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2012 Reggale and Dredhop Homebrew Competition (1 reply)

Wayne1 — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:31:20 -0700

The 2012 Reggale and Dredhop Competiton is over. Ed Moore and I travelled up to judge. There were a few other Foamers there as Judges and stewards but I really would like to see some more.

Only one Foamer won any awards, but I think he might have made up for the rest of us slackers.

Ed received 3rd place awards for Classic Rauchbier, Sweet Mead, and Dortmunder.

He received 2nd place awards for Southern English Brown Ale and Open Category Mead

He received 1st place for his Dopplebock.

He also won Best of Show for the Dopplebock.

Oh yeah, his Dopplebock won the Pro/Am and will be brewed at Upslope Brewing Company for inclusion at GABF.

Ed entered 12 beers and won awards for half of them. Not too bad a ratio.

In his words" You cannot win if you do not play"

Let's see some more Foamers in the Winners' Circle. Don't let Ed and Tom hog all the glory ;)

First strong scotch ale... (1 reply)

yeastybottoms — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:01:56 -0700

Getting ready to brew scotch ale for the April comp. OG is going to be right around 1.100. Planning on pitching two wyeast smack packs and doing starters. Do I use both packs in one starter or do two seperate starters?

Homebrewing class Sat, Jan 21, 2012 (no replies)

urbanhomesteading — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:55:55 -0700

We are hosting a homebrewing class at our urban homesteading center at 2nd Avenue and Santa Fe Drive in Denver.

The class will be held on Saturday, January 21, 2012 from 1030 - 330 and the cost is $50.

Details are on our website at: [www.denverurbanhomesteading.com]

Denver Urban Homesteading has an indoor, year-round local farmers' market, an urban homesteading school teaching how to raise backyard chickens, goats, beekeeping and now homebrewing.

James Bertini
Denver Urban Homesteading
www.denverurbanhomesteading.com

Stout competition question.... (3 replies)

yeastybottoms — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:14:35 -0700

Hey Foamy Dudes,

I'm thinking about brewing up a peanut butter stout. Could I squeeze this into the Sweet Stout category (13B)? Lactose sugars are allowable, but what about other flavors? Lemme know what ya think. See ya next Wednesday.

- Jake

Two things... (1 reply)

yeastybottoms — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 09:14:05 -0600

Two questions.
1.) I've never done small batch brewing (like a gallon or 2), but would like to start. I know how to scale down a recipe, but what about the amount of yeast, and the fermenter (I'm assuming apple juice jugs, but what about an airlock)?

2.) Anyone ever brewed with peanut butter? I want to try, but I understand the oil will kill head retention and it's a pain in the ass to de-oil peanut butter. Any suggestions? Thanks!

Anyone all grain brewing soon? (no replies)

yeastybottoms — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 20:00:42 -0600

Hey Foamers! Was wondering if anyone is putting together an all grain batch soon. I've only done extract and want to see/be involved in an all grain effort. If anyone is doing this anytime soon and doesn't mind me sitting in/helping email me or reply to this. Jake.minturn@yahoo.com

Outdoor Burner (no replies)

blaniel — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 09:33:33 -0600

Has anyone recently upgraded to a brew stand and have no need for their old stand alone burner?

I am looking to buy one.

Brian

Yeast Harvesting and Chemicals for cleaning yeast (4 replies)

Brooks — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:12:58 -0600

Some years ago, maybe 5 years, the owner from The Brewing-Science Institute in Colorado Springs (forgot her name) gave a presentation to a FOTR meeting concerning yeast health and harvesting methods (re-using yeast from a previous batch). I believe she moved east in the country. Anyway, I have the "Low-Tech Yeast Care" instruction sheet she handed out, but have exhausted my supply kit of lactic acid and sodium chlorite to use in the process that she gave out as samples (several kits were given out at that meeting). COSCO on south Broadway only sells them in powder form with a minimum size of 100 grams, and I have no desire to start mixing up chemicals for the liquid form. Five Star says they have these liquid chemicals available, but in very large quantities - one gallon minimum for lactic acid ($44) and 32 ounces minimum for he sodium chlorite ($28) (I used about 15 ML of each in 5 years since I don't harvest that much - just mostly buy new vials each time). Anyway, the question is, does anyone have access to smaller quantities of these chemicals, or I guess an option would be to just buy them and sell smaller quantities to those in the club that are interested? I have also attached a scan of the Yeast Care instruction sheet for anyone interested. Input on this topic would be appreciated. Brooks Proctor

Competition Bottle Specifications (1 reply)

John — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:17:24 -0600

Hey Foamers,

Just a couple questions for those of you experienced in submitting homebrew into competitions. First of all, I understand that the bottle itself should have no markings. Does that mean that I can't use "stamped" glass (e.g. New Belgium Brewing) or just that there can't be any existing label left on the bottle?

