In our March meeting, we discussed the upcoming Steins and Santa Clara County Fair homebrew competitions. Then we tasted five great homebrews. Thanks to Stein’s and everyone who showed up.
– The Steins homebrew competition will be held Sunday, 3/24/2024. Registration for entries is available at this URL: https://www.steinsbeergarden.com/event/Homebrew2024/. The beer drop-off period is 3/16-3/23. So far we have four judges, but we still need a few more. If you’re interested in serving as a judge or steward, contact Robert or Derek. The plan is to have the judging in the morning, break for lunch, and have the best of show in the afternoon.
– Alan, Sebastian, Stephan, and Nathan brewed an American pale this past Saturday. They split the batch to see what difference different fermentation systems will make.
– The Santa Clara County Fair homebrew competition will be held in July. Currently, the plan is to have the beer drop off July 13th and 14th and the judging on the weekend of July 27/28. The organizers are looking for volunteers willing to help with organizing the competition.
– The beers we tasted:
| Brewer | Beer Name | Beer Style | IBUs | ABV | Brewer Notes |
| Peter P | She Likes Meyer… Wit! | witbier | 20 | 5 | made with Meyer lemon |
| Stephan | Rye of the Kaiser | Rye Kolsch | 27 | 5 | Kolsch with 20% rye |
| Stephan | Experimental Weather Balloon #7 | Cold IPA | 60 | 6.4 | Dry hopped with HBC 1019 and Idaho 7 |
| Derek W | 2011 Cranberry Mead | 0 | ? | recipe is lost to time. brewed in January 2011. | |
| Charles S | Deal with the Devil | English Barleywine BBA | 33 | 14.3 | Bourbon soaked French Oak cubes MT for 5 weeks |
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– For a list of all upcoming competitions, check out the Worts of Wisdoms’ calendar: http://www.wortsofwisdom.org/calendar/upcoming-homebrewers-competitions/