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September 2026 Meeting Minutes

Our September meeting was hosted by Charles and Letty, Thank you for hosting and enchiladas. I believe we had a dozen homebrews, more than the commercial beers. Our October meeting and Oktoberfest will be Oct 24 (saturday). Please respond to the other note. We have tentatively reserved the room at SF brewing on Wednesdays, November through April. …

August 2026 Meeting Minutes

Brandon Hosted our August meeting – thank you! We might have options if we move the date around, which would be fine I will host our Oktoberfest party: Saturday Oct 10th The beers that were tasted are listed below, commercial beers in Italics Aaron: Strawberry rhubarb (Fruited wild ale – New Glarus), Raspberry Tart (fruit…

July 2026 Meeting Minutes

David hosted our July meeting – thanks! 1st: Corey 2nd: Michael 3rd: Ben 4th: Eric I can host August or October Festbiers again for October or do something different? Trappist or something else strong for the winter?  Or lagers while it’s cool out? Beers tasted are below: commercial beers in italics Corey: Nectar of the Fog (Hornindal…

June 2026 Meeting Minutes

Tom hosted and fed us for our June meeting – thank you! July is our summer kviek competition: anything that is fermented with a kviek yeast David is hosting our July meeting Anyone willing to host August (or September or October)? The beers that were tasted are listed below (commercial beers in italics) Lorrey: Helles Lager (Chuckanut…

May 2026 Meeting Minutes

Lorrey hosted our May meeting; bolognese sauce, hummingbirds and a little wind. thank you! Future Meetings Tom, are you willing to host the June meeting? Otherwise, I should be able to do so. David will host our July meeting (15th) July will also be our next competition: beers made with Kviek yeasts Our tasted beers…

April 2026 Meeting Minutes

We held our April meeting at SF brewing We will plan to venture onto our patios for warmer weather.  Is anyone interested in hosting the May meeting?  I can probably host May if someone else doesn’t claim it.  We can return to Wednesday meetings. Our next competition will be Kviek yeast beers (any style) which…

March 2026 Meeting Minutes

We held our March meeting a little early on Monday, It was peacefully quiet at SF brewing. The suggestion for the next competition was beers made with kviek yeast for June or July.  Appropriate for the weather. We are yet to sort out timing for the April meeting.  The 3rd Wednesday falls on April 15th, as…

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…

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