Archive for November, 2010
The AB Home Brewers Group is hosting a hop give away. We have a stash of Hallertau & Saaz whole cone hops we want to share with the home brewing community. Good Brewing! Thomas S. Seiff / Anheuser-Busch / Sales Operations What: Anheuser – Busch Great Hop Give Away When: 1 – 4 pm Saturday, [...]
The ABNormal Steering meeting is normally held on the last Wednesday of each month at 7 pm at Fat Jack’s in Bloomington. However, due to the timing of Thanksgiving, the steering meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 1. We’ll discuss the plans for the next meeting as well as the upcoming year. Everyone is [...]
Jim Koch of The Boston Beer Company, the largest independently owned American craft brewery and maker of award-winning Samuel Adams beers, brings his national business expertise to the budding micro-brewers of Oceanside Ale Works in Oceanside, California. Mark Purciel, a former teacher, and Scott Thomas, a firefighter, initially started brewing hand-crafted ales as a hobby, [...]
A new show on Discover Channel called Brewmasters will feature Sam Calagione, founder of Dogfish Head Brewery. Premiering Sunday, November 21 at 9 PM on Discovery Channel, BREW MASTERS follows Sam and his partners as they travel the world sourcing exotic ingredients and discovering ancient techniques to produce beers of astounding originality.
Congratulations to the newly elected officers for 2011: President: Heather Morissette Vice President: Kevin Kozlen Secretary: Jim Nettelton Treasurer: John Yoder Technical Czar: Mark Hill Our style of the month and technical presentation were combined this month to include a special presentation between the folks from Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery and Technical Czar, John [...]