With the Covid-19 situation and the Governor’s ban on gatherings, we will not be meeting in person this week. We (the club officers) decided to try to do some virtual meetings. Rather than 20+ of us get together on one call, we are going to try for some small group meetings to discuss video seminars. The seminars listed below mirror the sign-up groups.

Where possible, both a free and an AHA Membership Required video have been included.

DIY

DIY Advanced Technology for Cheapskate and Anarchistic Homebrewers (AHA Membership Required)

Automated Brewing and Electrical Safety for Homebrewers

Beer Evaluation

Becoming a Better Beer Judge (free)

The Deductive Beer Tasting Method: A Method to the Sensory Madness (AHA Membership Required)

How To Maximize Your BJCP Beer Judge Tasting Exam Score (free, YouTube)

Water

Water Made Easy (free)

Everyone’s Second Favorite Liquid: Basic Water Comprehension for Homebrewing (AHA Membership Required)

Yeast

Yeast Harvesting, Banking, and Quality Control (AHA Membership Required)

Sui Generis Brewing’s Your Home Yeast Lab Made Easy (free)

Malt

The Relationship Between Base Malt Flavor Preference and Beer Flavor Preference: Does Base Malt Flavor Matter? (AHA Membership Required)

Hops

Dry Hopping from Scott Janish’s Book (free, audio only)

American Hops: From Soil to Serve (AHA Membership Required)

The next club meeting is on February 13 at Sam Adams Taproom at 7:30 PM. Do not bring any homebrew to this meeting.

Reminders

Membership dues are due! Bring your dues to the next meeting or pay online. (note: yes, the website says ‘2018 dues’, we’ll fix that soon, and PayPal will ‘dump’ you into the BrewComp site – we’ll fix that soon also).

Volunteer Opportunities

We would like an assistant treasurer to help with treasurer duties when the treasurer is not available. This person will assist with the cash box at meetings, and may be added as an authorized signatory (this is a simple process). If you’re interested, contact Tim McDonald.

BJCP Classes

There has been some discussion about doing some BJCP classes/tastings before meetings, starting at 7:00 on meeting nights and at the meeting location. If you’re interested, talk to Will or Rick.

Competition Reminders

The All American Homebrew Competition on 3/7 is accepting entries, judges, and stewards. We need your help! We will be sorting bottles on 3/5 at Paradise Brewing at 7:00 PM.

The Bockfest Competition on 2/29 is also accepting entries, judges, and stewards. This is usually a smaller/shorter tasting.
For those that were accepted into the National Homebrew Competition, we will be organizing a bottle drop-off. We’ll talk about this at the next meeting.There will likely be needs for judges and stewards as well.

The Hammerdown Competition is coming in April. 

March Meeting

The March Meeting will be March Madness – 8 homebrews vs. 8 commercial brews. Stay tuned for sign-up information if you can bring a growler or 6 pack for the sweet (or bitter… or hoppy) 16.