Also, I'd like to enter some of my existing beers into the RMHC in November, but I've always just used bulk bottle caps with an image on them. Is there a way I can make these caps competition acceptable?

Thanks!

John

Foamer Friendly Breweries (2 replies)

John — Thu, 12 May 2011 10:21:19 -0600

Hey all,

I'm hoping to visit some downtown Denver breweries this summer pre/post Rockies games and I wondered if there were some that were more "Foamer Friendly" than others (e.g. chat about brewing, see some of their operation, etc.). If so, is there anyone in particular at these breweries that the club has a good rapport with? I was thinking that at the last meeting someone mentioned Sandlot in Coors Field was a good one.

Cheers,

John Hurliman

HomeBrewTalk Bulk Grain Buy (no replies)

Wayne1 — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:24:25 -0600

There is another bulk grain buy going on at HomeBrewTalk.

This is for grain from Colorado Malting Company

The thread is located here

There is a Google doc where you can add your order here

I have been using this grain exclusively for the past couple of years. The Pale, Pis and Wheat are all excellent and $0.75 a pound is a great price.

If you want in on this, register on HBT and add your order to the spreadsheet.

NHC 2011 - Need Roommate (1 reply)

jimd — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:50:12 -0700

Hi guys.

I plan on attending the conference in San Diego in June and have a room reserved (now sold out) at the conference hotel. I'm looking to share the room and split the $149/night cost. Drop a line.

berliner weiss (2 replies)

Dave — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 09:41:13 -0700

I have been looking at recipes for a berliner weiss and want some opinions about when to add yeast v. bacteria.
Some say before yeast so that the yeast doesn't outdo the bac. others say to add bac. at secondary.

Rocky Mountain Homebrew Club Challenge (no replies)

Jonathan A — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 12:51:22 -0700

Announcing the Rocky Mountain Homebrew Club Challange 2010-2011

Foam on the Range announces the Rocky Mountain Homebrew Club Challange 2010-2011.

Entries
To enter, please go to www.fallingrocktaphouse.com/ and proceed through the registration process.
Entry Deadline
All entries must be received by our shipping location or at a drop-off location by January 29, 2011. Entries will not be accepted beyond this date.

Registration Deadline
Registration will close on January 29, 2011. Please note: registered users will not be able to add, view, edit, or delete entries on the registration website after January 29, 2011.
Call for Judges and Stewards

If you are willing to be a judge or steward, please go to www.fallingrocktaphouse.com/, register, and fill out the appropriate information.
Competition Coordinator
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Sponsors
• Beer at Home
• Black Canyon Homebrews Association
• Hops and Berries
• Stomp Them Grapes & Hop To It
• Wine-Crafters & Homebrew Supplies
• Foam On The Range
• The Brew Hut

Competition Rules
This Competition is only open to the following homebrew club members to see who is overall the best brewing and competitive homebrew club. If your club is not listed you may contact the competition coordinator for further information.

This is an AHA/BJCP Sanctioned Competition and all standard rules apply.
Colorado & Wyoming – AHA Homebrew Club Only Competition
Sponsored and Organized by Foam on the Range Homebrew Club Denver, CO

1. All Entrants Must be a current standing member of an AHA Homebrew Club in 2010 or 2011

2. If a participant is a member of more than one homebrew club he/she can submit entries only for the particular club that was chosen at the time of registration. The participant has the option if they choose to do so is to enter the same beer again separately for each additional club that they belong to.

In order to represent more than one club you must re-register under a different email address. This additional email address can be made up (as long as we have at least one real email address) but has to be in an email address form.
We also ask that you to slightly alter your first name under any additional registrations where you put a different homebrew clubs name than the original registration name you entered

If you want to enter the same beer you represent for each of the homebrew clubs that you are in, please alter the name of the beer for each entry.

