HIGH GRAVITY
Start your own brewing traditions!
Available January through March 2009
Brewing high gravity beer is a long standing European tradition, and Wyeast is making it possible for you to create and brew your own. Whether you are looking to brew an extremely rich malty brew with a powerful bouquet or a winter warmer with malty sweetness and complexity, our High Gravity Private Collection™ will provide you with the most critical tool to make it possible.

These brews will take a little more preparation, demand more effort and require more patience but the benefits are amazing! So, settle in this winter season with your favorite brewing resources and prepare yourself for a truly Big Brew experience. We hope you find our Private Collection truly rewarding!

This collection of special blends has been developed at Wyeast by our dedicated brewing wizards. Please give them a warm toast as your senses explode!

Wyeast 9093-PC Imperial Blend
Beer Styles: American Barleywine, Imperial IPA, Imperial Red, Imperial Brown, Imperial Porter, Russian Imperial Stout
Profile: This unique blend of strains is designed to ferment higher gravity worts used in producing any style of Imperial beer. The results will be a rich, malty, full bodied beer with notes of citrus & fruity esters. Even with a high starting gravity your Imperials will have a relatively dry finish.

Alc. Tolerance 12-14%
Flocculation low-medium
Attenuation 75-80%
Temperature Range 68-75°F (20-24°C)
Wyeast 9097-PC Old Ale Blend
Beer Styles: English Barleywine, English Strong Ale, Old Ale
Profile: To bring you a bit of English brewing heritage we developed the “Old Ale” blend, including an attenuative ale strain and a Brettanomyces strain, which will ferment well in dark worts and produce beers with nice fruitiness. Complex estery characters will emerge with age. Pie cherry and sourness will evolve from the Brettanomyces along with distinct horsey characteristics.

Alc. Tolerance 12%
Flocculation medium
Attenuation 75-80%
Temperature Range 68-75°F (20-24°C)

Wyeast 3864-PC Canadian/Belgian Ale
Beer Styles: Belgian Dubbel and Tripel, Belgian Specialty Ale, Belgian Golden Strong, Biere de Garde, Witbier
Profile: This strain has a classic profile producing mild phenolics which increase with higher fermentation temperatures. It has a low ester profile with a dry, slightly tart finish. This strain is alcohol tolerant while producing complex & well balanced beers.

Alc. Tolerance 12%
Flocculation medium
Attenuation 75-79%
Temperature Range 65-80°F (18-27°C)

The February limited edition wine kits will arrive at the flying barrel Monday, Feburary 16th…..
You may pick them up anytime….everyone that order one, will receive a call…..
In case you forgot, it’s the South African Cabernet Sauvignon

The Region: Swartland is one of the newest growing regions in South Africa. Swartland vines are dry-farmed and trained as bushvines, which enables slow and full maturation.

The Wine: Cabernet from this region is dense, heavy and concentrated with deep blackberry notes, pepper spiciness, delicate mint and herbal aromas, along with abundant tannins that blend wonderfully with many different cuisines.

The Food: Grilled steaks, roasts and other hearty meat–based dishes which can balance the robust character–but try it with dark chocolate for an astonishing taste.

Valentines Day Note
The Flying Barrel will be open the week of February 9th through the 14th. Bob will be away, so there will be NO MAIL ORDERS this week….
The guys will have the shop open and we will be brewing and making wine on Saturday, the 14th. Thank you for your understanding…

Happy Valentines Day….