Meeting Info:
Where: Charles Bland's House
Location:
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.
Attendants:
Evan, Cody, Chris, Jeff A., Sara, Chuck, Dale, Mo, Jeff, Charles, Slim Evan, Sam, Ryan, Nathan, Mick, Gordon, Aaron, Colter, Dennis, Dave, Eric
- 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”