Events

Tapping of Old Curmudgeon '07 at Rock Bottom South

Gotta have this before the meeting!

Minutes

...are posted here.

Agenda

1. New meeting format
2. Officer reports: President, Events, Communications
3. Officer responsibilities
4. Officer elections - March 2009
5. Dues
6. Bourbon Barrel II update
7. Upcoming competitions
8. New business
9. Open discussion
10. Club Only Competition judging
11. Open tasting

UPDATE

If you plan on submitting a beer for the Club Only Competition (see below), please bring TWO ADDITIONAL 12 ounce bottles with the proper documentation filled out (bottle id label rubber-banded to each bottle and an entry recipe form), just in case you win.

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This month is a "free for all" month - bring in your brews for tasting and feedback.

Additionally, we'll be judging for the Club Only Competion for January - Belgian and French Ales.  If you've got a beer that fits into BJCP category 16, bring it!  Category 16 includes:

Hey all, yep, it's that time again!  Time for the winter beer fest at the Smith household in Castle Rock. It'll be Dec 13th, a sat, at 7pm. For those of you not familiar with these, here's the details.

Everyone brings 2 six-packs (though from you all, I expect equivalent amt of homebrew) For non-brewers I ask for fall / winter brews (though not everyone gets this) for you all, whatever you got going is fine. Food, tasting cups, and of course a cake from the resident cake decorator!

For all of us that didn't make it to the GABF, or who just want another shot at a similar event this is it! We have plenty of room for anyone that can't drive after the festivities, and it should be a good time! please RSVP as soon as you can to firefighter083@comcast.net or 720-229-0334 so we can be sure to have enough of everything. If things go well, i'll have a vanilla porter, a pomegranate wheat and a hard apple cider on tap!

Hope to see you here!

Scott

1058 Kittery Street

Castle Rock, CO 80104

Osiris's Homebrewing Competition is going to be held during the local Durango, Colorado festival of Snowdown, which is a giant party in downtown Durango.

Tap Room

We will be serving traditional cask-conditioned ales on the 11th and 18th.  Also on the 18th will be the second meeting of the Hop Disciples.  This month’s meeting will focus on how to pair your favorite beers with food.  Speaking of food and beer, our monthly beer and cheese pairing is on the 30th and will feature five artisan cheeses and five beers for $10, RSVP at info@greatdivide.com

I'm brew'n this Saturday. You're welcome to stop by and help me consume a few fine beers.

5365 E. Wangaratta Way, Highlands Ranch, CO 80130

Cheers!

Gregorio

Join me if you'd like!  Getting started early to accomodate a gift exchange I have with my in-laws later that afternoon.

9384 S Cobblecrest Drive
Highlands Ranch

Geoff Humphrey
Communications Director

We will be serving traditional cask-conditioned ales on the 11th and 18th.  Also on the 18th will be the second meeting of the Hop Disciples.  This month’s meeting will focus on how to pair your favorite beers with food.  Speaking of food and beer, our monthly beer and cheese pairing is on the 30th and will feature five artisan cheeses and five beers for $10, RSVP at info@greatdivide.com

The entry fee for this competition is $5 per entry, and the deadline for entries to reach High Point Brewing is Friday, January 2, 2009.

Drop off your entries at the Brew Hut, Beer at Home, or at Left Hand Brewing in Longmont.

If you are entering the contest, make sure you record what you are entering on the RHBC BBBW Spreadsheet.

If you absolutely cannot get your entries to us by January 2, please call (970) 524-1092 to discuss alternate arrangements.

Please plan to ship early, as the holidays are a significant shipping challenge at this time of year!

All entries should be shipped to:
High Point Brewing
162C Airpark Dr.
Gypsum, CO 81637

Please pack them well and sign the delivery release/waiver so the box will be dropped next door to our neighbor's if we are not there at the right moment. We do not want your box to be held by UPS or FedEx if at all possible; we want to get it into the cooler!

Welcome to our first 2009 specialty brew. Join us this Thursday, January 8th for our Fallen Angel Abbey Ale. Fallen Angel is a simple beer brewed with the finest ingredients obtainable. Golden Promise Malt is featured with unmalted wheat and Belgian candi sugar which is derived from sugar beets. German Tettnang, and Czech Saaz hops spice this brew to perfection. 8.0% alcohol by volume:  I got your drinkability right here!

I will also be doing a limited bottling of this beer in 750ml Belgian-style corked bottles. This puts an elegant beer into an elegant package, bottle conditioned, and perfect for cellaring until that special moment.

Join us for complimentary glasses of this new Fallen Angel Abbey Ale in our bar from 6pm to 6:30pm this Thursday, January 8th.

Location: The Rockyard Brewery, Castle Rock.

Agenda

1. Call to Order
2. Officer Reports
   1. President
   2. Events
   3. Communications
   4. Treasurer
3. Announcements
4. New Business
   1. Officer Elections: Who is Running?
   2. Election Procedures
   3. Club Only Competition - March 2009 - Beers with an OG of > 1.080
   4. National Homebrewers Convention - RHBC representation
5. Old Business
   1. Bourbon Barrel Brew(s) Update
   2. Tips for brewing the RHBC Imperial Stout
   3. Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines in Vail
   4. RHBC logo pint glasses
   5. BJCP study group
6. General Tasting and Open Discussion
   1. Bring one example of a beer of any style that you would like feedback on (bring at least 3 12 oz bottles or 2 bombers)
7. Adjourn

Vail, Colorado, January 9-10, 2009

Homebrew competition - entries due January 2, 2009.

Two bottles of each entry are required with the appropriate informational labels attached. The entry fee $5 per entry.

Drop off at The Brew Hut or Beer at Home.

The BJCP categories are:

• Category 5 - Bock
• Category 9E - Strong Scotch Ale
• Category 12C - Baltic Porter
• Category 13F - Russian Imperial Stout
• Category 14C - Imperial IPA
• Category 15C - Weizenbock
• Category 16 - Belgian & French Ale
• Category 17 - Sour Ale
• Category 18 - Belgian Strong Ale
• Category 19 - Strong Ale
• Category 23 - Specialty Beer (Minimum Gravity of 1.050)
• Category 26B - Braggot

Go to http://www.bigbeersfestival.com/brews_homebrew_competition.htm for more.

Vail, Colorado, January 9-10, 2009

Homebrew competition - entries due January 2, 2009.

Two bottles of each entry are required with the appropriate informational labels attached. The entry fee $5 per entry.

Drop off at The Brew Hut or Beer at Home.

The BJCP categories are:

• Category 5 - Bock
• Category 9E - Strong Scotch Ale
• Category 12C - Baltic Porter
• Category 13F - Russian Imperial Stout
• Category 14C - Imperial IPA
• Category 15C - Weizenbock
• Category 16 - Belgian & French Ale
• Category 17 - Sour Ale
• Category 18 - Belgian Strong Ale
• Category 19 - Strong Ale
• Category 23 - Specialty Beer (Minimum Gravity of 1.050)
• Category 26B - Braggot

Go to http://www.bigbeersfestival.com/brews_homebrew_competition.htm for more.

Stop by Kelly and Jason Kruegel's house - they'll be brewing up the RHBC Imperial Stout!

Address: 17508 Lamar Ct., Parker

Phone: 303-929-5901 if you get lost.