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Club meetings this quarter will be May 21 and June 18 all at Deja Brew in Shrewsbury. Check our web page, call Strangebrew or call Deja Brew for directions.
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Upcoming club activities are always posted on the club's website at http://www.brewbeer.org/wizupcoming.htm. Additional details will be published in the newsletter as they become available and provided via email to the club's egroups email list.
Dues for 2001/2002 are now due again. Dues are still a bargain at $12/year and cover most, if not all, of our club activities. Dues pay our nominal expenses like buying the pretzels and cups for meetings. The biggest way your dues are spent is at club functions where the club finds some way to treat everyone in attendance like buying the Christmas Ales at our holiday party this past December or buying the appetizers on the annual pub crawl.
NewsletterAs always, articles and suggestions for the newsletter are both welcomed and encouraged and should be sent directly to Bill.
Keeping up with our montlhy themes, February was porter month. We had eight samples of porter to evaluate last night. Three homebrewed and five commercial examples. Top honors of the night went to Dave Devries for his as of yet un-named Porter. Other contributing brewers were Jeremy and Greg. The commercial entries were Anchor Porter, Fullers London Porter, Berkshire Porter, Entire butt from Salopian brewery and Lucknow Porter.
April Club Meeting - Brown Ale NightThree home-brewers brought their suds for brown ale night. To make the tasting a little more lively two Deja-Brew ales were also thrown into the mix. After a blind tasting, it was the second Deja-Brew entry that came out on top. We all knew we weren't picking a brown ale but since the judging guidelines were kind of loose, we ended picking what the club thought was the better beer. As it turns out, Deja-Brew entry number two was a Winter Ale. Second place, or top honors in the brown ales category, went to Damase.
4th Annual Earth Day Pub CrawlEveryone who went on this year's pub crawl had a great time only it would have been nice if a few more members had made the trip. But those of us who went perservered on without our missing brethren. For those who missed out, Greg was kind enough to put together some sampling notes. |
Homebrew tastings over the last few months have included Greg's Stout, Dunkelweizen, and Helles Bock, Dan's Old Barn Ale, Bill's Porter and Ordinary Bitter, Dave's Kolsch and Bavarian Wheat and Jeremy's Honey Wheat and Amber Ale. Commercial tastings included Gritty McDuffs Best Brwon (2.5/5) and McNeill's Summer Bitter. Note, numbers in parenthesis, where available, show our rating on the five point scale with one being "it stinks" and five being "give me more." |
Highlights from the Wizards 2002 Homebrew Competition and Awards Ceremony and National Homebrew Day | |
Club Ordinary on tap! |
Congratulations to all of this year's winners in the The WIZARDS Home-Brew Competition. Look for Dave Devries Best of Show Brown Porter to arrive at the Horseshoe Pub in Hudson in early May. The complete list of winners is posted on the club's web site at http://www.brewbeer.org/results_02.htm"
Judging 2002 | Judging the Best of Show Round 2002 |
National Homebrew Day at Strangebrew | B-B-Q for Everyone courtesy of Strangebrew |
The Brewers | The Other Brewers |
The 2002 Competition Winners | 2002 Best of Show Winner Dave Devries |
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