Hello Sudzers!
Just a quick reminder that we won’t be meeting at Steins this Sunday, since we have a tour of Admiral Maltings scheduled.
Sudzers September 2024 meeting notes
Our September meeting consisted of a small number of members who braved going to downtown Mountain View during the Annual Arts and Wine Festival. We discussed this year’s club brew, a tour of Admiral Maltings, and NCHF. Then we tasted three great homebrews. Thanks to Stein’s and everyone who showed up.
– We welcomed Joe to the club.
– Club brew: The recipe will be the same biere de Noel recipe we brewed last year. We need to set a date. Last month Nathan offered to host the brewing and has the equipment necessary to brew and ferment 15 gallons of beer.
– Admiral Maltings tour: Stephan will put in a request for a tour for 10-40 people in October. The club has enough money to hire a bus to get participants to Admiral’s facility in Alameda. Once the date is set, a Google form will be sent out to see who is interested in going. We will need people to RSVP in order to know how large a bus to hire.
– NCHF (Northern California Hombrewers Festival): The festival will be held September 20-22. Several members will be going. More information at: https://nchfinfo.org/
– The beers we tasted:
| Brewer | Beer Name | Beer Style | IBUs | ABV | Brewer Notes |
| Joe | Maple syrup | cider | too much maple | ||
| Allen | Anne’s Not 2 Pale (Ale) | Hazy APA | 79 | 5 | |
| Tim | flash Brew | IPA | 60 | 6.4 | no boil ipa |
– Remember, membership dues need to be made every calendar year. If you haven’t paid yet, then you can make a payment of $25 to Derek via paypal at derek@sudzers.org
– If you haven’t already, please join our Discord server at https://discord.gg/mBQ7smguu7. All official communication (meeting information, event information, etc.) will continue to go through the mailing list, but Discord provides us a convenient way to have smaller, quicker conversations, so we encourage you to join.
– All shared recipes can be found at https://sites.google.com/a/cloudyforecast.com/brewme/home. If you’d like to have your recipe shared on the site, then please email it in any format to recipe-share@sudzers.org. Full info can be found at http://www.sudzers.org/?page_id=2910
– For a list of all upcoming competitions, check out the Worts of Wisdoms’ calendar: http://www.wortsofwisdom.org/calendar/upcoming-homebrewers-competitions/
Sudzers September meeting
Hello, Sudzers!
This month’s meeting will be held at 4:00pm this Sunday, September 8th
at Steins Beer Garden in Mountain View.
http://steinsbeergarden.com/
895 Villa Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
As a reminder, club dues are collected on a calendar year basis.
Becoming a paid member gets you access to the special members-only events we do through the year.
Agenda:
– Derek will be collecting dues. If you would like to pay club dues, please send $25 via paypal to derek@sudzers.org or give him $25 in person this Sunday.
– Tour of Admiral Maltings.
– 2024 club brew.
– NCHF (9/20-9/22)
– Homebrew evaluations. Remember to bring your recipe, since club members
will have lots of questions. Sign in your beer along with your name
and statistics (IBU, ABV, etc.). The info is optional, but helpful in
determining tasting order.
Hope to see you all at Steins!
Sudzers August 2024 meeting notes
For our August meeting, we discussed this year’s club brew, a possible tour of Admiral Maltings, and NCHF. Then we tasted ten great homebrews. Thanks to Stein’s and everyone who showed up.
– We welcomed new member Jason. Welcome to the club!
– Club brew: The recipe will be the same biere de Noel recipe we brewed last year. Nathan has offered to host the brewing and has the equipment necessary to brew and ferment 15 gallons of beer. Robert, Allen, and Stephan will help with the brewing.
– Admiral Maltings tour: Stephan has been in contact with them. Tentative date so far is September 8. There was some discussion that a date in early October would be good as well. Derek mentioned that the club has enough money to hire a bus to get participants to Admiral’s facility in Alameda.
– NCHF (Northern California Hombrewers Festival): The festival will be held September 20-22. Camping tickets are still available. More information at: https://nchfinfo.org
– Dark Matter vertical tasting: We didn’t set a date, but those present seemed to agree that sometime in early December or January would be a good time for this.
