Author Archives: Brandon OBrien

Our first meeting after the time change was a great one, even if it was raining and cold outside. We had 26 beers with 13 homebrewers in attendance. There were several Irish beers and a great black + tan thanks to Corey. Custom Club AHA Renewal I signed us up for the AHA referral programContinue reading “March 2023 Meeting Minutes”

This month’s mini-club competition (stout) was a huge success. We had nine entries which were flighted blind, all at once. This gave us a much better chance to compare the beers against each other. Congrats to Ken for winning with his Imperial Stout. Second went to George for his Pastry Stout and third went toContinue reading “February 2023 Meeting Minutes”

Our final meeting of 2022, and on the shortest day of the year, was full of dark stouts, winter warmers and big Belgian beers. There were seven of us in attendance this month which isn’t too bad considering how close the meeting was to the holidays. In total there were 18 beers we shared. SomeContinue reading “December 2022 Meeting Minutes”

This was the first meeting we’ve had since the time change and it was definitely a cold and dark evening. Fortunately we had a lot of dark or strong beers to warm us up! We had a total of 16 beers with 8 club members in attendance. The beers were also split evenly between homebrewsContinue reading “November 2022 Meeting Minutes”

We had our yearly Oktoberfest party and festbier/marzen mini club competition on October 15th. We had nearly 30 people show up with a huge assortment of food and beers on hand. It was also great to have some former club members show up for the first time in a while. We started the meeting withContinue reading “Oktoberfest! October 2022 Meeting Minutes”

We had a good turnout on the last summer night of 2022. The meeting kicked off with Ken’s “The Best Pilsner I’ve Had All Summer” which was very delicious. We had 20 beers, all of which were top notch. Some topics we covered at the meeting included: Internal Club Competition(s): For February 2023 – StartContinue reading “September 2022 Meeting Minutes”

As they tend to be for mid-summer meetings, we had a small turn out last night, only 6 of us, but we still enjoyed several great beers. We had Ponderosa’s gold medal winning Italian pilsner. It was simply divine. Big thanks to Corey for bringing a fresh growler of it. The star hit of theContinue reading “July 2022 Meeting Minutes”

We held our quarterly mini club competition this meeting. The theme of this competition was honey and we had 8 entries into the competition to choose from. There was a wide range of styles, everything from Belgians and Blondes to Porters and British Milds. The winning beer by a large margin was David G’s BlondeContinue reading “June 2022 Meeting Minutes”

We had another great meeting at Santa Fe Brewing Co this month. The number of beers brought was a little more manageable this time, with a total of 18. We tested out a new beer flight system by streaming the beers to a TV in the party room. With some adjustments, I think this willContinue reading “May 2022 Meeting Minutes”