For example:
My first registration is Jonathan Aronson under my email address of jondenver77@yahoo.com and put Foam on the Range as my beer club and put my beer name as "Good IPA"

My second registration name is Jon Aronson under email@email.com and put Kroc as my other homebrew club.I then put the same beer as I entered before as "Good IPA2"

Depending on which homebrew club you want to represent just remember to enter your beers under the email address that corresponds to that particular club.

We suggest the participant enter entries under only one club's name, which ever the participant is the most active in.
Judge and Stewards can only sign up under one homebrew club name which is one reason for the lower point earnings under the club points category.

PLEASE NOTE: There is an entry fee for each beer you enter even if it is the same beer for another club that you are in.

3. Club individual members will earn BJCP credit for participation

4. Club individual members will win awards who were judged to be the top three entries in each of the BJCP Style Guidelines Categories

5. The Best Homebrew Club will be determined based on the total points earned in various categories (see below)

Invited Colorado and Wyoming AHA Homebrew Club Members

4 Guys & a Keg

Aurora, CO 80012 Phone: 303 353 4185 Email: fourguysbrew@comcast.net

Colorado Wine Club

Aurora, CO 80015 Phone: 303-752-5244 Email: moniquescovil@hotmail.com www.coloradowineclub.net

Home Brewers Club at The University of Colorado

Boulder, CO 80302 Phone: 303 917-2791 Email: tarik.ibrahim@colorado.edu ucsub.colorado.edu/~coxkb

Hop Barley & the Alers

Boulder, CO 80308-0935 Phone: 720 890-8850 Email: hopbarley@hopbarley.org www.hopbarley.org

KROC (Keg Ran Out Club)

Broomfield, CO 80020-1061 Phone: 303-469-1793 Email: info@KROC.org KROC.org

Rock Hoppers Brew Club

Castle Rock, CO 80109 Phone: 303-885-7287 Email: zymurgy@rockhoppersbrewclub.com www.rockhoppersbrewclub.com

Pikes Peak Zymurgist

Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Phone: 719-475-2796 Email: Brewhausnews@mail2plato.com www.brewhausnews.com

Brew Brothers Brewing Club

Colorado Springs, CO 80920 Phone: 719-282-1723 Email: brewbrosco@hotmail.com brewbrosco.spaces.live.com/

Deep Wort Brew Club

Colorado Springs, CO 80918 Phone: 719-528-1651 Email: myhomebrew@hotmail.com

Northwest Colorado Brew Club

Craig, CO 81625 Phone: 970-629-3552 Email: nwcbrew@wildblue.net nwcbrew.com

Colorado Libations Union Brewers (The C.L.U.B.)

Denver, CO 80227 Phone: (303) 808-0473 Email: 1COBrewer@gmail.com www.cobrewers.org

5280 Fermentation Society

Denver, CO 80202 Phone: 303-297-2700 Email: 5280fermentationsociety@googlegroups.com groups.google.com/group/5280fermentationsociety

Foam On The Range

Denver, CO 80222 Phone: (303) 710-5009 Email: webmaster@foamontherange.org www.foamontherange.org

Durango MAFIA

Durango, CO 81301 Phone: 970-946-8388 Email: kjvetter@fortlewis.edu

Durango Pour Friends

Durango, CO 81302 Phone: 970 331 6389 Email: bigfatsnowboarder@yahoo.com

Indian Peaks Alers

Erie, CO 80516 Phone: 303-726-4364 Email: dontblake@hotmail.com

Liquid Poets

Ft Collins, CO 80526 Phone: 970 226-4790 Email: hopaholic@gmail.com www.liquidpoets.com

Roaring Fork High Altitude Mashers

Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 Phone: 970-319-9713 Email: jeremyjwest@gmail.com

The Big Lebrewskis

Golden, CO 80403 Phone: 303-642-7430 Email: jmoulton1@live.com www.thebiglebrewskis.wordpress.com

Homebrewers of the Arkansas Valley Area Brew Club

Howard, CO 81233 Phone: 719 942-4055 Email: lesselzer@yahoo.com

Mile High Monks

Littleton, CO 80120 Phone: 303-882-4757 Email: ctester@idcomm.com www.milehighmonks.com

The Greater Denver Yeast Infection

Littleton, CO 80123 Phone: (720)280-6766 Email: D_malone102@hotmail.com

Weiz Guys

Loveland, CO 80538 Phone: 970 461 0106 Email: barley_crusher@comcast.net www.weizguys.com

Mesa Verde Mashers

Mancos, CO 81328 Phone: 970 533 7881 Email: wm_downs@msn.com

Black Canyon Homebrewers Association

Montrose, CO 81401 Phone: (970)596-2625 Email: andreahoover@montrose.net www.blackcanyonbrewers.com

Peak to Peak Hoppers

Nederland, CO 80466 Phone: 303-258 1919 Email: pob2066@gmail.com

Homebrewers of Pagosa Springs (HOPS)

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147 Phone: 970 264-0093 Email: speeddirecttech@gmail.com brew-haus.com

American Breweriana Assn.

