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Introducing Two New Yeastie Beastie Extract Ingredient Kits!

Posted by Rob on Mar 10th 2023

We have added two new wheat beer recipes to our inventory of ready to go extract kits.  Both will get you ready for the rapidly approaching summer months.  Our Gose (goes-uh) is a refreshing German style ale with a refreshing sourness and a hint of salt and coriander.  It is a perfect …

Brewing Saturday

Posted by Rob on Mar 10th 2023

We will be brewing a fresh batch in the store tomorrow (3/11/23) starting at 10 AM.  Come on by and learn the process, pick up tips and discuss what you would like to try with your next batch.  All are welcome to join us.

Christmas and New Years Hours

Posted by Rob on Dec 21st 2022

For Christmas this week, we will be closing the shop early at 1 PM on Saturday December 24th.  We will reopen for our regular hours of 10 AM to 6 PM on Tuesday December 27th.For New Years, the shop will be open until 4 PM on New Years Eve and then reopen for regular hours on Tuesday January 3rd …

Sourvisiae Yeast from Lallemand Now in Stock

Posted by Rob on Dec 7th 2022

Lallemand has produced a new strain to support brewing sour beers. Sourvisiae has been engineered to produce lactic acid during fermentation. Sourvisiae does not produce other flavor compounds beyond the sour flavor of the lactic acid giving the beer a very clean sour taste. Other yeast strains used …
Learn to Homebrew Day

Learn to Homebrew Day

Posted by Rob on Nov 4th 2022

Join us at the store to learn how to brew. We'll be brewing an Holiday Cream Ale to get us in the mood for upcoming activities. No pumpkin spice but I think you will like it anyway. We'll start the mash about 10 and walk through the entire brew day process when we transfer to the fermenter early in …

Brewing this Saturday

Posted by Rob on Sep 9th 2022

It's that time again. I feel the need to brew!  So come on by the store starting about 10 am and we'll crank up the home brewery.  We can chat about the brewing process, the recipe, and the techniques that I will be using.  In the end we'll put something tasty in the fermenter.

Saturday Brewing

Posted by Rob on Aug 26th 2022

We will be brewing in the store this Saturday.  I have an Ordinary Bitter recipe on tap that should be fun to brew.  Come on by between 10 AM and about 2:30 PM to join me for the Brew Day.

Meet Your Local Meadmaker

Posted by Rob Kuehnel on Aug 5th 2022

Mark your calendars for Saturday August 13th for an inaugural Meadmaker gathering at here at Yeastie Beastie. Plan on getting together at the store between 2 to 6 on Saturday afternoon.We have had significant interest in new and returning meadmakers in recent weeks. This is an event intended to help …

Let’s Get Historical This Weekend 7/23/2022

Posted by Rob Kuehnel on Jul 20th 2022

I’ll be brewing in the store this Saturday and have my eye on a historical German wheat beer recipe. I found a recipe for a Kottbusser. This style evidently disappeared from breweries in the 1870s but it sounds tasty. The style doesn’t get much flavor input from the yeast but the malt bill includes …

​Saison Saturday 7/9/2022

Posted by Robert Kuehnel on Jul 6th 2022

Saison is a pale, refreshing beer originally brewed for consumption during active farming seasons in the French speaking parts of Belgium. The style is typically dry with plenty of yeast character from the farmhouse yeast. It should be tasty for our hot summer days.Please join me in the shop startin …

​Saturday Brewing

Posted by Robert Kuehnel on Jun 16th 2022

We’ll be cranking up the kettle as I brew this Saturday(6/18) so come on down. I’m thinking it’s time to break out another California Common recipe. This will be a quaffable brew with a nice amber color, a sturdy malt backbone and pronounced American hop bitterness. One of my favorites.We’ll start a …
New Yeast Strains in Stock

New Yeast Strains in Stock

Posted by Robert Kuehnel on Jun 14th 2022

Looking for something to enhance your latest Hazy IPA? Consider one of our two new yeast strains. We now have Lallemand’s LalBrew VERDANT IPA and White Labs’ Coastal Haze Ale Yeast Blend (WLP067).Lallemand partnered with Verdant Brewing Co. in the United Kingdom to select a yeast that works well in …

​Prepping?

Posted by Robert Kuehnel on Jun 4th 2022

I don’t know about you but I don’t like the trends that I’m seeing with inflation and I keep hearing warnings of impending recession or worse. It reminds me that in “interesting” times people naturally think of ways to improve their situation. They find ways to reduce expenses, to increase their sto …
​Come out and meet the latest home brewers to go pro!

​Come out and meet the latest home brewers to go pro!

Posted by Jason Deitering on May 21st 2022

Altered Reality Brewing Co. is holding their very first event, Saturday the 28th of May, at Yul’s Place on the causeway in Biloxi. I can tell you first hand that Mike and his boys are some of the most talented brewing…well, lunatics, I have ever met! There is just nothing they won’t try in order to …

​Big Brew this Saturday, May 7, 2022

Posted by Robert Kuehnel on May 6th 2022

Come on down to the shop this Saturday and help us brew an American Lager as a part of the American Homebrewer's Association's Big Brew event. Brewers from all 50 states and 28 countries are currently pledged to brew at the same time. Don't worry they won't all be coming to South Mississippi! If …