Butler Winery and Vineyards

WINEMAKING & HOMEBREWING SUPPLIES

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VIEW OUR CATALOG in pdf format

It is the most updated version of our brewing & winemaking supply catalog.

Butler's Original Beer Ingredient Packages

We have our own ingredient kits, well Curtis has created the recipes himself, & they have proven to be very popular. Below is a list of the kits he's created, along with all the recipes & instructions:

"Ich bin ein Alt-bierliner!" - A presidential düsseldorfer altbier

Tip the Porter (Greed is good.) aka ChocoJubilation Porter

O Deathe, where is thy stinge? A drye Stout in Five Actes

Bitter Middle-Aged Unmarried Librarian Ale - Or, An E.S.B.

GrÜss gott, mate! A Hybrid Bavarian Honey-Wheat Beer In Convenient Kit Form!

Nutty Senile Ol' Retiree Nut Brown Ale

OBSEQUIOUS TROGLODYTE I.P.A.- big bold juniper pain/ouch.

Old Dirty Monk Dubbel Ale, Take a bath already, would ya?

Farmer Amy's Redneck Wheat Beer (We's havin' a ho-down, ya'll!)

Butler's Fabulous Traditional Pale Ale

Butler's Fabulous Traditional Pale Ale - A beginner's 1 gallon batch

Butler's Fabulous Organic Red Ale NEW!!

Beer & Wine Competitions

Feb 6th - Cass River Homebrew Competition - Accepting entries now. $6 per entry, two bottles required. For the second year in a row, we are donating gift certificates to support this Michigan homebrew club's competition. Last year they received 329 entries representing a total of 16 states. The competition date has been moved forward so I apologize for not posting this earlier.

July - Indy Brewer's Cup - This competition is in July. Entries must be received in June. I will post more when they have enry forms available online. Two Bloomington homebrewers won awards in the Belgian & French Ale category in last year's competition. Congratulations goes to Sean Lewis & Ryan Clarke for placing first & third, respectively. Great job guys! And I did get to taste Sean's belgian "Perpetual Slumber". It was excellent! Thanks for the sample ;)

May 15th - Upland Brewing Co. UpCup - Only $5 to enter. One entry per brewer, 2 bottles required. The winner will receive a trophy, have the chance to brew their recipe in the Upland brew house, and have their beer entered in the 2010 Great American Beer Fest Pro-Am competition. Entry deadline is May 7th.

June - Indy International Wine Competition** - This competition takes place in June. This year, Purdue will host it at their West Lafayette campus. Several of our homewinemakers cleaned up the the 2009 Indy! A special congratulations to our following award winners: Karen & Lee Huss, David Jenkins, Ellen Jacquart, Julie & Steve Pichon, Kim Scherschel, Robert Shakespeare, Doug Skinner & Janine Copeland. Extra special congrats goes to David with his Double-gold medal awarded for his Indiana Uplands-grown Chardonel. Impressive work!

April 16th to 18th -

Winemaker Competition** - Currently accepting entries. Entry Deadline is March 15th. $25 per entry, only 1-750 mL bottle required. Enter your wines now to compete in the largest homewinemaking competition in the world!

**Any winemaker who wins a medal with a wine made from a Winexpert wine kit in either the Indy or the Winemaker competitions will receive a free wine kit! (The kit chosen for prize must be equal or lesser value of the medal award winning kit.)

Hops!

You will find an updated variety & pricing pdf file below. There are a few varieties still available in the pre-weighed one ounce bags but bulk hops can be weighed out as needed. We are stock a small selection of organic hops, dried malt extract and grains. Check the current pricing for the organic pellets on the hop varieties list below. The grains & malt extract pricing are in our catalog. For the month of February, all preweighed 1 oz pellets are 20% off. This includes all the organic hops, so be sure to consider using some organic cascade or one of these less usual varieties in your next beer.

Here's a list of the varieties of hops we have in stock. Download a copy for your own reference when planning your recipes. (The listed price is per ounce.)

FYI - Here is a description sheet of all varieties, including new varieties with some recommended substitutions. So try a new variety today :) As for specific in-stocks & out-of-stocks: UK Kent Golding, German Perle and Target are not available. However, we do have US Perle & Golding. But perle leaf hops are not available.

Hop Rhizomes!

We have received a list of available rhizome varieties. If you want to grow your own hops, check out this list of rhizomes available for 2010. Contact us with your pre-order before Feb 18th. The sooner we send in our preorder, the better chance we have of securing the varieties you want. Email Amy at email us! or if you prefer, call us at 812.339.7233

"Is it hard to make beer?"
The answer is a resounding NO. Read Jeremiah's Home Brew Primer to learn how easy it can be to make your very own homebrewed beer. You may also view (and download) this file to your computer with this link : PDF version of our Brew Primer.

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