We had a great turnout last night at Michael’s house with 14 members showing up with 30 beers. It was nice we had some bbq pork & chicken plus some pasta to help keep us on our feet!
Some topics we covered at the meeting included:
Social Night – Our next social night will be Wednesday September 6th @ 6pm at the new Bosque taproom called the Drinkery (4980 Promenade Blvd Ste B, Santa Fe, NM 87507). Bring friends, family members, coworkers, etc and come by any time around 6 to hang out for as long or as little as you’d like.
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 – We have the recipe ready and some of us are already prepping our brew day. You can find the full recipe here: https://brewsantafe.com/2023/08/09/club-barrel-project-barleywine-recipe/
Next Meeting Location – Our next monthly club meeting will be on September 20th @ 6:30pm at Tom’s house (location to come closer to the meeting)
Upcoming Local Events:
- Boese Brothers Oktoberfest – September 9th in Los Alamos: https://www.boesebrothersbrewery.com/tickets.html
- SF Brewing Co Oktoberfiesta – September 30th at SFBC HQ: https://santafebrewing.com/event/oktoberfiesta-2023/
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:
- Aaron: Roselare blend sour, Kokanee
- Ben: SMaSH the Monarchy (British Golden ale), Amber Wavez (American Amber), La Cumbre Oktoberfest, Weihenstephaner Festbier
- Brandon O: Rye Saison, Rye Saison w/ Brettanomyces
- Corey T: Oktoberfest Collaboration Festbier – Sierra Nevada/Kehrwieder, Oktoberfest Collaboration Festbier – Sierra Nevada/Kehrwieder, Big Swell IPA – Maui Brewing, Kihei, HI
- David R: Belgian White from Paris
- Eric H: Ex Novo Extra Time, Firestone Mind Haze
- George: Lizard King by Pipeworks
- John: Azulito, Cactus Shack and Slice of Hefen by La Cumbre
- Ken: Dark Ale
- Lorrey: Belgian Dubbel, Cabana Pils by Suarez Family Brewery, Super Typhooon by Treehouse
- Michael James: Colkegan Whisky (the same variant that will be from our barrel)
- Mike: Sauv Wild Golden, Ola Lilikoi Lime IPA, Maui OMG Hazy IPA
- Tom: Honey Porter (Big Brew 2022), Bells Two Hearted Variants: Standard, Hazy, Experimental, Imperial
(Note: commercial beers are italicized)
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