Pueblo, CO 81001-0157 Phone: 719-544-9267 Email: breweriana@amigo.net

Steel City Brewers

Pueblo, CO 81005 Phone: 719-647-7865 Email: bpcarter@gmail.com

Superior Homebrewers

Superior, CO 80057 Phone: 303 601-6623 Email: superior.homebrewers@gmail.com

Ale-Chemie

Casper, WY 82601 Phone: 307-232-8575 Email: doctorfermento@gmail.com

High Plains Drafters

Cheyenne, WY 82001 Phone: 307 638-0662 Email: Brian Mertz ; www.bbriggs.vcn.com/drafters.html

Laramie Brew Club

Laramie, WY 82070 Phone: 307-745-3522 Email: plowhandle@gmail.com laramiebrewclub.com

Entry Fee
$7.00 per entry.
Payment
After registering and inputting entries, all participants must pay their entry fee(s). Accepted payment methods include:
• Cash
• Check, made out to Foam on the Range
• PayPal (once registered on the website, click Pay Entry Fees from the main navigation after inputting all entries).

Judging Date
February 5, 2011 at Falling Rock Tap House, 8:00 AM
1919 Blake Street Denver, CO 80202 Downstairs

Categories Accepted
• 1A Lite American Lager
• 1B Standard American Lager
• 1C Premium American Lager
• 1D Munich Helles
• 1E Dortmunder Export
• 2A German Pilsner (Pils)
• 2B Bohemian Pilsener
• 2C Classic American Pilsner
• 3A Vienna Lager
• 3B Oktoberfest/Marzen
• 4A Dark American Lager
• 4B Munich Dunkel
• 4C Schwarzbier
• 5A Maibock/Helles Bock
• 5B Traditional Bock
• 5C Doppelbock
• 5D Eisbock
• 6A Cream Ale
• 6B Blonde Ale
• 6C Kolsch
• 6D American Wheat or Rye Beer
• 7A Northern German Altbier
• 7B California Common Beer
• 7C Dusseldorf Altbier
• 8A Standard/Ordinary Bitter
• 8B Special/Best/Premium Bitter
• 8C Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale)
• 9A Scottish Light 60/-
• 9B Scottish Heavy 70/-
• 9C Scottish Export 80/-
• 9D Irish Red Ale
• 9E Strong Scotch Ale
• 10A American Pale Ale
• 10B American Amber Ale
• 10C American Brown Ale
• 11A Mild
• 11B Southern English Brown Ale
• 11C Northern English Brown Ale
• 12A Brown Porter
• 12B Robust Porter
• 12C Baltic Porter
• 13A Dry Stout
• 13B Sweet Stout
• 13C Oatmeal Stout
• 13D Foreign Extra Stout
• 13E American Stout
• 13F Imperial Stout
• 14A English IPA
• 14B American IPA
• 14C Imperial IPA
• 15A Weizen/Weissbier
• 15B Dunkelweizen
• 15C Weizenbock
• 15D Roggenbier (German Rye Beer)
• 16A Witbier
• 16B Belgian Pale Ale
• 16C Saison
• 16D Biere de Garde
• 16E Belgian Specialty Ale
• 17A Berliner Weisse
• 17B Flanders Red Ale
• 17C Flanders Brown Ale/Oud Bruin
• 17D Straight (Unblended) Lambic
• 17E Gueuze
• 17F Fruit Lambic
• 18A Belgian Blond Ale
• 18B Belgian Dubbel
• 18C Belgian Tripel
• 18D Belgian Golden Strong Ale
• 18E Belgian Dark Strong Ale
• 19A Old Ale
• 19B English Barleywine
• 19C American Barleywine
• 20A Fruit Beer
• 21A Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
• 21B Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer
• 22A Classic Rauchbier
• 22B Other Smoked Beer
• 22C Wood-Aged Beer
• 23A Specialty Beer
• 24A Dry Mead
• 24B Semi-Sweet Mead
• 24C Sweet Mead
• 25A Cyser
• 25B Pyment
• 25C Other Fruit Melomel
• 26A Metheglin
• 26B Braggot
• 26C Open Category Mead
• 27A Common Cider
• 27B English Cider
• 27C French Cider
• 27D Common Perry
• 27E Traditional Perry
• 28A New England Cider
• 28B Fruit Cider
• 28C Applewine
• 28D Other Specialty Cider or Perry