– The beers we tasted:
| Brewer | Beer Name | Beer Style | IBUs | ABV | Brewer Notes |
| Derek | Peach Cherry Apple Cider | Cider | 7.50% | ||
| Derek | Citra Shine | Blonde Ale | 20 | 5.90% | |
| Peter P | American pale ale | 42 | 5.50% | ||
| Sebastian B | Hoppy French Saison | 39 | 6.60% | ||
| Kevin S | Hazers Gonna Haze | hazy ipa | 44 | 6.40% | |
| Dan Heil | February Porter | Porter | 34 | 6.00% | Brewed Feb, Stalled at about 1.017, Bottle with yeast, no sugar. |
| Peter P | American Stout | 50 | 6.00% | brewed with oyster shells | |
| Allen | Stryker’s Strong and Stout | BBA ADIS | 58 | 12.30% | Same Recipe that got 3rd in Fair but 4 Roses Bourbon BA. |
| Nathan | Wheat wine | 48 | 9.70% | Barrel aged 14 months | |
| Sebastian B | Rauchbier | 26 | 5.30% |
– Remember, membership dues need to be made every calendar year. If you haven’t paid yet, then you can make a payment of $25 to Derek via paypal at derek@sudzers.org
– If you haven’t already, please join our Discord server at https://discord.gg/mBQ7smguu7. All official communication (meeting information, event information, etc.) will continue to go through the mailing list, but Discord provides us a convenient way to have smaller, quicker conversations, so we encourage you to join.
– All shared recipes can be found at https://sites.google.com/a/cloudyforecast.com/brewme/home. If you’d like to have your recipe shared on the site, then please email it in any format to recipe-share@sudzers.org. Full info can be found at http://www.sudzers.org/?page_id=2910
– For a list of all upcoming competitions, check out the Worts of Wisdoms’ calendar: http://www.wortsofwisdom.org/calendar/upcoming-homebrewers-competitions/
Sudzers August meeting
Hello, Sudzers!
This month’s meeting will be held at 4:00pm this Sunday, August 11th
at Steins Beer Garden in Mountain View.
http://steinsbeergarden.com/
895 Villa Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
As a reminder, club dues are collected on a calendar year basis.
Becoming a paid member gets you access to the special members-only events we do through the year.
Agenda:
– Derek will be collecting dues. If you would like to pay club dues, please send $25 via paypal to derek@sudzers.org or give him $25 in person this Sunday.
– Tour of Admiral Maltings.
– Logistics for the 2024 club brew.
– Date for Dark Matter vertical tasting.
– NCHF (9/20-9/22/2024)
– Homebrew evaluations. Remember to bring your recipe, since club members will have lots of questions. Sign in your beer along with your name and statistics (IBU, ABV, etc.). The info is optional, but helpful in determining tasting order.
Hope to see you all at Steins!
Sudzers July 2024 meeting notes
For our July meeting, we discussed this year’s club brew and other topics. Then we tasted four great homebrews. Thanks to Stein’s and everyone who showed up.
– Club brew: It’s still slated for early in the Fall. The recipe will be the biere de Noel we brewed the previous year. We will need members to provide two or three brewing systems to brew 15 gallons. Allen said he could host the brew session again at his house, but that other people would have to bring their brewing systems and take their fermentors home. There was some discussion about whether we would want to hold back several bottles/cans over the course of a couple of years in order to be able to have a vertical tasting of different batches. Some wondered if this beer (a kind of biere de garde) would hold up more than two years. Then there was some discussion about finding out how many members still had old bottles of Dark Matter and that it would be interesting to have a vertical tasting of those.
– Admiral Maltings tour: Stephan tried to contact them about a tour but didn’t have any luck. He will try again.
– Other business: The Worts of Wisdom sent an email asking if any Sudzers were interested in attending a potluck picnic they are holding in Sunnyvale on August 10. There was some interest, so Robert will let them know that they can send the Sudzers a link to the signup sheet. Robert will forward this on the Sudzers members email list. We also talked about the possibility of doing a barrel aging project; we would need a good place to store a barrel if we were to do this.
