Special thanks to Ted at Steins Beer Garden and his terrific staff for
hosting us
Welcome to new attendees Bill, Kevin, and Sue
Susie C. talked about the BJCP exam preparation class that she and
Steve C. will be teaching. The BCJP exam now consists of three parts:
the Online Entrance Exam, the Tasting/Judging Exam, and the written
exam. The class will focus on the Judging exam, and all participants
are encouraged to visit bjcp.org and take the online exam, which
consists of 200 questions in one hour. The exam costs $10 (or three
tries for $20), and can be taken as many times as necessary until you
pass. The exam list is full, but you can get on a wait list by
contacting Derek W. You don’t need to be signed for the exam to take
the class, but you will need to pay to offset the cost of reviewing 27
styles in 5 meetings! The first meeting is Wednesday September 17 at 7
pm at Nick’s house. Susie will send out more details.
September’s Thirsty Third Thursday meetup/Northern California
Homebrewers Festival Warm-Up will be September 18 at Harry’s Hofbrau
San Jose
Northern California Homebrewers Festival September 19-20: Mike C
is organizing for the 40 Sudzers and guests who are attending. He will
send out more details soon – please contact him with questions.
Beer Pairing Dinner, Nov 1st:
5 courses
Appetizer: Shrimp/veggie kabobs with IPA
Soup with ? beer style
Salad course (including Sudzers barrel Flanders Red dressing) with Saison
Beef Stew with dry stout
Spent Grain bread
Chocolate dessert with Russian Imperial Stout and/or Coconut porter
Contact Justin V or Chris Q to volunteer to prepare a dish and/or beer
– the club will pay for ingredients
Dark Matter Brew Day will be held mid to late November at Mike C’s
house in Aptos – details to follow.
Los Altos Hills Hoedown:
Need to hook up a Jockey box – tomorrow. West wind barn on Moody. Set
up around 14:00. Steve C will set up.
Homebrew tasting:
Adam C – Autumn Brown Bitter, made from the second runnings of a
strong Scotch ale, with carrot cake spices added
Matt – Porter with Pandan extract
Justin – 3 Philosophers clone