If last week’s blog piqued your interest in DIY brewing (or gave you great gift giving ides for early holiday shopping) you may be into the folks at Goodbrewing, allow me to introduce you.
Goodbrewing is the brainchild of Melissa Urbieta, Rodrigo Urbieta, and Angel Bolanos, three proud Astorians who seriously love beer and who all thought it would be “a blast” to brew their own. After deciding to create their own homebrews, they quickly realized that although there was a growing market for home-brewing supplies, there weren’t a lot of places to get the goods in Astoria. They finally opened up their (for now) online store and carry Brewcraft products as well as the Cooper’s line of ingredient kits. I asked them why they chose to carry the pre-done ingredient kits and they said so that you can judge your homebrew against the original and use it as a measuring tool before mixing and matching, also they felt that Brewcraft was “under-represented but carried the most consistent reputation.”
So they like to make beer but what do they drink? Melissa informed me that although she doesn’t discriminate she tends to favor darker brews and IPAs while Rodrigo goes for the wheat beers. Of course I had to ask them where they drink their favorite brews (besides at home) and they named two of this wench’s favorite watering-holes: Sunswick and the Sparrow Tavern. Both bars they picked for “their drinks, personality, food, bartenders, and general scene.”
Currently, they are toying with the idea of opening up a physical storefront in Astoria based on the internet sales and feedback from customers. You can order equipment and ingredients off their website and if you meet their minimum they will deliver them to you! Melissa asked me to put it to you, my dear readers, how would you all feel about a home brewing store in Astoria?
www.goodbrewing.com
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