As a reminder, club dues are collected on a calendar year basis. Becoming a paid member gets you a discount at MoreBeer in Los Altos, as well as access to the special members-only events we do through the year.
Agenda:
– Possible dates for club visit to Alpha Acid Brewing in Belmont.
– Presentation on Black IPA (Stephan).
– Off flavor of the month.
– Reminder about the upcoming Caliornia State Homebrew Competition.
– Planning and location of our end of year party.
– Derek will be collecting dues. If you’d like to pay club dues, please send $25 via Paypal to derek@sudzers.org
– Homebrew evaluations. Don’t forget to bring your recipe as club members will have lots of questions. Sign in your beer along with your name and statistics (IBU, ABV, etc.). The info is optional, but helpful in determining tasting order.
For our September 11 meeting, we discussed the upcoming NCHF and Robert Curlee gave a presentation on his brewing setup. Then we tasted six great homebrews. Thanks to Stein’s and everyone who showed up!
Business:
– We discussed the upcoming Northern California Homebrewers Festival (more info at: https://nchfinfo.org/). This year’s NCHF will be September 16-17 in Dobbins. This is an annual festival that brings together hundreds of homebrewers and their homebrews. The Sudzers will have a booth at the festival. If you’re going, it would be good to bring your own CO2. Also good to bring are picnic taps. If you are planning on attending NCHF, please fill out the following form to let us know the details on what you’re planning on bringing. https://forms.gle/LrZfHvUsAmfjdSTx6.
– Club president Robert Curlee gave a presentation on his brewing setup.
– The off flavor of the month that we sampled and discussed as DMS (Dimethyl sulfide). Thanks to Mikael for putting this together!
– We are looking for a place to hold the Sudzers’ annual end of the year party. Let us know if you know of a location.
– We also discussed having more presentations on people’s brewing setups and on beer styles members are knowledgeable about. Next month, Stephan will cover Black IPAs.
As a reminder, club dues are collected on a calendar year basis. Becoming a paid member gets you a discount at MoreBeer in Los Altos, as well as access to the special members-only events we do through the year.
Agenda:
– Northern California Homebrewers Festival (NCHF) which will be held Sept. 16-17, 2022.
– Off flavor of the month.
– Robert C. will give a presentation on his brewing equipment.
– Discussion of possible future presentation ideas: members’ brewing setups and processes; a beer style a member feels knowledgeable about, etc.
– Planning and location of our end of year party.
– Derek will be collecting dues. If you’d like to pay club dues, please send $25 via Paypal to derek@sudzers.org
– Homebrew evaluations. Don’t forget to bring your recipe as club members will have lots of questions. Sign in your beer along with your name and statistics (IBU, ABV, etc.). The info is optional, but helpful in determining tasting order.
Hope to see you all at Steins!
(Note: The Mountain View Art and Wine Festival is being held the weekend of the 10th an 11th. You might need more time than usual to find parking.)
For our August 14 meeting, we discussed the upcoming NCHF and the first off flavor of the month. Then we tasted eight great homebrews. Thanks to Stein’s and everyone who showed up!
Business:
– We discussed the upcoming Northern California Homebrewers Festival (more info at: https://nchfinfo.org/). This year’s NCHF will be September 16-17 in Dobbins. This is an annual festival that brings together hundreds of homebrewers and their homebrews. The Sudzers will have a booth at the festival. If you are planning on attending NCHF, please fill out the following form to let us know the details on what you’re planning on bringing. https://forms.gle/LrZfHvUsAmfjdSTx6.
– We also got an update on the results of the Annual Santa Clara County Fair Homebrew Competition which was hosted by the Sudzers and the Grain Trust in July. Congrats to the following Sudzers who won awards in the competition: Kevin Sinarle, 1st place British Strong Bitter; Sebastian Brisbois, 1st place Saison; and, Mikael Hakansson, 3rd place German Pils.
– The California State Homebrew Competition will be this November. The competition is being organized by DOZE. Entries can be registered 9/3-10/13. People who want to serve as judges or stewards can sign up starting 9/3. More details can be found at the competition website: https://castate.brewcompetition.com/
– The off flavor of the month that we tasted and discussed was Isoamyl acetate. Thanks to Mikael for putting this together!
