Butler Winery and Vineyards

WINEMAKING & BREWING SUPPLIES

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Visit our WEBSTORE to shop for brewing and winemaking supplies so you can make your purchases online. This is a work in progress. I will be updating the store often. Contact Amy at:

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VIEW OUR CATALOG in pdf format

It is the most updated version of our brewing & winemaking supply catalog. To view and print the catalog in larger font (it will print on 22 pages instead of 11) click HERE.

We have just recently started putting together our own ingredient kits, well Curtis has created the recipes himself, & they have proven to be fairly popular so if you're interested, here 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?

Butler's Fabulous Traditional Pale Ale

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

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Homebrewing & Winemaking Competitions

Illinois Amateur Wine Competition- Complete details, rules and entry forms are listed at illinoiswinemakers.com (click on the wine competition link on the left hand side). Entry Deadline is May 9, 2009 and the competition is May 30th, 2009

The Indy International Wine Competition is June 16^th-18^th. Indiana's own competition is one of the largest commercial and amateur winemaking competitions in the country. Enter by June 1^st to get your own wines judged. All amateur competition entrants will receive two tickets to the Taste of Indiana Agriculture & constructive feedback from your panel of judges. The judges at the Indy International are some of Indiana's finest commercial winemakers, professional wine judges, & wine writers

Enter your beer into the Upland Brewing Company's 2nd annual UpCup Homebrew Competition! Entry deadline is Friday, May 8th.

The judging for the 2009 Brewer's Cup Competition at the Indiana State Fair will take place in early to mid-July of this year. Online registration deadline is June 25^th. You can drop off your entries at Sahara Mart in Bloomington.

Attention Brewers: Hop update

2/13/09 There are no restrictions on hop purchases. Things have improved I guess, so for the time being the hop supply & demand has levelled off & there should be no problem with purchasing the hops you need for your next brew. I have posted an updated variety & pricing pdf file below. Prices have dropped some & we are now ordering our pellets in bulk. There are several varieties still available in the pre-weighed one ounce bags but bulk hops can be weighed out as needed.

Here is a list of the varieties of hops we have in stock. D/l a copy for your own reference when planning your recipes. (The listed price is per ounce.) Be sure to check it out because there are some changes in the lineup. Amarillo is back, Magnum will be available this year, and Brewer's Gold has returned from quite a while ago, it seems. Fuggle pellets have now returned & we also have Fuggle leaf! We also have a few new varieties available to us this year, including Ahtanum, Palisades and Warrior. I think you will like all the new prices better. (They make me happier, anyways.)

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: Galena, UK Kent Golding, German Perle and Target are not available. However, we do have US Perle & Golding and there are LOTS of hops to choose from so hopefully we will not miss these varieties too terribly much.

"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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