Ad Booklet for Octrolleyfest and what's brewing at D&S!

As in years past we are doing an add booklet as a fund raiser for the Octrolleyfest.

You can buy a full 5x8 page- $40, half page 5x4- $20 or just a line -$10(up to 36 characters)

Please send your ad to Octrolleyfest by the 9/15/07 deadline! It will be read by thousands!

This booklet is our primary find raiser for the events we hold every year, please be kind and help support Octrollyfest!

Whats Brewing at D&S?

This weekend will be a big one, I am hoping to get in 3 batches and try doing 2 wines!

First brew will be the Hop Hammer. HH was an blue ribbon award winner at the Buzz Off in June, I am hoping to duplicate it for the Masters competition in February! The Hop Hammer will have 13 pounds of Pilsner malt, 8 oz of hops (4 simcoe and 4 columbus scattered thru 120 minutes of brewing) 6oz of bourbon soaked french oak , and the 099 high gravity yeast!
I am entering the last 2 bottles of the January batch into the Malt Madness competition

Next is the Frozen Tundra Cream Ale, this is a variation of the Mannion Cream Ale with a little more hops (.25 n brewers, .5 cascade and .5 warrior) it's base is 4lbs of ultra light malt and 1lb of dried rice. A fine session beer at a 5% alcohol volume! The official beer of The Dukes of Earl's Frozen Tundra Tailgate! Held this year in the Dragon's Lair Underdeck!

Then we are doing a D&S classic, the original recipe of Bossong's Bitter! Our Christmas favorite. I brew this every year to give out to friends at Christmas. It has 6 lb ultralight and .5lb lite dme, .5 carastan crushed grain, 2 oz of kent golding hops and good ole california yeast! This is what I call my house beer that I love to have on tap for visitors!

I got 2 wine kits form a friend, Cherry and Apple. Heck I'll give it a try, they are gallon kits.

Malt Madness

I am entering 3 brews in the Malt Madness competition to be held 9/8 in Allentown. I am sending the Hop Hammer Imperial IPA, Mjolinor Honey Pale Ale, and Mad Darbarian IPA . I am competiting against my self in with all the IPA's but that's what I brew best!

Currently on Tap
St Ansgar Belgian Dubble, and Mad Darbarian IPA

Darby Devil and Something Brown are just kegged and will be tapped sometime next week!
To access all my recipies click here !

Fermenting -Bumbles Porter and Hop Hammer

Slainte Laddie!

Darby's 325 Birthday 8/4/7

The Darby Borough Historical Society is having a 325th birthday party this Saturday

Details-
The birthday party for Darby Borough starts at 10 a.m. on Saturday at Darby Methodist Meeting Cemetery (Old Mount Zion Cemetery), at 1400 Springfield Rd. in Collingdale.
Around 2 p.m., tea will be served at the Darby Friends Meeting House, at 1017 Main St. in Darby.
The event is free and open to the public.


click here for more details from Sunday's Inquirer
email the Darby Borough Historical Society here

Updates and What's Brewing

Octrolleyfest 2007
is part of come back home to Darby Weekend!
Celebrate Darby's history by Coming Home to where it all began!

to quote the immortal Jon Bon Jovi
"Who says you can't go home There's only one place they call me one of their own!"

The weekend starts off with a BVM reunion
here are the details
When: Friday, Oct 19th, 2007 (plenty of time to plan!)
Where: Paxon Hollow Country Club 80 Paxon Hollow Rd Broomall, PA
Time: 7PM to 11PM Cost: $50.00 per person, includes buffet dinner and dancing.
Tickets purchased after Sept. 25, 2007 will cost $65.00 First Come, First Serve!
Limited Tickets available. For tickets call the rectory at 610-583-2128.
Payment: Make checks payable to Blessed Virgin Mary Church
Bar: Cash bar
Attire: Informal Women: Suits and dresses Men : Jackets
Please forward this on by reposting it or emailing it to your BVM family!

Here are a few updates to what is going on with Octrolleyfest!
Octrolleyfest will be held on 10/20 this year with the usual fanfare
book signings, trolley rides, historical tours, lectures , an autograph party at Hilldale Park, and events at the Historic Darby Fire Company 1 as we try to get a historic marker for them.
The state turned them down in 2007 but we will get them one in 2008.
We will also be having events at The Blue Bell Hotel, and the Old Swedes Mill along Cobbs Creek. There will be a dedication for a historic marker to be placed there.