– The beers we tasted:
| Brewer | Beer Name | Beer Style | IBUs | ABV |
| Stephan | Umlauter Kolsch | Kolsch | ||
| Stephan | Cold Storage | Cold IPA | ||
| Stephan | Mowgli’s Black Cat IPA | Black IPA | ||
| Sebastian B | mixed fermentation golden ale with blackberry | fruit lambic | 6.2 |
– Remember, membership dues need to be made every calendar year. If you haven’t paid yet, then you can make a payment of $25 to Derek via paypal at derek@sudzers.org
– If you haven’t already, please join our Discord server at https://discord.gg/mBQ7smguu7. All official communication (meeting information, event information, etc.) will continue to go through the mailing list, but Discord provides us a convenient way to have smaller, quicker conversations, so we encourage you to join.
– All shared recipes can be found at https://sites.google.com/a/cloudyforecast.com/brewme/home. If you’d like to have your recipe shared on the site, then please email it in any format to recipe-share@sudzers.org. Full info can be found at http://www.sudzers.org/?page_id=2910
– For a list of all upcoming competitions, check out the Worts of Wisdoms’ calendar: http://www.wortsofwisdom.org/calendar/upcoming-homebrewers-competitions/
Sudzers July meeting
Hello, Sudzers!
This month’s meeting will be held at 4:00pm this Sunday, July 14th
at Steins Beer Garden in Mountain View.
http://steinsbeergarden.com/
895 Villa Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
As a reminder, club dues are collected on a calendar year basis.
Becoming a paid member gets you access to the special members-only events we do through the year.
Agenda:
– Collection of dues. Derek won’t be at this meeting, but you can
still pay dues by sending $25 via Paypal to derek@sudzers.org.
– Tour of Admiral Maltings.
– 2024 club brew.
– Homebrew evaluations. Remember to bring your recipe, since club members
will have lots of questions. Sign in your beer along with your name
and statistics (IBU, ABV, etc.). The info is optional, but helpful in
determining tasting order.
Hope to see you all at Steins!
Sudzers June 2024 meeting notes
For our June meeting, we discussed the upcoming Santa Clara County Fair Homebrew Competition. Then we tasted seven great homebrews. Thanks to Stein’s and everyone who showed up.
– The Santa Clara County Fair Homebrew Competition will be held Saturday, July 27. The deadline to register entries is June 26. Entries can be dropped off at Clandestine Brewing in San Jose through Friday, July 12. Entries will also be accepted at the Fiesta Hall at Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, Saturday, July 13 and Sunday, July 14. The Best of Show winner will get to have their beer brewed at Clandestine. For more details see: https://thefair.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Home-Brew-Competition-2024.pdf. Anyone interested in judging or stewarding can fill out the brief questionnaire at https://forms.gle/GMVkWT3NH7sPfV1n7 by June 30. If you’re willing to help with accepting entries at the fairgrounds you can contact Derek directly.
– Other business: Stephan will reach out to Admiral Maltings about a possible tour.
– The beers we tasted:
| Brewer | Beer Name | Beer Style | IBUs | ABV | Brewer Notes |
| Derek W | Mr. Redwood City Batch 7 | Honey Kolsch | 20 | 5.30% | |
| Peter P | Summer Nights | American Wheat | 30 | 5.5 | brewed with blackberries |
| Steve H | Mystery Belgian Dark | Belgian Dark | 20 | 6.30% | |
| Peter P | ESB | 40 | 6.9 | ||
| Adam & Maury | Full Nelson | IPA | 6.6 | ||
| Allen M | Jammer’s Juiced | NE IPA | 37 | 8.4 | Thiol Hazy w/ Helio Gazer and the 2020 Hops from Derek 🙂 |
| Robert R. | Black IPA | 68 | 6.40% |
– Remember, membership dues need to be made every calendar year. If you haven’t paid yet, then you can make a payment of $25 to Derek via paypal at derek@sudzers.org
– If you haven’t already, please join our Discord server at https://discord.gg/mBQ7smguu7. All official communication (meeting information, event information, etc.) will continue to go through the mailing list, but Discord provides us a convenient way to have smaller, quicker conversations, so we encourage you to join.
