OTMP - December Meeting 12/15/21 - November Meeting Recap
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End of the Year Update:
With 2021 coming to a close many of us may find time to reflect on what we accomplished in 2021 as well as where we fell short. I, for one can say that this year marked a new low in my volume of brewing, not so much intentional but more so out of necessity of the priority of things in life. If the second year of the pandemic showed me anything it was where my attention had not been for a long time. Mostly with regard to health and mental wellbeing. Over the course of this year I made an effort to correct both of these issues which also meant I needed to drink less and gain focus in areas I had lost focus in 2020. But over the course of this year many achievements and personal goals have been met as well as regaining control over what I do have control over these days. I am in better mental and physical health than I have been in years as well as strengthening the bonds in my family. All of these have been critical to me this year on making smarter choices and returning better outcomes.
I see this all similar to brewing where if your processes and procedures are not good your end product isn't going to end up right. If you cut corners and look for easy answers you will always fall short. If you put in the hard work and effort (along with a little help from knowledgeable friends) you can truly find the way to success. As each of us navigates what will become in 2022, I challenge you to find the things that are holding you back; in brewing, in life and in your career (or retirement, for those lucky bastards that are enjoying that life). Typically, we are our own worst enemy when it comes to putting roadblocks in our own way, usually so apparent to others but virtually non-existent to ourselves. What small changes and efforts can you make to give you better returns?
As the New Year comes around it is typical for people to make resolutions. I usually find these most awful and find it as gimmicky as anything Valentines Day, "Worlds Greatest Dad" coffee mugs, or anything for sale on Wish. I want to know how the club reinvents itself again. We have seen the last 21 months drastically change this club. Many of us know what this club looked like 3, 5 and 7 years ago, or more; what have we lost, what can we bring back, what can we do that is new? I for one will say that I love meeting up at club members' houses, I think it is so much better for all of us. As for things that have been lost over the last nearly 2 years;I can say that I miss group brew days, I have fond memories brewing over at Andrews house as well as Dean's house. I can also add that I miss getting into barrel projects, with all the steps and organization behind these to properly execute. The spirit behind getting 10 guys together to make "one recipe" and then leave it locked in a basement for months on end to only then find out what happened. It is also worth mentioning the "grain club" and the fun that was when it was in its glory.
If you have made it this far into my mind dump, congratulations! I really would like to take a look at this club from a fresh set of eyes and see and plan what we can achieve in 2022. I am not looking for much, just for each of us to look for the small things that we can do to help reinvent this club as well as the things we can do to assist in normalizing this club once again. This club has been a regular social outlet with all of my favorite freaks and geeks, I also know that we are a bit more than just a social club but definitely not a club that sponsors beer TED talks on procedure. I want to know from you, what does 2022 hold from OTMP, and what are you willing to do about it?
Seamer, how does this shit work?:
Gordon, Evan, Colter, Jeff A., Chuck, Aaron, Charles, Ryan.
Let's talk next meeting on who has beer and when Ryan can get us the first order of cans. Let's get something canned.
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.
Homegrown Hope Production - A Guide By Jim Spaulding
Take Notice:
As many of us in this area have noticed, we are limited to 2 homebrew shops, one in Northglenn and one in Lakewood. We do not have an option this is slightly closer. Thanks to Ryan for pointing this out, Altitude Brewing & Supply has now moved and is quite possibly the closest brew supply store to most of us.
Altitude Brewing & Supply4577 N. Pecos Street
Denver CO 80211
United States
Meeting Info:
Where: Jim Beer Barn Location:6113 Marshall St. Arvada, CO 80003 Date: 12-15-21Time: 7:00pm
Note:Enter through the North side gate, bring a tasting glass, be respectful and please leave at a reasonable hour (or before 9:30pm not 9:30am)
November Meeting Recap:
The Colter's Fan Club:
Scholarly Drinking at its Best, these guys are experts, right?