Bottle Acceptance Rules
2 12 oz bottles brown no distinguishing marks for each entry

Shipping Address
15108 East Hampden Avenue Aurora, CO 80014-3906

Packing & Shipping Hints
1. Carefully pack your entries in a sturdy box. Line the inside of your carton with a plastic trash bag. Partition and pack each bottle with adequate packaging material. Do not over pack! Write clearly: "Fragile. This Side Up." on the package. Your package should weigh less than 25 pounds. Please refrain from using "messy" packaging materials such a Styrofoam "peanuts" or pellets; please use packaging material such as bubble wrap.

2. Every reasonable effort will be made to contact entrants whose bottles have broken to make arrangements for sending replacement bottles.

3. It is not against any Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) regulations or federal laws to ship your entries via privately owned shipping company for analytical purposes. However, IT IS ILLEGAL TO SHIP ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES VIA THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE. Private shipping companies have the right to refuse your shipment if they are informed that the package contains glass and/or alcoholic beverages. Be aware that entries mailed internationally are often required by customs to have proper documentation. These entries might be opened and/or returned to the shipper by customs' officials at their discretion. It is solely the entrant's responsibility to follow all applicable laws and regulations.

Drop Off Locations

The Brew Hut
(303) 680-8898
15108 East Hampden Avenue Aurora, CO 80014-3906

Hops and Berries
(970) 493-2484
125 Remington Street Fort Collins, CO 80524-2833

Brew at Home
720-872-9463
1325 W. 121st Ave Westminster, Colorado

Stomp Them Grapes
(303) 433-6552
4731 Lipan Street Denver, CO 80211

Wine Crafters Llc
(719) 528-1651
Wine Crafters Llc 625 Paonia Street Colorado Springs, CO 80915-3727

Best of Show
Best of Show judging will include all the 1st place BJCP Categories Beer together which can include Meads and Ciders as well. Individual BOS awards will be given out to the top three placed winners.

Awards

Individual Awards
Given to each of the top three winning Homebrewers for each of the BJCP Style Guideline categories and Best of Show

Club Awards

The Rocky Mountain's Best Homebrew Club will be determined based on the total points earned in the following categories:

1st Place - 3 points
2nd Place - 2 Points
3rd Place - 1 Points
Awarded to the top three club member winners in each of the BJCP Style Guideline categories
Awarded to the top three clubs with the most combined participating judges and stewards

1st Place - 9 points
2nd Place - 6 Points
3rd Place - 3 Points
Awarded to the top three clubs with the most entries
Awarded to the top three clubs whose members win the top three Best of Show entries (beers, meads, and ciders are eligible)

All these points will be added up and the Rocky Mountain Homebrew Club with the most points will win the coveted Giant Beer Chalice as The Rocky Mountain's Best Homebrew Club.

The winning club's name and year won will be engraved on a English Firkin and that club will also get to keep the Firkin in their possession for that year until they need to defend their title the following year.

Award Ceremony
February 5, 2011 at Falling Rock Tap House, 5:00 PM
1919 Blake St Denver, CO 80202

Bus Trip Notes 2010 (no replies)

\\\"Doc\\\" Damon — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 11:44:18 -0700

Here's the bus trip Notes
Your comments will be appreciated

side dish (no replies)

Mitcho — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:30:18 -0700

Senora Mitcho will be bringing a favorite desert of the familia.......Mexicano Christmaso Oatmeal Coooookies with red and green candi toppings.....ummmm! Bro Mitcho will be bringing a secret bomber for the exchange and some never-before released homebrew or a 6-pack of Shiner Cheers! holiday beer (flavored with Texan peaches and southern pecans....better for sure than a Mexican lager)!!!!