We are looking for sponsors -personal and corporate- to assist in this years events, if you can donate time, money or merchandise let us know!

We are in the planning stages of this years event and want everyone to participate.

Ideas we are pursuing are
a horse shoe tournament, looking to get hold of the "Creekers" from the movie "The Borough", Musicians and any other performer who would like to do their thing during the day,
People willing to give historic tours around town,
Anyone willing to do an information booth,
An ad booklet like last years, if you want to place an ad email janhaigis@yahoo.com for rates.
Historic reenactors or players dressed in costume to roam the town.
and also a Flea Market.
Please email me at darbarian@gmail.com if you want to assist!

What's Brewing at Darbarian and Sons!
This week at the brewery we did a Hop Devil Clone and a American brown ale. The ABA used the 099 high gravity yeast and is expected to hit 11%, a fine brew to crawl up to this winter.
The Hop Devil Clone is from a recipe I picked up at Keystone Homebrew. Hop Devil is my favorite brew and I hope mine turns out as good as Victory's version.
I will be doing a Historic Ale for the Blue Bell for Octrolleyfest, the recipe will be an ale with corn sugar and dark malt. It will sort of be a Porterish type of ale, like one brewed and enjoyed in the Historic Blue Bell in the 1700's.

Hilldale Book Finally Released!

Dr Neil Lanctot has released the definitive book on the Hilldales and Negro Leagues in paperback. This book based on the development on Negro League Baseball focusing primarily on the Hilldales 22 year reign, their 1925 Negro League World Series Champions and 8 players in the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
The Book "Fair Dealing and Clean Playing: The Hilldale Club and the Development of Black Professional Baseball, 1910-1932" originally released in 1994 has gained new life after the Hall of Fame induction of Raliegh "Biz" Mackey in 2006.
In October of 2006 the state of Pennsylvania recognized the Hilldales by placing a historic marker on the site of Hilldale Park which was on the border of Darby and Yeadon in Delaware County.
Click Here for more information- Hilldales
and stop by here for information on the Hilldales and the quest for their Historic Marker-- Blog

Mannion Label Unveiled!

The Newest Summer Ale from Darbarian and Sons!

Mannion Cream Ale!

Brewed in the Style of that famous upstate New York brewery,

3Lbs of Ultralight malt, cup of lactose, .75 oz of hops, and Coopers yeast!

Our Lightest selection ever, even the most casual beer drinker will love it!

Darbarian and Sons Take first Place!!!!!

After 21 years of homebrewing D&S have finally become an award winning brewery!

Darbarian and Sons HomeBrewery have taken first place for the English & Imperial IPA's category with it's Hop Hammer and 3rd place for it's Odin's Eye Braggott label in the 14th annual Buzz off. See the results here

Hop Hammer was a free style ale categorized as a Imperial IPA made with 5 gallons of Iron Hill Pilsner Malt, 4 oz of Columbus and 4 oz of Simcoe, and White Labs High Gravity yeast.
With this first place finish D&S have qualified for the national MCAB X to be held in February 2008.

Odin's Eye is a Braggott or a mead/ale infusion Basically a Meade made like an Ale. See label here ---Odin's Eye Braggott label

The Buzz Off is a national competition that qualifies HomeBrewers for the prestigious Masters Championship of Amateur Brewing (MCAB). The first place winners qualify for MCAB X held in Houston Texas February 8-9th 2008!

D & S would like to thank the HomeBrew Club Buzz for hosting this competition and
all the hard work Chris Clair, Paul McGinnis, Dave Houseman and Russ Hobough have put in to make this event a prestigious and growing competition.

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HomeBrew Competition!!

Brewers Unlimited Zany Zymurgists

"Pollinating Palettes Since 1993"

D&S Press Release
Buzz Press Release

On Saturday June 9 2007 Darbarian and Sons HomeBrewery will be competiting in the 14th annual BUZZ OFF HomeBrew competition hosted by Iron Hill Brewpub in West Chester Pa.

