Water Quality
At the January Club Meeting, Jim Nettleton presented the Beer Style of the Month: Brown Ales. Check out the BJCP Style Guideline for details on this and all other beer styles. For a general overview of beer styles, visit the Brewer’s Association website.
During his presentation, he shared some tools with the club that can be used to adjust your brewing technique based on your water quality. These tools, as well as more information on water quality can be found in John Palmer’s book How to Brew. He covers everything from how to obtain and read your water report to how to adjust for your findings, depending on the kind of beer that you want to brew.
If you’d rather have your home’s water tested individually, a couple of club members mentioned having a satisfactory experience with Ward Labs.
The Brewer’s Friend website has a Water Chemistry Calculator that homebrewers might also find helpful.
Holiday Party
A big thanks to Don for hosting our club holiday party again this year. 50 people attended. There were some great homebrews shared along with some delicious treats. Everyone enjoyed the White Elephant Gift Exchange.
Our ‘Anything Goes’ Club Competition awards went to:
- Eff Embree
- Kevin Kozlen
- Mark Hill
We hope that all of our club members and their families have a wonderful holiday season! We’re looking forward to a great 2010!
HOPs Winter Road Trip to Madison
Ale Asylum
The plan is to visit the following: The Grumpy Troll, a Capital Brewery tour, Woodman’s Market, Ale Asylum and Great Dane Pub. Plan for a long day. They will be traveling by bus, so you won’t have to worry about driving… just getting to the bus in the morning on time, back on the bus between stops and not getting left behind! You may bring your own beer and munchies on the bus. Lunch and dinner will be buy-your-own with food available at the brewery stops.
The bus will stop to pick up passengers in Bloomington.
COST: $50 for bus trip before January 12th.
WHEN: January 30, 2010
See the HOPs website for the registration form and more information: http://hop.bradley.edu/bustrip.html
Calendar- Tue Feb 9: Tapper Tuesday
- Wed Feb 10: Wednesday Warriors
- Sun Feb 14: $2.00 Pints
- Tue Feb 16: Tapper Tuesday
- Wed Feb 17: Wednesday Warriors
- Sun Feb 21: $2.00 Pints
- Tue Feb 23: Tapper Tuesday
- Wed Feb 24: Wednesday Warriors
- Wed Feb 24: Steering Committee Meeting
- Sun Feb 28: $2.00 Pints
- Tue Mar 2: Tapper Tuesday
- Wed Mar 3: Wednesday Warriors
- Sun Mar 7: $2.00 Pints
- Mon Mar 8: Club Meeting
- Tue Mar 9: Tapper Tuesday
