The Barley Blacksmith

11/01/2014

Hey guys and gals! It's a bit last minute but we are currently heading to Big Hops Gastropub to brew a batch of our Black The RIPA! The Teach A Friend To Homebrew event will be going on all morning and afternoon. Come see us and check out all the beer awesomeness!

07/14/2014

Barrel Post 2 of 2: Quite a few months back we brewed a Belgian Pale Ale, split it into two separate fermentors, and gave each one it's own version of Bretts. We will post all the details soon. But, with the recent bottling of our Muli Shani, we used this perfect timing. We blended our two Belgians and tossed them into our now empty Ranger Creek Rye Whiskey Barrel. We are going to give this guy some time and let it get real funky!

07/14/2014

Barrel Post 1of 2: We just recently bottled up quite a few bombers of our newest creation. The Muli Shani is a 8.5% Zambian Coffee Stout aged in a Ranger Creek Rye Whiskey Barrel. We are completely stoked on how this turned out and can't wait to see what yall think!

07/13/2014

Brewed up a fresh batch of Goldsmith. Our American Golden Ale.

05/17/2014

We had a great time at The Point Park & Eats with Open The Taps and Karbach Brewing Co. last night! Amazing hosts and awesome representatives!

This may have been our last beer week tasting, but we will definitely keep everyone posted on our progress and can't wait to make our beer more available to you all!

Until then, drink local.

Cheers,

The Barley Blacksmith Crew

05/15/2014

Hey guys, we're keeping beer week rolling this Friday with a special pouring at The Point Park & Eats!

We are bringing a split batch experimental brew we did recently and would love your feedback on them!

The style of beer is called a Gruit and is traditionally brewed without any hops, using other plants as bittering agents. We ditched the traditional bittering agents though and decided to try our own take on the style by using heather tips, rose hips, sweet and bitter orange peel, Belgian candi sugar, texas honey, and finishing each keg off with a hibiscus tea and a dandelion root tea. Of course we'll also have a few of our other brews available for sampling as well!

We can't wait to join Jeremy Banas with Open The Taps again this year and of course our friends Denise, Noel, and Sarah at The Point Park & Eats along with all of their excellent food trucks this Friday from 6pm till we run outta beer!

Gruit Ale & Unhopped Beers, Brewing Herbs and Recipes

05/14/2014

Had a great time hanging out with everyone at the Golden Age of Homebrewing event! Big thanks to the San Antonio Cerveceros, Alamo Beer, our man Jeremy Banas and the Bexar Brewers for putting things together and making sure everyone's pint glasses stayed full!

We're continually amazed at the community support us homebrewers and aspiring pro-brewers are given and are humbled by it on a daily basis. You guys are the real reason we do this and we'll never forget that.

Time to relax and enjoy this randalled Branchline Brewing Co. Shady Oak from GS1221. Why can't every week be beer week?

Cheers guys!

The Barley Blacksmith Crew

05/10/2014

Happy San Antonio Craft Beer Week everybody! Hope to see everyone at Ranger Creek Brewery for the opening ceremonies at 5!

05/09/2014

Hey guys, don't forget to stop by the Golden Age of Homebrewing event this Tuesday to snag some more of our beer! We will be bringing a brown ale that we aged in a Ranger Creek rye whiskey barrel!

It's also free! Who can pass up on free beer??

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05/03/2014

Had so much fun with our new friends at UTSA's Institute of Texan Cultures and our old friends from the San Antonio Cerveceros and Alamo Beer tonight! Great craft beer, food, and atmosphere.

Don't forget to join all of us on May 13th for the Golden Age of Homebrewing!

04/25/2014

Huge shoutout to Jason, Les, Paul, JC, David, and Nick from Branchline Brewing Co. for hosting us tonight! We had an amazing time with everyone and are so thankful to have so many friends to share our craft with.

Another big thanks to our friends Meagan and Sameer from Rickshaw Stop for the Pakistani badassness and our buddy Jeremy Banas for bringing our collaboration beer Essssssss Reile Good. All around great time guys, feeling loved!

Cheers,

The Barley Blacksmith crew