Corvallis Home Brew Supply (and more!)
Last month when we visited Corvallis, Oregon (Thanks to Visit Corvallis) to tour the breweries in town, we found brewtopia in a place that wasn’t on our itinerary. After a wonderfully festive and inspiring night kicking it at Block 15 tasting a plethora of unique and satisfying beers, our next morn was a bit groggy. During the celebration of Block 15’s second anniversary, we met so many friendly folks, many who loved beer as much as we do.
One particular gentleman we met who we really liked was Drew Salmi of Corvallis Home Brewing Supply. On our last day in Corvallis, Drew invited us to check out the store where he and founder/mentor Joel Rea have been providing supplies and educating the region in the ways of beer, soda, cheese, vinegar and wine making since 1997.
Thanks to Drew, we were fortunate to get a tour of the shop on Sunday, when the it is normally closed to the general public. The front of the Corvallis Home Brew Supply also houses an impressive selection of beer and wine as well as some cider and sake. In the shop you’ll find the proprietor’s own wines and brews. Upon our visit, we discovered a popular Oyster Stout on tap as well. In the understory of the shop, a surplus of bottles and supplies were kept in cool dark storage alongside and miscellany of wine barrels and beer carboys filled with maturing tipples. Here we found Drew’s hidden stash of Pelican’s Perfect Storm barleywine aged in bourbon casks (This beer is now going to be called “the Mother of All Storms” due to name confusion with Oakshire’s Perfect Storm Imperial IPA). Though we didn’ t have much of a stomach for drinking so early, we sucked it up and enjoyed our first pour of this strong, bourbonous beast.
Great conversation and great beer at a great shop in Corvallis…the rest is history. We strongly recommend paying a visit next time you’re near Corvallis. You’ll be happy you did.
Thanks to Drew Salmi, Joel Rea, The Corvallis Home Brew Supply for their hospitality. Check ’em out online at BrewBeer.cc
About The Author
Angelo
Angelo grew up in Maine and is proud to call New England his original home. Cascadia is now his home. He fell in love with great beer in Oregon, Washington, and Northern California. He has been a correspondent for the Portland Tribune's Guest on Tap column, LivePDX.com, and has been featured in publications such as Beer Northwest and PDX Magazine. Angelo also has a great interest in independent music, and has been a booker and organizer for shows around the Portland under the name Pop Tomorrow! Angelo garnered much knowledge regarding beer from his experiences homebrewing, working at Belmont Station, Pyramid Brewing, Upright Brewing, By the Bottle, Beer Revolution, Olde Depot Public House, Falling Sky Brewing, Cascade Brewing, and from many many knowledgeable, passionate, and loving people along the way. It is Angelo's mission to bring "infotainment" and "edumation" to the readers of this website. If you have any questions or comments, or would like to contribute, please contact me at angelo@brewpublic.com
My brother lives up there in Salem and goes to your store to buy his brewing stuff. I brew as well and live down here in LAs Vegas. I’m needing a 12″ false bottom for a round drink cooler 10 gallon. I need the screen part and then the plumbing part the hose that goes to the spigot on the bottom of the container. The one I have atm was taken off a 5 gallon unit I bought from the local brew store here and just removed it and put it on to my new 10 gallon unit. That unit used the PVC Manifold method. It was really piss poor and nothing I want to mess with anymore unless I have to. So my brother told me you guys have a false bottom set up for a 10 gallon unit with the plumbing as in the deal that goes through the screen of the false bottom then a piece of tubing to connect to the false bottom in able to attach it to my spigot. My Spigot or the one I have is 1/2″ I’m thinking a 1/2″ PVC deal screws onto it and the PVC manifold is also made out of 1/2″ PVC. So does your plumbing come with the ability to attach to one of this size or am I going to have to buy another spigot from you guys as well.
Last question and this is the deal breaker or could be. Do you guys ship? Please tell me you ship? I’ve found some online but for a metal stainless steel one some of these jokers are giving me prices like 200 bucks for the whole set up. Just the false bottom and the plumbing.
My brother told me he got his from you guys for like 30 or 40 bucks and it came with the plumbing and everything. If the spigot I have on my 10 gallon cooler will not work with your false bottom then if you could throw one in with the other stuff as long as you all ship that is. Hoping to hear from someone soon my name is Alan my number is (702)383-0128. My email is up above would really like to hear back from someone ASAP got a batch of beer ready to go this is whats holding me up. Got 11 pounds of grain telling me it needs to become beer. 🙂