Next Meeting:
Tis' the season for sharing brews with family, friends and those you are close with. It is now we begin to wonder what breweries have a delightful seasonal brew on tap and what 6-pack is worth while to pick up for the holiday parties. What winter warmer are you sipping on during these snowy nights? What is hidden away in the cellar of your spidery basement that is prime to come out and sip on? Cool it down, pack it up and bring it out to the last meeting of the year.
Bulk Grain Buy:
If members are interested in bulk buys of base malt please make note on this sheet. Quirky homebrew has offered Colorado's Proximity 2-row malt at less than $47 for a 50 lb. sack for a group buy, value depending on volume. At the meeting others has interest in asking about other malts that we might be able to get deals on (Rahr 2-row, Marris Otter, Thomas Fawcett, ???,….). Enlist your interest here and we will see what we can do for a club buy
Club Highlight:
Colter sat down with Evan recently and discussed all things Olde Town Mash Paddlers in his podcast Homebrewing DIY. It highlights some of the special things about this club and even some shoutouts to people in the club and some of the amazing things that we have going on here. Well worth a listen.
ISpindel DIY Project:
Members of the club interested in building the iSpindel project will need to make payment in advance of $25. All cash will be collected cash at the next meeting or prior to December 31st. Parts will need to be paid for prior to the orders.
If you are unsure about what this project entails please check out the previous emails regarding this topic. TLDR; iSpindel is a digital hydrometer that is designed to be DIY and home soldered by the end user; it can record your fermentation gravities to an online source like google sheets. A day to complete the build will be sponsored by the club, member will be assisted in completing the build at this time if needed. This might not be for the faint of heart as far as DIY projects are concerned, this will take a tinkerer.
Payments can also be made to Evan at any time prior to the 31st of December (please make sure I know you paid if the email is different):
Evan's Venmo is =
Meeting Info:
Where: Jim's Beer Barn
Location: 6113 Marshall St. Arvada, CO 80003
Date:
12/18/2019
Time: 7:00pm
Info:
Head around the right side of the driveway to the gate and follow the path to the back, no bother with the front door. Bring your beers and amazing personalities. This is Jim's house so please be respectful to his opening of his home for this meeting.
November Meeting Recap:
Attendants:
Chris, Cody, Evan , Robin, Sam, Gordon, Bob A., Dennis, Nate, Colter, Mick, Jim S., and Phil
(Side note….anyone had contact with Bob Z.?….looking for an update or information…we have not seen you in a hot minute)
Meeting Recap:
Nate has some cork only bottles available for anyone that needs them, if interested please see him at the next meeting.
Belgian beer theory – Even Belgian Beers are dark and odd beers are light, oddity or is there a science to all of this. Might be the haze.
Beers:
- Sam – English Brown – 1050 – Nice toasty chocolaty and roasty profile, low hop profile, with a taste that lingers on the tongue.
- Evan – English Brown Beer – 5.3% – Nice fruity nose and a roasty profile.
- Chris – ESB – 5.7% – A nice toffee nose – Brewed on 60°, 80°, 2-row, with EKG + Fuggles. "A Flullers quality balanced bitterness" as well as a clean copper color and a clean finish.
- Mick – Stout – " Like a Beamish" was noted. Nice aroma. Brewed with Challenger, EKG, Hersbrucker hops and brewed on WY968. A dark nice head to the brew and with a dry finish.
- Nate – Coffee Oatmeal Stout – Made with cold brewed coffee that was added in the keg. Strong coffee nose aand a roasty clean profile. Nice brew.
- Jim S. –
- Single – Gold Color, fruity nose, bubbly mouthfeel.
- Double – Somehow we don't know how to open corks or how to take notes after bottles are opened.
- Triple – Big nose Dry finish, and spicy, nearly a year old.
- Bob A. – Belgian Tripel – This straw colored 9% beer proved to be slightly sour with a cellar like quality, a fruity nose, and a nice mellow finish.
- Robin – Fresh Hop Beer – (same as last month) – Mellow hop profile in comparison to last month. Much improved quality and profile.
- Cody – New England IPA – (same as last month) Same delicious mouth feel with a floral, tropical tastes to accompany the malty profile.
- Ryan / Voss – Rye Barrel Aged Porter – Big matly, rye and balanced quality with a dry finish and a residual mouth feel and taste that lingered in an amazing way.
- Ryan – Cherry Port Wine Stout – 8.7% – Cherries and Stout infused into this insane tornado of flavor. No tornadoes harmed anyone in this tasting.
- Ryan – Banana Boat Stout of Love – So Many% like apes don't have this many fingers – "Like a chocolate banana milkshake, baby" as quotes by a rather indulgent individual.
