In Person Bottle Share Is Back
What's New At Gnome Brew:
- In-Person Bottle Share
- New Yeast From Omega
- More Yeast In Omega Packs
- On Tap At Gnome Brew
Bottle Share on August 12th at 7:15 PM
Bring a couple bottles of your homebrewed beer, cider, wine, mead, or whatever to share with others. If you're new to homebrewing or just don't have any spare bottles, don't worry—you're welcome to come.
Bottle shares are a great opportunity to try others' homebrews, get feedback on your own homebrew, and trade tips, tricks and stories. But mostly, it's a time to hang out and have fun with fellow beer lovers.
This is a free event.
New Yeast From Omega – Cosmic Punch
A Thiolized™ version of our popular hazy strain, British Ale V (OYL-011), Cosmic Punch™ Ale generates thiols through biotransformation, releasing tropical aromas experienced in southern hemisphere hops and New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. This punchy strain unleashes vibrant grapefruit, passion fruit and guava notes. Expect the same performance and haze you get from British V, but with additional thiol aromas. Experiment with mash hopping or wine grape-derived products to push even more thiols.
More Yeast In Omega Packs
We've started rolling out new, rebranded packs of Omega Yeast with 50% more yeast. The new packs will only be $1 more. Certain strains may take a while to roll over to the new size.
On Tap At Gnome Brew
Hop Sampler: Michigan Copper
Our Hop Sampler series continues with another propietary hop from Great Lakes Hops in Michigan. Michigan Copper was among the first new cultivar to be released from the Great Lakes Hops trials and breeding program in 2014. It has gained traction and praise across the United States since and has only increased in demand.
Floral, Tropical, Fruit Punch, Pepper, Cherry
Local Porter
A brown porter brewed exclusively with local ingredients: malts from Indiana craft maltster Sugar Creek include Pale Ale, Crystal 40, Brown, Chocolate, and Rauchmalt; hops from Great Lakes Hops in Michigan; yeast from Omega Yeast in Chicago; and, of course, water from Lake Michigan.
Cosmic Brut
Our first beer brewed with Omega's new Cosmic Punch Yeast. This strain is the British Ale 5 strain spliced with genes that create thiol-unlocking enzymes, thiols being potent aroma molecules. This Brut IPA was mash hopped with 3 ounces of Saaz which contains high levels of thiol precursors, then dry hopped with 3 ounces of Nelson Sauvin.
On Deck
Hop Sampler: Mackinac
The final hop in the Hop Sampler series' exploration of Great Lakes Hops proprietary varieties.
BIG Tropical, Citrus, Melon, Papaya, Spice
