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Quick and Easy Hop Water at Home

Having an N/A option on tap is a great choice for those looking to cut back on their alcohol intake, or to share with friends who may have given up alcohol entirely. I started keeping hop water on tap a year or so ago and have made over 20 gallons of it. What is hop…

Pressure Fermentation & Saving CO2

The purpose of this article is to give an overview of the benefits of fermenting in kegs or other pressurized vessels. Fermenting under pressure, purging a serving keg using CO2 generated during fermentation, and transferring to a serving keg under pressure are all ways to avoid oxygen coming into contact with your beer. These techniques…

July 2024 Meeting Minutes

The July meeting was hosted by Charles and Letty and a few of their neighbors joined us as well. There was only a brief interruption from the rain. The meeting agenda items were: Below is the full beer list, commercial beers are italicized. Brandon: Loral + Pilsner SmaSH, Rye Saison  Ben: Pretty Nice Little Saturday -…

Summer of Saison: The Winners!

We’re pleased to announce the results of the Summer of Saison competition, including both the People’s Choice and Pro tastings! But before we get to the winners, I’d like to thank everyone involved in organizing the competition, including: We appreciate you all! But now, on to what everyone is waiting for: the winners! PRO TASTING…

Summer of Saison People’s Choice Judging

Good news! We’ve secured a venue that will allow us to take our time with the people’s choice tasting (and won’t require us to start drinking at 9am)! Here are the details: Where: Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery Production facility, 32 Bisbee Ct #3-4, Santa Fe, NM 87507 (Attention: NOT the Agua Fria taproom) When: Saturday, June 22 at 1PM What:…

Memorial Day 2024 Campout

Our 2024 Memorial Day campout happened at the Taos Junction campground, right next to the Rio Grande. Tom was quick to action and booked a group site that could hold 40 people, but unfortunately he wasn’t able to make it himself. Friday night had Ben plus Brandon and his family. Ben brought his Ooni pizza…

Summer of Saison 2024 Competition

Hello, Santa Fe and Albuquerque homebrewers! Do you love saison? Here’s your chance to have your beer judged by two local pro brewers with a long history in the style: John Rowley (Rowley Farmhouse Ales)  and  Averie Swanson (Keeping Together) We encourage you to enter saison, but we are opening the competition to several other pale Belgian…

April 2024 Meeting Minutes

We had a great meeting with a lot of big beers which was surprising for a warm Spring day. The big topic of the meeting was Club Elections. Brandon stepped down and will solely be managing the website while Ben and Michael are taking the presidency on as co-presidents. Tom and Ken will continue their…

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