Ordering Organic From Santa Cruz

After reading Charlie Papazian's entire book, "The Complete Joy of Home Brewing", and finally almost catching up on my backlog of home repair projects, I've decided my first batch of beer will be one of my favorite styles, Imperial India Pale Ale, made with all organic ingredients. Seven Bridges Cooperative website had been at the top of my list for ingredients, and their intermediate mash extract kit looks almost fool-proof. Plus, their newsletter had a ten percent off coupon.

Organic Legacy Double IPA Mash-Extract

Item Number: OBK25A

DME For Bottling

White Labs 051 California V Ale liquid yeast

Dry Hops: American Summit hops pellets

The kit looks like this before going into the kettle:

My Cascadian Black IPA will just have to wait for another batch.

I'm still shopping around for my brewing equipment. Mountain Home Brew has the best propane burner and brew pot I've seen, plus, being local means no shipping charges on the larger and heavier items. Too bad they don't have organic ingredient kits, too. And I just missed what looked like a decent second hand system on Craigslist this weekend: two carboys, all the spoons and funnels you'd need, and some kegs. The search will continue. With luck, I will be brewing next Saturday after my son's soccer match.