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October, 2002
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October Meeting
DOZE had an excellent showing at the Northern California Homebrewers Festival this year. Mike McDole took first place awards with his IPA and Amber, and Phil's California Common won Best of Show. In an oversight of epic proportions, the Tiki Hut did not win best booth. Next year, club members are encouraged to actually vote in this competition. Big thanks to Darren for bringing the Hut.

In other competition news, Robert's Belgian Double won 3rd place at a competition in North Carolina.

We had three great talks. Captain Pete told us all about making hard cider. Scott gave a tech talk about an experimental method of making extract beer without boiling the extract. Finally, Dick gave us an overview of Scotch Ales.

Scott and Bob were reelected to the club Presidency and Vice-Presidency. They need your help planning out club events for 2003. A planning meeting will be held in early January. Contact Scott if you're interested.

Big Brew was a great success. Pictures Here! We had 6 people brewing 7 batches of beer. Send me pictures if you have them. The Big Brew was featured in two local newspapers. Read the article here: page 1, page 2 (warning - large image files).

The Brew Tour was also a big success. Detailed review coming soon.

We decided to increase the club dues to $25/year.

Coming Soon!

Holiday Party
Monday, December 2 at Black Diamond. Festivities start at 6:30, dinner will be served at 7. Please bring your Significant Others!
Please RSVP
if you have not already done so!
Costs are as follows:
  • Club Member: $15
  • Club Member plus spouse: $25
  • Non-Member: $20

Belgian Brew-Off: Our next club competition will be an openly judged Belgian event. Bring your Belgian brew to the February DOZE meeting and hear what people have to say about it. We will bestow a "Best of Show" award to the one we like the best. Check out Dr. Scott's Belgian Style Guide, complete with commercial examples, to help you plan your recipe.

Guest Speakers: We hope to convince Vinny from Russian River to talk about Belgians at the February meeting (the Belgian Brew-Off judging). Vinny has lots of experience with brewing and marketing Belgian-style beers.
Chris White from White Labs will be speaking at the March meeting.

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Last modified: 13 February 2003