– Announcement from Dan Heil: “If anybody wants to pick a bunch of Cascade Whole hops. My hop connection in Los Altos has her hops ready to pick. You need a 5′ ladder and scissors and a couple brown paper bags. You have to clip the cones off and leave the vine. I’m guessing you’ll get about 1-2 FULL brown grocery bags of hops. Previously I estimate these have been in the 2-4 %AA.” If you’re interested you can contact Dan at: mackstwgn@gmail.com
– We’re still looking for volunteers to take over as Vice President, and Competition Guru. Please let me or any other current officer know if you’re interested in any of these positions.
As a reminder, club dues are collected on a calendar year basis. Becoming a paid member gets you a discount at MoreBeer in Los Altos, as well as access to the special members-only events we do through the year.
Agenda:
– Northern California Homebrewers Festival (NCHF) which will be held Sept. 16-17, 2022. – Upcoming California State Homebrew Competition (Nov. 2022) – Off flavor tasting; we’re looking at covering one off flavor per month. – Derek will be collecting dues. If you’d like to pay club dues, please send $25 via Paypal to derek@sudzers.org or give him $25 in person this Sunday. – As a reminder, we are still looking for people to step into the President and VP roles. Please let us know if you’re interested in any of these. – Homebrew evaluations. Don’t forget to bring your recipe as club members will have lots of questions. Sign in your beer along with your name and statistics (IBU, ABV, etc.). The info is optional, but helpful in determining tasting order.
For our July meeting, Derek gave an update on the Santa Clara County Fair Homebrew Competition. We also briefly discussed the upcoming NCHF. And, last but not least, we tasted five great homebrews. Thanks to Stein’s and everyone who showed up!
Business:
– We got an update on the Annual Santa Clara County Fair Homebrew Competition which is being hosted by the Sudzers and the Grain Trust. The deadline to fill out the online entry form is this Monday. There was a glitch with the form earlier that told people that they had missed the deadline but that has now been fixed. If you’re interested in entering the competition, details and the registration link are at: https://bit.ly/3ON3VxH.
– We also discussed the upcoming Northern California Homebrewers Festival (https://nchfinfo.org/). This year’s NCHF will be September 16-17 in Dobbins. This is an annual festival that brings together hundreds of homebrewers and their homebrews. Further discussions for organizing our participation in the festival will happen on Discord.
– We’re still looking for volunteers to take over as club President, Vice President, and Competition Guru. Please let me or any other current officer know if you’re interested in any of these positions.
As a reminder, club dues are collected on a calendar year basis. Becoming a paid member gets you a discount at MoreBeer in Los Altos, as well as access to the special members-only events we do through the year.
Agenda:
– Santa Clara County Fair homebrew competition (this month)
– Northern California Homebrewers Festival (NCHF) which will be held Sept. 16-17, 2022.
– Derek will be collecting dues. If you’d like to pay club dues, please send $25 via Paypal to derek@sudzers.org or give him $25 in person this Sunday.
– As a reminder, we are still looking for people to step into the President and VP roles. Please let us know if you’re interested in any of these.
– Homebrew evaluations. Don’t forget to bring your recipe as club members will have lots of questions. Sign in your beer along with your name and statistics (IBU, ABV, etc.). The info is optional, but helpful in determining tasting order.
As a reminder, club dues are collected on a calendar year basis. Becoming a paid member gets you a discount at MoreBeer in Los Altos, as well as access to the special members-only events we do through the year.
Agenda: – Organizing for the Northern California Homebrewers Festival (NCHF) which will be held Sept. 16-17, 2022. – Discussion of ideas to get members involved in signing up to do presentations or to help find speakers. – Derek will be collecting dues. If you’d like to pay club dues, please send $25 via Paypal to derek@sudzers.org or give him $25 in person this Sunday. – As a reminder, we are still looking for people to step into the President and VP roles. Please let us know if you’re interested in any of these. – Homebrew evaluations. Don’t forget to bring your recipe as club members will have lots of questions. Sign in your beer along with your name and statistics (IBU, ABV, etc.). The info is optional, but helpful in determining tasting order. Hope to see you all at Steins!