RMB News Dec/Jan 11 (no replies)

\\\"Doc\\\" Damon — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:48:14 -0700

Here's the Brew news for Dec 10 and Jan 11
Enjoy "Doc"

2010 Holiday Party (side dishes & beer exchange) (6 replies)

shark — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:48:18 -0700

Hi All,

The Club's annual holiday party is this coming Friday, December 3rd at 6:30pm at the Clubhouse (3355 S. Monaco Parkway, Denver CO 80222).

Please reply to this thread a list the side dish you plan to bring (so we don't end up with 20 green bean casseroles).

Bring a 6-pack of any Christmas beer if you want to participate in the Xmas beer tasting. Please also post in this forum the type of Xmas beer you plan to bring.

And bring a wrapped bomber (22 oz. beer) if you'd like to participate in the gift exchange.

See you Friday!

Copper Kettle Brewing Homebrew Competition (no replies)

CopperKettleBrewing — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 08:43:39 -0700

Greetings fellow home brewers. My wife and I are east coast home brewers who moved to Colorado to start our own micro. We are scheduled to open early next year in south east Denver. We are hosting a homebrew competition with the prize of getting to brew your beer on our 3BBL professional system and serve it at our grand opening event. The details have not been entirely locked down yet but I'll outline the general information below.

- Estimated submission deadline is Jan 31st 2011.

- Open style competition, anything that you can buy at a grocery store is an acceptable ingredient. The only restriction is an 9% ABV cap so we don't get any barely wines that may turn out great but have sat for two years to age properly. We need beers we can serve in < 10 weeks.

- All submissions will have a $10 entry fee per submission. 100% of the revenue will be donated to charity.

- Best of Show winner will get to brew his beer on our 3BBL system and serve it with us on opening day.

The best way to keep up-to-date on the competition is to become a fan on our Facebook page !

[www.facebook.com]

www.copperkettledenver.com

Beer Week fun (no replies)

bernie — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:24:25 -0600

Just an FYI, some of the events I will be attending this week. If anyone would like to join me, the more the merrier!

9/10 Elitch beer garden 5:00

9/11 Drydock Octoberfest noon, then Wynkoop mini beer fest at 5:00

9/14 DryDock beer and appetizers at Great Northern 6:00

9/16 Dogfish Head at Simms steak house for dinner 6:00

Cork Recycling (no replies)

bernie — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:20:39 -0600

Dave Moneypenny did some research and wanted to let us know that there are a few places in town that recycle used corks. www.littleravenvineyards.com/about.html is one. Whole Foods is another.
Start saving those corks! If you know of other places, feel free to add to this post.
Cheers,
Bernie

Cicerone Off-Flavors Course (1 reply)

Kevin R — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:14:12 -0600

Hello Foamers... Kevin Riutort here... I'm a new member so most of you don't me.
I have four spots available for this online course. It is on July 23 @ 12:30 pm. I will host at my house. Cost is $30/person. I

Here is some info on the course:

Our online learning program that teaches you to recognize common beer off-flavors including those required for the Certified Cicerone exam.

This class takes a novel approach to online learning by linking standardized tasting materials shipped to you in advance of the class with an online lecture to help you learn.

When you register for this course, you will receive calibrated tasting spikes that you add to beer to quickly and easily create off-flavor samples for the tutored tasting session.

The 75-minute class will cover:

Tasting technique
Flavor variations: fruity flavor
Discussion and tasting of 5 key off-flavors:
DMS
Diacetyl
Oxidized
Acetlaldehyde
Infection

The registration fee for this course includes

Detailed Set Up Instructions
PDF copy of the lecture slides
Online lecture with tasting (approximately 75 minutes)
Recommended additional tasting exercises
Access to the recorded lecture for review

Beer Labels - Make using MS-Word (no replies)

J. Reid — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:02:25 -0600

Foamers,

Here is my simple guide on how to create your own customized beer labels using a simple Microsoft Word document.. Enjoy!

