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Nick continued to distribute the fantastic Dark Matter t-shirts that all 2014 paid club members were eligible to receive as a benefit of membership.

Upcoming club events include March 19 Thirsty Third Thursday (location TBD – either Mission Creek Brewing or Harry’s Hofbrau San Jose – watch the email list for details a few days before), a members-only vertical tasting of Bigfoot, and an April SF public transit pub crawl led by Charles. Dates for the pub crawl were narrowed down to April 18 or 19 – Charles will poll the email list before making a final decision.

As the club explores a move to potential new meeting locations later this year, we thanked Nick for many great years of hosting at his house. More information will be forthcoming from club officers, but anyone with suggestions for potential meeting places was asked to contact any of the club officers (Jim W, Derek W, Nick O, Pranab S, Tim T, or Mike C).

Beers tasted included both commercial brews from club members as well as homebrews:

Nic M’s Choco Chocolate Milk Stout

Adam C’s Burnt Sugar Cider

David P’s (Rock Bottom) Vanilla Brown Ale

Derek W’s Kiss Me I’m Shitfaced Oak Aged Milk Stout with Whiskey and Vanilla

Rob C’s (Clandestine) Session Barleywine

Nic M’s Oaky Bourbon Barrel Porter

David P’s (Rock Bottom) Oaked Pumpkin Ale

David P’s (Rock Bottom) Double Belgian IPA

Jared’s New Nunutiny Stout

Tonight’s monthly Sudzers meeting will be held at Nick’s house,
beginning at 7 pm. Need the address or directions? Email
moresimcoe@sudzers.org. Don’t forget to carpool if possible to make
sure there’s enough parking to go around.

Agenda:

7 pm: Social time and distribution of Dark Matter shirts

7:30 pm: Club business
-Upcoming Events
-March 19, Thirsty Third Thursday
-March 20, Bigfoot Vertical Tasting (members only)
-April public transit pub crawl with Charles
-Upcoming meeting locations

8:00 pm: Homebrew evaluations. Reminder: Bring your recipe – club
members will have lots of questions! Sign your beer in on the
whiteboard along with your name and statistics (IBU, ABV, etc. –
optional, but helpful in determining tasting order)

After homebrew evaluations: more social time/informal commercial brew
sharing. Always welcome: homebrews from any style to share. Don’t have
any homebrew on hand right now? Feel free to bring other interesting
brews you’ve picked up. Don’t have a beer to bring? Please bring some
snacks to share.

Sudzers COO Derek’s monthly column from the Los Altos Town Crier: Pro and not-yet-pro brewers turn out for local beer events.

http://www.losaltosonline.com/special-sections2/sections/food-a-wine/49649-pro-and-not-yet-pro-brewers-turn-out-for-local-beer-events

Hello Sudzers!

Our February meeting will be held Friday, February 6th at 7PM at Nick’s house. Need the address or directions? Email moresimcoe@sudzers.org. Don’t forget to carpool if possible to make sure there’s enough parking to go around.

Meeting agenda:
BJCP Exam Report
Updates on the beer food pairing – Chris
Steins beer competition – Ryan
Dark Beer Competition – Pranab
Big Foot Vertical Tasting – Nick

Announcements:
AHA Rally @ Magnolia – Feb 7
SF Beer Week – Feb 7 – 15th
San Jose Craft Beer Festival – Feb 28th

8PM Homebrew evaluations. Reminder: Bring your recipe – club members will have lots of questions! Sign your beer in on the whiteboard along with your name and statistics (IBU, ABV, etc. – optional, but helpful in determining tasting order)

After homebrew evaluations: more social time/informal commercial brew sharing. Always welcome: homebrews from any style to share. Don’t have any homebrew on hand right now? Feel free to bring other interesting brews you’ve picked up. Don’t have a beer to bring? Please bring some snacks to share.

Sudzers COO Derek W’s latest column from the Los Altos Town Crier:

Aging big beers develops complex flavors

We kicked off the first meeting of 2015 with Mike Conant presenting the Sudzers Events Calendar for the year. We are hoping Sudzers members will join us and make these events a lot of fun. Members who could not attend the January meeting and would like to volunteer for any of the events please reach out to us at moresimcoe@sudzers.org.

Jim Williams presented the Food & Beer pairing event that will be held on February 21st. The event is setup as a potluck with the food categories being an appetizer, salad, main course and dessert. Sudzers in attendance were encouraged to pair up and decide on the food and beer pairing. Both homebrews and commercial beers are allowed. A signup sheet was passed around and we already have most of the food categories covered. Members participating in this event by either bringing a food preperation or beer will be given ten Sudzer dollars each for the beer and food. Sudzer dollars can then be used to pay towards club memberships, t-shrits and other club goodies through the year. If you were not present at this meeting and would like to participate please reach out to us at moresimcoe@sudzers.org.

Homebrews presented:

• Nick – One Legged Bimbo – Hoppy Blonde
• Vern – Brown Ale
• Jim – Rye PA – I2PA
• Jim – Bid Red – I2PA
• Derek & Steve H – Dogfish Head 90min IPA
• Chris L – Half IPA
• Charles – Mike’s Russian Imperial Stout
• Jared C – I P Freely – IPA
• Justin – Jagged Little Pils – Pilsner
• Justin – Bockout – Dopplebock
• Adam – Saison
• Bill & Mikael – #63 MT West Coast – APA
• Bill & Mikael – #636 Hoppy Wild – APA
• Paul – Mirror Pond Ale – Pale Ale
• Tyler – Flashback IPA
• Derek W – Pale Ale

Sudzers COO Derek W’s latest column from the Los Altos Town Crier:

Take a walk on the sour side: Beers offer a palate shock worth seeking

In deference to the new years holiday, which includes travel and/or drinking plans for many Sudzers, our monthly meeting will be moved to the 2nd Friday, 1/9.

Cheers, and Happy New Year!