Paul’s Brewsletter

Today, I write this post not as your friendly musician or home brewer, but as a concerned individual.

The Deutsches Haus, a New Orleans based German social hall and gathering place open since 1928, is in danger of being closed down due to a recent designation of the tract of land on which it sits to a medical center to be built by LSU.

http://www.savethehaus.org/

The Deutsches Haus is a great place to go for German food, beer and music. I’ve been going to the Deutsches Haus for several years now and I always have a lot of fun there. They have great get-togethers every weekend during the month of October, with live Oktoberfest music, plenty of German food and of course the best German beer money can buy: Warsteiner, Paulaner, Beck, etc.

Here’s the website for the Deutsches Haus: http://www.deutscheshaus.org/ I’ve been fortunate enough to play in bands at the Deutsches Haus for different events like their Oktoberfest Parade, Big Band Swing Night and their Quarterly Membership meetings. While they do have a membership system, access to the Deutsches Haus is not limited to members. Their Oktoberfest parties are open to the public for a nominal entrance fee.

In New Orleans, you’re not going to get much more German than the Deutsches Haus. A petition has been created as part of the “Save the Haus” movement, and I invite you to sign it and help the efforts to preserve this important part of New Orleans History.

You can find the petition to Save the Haus here: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/savethehaus

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Greetings - I hope you had a great summer!  I’ve been working on several websites, and I’m now ready to kick the ‘ol brewery back into production.  I’ve ordered supplies to make a beer called “Howling Red Ale”.  I figure it sounds good for this time of year, and I should be able to start enjoying it later this month.

Do you make beer?  If so, how do you bottle or keg your beer?  I’ve tried several methods, from quart sized plastic bottles to 5 liter mini kegs to standard 12 ounce bottles.  My current favorite method depends on what function the beer will be consumed:

2 liter bottles are best for parties attended by 10 or more beer drinkers.  Aside from a 5 gallon keg (which I haven’t used for my homebrew yet), 2 liter bottles provide the easiest way to serve your beer to a large group of people without worrying about dozens and dozens of bottles.

7 ounce to pint sized bottles are great for either smaller groups of people, or if you want to give your beer to friends who may not want a whole lot of beer.  This is good for spreading the beer around more and even putting together beer related gift baskets.

Those are my two current favorite bottling methods.  What are yours?  Drop me a line!  If you want to order the beer ingredients I use, take a look at this website.

Happy brewing!
Paul

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