Kevin Pratt will be hosting the first of his BJCP Prep Classes as part of the next DOZE meeting (7/30/07 @ B3). The topic: Bad Beer; a sensory training class involving doctored brews. This should be an awesome followup to the off smells talk a few months back, and a meeting not to miss.
Quite a meeting last night… Eric gave the style talk (BJCP 18E) and shared quite a few commercial examples as well as some of his own beer. Check out his website Eccentric Cellar Brewing for some recipies.
Doc got a large pile of “stuff” that seems to indicate DOZE did pretty well at the May Faire competition, congratulations to the usual suspects.
After the break, Sean Paxon showed off with a Rochefort brewery tour report from his recent Belgium trip.
Since the May meeting falls on Memorial day, we are going to postpone it one week to June 4th. Still at More Beer. See you there.
Kevin Pratt (BJCP Assistant Continuing Education Director) announced that he’s setting up prep classes for the BJCP Judging Exam. Classes will be held at B3 and will prepare brewers for the BJCP Judging exam to be held in November.
The class will cost around $100 ($50 for the test, $35 for class materials, $15-20 for beer tastings) for 9-12 sessions. This is an awesome opportunity to learn more about beer and brewing, and a chance to help out the brewing community by becoming a judge at competitions.
A big brew at Erik’s house. Bring your brewing rig (or some portion of it) and brew with the club. If you’ve got an Easy-Up or shelter, bring it along.
DOZE will provide burgers and sausages around noon, everything else is pot luck. Bring something to share and lots of beer.
1732 Sargent Rd, Concord CA
A big brew at Erik’s house. Bring your brewing rig (or some portion of it) and brew with the club. If you’ve got an Easy-Up or shelter, bring it along.
DOZE will provide burgers and sausages around noon, everything else is pot luck. Bring something to share and lots of beer.
1732 Sargent Rd, Concord CA
Another awsome Bay Area Event is coming up!
The 4th Annual Bay Area Firkin Gravity Festival
Saturday April 7 at the Triple Rock Brewery, 1920 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley
To benefit the Jane Goodal Roots and Shoots Program
Over 20 Breweries, including some club favorites. $25 for a tasting glass and unlimited pours.
The Brewers include: Drakes, Stone, 21st Amendment Sierra Nevada, Lagunitas, Schooners, Black Diamond and Russian River!
The 4th Annual Bay Area Firkin Gravity Festival
at the Triple Rock Brewery, 1920 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley
To benefit the Jane Goodal Roots and Shoots Program
Over 20 Breweries, including some club favorites. $25 for a tasting glass and unlimited pours.
The Brewers include: Drakes, Stone, 21st Amendment Sierra Nevada, Lagunitas, Schooners, Black Diamond and Russian River!
Congrats to Erik Beer, his Irish Red will be our entry to the March/April club only competition. The next round is extract beers, any BJCP style as long as extract makes up 50% or more of the fermentables.
With an open category, there’s no reason why we shouldn’t have at least a dozen entries to choose from. Entries are due 4/28/07, the weekend before our April meeting, so have your beer for judging in March.
Just saw this nifty Google Mashup of beer related sites. It’s a bit cluttered with all the BevMo locations, but still a cool tool:
BeerMapping San Francisco
