November Meeting - Celebration of the Hop

Agenda

Here’s the preliminary agenda for the meeting:

• GABF Debrief – club strategy for next year
• Rock Hopper logo pint glasses
• National Homebrewers Association Convention, June 18-20, 2009 in Oakland, CA
• Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines Festival in Vail - January 1009
• FOTR competition results are in
• Hop Reference Sheet and hop sampling
• IPAs: Tasting and Competition Judging

Celebration of the Hop

This month, we'll again be judging entries into the AHA Club Only Competition.

If you have one or more IPAs ready to go, bring at least 22 ounces of each to share with the group and two 12 ounce bottles (so we don't have to track you down just in case you win).

There will be commercial calibrators provided from the following categories:

• English IPAs (Meantime India Pale Ale, Freeminer Trafalgar IPA, Fuller's IPA, Ridgeway Bad Elf, Summit India Pale Ale, Samuel Smith's India Ale, Hampshire Pride of Romsey IPA, Burton Bridge Empire IPA,Middle Ages ImPailed Ale, Goose Island IPA, Brooklyn East India Pale Ale)
• American IPAs (Bell’s Two-Hearted Ale, AleSmith IPA, Russian River Blind Pig IPA, Stone IPA, Three Floyds Alpha King, Great Divide Titan IPA, Bear Republic Racer 5 IPA, Victory Hop Devil, Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale, Anderson Valley Hop Ottin’, Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA, Founder’s Centennial IPA, Anchor Liberty Ale, Harpoon IPA, Avery IPA)
• Imperial IPAs (Russian River Pliny the Elder, Three Floyd’s Dreadnaught, Avery Majaraja, Bell’s Hop Slam, Stone Ruination IPA, Great Divide Hercules Double IPA, Surly Furious, Rogue I2PA, Moylan’s Hopsickle Imperial India Pale Ale, Stoudt’s Double IPA, Dogfish Head 90-minute IPA, Victory Hop Wallop)
• Any other beer with a strong hop presence

As usual, there will be a short education session before tasting.

Bring cash to pony up for the calibrators.