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Keystone Homebrew Supply brings you the best service and supplies for making beer and wine at home.

There's more brewing and winemaking ingredients, kits, equipment, and whatnot being added to our shopping cart all the time. Still, only a fraction of the items we carry are listed online. If you don't see what you're looking for, please call or e-mail your requests and we will gladly quote you a price. Please note some items are not shipping friendly, but you would be amazed at the homebrew stuff we ship.

Our Spring Newsletter is now online, complete with coupons (print out and use at the store) with LOTS of big news for winemakers, as well as brewing news and events. Also see previous newsletters. Don't miss out on the news: sign up for our newsletter today.

Frozen Local Berries for Winemaking or Brewing
Deadline to Order: Wednesday, May 14
Red Raspberries and elderberries: Click here for more information.

Hop Policy
It pains us to refuse to sell customers as much hops as they want. But with the impending hop shortages (see Washington Post article) we need to do something to keep as many of our customers happy as possible.

In order to ensure that we will be able to provide hops to our brewing customers now and throughout the coming year, we will be limiting the sale of hops to each customer based on the amount of grains and/or malt extract that is purchased at the same time. The following amounts represent the maximum hops that can be purchased until further notice:

• 1 oz of hops per pound of malt extract (syrup or dry)
• 1 oz of hops for every 2 pounds of grains

These amounts will be reviewed on a regular basis to determine whether our policy needs to be amended or is no longer needed. Thank you for your understanding as we try to do what best for all of our homebrewing customers!

New Hop Limited Offer
Argentine Cascade
Even with the hop shortage in full effect, we’ve been able to obtain a supply of a brand new hop (for us) this year called Argentine Cascade. Don’t be fooled! This hop bears little if any resemblance to American Cascade. It actually exhibits characteristics of certain German noble hops (namely Tettnang and Spalt), and works very well as an aroma hop. With the practical disappearance of Tettnang this year, this is a welcome addition indeed! Argentine Cascade weighs in at 3.2% alpha acid, and sells for $4.09 per ounce. It is in stock now, and orders can be placed online or by phone. Order this special, hard-to-find hop on-line.

Hop Rhizomes Are Gone But Not Forgotten
We sold out, but here are the links to growing tips, etc. Each variety has slightly different growing preferences.

Directions and information from the rhizome distributer: pdf online.

Brehm Frozen Grapes and Juice
Select Varieties Now Available YEAR-ROUND!
The best wines come from the best grapes. Brehm provides select grapes and juices, picked fresh and frozen for winemaking later. More information, including initial pricing and availability, click here.

2008 Winexpert Limited Edition and
RJ Spagnols Restricted Quantity Wine Kits
Just a Few Left in Store Now
Every year from January to April, Winexpert and RJ Spagnols release a special wine kit each month. These unique varietals are available for just one month. The deadline to reserve yours has past, but we ordered some extras so a lucky few could still get them. Call, e-mail, or stop by to see our current availability.

More details here.

Help Wanted
We need more full-time help at both of our locations. Details here.

Photos from Keystone Events

We keep digging through our photos, and here are a few updates from past events: Last year's Brewer's Brawl--Keg Only Competition in Montgomeryville. Winning beers were served at the Brew at the Zoo, 2007.

Can't wait for our summertime Family Picnic? Here are recently further updated pictures from 2007. See a list of all our photo pages here.

War of the Worts XIII Homebrew Competition
Winners Announced!

It was our biggest contest yet. Over 500 entries! Details: Keystone Hops Web site.

The Keystone Cup
First Round Ranking Posted
Click here for current ranking of clubs.


The War of the Worts was the first contest couting toward winning the Keystone Cup, pictured above at the WOW. Lehigh Valley Homebrewers are in the lead, followed by Keystone Hops, and several other clubs proudly represented by winning ribbons in War of the Worts. See all of the clubs' winning representatives at the Keystone Hops Web site.

But the game isn't over yet! The Malt Madness homebrew contest is coming up (Sept. 6) and is the second and final competition for this year's Keystone Cup, with the winningest club triumphantly carrying the cup back to its lair. So start brewing like mad and get your entries into Malt Madness. Most importantly, don't forget to indicate your homebrew club on the entry form.

Click here to see the rules.

Steve Robson Takes the Title
This regional beer competition -- brought to you by Keystone Homebrew Supply and Carolyn Smagalski (the Beer Fox) -- will challenge the overall beer knowledge and enthusiasm of area beer fans.

More info, and maybe a video, will be posted soon (once our hangovers clear up) at Philly Beer Geek.

Philly Beer Geek was just one of many fun events happening during Philly Beer Week. Check out all the "hop-la" that happened March 7-16 at Philly Beer Week's site.

E-Mail Updates from Keystone Homebrew Supply
Thinking about signing up for our e-mail updates, but still not sure? samples of our concise, text-only, news-you-can-use e-mails here. Most often they are friendly reminders of winemaking or brewing events or special, limited offers. Sign up today. You can cancel at any time.

Check out our archive of emails here.

How-To Articles on Making Wine and Beer
Here is our growing collection of directions, tips, and techniques on home beer- and winemaking from our newsletters.

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