The BUZZ Off is both a BJCP and AHA sanctioned competition and last year received over 280 entries from around the country. It is also a qualifying event for the prestigious Masters Championship of Amateur Brewing (MCAB).



D&S will be submitting 6 brews this year,

Mad Darbarian Imperial Ale- Strong Calif style Pale Ale

Yukon Cornelious's "California Gold" Steam Ale- California Style Steam Ale

Winter Warlock's Cherry Stout- Fruit Flavored Stout

Mad Darbarian Ale- American Pale Ale

Iron Brewer "Hop Hammer!"- Free Style Ale made with 5 gallons of Pilsner drawn right out of Iron Hill's vats! I experimented by using 8 oz of Hops ( 4 Columbus, 4 siomcoe) and White Labs 099 High Gravity Yeast, packed a whallop! Was given a 38 by one of the Iron Hill Brewers (out of 50) and was called the Nectar of the Gods! Hope it does as well at the Buzz Off!

Odin's Eye Braggott-A Meade/Ale infusion! strong honey presence and IPA ingredients

There is also a label competition, We will also be sending our finest labels for judging...

See ya dere' Laddie!

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Darbarian and Sons New Home, New Logo!

In November on 2006 Darbarian and Sons HomeBrewery relocated to the West Bradford Section of rural Downingtown. 10 days after they were moved in production began. So far 13 batches of Ales (65 gallons)were brewed with 4 batches of Root/Birch/Cream sodas. The facilities come with a new outdoor propane powered heating/brewing system and dedicated geo-thermal storage space. With the addition of newly acquired brewing equipment D&S is shooting for a 25 batch year.

So far the Brews have been
Mad Darbarian Imperial Ale- Strong Calif style Pale Ale (2 batches)
Bossong's Bitter- English Bitter
Yukon Cornelious's "California Gold" Steam Ale- California Style Steam Ale (2 batches)
Winter Warlock's Cherry Stout- Fruit Flavored Stout
Mad Darbarian Ale- American Pale Ale
Bumbles Porter- Porter with Vanilla
3Kings Winter Warmer-Spiced Scotch Ale
Iron Brewer "Hop Hammer!"- Free Style Ale made with 5 gallons of Pilsner drawn right out of Iron Hill's vats! I experimented by using 8 oz of Hops ( 4 Columbus, 4 siomcoe) and White Labs 099 High Gravity Yeast, packed a whallop! Object is to enter it into competiton with other brews drawn form the same vat for best of judging. to be announced 5/21!
John & Helen's Pumpkin Pie Ale- Spiced Ale brewed with Helen's SecretPumpkin pie recipie!
Crick Critter Scotch Ale-Scotch Ale
Crick Critter Wee Heavy-Heavy Scotch Ale

on the horizon- Mannion Week Ale, Mjolinor's Braggot A Cherry and Aple Wine with More IPA's!

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Ed Bacon, Hilldale Link dies

Ed Bacon , Negro League player passed away
Our last link to the 1925 Hildales has passed away.
Ed Bacon was a former Bat boy to the Hilldales and 3rd baseman for the Darby Phantoms, Negro League semi pro team. Ed was our voice to the past, with his insight we were provided with an oral history about the Hilldales and it's players. Even though he was in Ill health Ed made it to dozens of events telling his stories about Hilldale and negro league baseball in the 20's and 30's. He was honored by Yeadon in 2006 on Flag Day by being given the memorial Flag Yeadon's highest honor and in October by the Hilldale Memorial group for all his work in assisting us get the Historical marker. He is home now playing on the Lord's field of dreams, he will be missed by all of us whose lives he enriched
His funeral will be at
Wednesday 5/2 11am at Union Memorial United Methodist Church 1007 Summit Street Darby Pa 19023
Wake will be 9-11 at The Church


Ed after the Flag Day Presentation with the Hilldale Banner

Here are a few Pictures from the Hilldale/Octrolleyfest Celebration!

Get Your Own! View Slideshow

Click Here for more photo's from Liz harris and Soveriegn Bank!
Click Here for more photo's from The Clark family!
Click Here to see the Darby NAACP website, look at the bottom for slide show
Click Pictures below for more albums

Parade and more

Ceremony


PreOctrolleyfest