President Tyler shared the details of the upcoming April 14 BBQ Beer Competition event at SlowHand BBQ, featuring six Sudzers-brewed beers using malts smoked with BBQ meats. The day should be great for BBQ and beer lovers alike. Details are available on the event’s Facebook page.
Rather than hosting a spring brew day at someone’s house, we have decided to brew on the “death star” brew system at MoreBeer in Los Altos on Saturday, May 4 as an official event of the American Homebrewers Association “Big Brew” Day. Jim agreed to be the lead brewer for this event, and is considering a Pliny the Younger clone recipe as the beer to be brewed.
The Sudzers will also brew at MoreBeer during the ever-popular summer sale on Saturday, July 13. Nathan will take charge of this brew day.
Finally, the Sudzers will plan on doing a brewing demonstration on Saturday, August 3 during the first annual Silicon Valley Beer Week from July 28 – August 3, 2013, which will feature beer events throughout the South Bay. Depending on how the organizers decide to structure events during the week, we may brew at MoreBeer or we may have the opportunity to have a demonstration booth at the KraftBrew fest in downtown San Jose. Details to come. Derek volunteered to head up this event.
The group decided to visit Steins Beer Garden in Mountain View for the April 18 Thirsty Third Thursday meetup.
Vern gave a very comprehensive presentation on sanitation, sharing some of his homemade tools and adapted musical instrument cleaning gear, as well as highlighting some pieces of brewery equipment that brewers sometimes forget to be attentive to. His presentation is available here.
Fourteen homebrews were shared by group members, including first-time attendee John who brought it big time with four beers!
The lineup:
Chris’s Angry Leprechaun Irish Red (one of the brews for the BBQ Beer Competition)
Joe’s J&J Cider
Austin’s HeyCat pale ale with HBC 342 hops
Vern’s IPAWD amber ale
John’s Calamity Jane Hefeweizen with lavender
John’s Pugilist Irish Red
Jim & Jason’s clone of Janet’s Brown Ale
John’s Dustbowl Oaked Stout
John’s Pony Express Coffee Oatmeal Stout
Doug H’s Whiskey Donut Stout with maple syrup
Anna & Fuad’s Double Date Belgian Dubbel, brewed with dates in place of candi sugar
Tyler’s experimental C2 stout with Cocoa nibs & coffee
Tyler’s experimental C2V stout with Cocoa nibs, cinnamon, and vanilla
Tyler’s Pliny the Onion Double IPA