January Update:
If you have not seen the email from earlier in the week check it out. Jeff Aikman has setup a tour at Root Shoot Malting followed by a tour of Verboten Brewery. This is setup for Friday 1/21 at 1pm. RSPV Form can be found here, We need OTMP RSVP numbers and names by Friday 1/14.
If anyone knows a homebrewer affected by the Marshall Flie there is help for them through the AHA.
Possibly some of you have lost your homes or been displaced, and no doubt members of your clubs may have too. Having experienced the 2013 Colorado floods and being a FEMA recipient, I know how devastating it is to lose your home and or be displaced. However, once the shock of this mess of a fire softens, we have an opportunity to help homebrewers feel a little lighter and better by helping restock the equipment of those who lost their brew system to the fires. I created a Google Form that most certainly could be better organized, but you gotta start somewhere.
Please feel free to share this link with your members and other appropriate parties. As well, fill it out yourself if you are in need or can help others.
https://forms.gle/KuN615pYeviG7Ep69
Not much else to report this month. Cheers to the New Year! See you soon.
Seamer, live and in action:
A shout out to Aaron, Ryan and Colter for putting together the first canning session over at Aaron's house. Everything ran really smooth and the final results are nothing short of amazing.
Take Notice:
As many of us in this area have noticed, we are limited to 2 homebrew shops, one in Northglenn and one in Lakewood. We do not have an option this is slightly closer. Thanks to Ryan for pointing this out, Altitude Brewing & Supply has now moved and is quite possibly the closest brew supply store to most of us.
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Altitude Brewing & Supply 4577 N. Pecos Street |
Meeting Info:
Where: Colter's House
Location:
6391 Brooks Dr, Arvada, CO 80004
Date:
1-19-22
Time: 7:00pm
Note:
Weather will decide where we will be meeting up at his house.
December Meeting Recap:
Attendants:
Jim, Nathan, Ryan, Evan, Chris, Sam, RC, Dennis, Robin, Chuck, Mick, Aaron
Meeting Recap:
Beers:
- Nathan + Ryan – IPL – A step mashed beer that carries the scent of the pith of a grapefruit in its nose. Magnium, Citra, Amarillo, Simcoe, 20% Rice, 80% Pils Malt. Fermented on 34/70 at 60°. This beer was snappy and crisp and also noted “Surprisingly well done!”
- Sam – Blonde Ale with Peach and Rhubarb. A very light and clean beer, with the flavors of the rhubarb coming through stronger than the peach; it also carried the slightest taste of bitterness as well as tart. Comments of “This might be Sam's best beer!”, this was a smooth warm weather drinking beer that was flawless.
- Mich – English Pale Ale. Brewed with Cascade, Chinook, and Mystery X and fermend on WY007 and coming in at 4.7%. Mashed with chocolate rye, munich, victory, and carra Vienna malts.
- Ryan + Nathan – Dunkel Fest Beir, 5.8%. This beer was very thicc for a 5.8% brew; with its big body hips and with a bitterness that was spot on. Mashed with Munich I + II and 5% Carafa Special III
- Sam – Brown Ale. Dubbed “Canary Islands Brown”. This beer had a unique flavor from the toasted rice that brought with it a nutty flavor. It has the nose of an interesting exotic tea blend.
- Chris – English Porter. This beer brought with it a flavor of roasted nuts. Brewed with Maris Otter, Crisp Brown, Crisp Black and First Gold and brewed on 1099
- Ryan – Dry Stout. This beer smelled of brown sugar and fruit. This crushable brew was the lightest beer of the night from Ryan.
- Aaron – Winter Seasonal – This beer was similar to a really dark amber beer. With hoppy notes to carry it on. Not sure who spotted it but they called it to the room, “This beer has special B in it!” as it was shouted. Hopped with CTZ, Nugget, Cascade, Mittelfrueh, and EKG.
- Aaron – Imperial Stout dubbed ” Anakin Skywalker Young Stout Imperial”. This beer was layered in a frothy dark foam and had an interesting peppery flavor to it. It was shouted at Aaron “Stop drinking this beer, age the damn thing!”.
- Jim – Eisenbach. We were prefaced with our por with Jim commenting “This could be interesting”, A blonde Eisenbach made from the pale ale batch he froze, this beer had a strong natural sugar flavor and carried its sweetness throughout, a very nice beer.
- Robin – IPA with Mariana Hops. This super bubbly brew was spot on with its conditioning, was light in color with a lemony colored haze to it, and really great beer from Robin.
- Jim – IPA “Brahmaputra”, As we set sail with Jim in this IPA adventure we encountered Fuggles, Goldings, and Challenger hops as it rang in at 6.8% abv. “A beer hoppy enough to make you want more”
- Chris – Strawberry Mint Mead. This subtle strawberry on a virtually non-existent mint platform. At 14% you would never know it. Commented on with “This is really fucking good, there is a bit of bitterness, but this is really fucking good”