We met last Sunday (8/10) at Alpha Acid Brewing and tasted eight great homebrews. Thanks to Alpha Acid Brewing and everyone who showed up.
- Future meeting locations: The saga continues. Steins will be closing at some point, and a franchise Mexican restaurant will be taking over the space. We discussed the pluses and minuses of some of the places we were at over the last several months. The general consensus was that maybe we could alternate between Clandestine Brewing in San Jose and another location further up the Peninsula. To be continued…
- Members discussed the All Club Picnic that DOZE is organizing for Sunday, August 17 (11:00-4:00) at Martinez Waterfront Park. It didn’t sound like anyone was planning on going, since Martinez is quite a drive from the South Bay and the Penninsula.
- NCSH (9/19-9/21). Several members said they will be attending. Those planning on going can coordinate via Discord.
- Santa Clara County Fair Homebrew Competition wrap-up: The competition (sponsored by the Sudzers and Grain Trust) went well with 48 beers judged. A number of Sudzers won medals: Adam C., Stephan and Allen, Kevin S., Stephan, Adam Z., Robert, Allen and Nathan. Congratulations! And a shout out to Derek for his role in organizing the competition.
- The beers we tasted:
| Brewer | Beer Name | Beer Style | IBUs | ABV | Brewer Notes |
| Stephan | Kolsch | Kolsch | 5.8 | ||
| Mikael | Saisonstein farmbeer | Saisonish | 36 | 5.8 | |
| Kevin S | Afternoon Delight | session ipa | 49 | 5.2 | |
| Adam Z | WC IPA | WC IPA | 60 | 6.8 | |
| Stephan and Allen | Cold IPA | singularity | 8 | Lunar crush | |
| Mikael | Butte porter | Porter | 40 | 4 | Older bottle conditioned |
| Robert | English porter | 27 | 4.7 | ||
| Kevin S | JAKs Porter | American porter | 39 | 5.9 |
- 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/