Month: May 2022

OTMP – Beer Submission May Meeting

evan.sherlock
 
Beer Submission May Meeting:
We are trying something new for this month to see how this works for us to help organize tastings and notes. If all goes well this saves me time typing out my drunken written notes as well as trying to wrangle beer order when unexpected beer characteristics show up unannounced. I appreciate everyone giving this a chance to help keep our meetings more organized with better flow from beer to beer. 

From now till Wednesday at 6:00 pm you can submit the beers you are bringing to the meeting (Homebrews only, no commercial beers submitted this way). Click through to the form and find your name, style/category, ABV and any notes you would like to add. You can request for an email response, this will give you a link to go back and edit your submission if needed. 

Beer Submission Form:

Once submitted, the entries go through to a backend spreadsheet. Here in columns E and F you can add additional notes as well as tasting notes for other beer you may have enjoyed. 

Backend Spreadsheet:

If beers are not added before 5:00 pm on Wednesday they will likely be added to the end of the session. If brewers are not on time to the meeting for their tasting slot beers may be added to the end of the meeting. 

If you notice that your name is not on the form I will gladly add it, just reply to this email/post. I will try to get you added before you need to submit beers. 

If adding notes to other brewers beers please make sure you are writing in the correct fields, this may be more difficult on mobile.

Cheers! 
See you fellas on Wednesday night! 
-Sherlock 

OTMP – May Meeting 5/18/22 – April Meeting Recap

evan.sherlock
 
 May Update: 
Check below for the updates. 
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We had a spot open up for hosting in July. If you have the space and ability to host the club please reach out to Evan.
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Have Spent Grain! Contact Eric to arrange pickup via discord. 
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Our first club competition in years is now back. Brew up a batch of your finest American/English Pale ale for competition and judging this August. All members will vote on all beers and the winner receives a ton of shit talking rights. Tasting sheets will be provided, bring a pen and a thirst for summer beers! 
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With the growing size of the club, hosting has become more than making sure you have some beers available for the guys to drink. As not everyone in the club has the availability to host at their house we would like to continue to share in the work required for a meeting to happen. We are looking for a member or two to team up with the host to bring beer snacks and maybe swing by early to set up or stay later and help clean up. We will be looking for this for the next few months to get a feel on how successful this could be. If we are using the discord we can reach out to offer assistance, additionally I can get people in touch with each other to start the conversation. 
 
Discord: 
If you just can't get enough homebrewing conversation in your life join us over on the discord for some thoughtful conversation as well as shit posting. 

Meeting Info:

Where: Charles Bland's House

Location:

6038 Balsam St. Arvada 80004

Date:

5-18-22

Time: 7:00pm

Note:

If you are going to spray beer on the ceiling please bring your painting clothes. Garage is available for bikes, you can park in the driveway on Brooks Drive. 


April Meeting Recap:

I am certain that many would agree when I say that, “Jeff and Sara put on one hell of a homebrew meeting.”. The garage brewery was the perfect setting for a warm April evening of beer drinking.  This was also the second month in a row where we had the opportunity to welcome some new brewers to the club and drink a few samples with them while getting to know them. With the spread of food that the hosts prepared as well as the bonus beers that they supplied for “after the meeting” were all out of this world; on top of an amazing turn out with members this will be a meeting to remember for some time. Thanks again to Jeff and Sara for your hospitality, you not only make a great brew team but also some amazing hosts.  

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Attendants:

Evan, Cody, Chris, Jeff A., Sara, Chuck, Dale, Mo, Jeff, Charles, Slim Evan, Sam, Ryan, Nathan, Mick, Gordon, Aaron, Colter, Dennis, Dave, Eric 


Meeting Recap / Beers:
  • Aaron – Italian Pils – 34/70 – This slut puppy of a light beer boasted all the things Aaron loves in his women and his beers; light in gravity, not exotic, as well as offering great head retention. 
  • Charles – Czech Pils – Munich really shines in this beer at the end. At 5.3% this beer is clean and drinkable. 
  • Jeremy K. – Bohemian Pils – The spice of the Saaz hops really shines in this beer. 
  • Ryan – “Fun Fact” – At this point in the meeting Ryan dropped this nugget of information on us “Hallertau hops are 2x as hoppy as Saaz” 
  • Chuck – Not Quite Ready Helles – This young beer was pressure fermented and is still carbonating up. I would like to try this beer in a few weeks. 
  • Dave – Colorado Kolsch – Very clean 
  • Charles – Maibock – The real question here was what is the difference between a Maibock and a Maybach? One might be hoppy and the other might be rented. 
  • Jim – Export Kupfersschmiddt – Barke Pils and Barke Vienna fermented on 2206 Bravarian Lager Yeast. This beer conjured up such compliments as “I cannot perceive any Banana flavors, is this right?”,  and “I can taste the krausen”. 
  • Ryan – A Franconian Dunkle made with RC. This clean and slightly nutty beer at 5.4% really brought a flavor. 
  • Jim – Oktoberfest  – This beer was really bubbly and delicious. 
  • Charles – Ukrainian Smash Beer – The lemony flavors of this brew made you taste the invasion. The beer was so damn clean we could see Kiev through the beer. 
  • Sam – 1/2 a belgian – Not sure this beer was named this because of a European side show midget or the fact that it was 3.3% abv. Or the reality is that it was just ingredients Sam had sitting around and needed to get rid of. 
  • Jim – Triple – “Not 1/3 of a triple” this beer was in fact full strength. 
  • Evan – Are you kidding, this guy doesn't bring beer to meetings. We are not even sure he owns brew equipment he knows how to use. At this point between the live discord tastings and my own lack of sobriety the notes sort of go to shit. 
  • Nathan – Brown Ale 
  • Chris – English Porter 
  • Aaron – Dry Stout 
  • Jeremy – Dark Hill Porter 
  • Chris – NZ IPA 
  • Charles – Session IPA 
  • Cody – West Coast IPA 
  • Aaron – “Cold IPA” or Lager or whatever is trendy with the young brewers at the moment
  • Cody – Big Belgian 
  • Mo – Ginger Cider 
  • Jeff A. – Flanders Red – Noted by Aaron “This is the best homebrew I have ever had in my entire life, this is a triumph of patience”  

Future Meeting Locations: (If you can offer a location for a future slot please reach out):

May 18th – Charles' House (Arvada)

June 15th – Colter's House (Arvada)

July 20th – Needing a host

August 17th – Chuck Schick's House (Arvada)

September 21st – Evan Sherlock's House (Arvada)

October 19th – Cole's House (Arvada)

November 16th – Jim's Beer Barn (Arvada)

December 21st – Jim's Beer Barn (Arvada)

January 18th – 2023 – Needing a host

February 15th – 2023 – Needing a host

March 15th – 2023 – Needing a host

April 19th – 2023 – Needing a host


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