For our April 13th meeting, there was a presentation on hop oils, and we tasted nine great homebrews. Thanks to Off the Rails and everyone who showed up.
- There were several announcements regarding homebrew competitions:
- World Cup of Beer: Allen Moore won 3rd place in the Imperial Stout category. Congrats!
- Santa Clara County Fair Homebrew Competition will be held July 26. Registration and scoring this year will be on the Beer Awards Platform.
- Alameda County Fair Homebrew Competition will be held May 31. For anyone interested in submitting entries, judging, or stewarding, information is available at: https://beerawardsplatform.com/acfhc-babo
- Big Brew Day Competition 2025. The WeizGuys Homebrew Club is organizing a club competition. Participating clubs will brew the same barley wine recipe on May 3 (Big Brew Day). I forwarded the email invite to the members list. If anyone is interested in participating in the competition, it can be discussed on Discord.
- Allen Moore gave a detailed presentation on hop oils and how to maximize hop flavors. The presentation prompted a lively discussion and included the tasting of 2 IPAs and 1 IPL. The slides are available on the Sudzers web site: https://www.sudzers.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Hop-Oils.pdf
- The beers we tasted:
| Brewer | Beer Name | Beer Style | IBUs | ABV | Brewer Notes |
| Stephan, Allen, Nathan | Duality | Cold IPA | 75 | 7.6 | 34/70 |
| Stephan, Allen, Nathan | Singularity | Cold IPA | 75 | 7.6 | Lunar Crush |
| Allen | Chuck’s Chillin | IPL | 64 | 7.5 | 34/70 |
| Stephan | TJ Cider | Cider | 5 | ||
| Stephan | TJ Cider w/ tart cherry | Cider | 5 | ||
| Derek | Cherry Honeycrisp | Cider | 6.30% | ||
| Mikael | Bb light | American Porter | 40 | 4 | |
| Robert R. | American Amber | 40 | 5.90% | Single hop (Mosaic) | |
| Adam + Maury | Rye Amber | 6.6 | Stephen’s recipe; https://www.campbellssite.com/beer/beverage.php?id=103 |
- 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/