Beer Store
Date and time added: 2008-06-29 08:41:14

King Farm Wine Shop, The - location not available on city map.
402 King Farm Blvd
Rockville, MD 20850
United States
phone: 301-208-9463

kingfarmwine.com

longitude: -77.172205
latitude: 39.114092

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I've been using dry yeast, mostly US-05, for some time now. I never re-hydrated before and I read that doing so would reduce lag time and result in a better batch of beer. I followed the instructions from the 'How to Brew' website just about to the letter, the only thing that I did different is that I used raw cane sugar to proof the yeast instead of DME or table sugar. I used 1tsp like the page said. I boiled water and poured it into a sanitized measuring cup, waited for it to cool down to about 95F, pitched the yeast, covered with saran rap, waited 15min, then added a small amount of water that I had boiled with 1 Tsp of raw cane sugar. 30min after proofing I only saw a very small amount of bubbles on the top.  read more »

[ July 25, 2008; 8:00 pm; ] Sign up now, cuz the 35 available spots will be gone before you know it. This is the second of Josh Pepper's "Beer Evangelism" classes at The Four Firkins. The first was a lot of fun. I'm sure the second will be as well!

I got a chance to look into the upstairs expansion of the Thirsty Monk, otherwise known as the Pinthouse. The bar is finished, and the kegs are getting cold, and the space looks great. On seasonable days, the windows in the front can be opened up, and they will also have some benches out front for sitting (but please save a spot for me, okay?) There is still some work to be done, but they are shooting for an opening date of July 3rd. I have a feeling I am going to spend a good amount of time during the holiday weekend here. Below is the tentative draft list for opening night:

Allagash Black
Allagash Odyssey
Bell's Kalamazoo Stout
Bell's Oberon
Bell's Third Coast Barleywine
Clipper City Heavy Seas Uber Pilsner
Dogfish Head Aprihop
Flying Dog Garde Dog  read more »