Next Meeting:
These long summer nights pair themselves so nicely with porch drinking, campfires and get-togethers with the neighbors after mowing your lawn. In these warm drinking months may the beer flow like wine, where beautiful women instinctively flock like the salmon of Capistrano.
As brewers, we come from all walks of life and here we are all concerned about the same things when it comes to brewing. How did you get that flavor? What percentage of crystal did you use? How did you get your efficiencies? What new technique did you try out? What yeast did you use and did you make a starter? The journey of refining our processes and procedures is a long road we all travel.
For myself, the highlights of the meeting come from the interactions with members that are traveling down a similar path of wanting to create something new and exciting for themselves to share with others. Every member of this club is a creator and a hands-on individual and that is always looking to improve and become better at what they are doing; no matter if it is homebrewing or the million others hobbies that are represented by members of this club. We are tinkerers, craftsmen, artists, and engineers and we also happen to make some mighty fine beer. Independently, we are all master brewers of our own recognition; through family, friends, and neighbors. We all form together as a fantastic club that is a wealth of information and experience; that is what makes the OTMP an amazing group.
If any members are receiving the Brew Your Own magazine through Gordon's offer please make sure that you reimburse him the $16 for the annual subscription; you probably already saw your first mailing in recent days which should be a good reminder you owe somebody some money.
If you have not registered for the website yet head over to OTMP.club to get
registered to join in on the conversation. Registration will take some time as all users have to be approved as club members. Once you are active check out the forums, we have a lot of good information as a club collectively that this is a great platform to get conversations started outside of the meetings. The forum section is closed off only registered members. We will be highlighting some of the forum threads in the monthly email at the bottom of the email. Let the club recipes, photos, secrets flow here, this is a very cool new tool for all of us.
Next Meeting:
Where: Some Place Else Brewing
Location: 6425 W 52nd Ave, Arvada, CO 80002
Date:
8/21/2019
Time: 7:00pm
Info:
Just another normal meeting, bring a few beers to share with the club.
July Competition Meeting Recap:
Attendants:
Chris, Mick, Andrew, Evan, Chuck, Sam, Cody, Bob A., Gordon, Bob Z., Nate, Jim S., Rick, Thad, Jim N., Jeff, Colter, Ryan, Eric, Aaron
Meeting Recap:
With the warm summer sun sinking into the Rockies and members gathering around the Voss Farms beer garage with bombers a-plenty the scene was set for some serious sampling. The condensation gathered on the beers and the labels were made for entries there was a moment where I realized we had a metric fuck-ton of beer to consume at this meeting. With a few calibration commercial beers in the mix, we were about to release our palates into the bonanza that is Belgian beer. When this event was first organized, I can remember thinking "We will be drinking triples and quads in the heat of July?", and so there it was, all of us ready for the event to give us the shakedown big Belgian beers.
With so many members making an effort to participate in this event we were about to embark on a beer tasting marathon. In Netflix binge consumption style we sampled 23 Belgian beers back to back and gave feedback about the samples. The Dubbel category was only the lubrication to get the tasting engine going for this club. Maybe it was the intensity of the summers heat wearing off but at one point I was certain that I was drinking Tripels and jamming out to some Bob Marley singing "Legalize It" while peering into the garage watching members pour over score sheets and converse about the beers. After 16 beer samples, the panel of tasters needed a stretch; which lead to wondering around the hop field and pounding back some hot dogs and chips before coming back into the title round. The quads came in with their heavy punches and left many members out for the count and ready for the uber ride home.
Shortly after sampling was completed we had the results all score sheets calculated thanks to some handy work on the part of Thad. Some of the biggest takeaways from the evening for myself was what great brewers we have in this club. Thankfully, we snuck some calibration beers in, these set the stage to see how we as homebrewers align to the big boys in the commercial world, and many of us faired close to or above these beers.
Maybe it was the excitement of seeing how we placed, having further discussion about which beer was which, and attempting to understand all of the data in some Belgian beer intoxicating haze. People hung out to taste again and again. A big thanks to Voss for not turning out the lights on us and telling us to go to bed, rather he handed out waters and encouraged us to get home safely and saw many of us to the driveway. I am not certain how many cars and trucks were left parked in the field that night but I am glad that they were there.
A big thanks to Jim Nelson for pushing the cub to do these events, it is always refreshing to have a different style meeting. Thad for doing the mad calculations on this adventure, your nerdiness is appreciated. Colter and Jeff for being runners for the samples, your serving skills were paid in homebrew. Most of all, a giant thanks to Andrew Voss for letting all of us get a little sauced in his uber-sweet beer garage and being a great host to the many beertards that didn't want the night to end.
Down to the Nitty-gritty, the Data:
Belgian Dubbel Results:
Belgian Tripel Results:
Belgian Quad Results:
And the grand prize Winner:
All Judges Sheets + Jim's S. Taster Sheet:
Check out all the results here (check that shit out, some good notes in there)
Congrats to Nate, Chris, and Cody on their amazing beer they brewed! You three killed it on dialing it in on you recipes, execution and delivery! And a huge thank you to everyone that participated in the competition, these events wouldn't be what they are without all of us participating and putting our beers out there.