic fermenter plastic spigot Substitutions 3-piece airlock Feel free to substitute cappers or any 2 one-hole rubber stoppers other item in the beginning kits. Simply carboy brush take the difference in price of the bottling and racking kit individual items. For example, you can Black Beauty capper sub a Superstandard bench capper for the 50 St. Pat’s bottle caps Black Beauty for an additional $14.50. w/ Joy of Homebrewing $68.00 It’s No Secret 2-Stage Glass-Glass $76.50 5 gallon glass carboy The key to good beer is the same at 5 gallon carboy handle Paulaner in Munich, Bass in Burton-on- 6.8 gallon glass carboy Trent or Anchor Steam in San Francisco. 7 gallon carboy handle Keep bacteria and wild yeast out of your 3-piece airlock beer. Here’s how great breweries do it. 2 one-hole rubber stoppers Pure liquid yeast cultures 8” funnel with screen carboy brush Boil all the water 5-gallon bottling and racking kit Clean equipment 7-gallon carboy cap Apply the same simple guidelines in your Black Beauty capper homebrewery and you will make good to 50 St. Pat’s bottle caps great beer time after time. The rest is just w/ Joy of Homebrewing $88.50 plain fun. page 3 Beginning Equipment Sets Two-Stage Plus SANITATION is the most important Everything in ‘two-stage’ plus hydrometer, test jar, baster, floating thermometer, brass bottle aspect of brewing. Fermenting good washer, faucet adapter, spoon, and New Complete Joy of Homebrewing. beer is simply feeding sugar to beer Plastic-Glass $99.00 Glass-Glass $119.00 yeast, not to bacteria or wild yeast. Bacteria and wild yeast can be killed with boiling, bleach solution, or iodophor. A sanitizing solution, (1 tablespoon bleach/gallon cold water, or iodophor) minimizes the risk of contamination. After boiling the wort, don’t put anything in the beer or the beer in anything that hasn’t been soaked in sanitizing solution. I recommend boiling all of the water for the same reason that water, including distilled bottled water, is boiled for infant formula: to kill bacteria. • A wort chiller quickly cools the hot wort after boiling. It saves a good deal of time, results in cleaner and more stable beer and reduces the risk of bacterial contamination. Plus and More • If you are going to purchase a large Everything in ‘two-stage plus’ as well as a 25’ wort chiller and either 8.25 gallon ceramic-on- pot, we recommend an 7-8 gallon steel pot or 7.5 gallon stainless steel pot. capacity if your stove can handle it. I Plastic-Glass w/ Wort Chiller and Glass-Glass w/ Wort Chiller and initially bought a 4 gallon pot, only to find that an even bigger one is really nice. 8 gal Ceramic-on-steel Pot ......$161 8 gal Ceramic-on-steel Pot ...... $181 • Avoid plastic water bottles as ferment- 7.5 gal Stainless Steel Pot ........$201 7.5 gal Stainless Steel Pot ........ $221 ers. They are scratched and very hard to clean of bacteria. • Trub is the sediment at the bottom of the fermenter. Kraeusen is the foam at the top during fermentation. Sparging means rinsing grains. To pitch yeast is to add yeast. To rack is to transfer. Wort is the solution of malt extract, hops and water. Priming is adding sugar to beer at bottling to get carbonation in the bottle. Best Sellers Items beyond the basics which people find most enjoyable or useful. 1. Jet carboy and bottle washer. And a Cooker too Great time saver. Keep the mess outside. Everything in 2. Carboy handle. Makes lifting ‘Plus and More’ and outdoor cooker. carboy easier and safer. w/ Cooker 3. Large pot and wort chiller. Saves time and improves quality a bit. Cajun ......................... add $50 4. Kegging system. Saves at least an 135K Bayou............... add $69 hour a batch. 135K Camp Chef....... add $86 5. Outdoor cooker. No mess! Boils wort quicker than kitchen stove. Extract Kits w/ Specialty Grains page 4 Complete Ingredients to make 5 gallons of good fresh beer. Each kit has Liquid yeast .......... Malt Extract ............. Grain w/ muslin bag*............ Hops .................. Priming sugar *A few kits do not have grain. The ingredients are listed in the following order. Grain, extract, Some kits have special ingredients (candi sugar, rice extract, spices, bittering hops, finishing hops, liquid yeast, priming sugar. fruit flavorings). See page 24 for instruction on use of these. Local customers: reuse your extract pail and save $1. Instructions on pages 22-24. Tex-Mex Ale ............. $25.50 American Brown Ale .... $22 Jamaican Java ......... $26.25 OG 1.058 5% alc. Crisp with a kick. 9 lb OG 1.043 4% alc. ala St. Arnolds. 1 lb crystal 10, OG 1.047 4.5% alc. Rich, coffee. 1 lb coffee, 1/2 American, 1.5 oz No. Brewer, 1 oz Hallertau, 1/4 lb chocolate, 6 lb Briess pale, 1.5 oz Chal- lb chocolate, 7 lb Briess pale, 1.5 oz Challenger, 1 German Ale, 1 cup corn sugar lenger, 1 oz Golding, American Ale II, 3/4 cup oz Goldings, Great Britain, 3/4 cup corn sugar corn sugar Abbey Ale................. $25.50 ala Anchor Steam® $24.50 Alt .................................. $23 OG 1.055 5.5% alc.