OTMP – August Meeting 8-18-21 – July Meeting Recap

evan.sherlock Club News

 
 Club Update: 
The July meeting was a road trip for those of us brave enough to make it. Some of us carpooled, some of us didn't, but all of us thought about the dedication that Sam Lemons puts into every attendance of our meetings up North. Sam represents his space in Littleton with this amazing brewing space, sipping patio, and dog training facility he has at his house. He has truly adapted his space in his house to his brewing process. The evening was calm and pleasant in contrast to the other meetings, we didn't have 45 beers to get though, we had time to listen to each other. This relaxed pace gave us time to talk, drink, and converse in topics of process and ideas relating to homebrewing.
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To Can Seamer, or not to Can Seamer, that is the question:
So Gorndon wants a seamer, 7/9 dudes won't pony up? WTF. Totally cool. Who else is throwing in on this? More or none?
If this has no traction lately, I have to find that hundo Gordon gave me.
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Special Sauce – Jim Spaulding:

None other than the amazing, Jim Spaulding, has offered his insights and genius to us plebeians. Sit up, and listen up, as this veteran homebrewer walks us along on his totally insane path of homebrew dominance.

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This month Jim shares with us information on how to package and condition Belgian style beers in this in depth article. 
 
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Talking Beer – Colter Wilson:
Our favorite Utah flavored podcaster that brings us content on the regular all hand delivered in a custom pint glass for our ears and our minds to enjoy. He serves up fresh content, ideas and guests that keep the kids over on Reddit coming back each week. Check out what is fresh at his site over on home brewing diy.beer.
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Meeting Info:
Where:

Chuck's House

Location:

13909 W 59th Dr, Arvada, CO 80004

Date:

8-18-21

Time: 7:00pm

Info from Chuck about the meeting:

I was planning on doing the meeting outside on the back deck.   If it rains we can do it on the lower patio level which is covered.  If we have a monsoon we can do it in the basement.  
Entering will be the same in any case.  Go to the West side of the garage(to the left of the garage as you are facing it )  and go around back – you will have to go down some stairs (be careful the stairs are uneven).  You will then see the stairway back up to the deck.  If someone has trouble navigating stairs just knock on the door and we will gladly escort you through the house to the deck.  I just wasn to minimize the traffic through the house.   People are welcome to park in the driveway if space allows.  People can park on both sides of the street  and in front of neighbors houses (they park in front of mine when they have parties).    


July Meeting Recap: 

Attendants:

Evan, Sam, Nate, Charles, Jeff, Chris, Gordon, Eric

Meeting Recap:

Cool calm and beer sippin' at a relaxed pace with good company. 

Beers:

  • Charles – Pilsner – Hüll Melon and Magnum Hops, light body a bit of lemon and dry finish
  • Charles – Blue Corn Lager – 25% corn added to the mash  made in a pre-prohibition style, has a slight pale pink or rose color to the beer, sort of like the color car you saw the Avon woman riding around in back in the day. Super easy drinkin beer. 
  • Chris – Pale Ale – This medium copper colored beer had a fruity nose with a punch of bitter at the end; Columbus and Chinook hops
  • Sam – Pale Ale HBC630 Hops, this pale yellow beer had a raspberry flavor that came from the hops, this clear, clean and crisp beer started all sorts of conversations about how else this hop could be used. 
  • Charles – Sahti – This traditional Finnish beer was a step mashed no boil beer served with no carbonation. Commented as being “MaltTea”. 
  • Evan / Ryan – Mushroom Brown – This 3 year old beer was still malty, sort of meaty profile was starting to show a touch of tang on the end but otherwise was still an interesting beer. 
  • Charles – Roggenbeir – This beer smelled of a weissbier or a dunkel with a touch of flavor difference from the Rye, this beer finished very dry and poured very thick and viscous. 
  • Gordon – Chocolate Orange Stout – This beer was guaranteed to be less than 10 years old, and had some % of alcohol in it, and was certainly sitting under pressure in Gordon's basement for a very long time. It had a great flavor of orange from extract and nicely presented with a chocolaty beer. It was like drinking one of those orange chocolate balls from Christmas. 
  • Jeff – Imperial Sweet Stout – This barrel aged beer carried an inviting nose, with a nice and smooth profile that has stood up to time. 
  • Chris – 12.1% RIS – Aged on oak spirals brewed with M44 Mangrove Jack and is now celebrating its 173rd day on earth
  • Nate – Oud Bruin – Aged on Oak spirals this beer started out with Belgian yeast then was aged on Brett for 18 months. There were small indications of oak left in this beer but the dry and sour flavors were really starting to come out.
  • Nate – 7 year old blend of Brett/Flanders Brown – This pale colored beer was made from 3 different beers that were brewed over 3 years all with the malt bill, 1/3 wheat, 1/3 unmalted wheat, and 1/3 barley; As commented” This is a straight lambic, no nonsense”