The Scientific Pour:
Beer bubbles, yummmmm:
Hella good time:
Attendants:Gordon, Evan, Charles, Slim Evan, Aaron, Robin, Jeff A., Jim, Ryan, Chuck, Ryan, New Ryan or "RC"
Meeting Recap:Much thanks to Charles for playing host for the second time this year.Not only does Charles have an amazing venue in his basement but he also happens to have a fantastic tap list. Not only that, he is a hell of a host when it comes to providing some pork sandwich meat refreshments for the beer bellies. Thankfully, this time round we didn't get beer on his ceiling like last time, so maybe, just maybe, he will have us back. As loud as these meetings can seem to get, this meeting was really in the sweet spot where we could have group conversations as well as sidebar conversations. Additionally we hosted a new guy RC, a friend of Ryans, hopefully we made him feel welcomed. I would add that we had some damn amazing beer this meeting; I do truly feel that this club has stepped up its game in the last 2 years, or maybe it is just something in the water.
Beers:Charles - NZ Pils - "Motueka Hops'' - Montueka Hops for dry and flame out hops. German Pils, Rye, Fermented on 34/70 Dry Yeast. This beer featured a clean dry finish, nice aeromatic nose featuring a cantaloupe nose. Apollo as a bittering hopsCharles - Southern Hemisphere - 5.5% Dry hopped with Ella Hops, Had a minty quality to it. Some mentioned a cat mint type flavor. A citrus nose or lemon mint nose quality; a really interesting experiment going on here. Jim - Best Bitter - This copper colored low alcohol beer. Where comments from Jim were mentioned "Possible at best", or Needs dry hopping"Jim - East Indie Ale - Fuggle, EKG, and Challenger, this bright Orange beer brewed on Fullers 1968/W002, this beer was reflected on as "Bright finish, clean and complete"Jim - Dunkelweisen - 5.7%, Brewed on 3068 in 10B style, this "Very Clear" beer was a light brown in color featuring a malty backbone with a noticeably pleasant yeast quality and yeast flavor to support the other textures of the beer. Jim - Munchiner - This beer was in question before it was opened. Aaron promptly pores this beer out in the spittoon. "Comments made were around "Flabbiness in the Roast", "I have no image", At least Jim brought some dumpers" -Aaron, and "I am so god damn ashamed" - Jim Aaron - Dry Irish - 4% - Brewed on S04, Featuring a nice roast nose and light roasty quality with a plestent coffee roast type nose, this beer received comments like "Dry, like my wifes vagina" and "A Dry Breakfast Stout we can all agree upon" or "Reminds me of Ashy Larry and his lack of moisturizer, that sick mother fucker". Jim - Winterest - With 11 days in the bottle this beer was quite young. brewed on WLP002. This beer featured a carmally flavor, still a bit young, but on the fine side of drinking and a bit sweet. Jim - Golden Strong - Super bubbly, an amazing coronation rate that was dialed in. Comments such as "Nice, really effective corking Jim!", or, "Slightly less dry than a Duval"; the cat was let out of the bag when Jim shared with us that "The secret is in the carbonation, it needs the carbonation, to not be sweet" other comments such as "Very effervescent" ensure the masses wanted more of the hooch. Aaron / Chuck - Pliny Clone -A taste off between the real deal and the "Schimney the Schmelder" - RC and Ryan were the Official Panel on this face off. Note being: The Pliney has a high carbonation but sulfur quality and Aarons is less carbonated and much more approachable and pleasant. The high sulfur seems to be a trend and I cannot tell why, and the contrast seems to be really highlighted here. A nice head to head comparison, a really touch gauge of comparison, when Aaron seems to check off a few more boxes in quality and profile"Jim - Quad - Dubbed the Don Ducelest or "The Gift From God" this "Spice Heavy" beer proved to be commented as a nice beer for "A beef reduction sauce" Jim -"Old Winterfest" this beer was actually really good, as much shit as we have given Jim tonight, and I also am also drunk enough into the evening that virtually no notes exist on this beer. Robin - Pepper IPA - Fresh Chillies were the answer in this beer - only placed on the beer 2 days before the bottle. This beer received reviews like "I want this with a pulled pork sandwich, wait let me go upstairs and get one". This beer carried its spice in the nose and left most of the connotations we have about pepper beers in the dust. This beer has a lot of flavor on a mellow profile.
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Future Meeting Locations: (If you can offer a location for a future slot please reach out):
December 22nd: Jim Spaulding's Beer Barn (Arvada)2022 - January 19th: Colter Wilson's House (Arvada)2022 - February 16th: Chris Levesque's House (Lakewood)2022 - March 16th: Evan Sherlock's Brewery (Arvada)2022 - April 20th (really 4-20?): Jeff and Sarah Aikman's House (Arvada)
2022 - May 18th - Charles House
2022 - June 15th - needing a host
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