Freezer-style lagering cabinet, bombers, etc. (no replies)

J9 — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:16:50 -0600

Hey guys, Y'all know that I'm moving, right? I can't take the beer cooler with me to Holland, so I'm selling it: 1.5 year old chest-style freezer from Best Buy with a Johnson temp controller. Holds 2 carboys with room for beers over the compressor. Nice collection of beer stickers on the front. Cost me $260 including the controller, so I'll let it go for $190.
Call me: 303-903-1523 ---J9 (aka Janine)

Contact for All-grain system (no replies)

Progressive Brewer — Mon, 24 May 2010 13:26:37 -0600

Sorry guys forgot to give you my contact info.
Phone 214-714-3370
Email Progressivebrewer@hotmail.com
I live in Longmont and can deliver to Aurora and surrounding areas

All-grain system for sale (no replies)

Progressive Brewer — Mon, 24 May 2010 13:17:55 -0600

10 gal all-grain system $600/firm

Won multiple awards with this system, a work in progress over the last 3 years. Looking to go all electric so I'm selling my propane system:

Two 15.5 gal Keggles
One Minibrew 15 gal mash tun (plastic and jacketed)
Dual burner for the kettle and HLT
Recirc march pump
Blickmann Autosparge (getting 85% efficiency)
Large Copper Immersion Chiller (dont know the size, but will get 10gals to ground water in 20min)
Stand for mash tun with pump mounted
Quick disconnects on everything.
Two propane tanks
SS Mash paddle, ladle

Sold as a system only, no break-up, it took to much work to make this system purrr!
Also have a 5lb O2 tank w/ reg. for $80 if interested

Stone Anniversary Ale Recipes (1 reply)

dmease — Mon, 24 May 2010 22:33:08 -0600

Hey Foamers!

If you're a big fan of beers from Stone Brewery like I am than this might interest you. I'm not sure why this occured to me last night during the Barron Von Micho's presentation on mexican lagers but it did (good job by the way Micho, I enjoyed it along with the beers). Maybe my subconscious was yearning for a few more IBU's or a little more ABV than mexican lagers deliver but which Stone typically does - sometimes to excess!

Anyway, last summer I came across my July/August 2006 Zymurgy magazine which has the recipes for Stone Brewery's 5th through 9th anniversary ales. It states in the article to contact White Labs for their yeast recommendations for these ales, so I did. I thought I'd share their recommendations with the club for those who'd like to more accurately clone some of their beers.

I tried the extract version of #7 and it was delicious! I also attached the recipes for your convenience.

Cheers!
Dave Mease

Cinco de Mitcho Competition (1 reply)

Scott J — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 11:41:26 -0600

Don't forget to bring and enter your Mexican-style beers to the meeting tomorrrow night for the competition. Since this is an "open" competition - meaning everyone at the meeting will judge the beers - please bring enough so that everyone can get a taste. I suggest a 6 pack or growler as the minimum amount. There are no forms to fill out, just label the beer with your name, the beer name, and what about it makes it "Mexican-style".

What makes a beer "Mexican-style"? Don't just think about crappy Corona. Amber lagers, Chili beers, and this past winter Del Dorte even came out with a Mexican Christmas Bock.

Ribbons will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.

There is also a prize for the best beer name, so be creative.

OMG I WISH....All Grain System For Sale (no replies)

Jonathan A — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:08:30 -0600

Complete all grain home brewing system - $1400 (Littleton, CO)
Date: 2010-04-24, 3:00PM MDT
Reply to: sale-vxrqt-1708445487@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]

A home brewers goldmine. A collection of quality equipment used for professional home brewing using all grain. Everything needed for brewing, fermenting, and kegging. All equipment is in excellent shape and has not been abused. I am no longer using it like I should so I am letting it go for 50 cents on the dollar. There is easily $3000 worth of equipment here if purchased new.
1. Hobby Beverage Equipment Mini Brew Conical fermentor
2. Polar Ware 10 gallon stainless vessels for hot liquor tank, sparging vessel and boiling kettle 2 with gages and strainers
3. Brewing rack to include 3 Empire 35000BTU burners, food grade liquid transfer pump 2 wort chillers
4. Malt Mill roller mill for crushing grain
5. 3 5 gallon soda kegs 2 of which were purchased new and used very little
6. CO2 bottle and gages with Cobra head
7. 3- 7.5 gallon glass carboys
8. 1- 5 gallon glass carboy
9. Party Pig system for beer storage
10 Aeration system for aerating wort before fermentation
11. Various other items...siphoning equipment etc.
Buyers must purchase all equipment. Not selling individual items.....reasonable offers will be considered.
Other photos supplied on request.
No Checks accepted......

seller claims no responsibility for improper use of this equipment

* Location: Littleton, CO
* it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

Carboys and Bottles (no replies)

LisaH — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:15:08 -0600

I have some 5 and 6 gallon glass carboys that need a new home and 10 cases of 12 ounce brown beer bottles. Interested? email me at lshartm@hotmail.com