Silicon Valley Sudzers Homebrew Club

We got together on the 12th for a small meeting and we tasted six great homebrews. Thanks to Stein’s and everyone who showed up.

• The club brew will now take place on Sunday January 19. Stay tuned for further details.

• Registration for this years World Cup of Beer is open. Details at: https://register.worldcupofbeer.com/

• The beers we tasted:

Brewer	Beer Name	Beer Style	IBUs	ABV	Brewer Notes
Adam Z.	Len’s Light Lager	American Light Lager	14	4.90%
Derek	Beers Make Life Better!	Marzen	20	5.40%
Mikael	Saison wo Raison	Saison	21	5.75%
Stephan	Frosted Kiwi	cold IPA		7.90%
Robert R.	Bière de Noël	Bière de garde	23	7.30%
Allen	Double Down Brown	Imperial Brown	43	10.50%	w/ hint of Vanilla and Cacao Nibs

• 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/

Hello, Sudzers!

Apologies for the short notice, but there will be a meeting this month after all, since the club brew had to be postponed. The meeting will be held at 4:00pm this Sunday, January 12 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:

– There isn’t a formal agenda. Attendees can make announcements or bring up topics for discussion before we get to the homebrew evaluations.

– 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 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 at Steins!

Sudzers CFO Derek W’s latest in a series of occasional beer columns from Los Altos Town Crier, featuring Thanksgiving pairings from Wondrous Brewing Company, Laughing Monk Brewing, Standard Deviant Brewing, and Oakland United Beerworks. Cheers!

Give thanks for holiday beer pairings

At our November meeting, we discussed this year’s club brew and the annual holiday party. Then we tasted four great homebrews. Thanks to Stein’s and everyone who showed up.

• Report on last month’s tour of Admiral Maltings: A group of us took a couple of Ubers to Admiral which is located in Alameda. It was an enjoyable outing, and we were given a tour of the facility which practices traditional floor malting. While there, we even got to see an employee turn the malt. The tasting room featured a number of beers and spirits made with Admiral’s malts.
• Annual holiday party: This year’s party will be held jointly with the Worts of Wisdom on December 7th at Clandestine Brewing. The event will begin at 4:30. It’ll be a potluck, and there will be a white elephant exchange.
• Club brew: The recipe will be the same bière de Noël 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. We chose to brew the beer Saturday, December 7th (before the party).
• The beers we tasted:

Brewer	Beer Name	Beer Style	IBUs	ABV	Brewer Notes
Robert		Rye IPA	65	6.50
Allen	Anne’s (not too) Pale Ale	Triple (West Coast) IPA	73	9.60	Thiolized with Simcoe in mash
Stephan	Karl’s Revenge	(Session???) Hazy	53	5.10	DDH hazy IPA with undershot OG
Kevin	CA Hazy Daze	CA Hazy IPA?	60?	6.5	West Coast / Hazy Fusion

• 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/

Hello, Sudzers!

This month’s meeting will be held at 4:00pm this Sunday, November 10th
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 won’t be at the meeting, but if you would like to pay club dues, please send $25 via paypal to derek@sudzers.org.

– Report on last month’s tour of Admiral Maltings.

– 2024 club brew.

– Joint holiday party with the Worts of Wisdom at Clandestine (12/7)

– 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!

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. 

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/

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!

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/

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!