Lorrey was gracious enough to host this month’s meeting and we had a really pleasant evening outside on his patio. Lorrey also provided brats and sides and we also had focaccia, green chile cheese bread and pretzels contributed by other club members to help keep us in check while drinking all the samples. Speaking of samples, we had 28 beers brought by 9 club members (10 homebrew, 18 commercial).
Some topics we covered at the meeting included:
Social Night – We’ll start off our social night at Nuckoll’s on Wednesday August 2nd (time TBD but probably around 6).
Oktoberfest Party / Mini club competition – We’ll have our yearly Oktoberfest party and mini club competition for Marzens and Festbiers during the October meeting (October 18th @ 6:30pm)
Next Mini Club Competition – As mentioned above, the next mini club competition will be the same as last year… Festbier and Marzen (BJCP 2021 categories 4A and 6B). It’s time to start planning and brewing these beers so they’ll have some time to lager before the competition!
Club Barrel Project – It sounds like we’ve got plenty of interest in another group barrel project. This will be a 25 gallon used barrel from Santa Fe Spirits. I reached out to them this morning to find out the spirit it currently contains so we can come up with a recipe to brew. The barrel will be freshly emptied at the end of August / early September, so we’ll want to get a recipe figured out sooner than later (I’ll send another email specifically for this).
Custom Club AHA Renewal
I signed us up for the AHA referral program which gives our club a $5 kickback whenever someone joins or renews their membership through our custom link and enters SDCCB as the code. If you’ve let your membership lapse or haven’t signed up before, I’d encourage you to do so. You can find our custom URL here: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/support-the-aha/?promo=Sangre-de-Cristo-Craft-Brewers (note: you will still need to enter SDCCB as the code when you’re at that point in the sign up process).
The full list of beers brought to the meeting were:
- Ben: Jimbo Pils (German Pils), Don’t Call It a Cold IPA, Grapefruit Cryovolcano, Oak Aged Crescent Hill and Osmosis by Sapwood Cellars, Timbo Pils and DDH Cloud Party by Highland Park
- Brandon O: Grisette, German Pilsner
- Corey T: Southbound Pachyderm (Belgian golden strong), Citraquench’l by Heist Brewing, Extra Hellos by Charles Towne Fermentory, Something Truly Evil for When You Decide You Need It by Burial Beer
- Eric H: Belgian Blonde Ale, Black Lion and Gold Lion by Lev
- Lorrey: Belgian Single, Father Nelson by Rowley Farmhouse Ales, That’s What She Said by Treehouse
- Michael James: Biere de Garde
- Mike: Anchor Steam, Garden Party by Cascade
- Ted: Brown Ale by Second Street, Dark Hedges by Rowley Farmhouse Ales
- Tom: Saison, Tom’s Red Ale (Irish Red), Sour Red by Tumbleroot, Ryeway to Heaven by Revolution Brewing
(Note: commercial beers are italicized)
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