– All shared recipes can be found at https://sites.google.com/a/cloudyforecast.com/brewme/home. If you’d like to have your recipe shared on the site, then please email it in any format to recipe-share@sudzers.org. Full info can be found at http://www.sudzers.org/?page_id=2910
– For a list of all upcoming competitions, check out the Worts of Wisdoms’ calendar: http://www.wortsofwisdom.org/calendar/upcoming-homebrewers-competitions/
Sudzers June meeting
Hello, Sudzers!
This month’s meeting will be held at 4:00 pm this Sunday, June 9th at Steins Beer Garden in Mountain View.
http://steinsbeergarden.com/
895 Villa Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
As a reminder, club dues are collected on a calendar year basis.
Becoming a paid member gets you a discount at MoreBeer in Los Altos,
as well as access to the special members-only events we do through the
year.
Agenda:
– Derek will be collecting dues. If you would like to pay club dues, please send $25 via paypal to derek@sudzers.org or give him $25 in person this Sunday.
– Homebrew Competition at the Santa Clara County Fair.
– Tour of Admiral Maltings.
– Homebrew evaluations. Remember to bring your recipe, since club members
will have lots of questions. Sign in your beer along with your name
and statistics (IBU, ABV, etc.). The info is optional, but helpful in
determining tasting order.
Hope to see you all at Steins!
Sudzers May 2024 meeting notes
For our May meeting, we discussed the upcoming Santa Clara County Fair Homebrew Competition. Then we tasted eight great homebrews. Thanks to Stein’s and everyone who showed up.
– The Santa Clara County Fair Homebrew Competition will be held Saturday, July 27. The Sudzers are co-organizing it with The Grain Trust. Registration is open, and the deadline is June 26. Entries can be dropped off at Clandestine Brewing in San Jose through Friday, July 12. Entries will also be accepted at the Fiesta Hall at Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, Saturday, July 13 and Sunday, July 14. The Best of Show winner will get to have their beer brewed at Clandestine. For more details: https://thefair.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Home-Brew-Competition-2024.pdf. Anyone interested in judging or stewarding can fill out the brief questionnaire at https://forms.gle/GMVkWT3NH7sPfV1n7 by June 30. If you’re willing to help with accepting entries at the fairgrounds you can contact Derek directly.
– Other business: We briefly discussed the homebrew competition that was held at the San Mateo County Fair before the pandemic. Kevin will reach out to the organizers of the fair to see if there’s any interest in having a competition in the future. Another topic that came up was a possible field trip to Admiral Maltings in Alameda; Robert will take a look at this.
– The beers we tasted:
| Kevin S | Kolsch Style | Kolsch | 27 | 5.10% | |
| Mikael | Jamil’s Angel Wings | Mai BockOt | 28 | 5.60% | Kept a high mash temp for fuller beer |
| Dan | American Pre-prohibition Lager | 34 | 6.73% | Stalled at 1.018 for a month. bottled with bottling yeast. | |
| Kevin S | JAKs IPA | American IPA | 60 | 6.30% | |
| Adam + Maury | Dry Irish Stout w/ Coffee | 3.70% | |||
| Derek | Steve Is Delicious | English Barleywine | 20 | 15% | Attempted Double DBA clone |
| Kevin S. | BW | Berliner Weisse | 8 | 3.70% | |
| Derek | Rubus | Sour | 10 | 4.50% | Raspberry blonde brewed with Sourvisiae in 2022 |
– Remember, membership dues need to be made every calendar year. If you haven’t paid yet, then you can make a payment of $25 to Derek via paypal at derek@sudzers.org
– If you haven’t already, please join our Discord server at https://discord.gg/mBQ7smguu7. All official communication (meeting information, event information, etc.) will continue to go through the mailing list, but Discord provides us a convenient way to have smaller, quicker conversations, so we encourage you to join.
– All shared recipes can be found at https://sites.google.com/a/cloudyforecast.com/brewme/home. If you’d like to have your recipe shared on the site, then please email it in any format to recipe-share@sudzers.org. Full info can be found at http://www.sudzers.org/?page_id=2910
– For a list of all upcoming competitions, check out the Worts of Wisdoms’ calendar: http://www.wortsofwisdom.org/calendar/upcoming-homebrewers-competitions/
Robert