![]() ![]() I occupy space at the far left of Nepenthe's homebrewing setup, choosing to stay well clear of Boddy, who's taken up two of the four available gas burners and vats. Beginners, like me, pay $160 to be guided by Arnold through a 5-gallon homebrew, which nets about 48 bottles of beer. From Friday through Sunday, and for a price, homebrewers can use the space on the far left side of Nepenthe for brewing, fermenting, bottling, and kegging their own beers. ![]() 6 after prolonged wrangling for the necessary permits. ![]() I go for the canned Natty Boh when I sidle up to Mount Royal Tavern's bar.īut I'm at Nepenthe to try out its brew-on-premises offering, which commenced Sept. My beer knowledge is limited, and my palate is puny. Buy a box, pop it open, and follow the instructions.Īn utter novice, in this case, is me, as I'm not the usual Nepenthe customer. Many kinds of liquid and dry yeasts, necessary for fermentation, are available.įor utter novices, supplies and pre-assembled homebrew kits sit waiting on shelves. The selection of hops, the stuff that gives beer its bitterness, flavor and aroma, is ample and varied: piney hops, citrusy hops, floral hops hops from England the quintessential American hops, Cascade and Centennial hops from New Zealand with a bit of lime and vanilla. Nearly 50 different malted grains - used to give a beer its color - occupy a long shelf in the back of the store. It's for those people that the pair created Nepenthe, 2,300 square feet of homebrewing heaven. Nepenthe is defined as something that eases pain or sorrow (it was a drug mentioned in "The Odyssey" and Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven"). Located within the Meadow Mill complex adjacent to the Woodberry Light Rail line, it opened in February, and it's the brainchild of homebrewing couple Jill Antos and Brian Arnold, each of whom started homebrewing on their own several years ago. He's rushing to complete the second half of six homebrews, beers he requires for different events during the fifth Baltimore Beer Week, the annual Elysium for Charm City's beer lovers that kicks off Friday and features more than 350 events, including beer tastings at area breweries and bars around town a cornhole tournament Chilibrew, a chili cook off-cum-homebrew competition presented by Baltibrew and a homebrew gruit ale contest at Liam Flynn's in Station North, for which Boddy is making his Hail Vespers.įor his laboratory Boddy picks the same place Baltibrew holds its monthly meetings: Nepenthe Homebrew, the only beer-making and brew-on-premises shop in Baltimore. Want to learn more about all-grain brewing? We’ve got a demo for that too.While Boddy usually produces his beers from home, he needs a slightly larger workspace this first Friday of October. LIAM FLYNN’S NO-HOP ALE COMPETITION – 10/26 Join us for one of the most interesting homebrew competitions you’ll attend all year! Come sample brews created with no hops – you’ll find the most adventurous, creative brewers and their beer at this one!ĭEMOS AT NEPENTHE – various dates We have demos and classes in the works for Baltimore Beer Week right in our store! Thinking about taking the plunge from bottles to kegs? We’ll take the mystery out of it and teach you how. HOMEBREW TASTING AT THE WINE SOURCE – 10/22 Try a range of delicious homebrews that rival the brews on the shelves of Baltimore’s best source for beer (and everything else)!īALTIBREW MEETING – 10/24 Thinking about joining a homebrew club? Want to bounce ideas off of brewers of all experience levels? Want to try fellow homebrewers’ libations? Just feel like checking things out to see if homebrewing is for you? Swing by the October meeting for Nepenthe’s resident homebrew club, Baltibrew! What next? Join the guys from Union Craft Brewing for a chat and Q&A session about what it takes to go pro. GOING PRO: Q&A SESSION WITH UNION CRAFT BREWING – 10/21 You’ve been brewing your own beer for awhile and your family and friends think your beer is awesome. We’re still working out the details of a few of them, but here’s a short list of what’s to come:ĬHILIBREW – 10/18 Join Nepenthe and Baltibrew for one of the best events of Beer Week! Try unlimited samples of homebrew and chili and vote for your favorites! More info here: and here: ĭAS BEST OKTOBERFEST – 10/19 We’ll be at the VIP Opening Tap Celebration and staying for Das Best Oktoberfest! Find us among all the breweries, we’ll have homebrew samples and fun swag for you! Opening Tap info here: Das Best Oktoberfest info here: ĪUTUMN BLAZE FIRE FESTIVAL – 10/19 Looking for something to do later in the evening after Das Best Oktoberfest? Join Baltimore Clayworks and Nepenthe for the Autumn Blaze Fire Festival where you can enjoy a beer garden, live music and demos on the kiln! More info here: We are proud to be a Gold Level Sponsor for this year’s Baltimore Beer Week, and we’ve got a TON of events to show for it. ![]()
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