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Sudzer meeting this Friday (2/6)

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 January 2015 Meeting Notes

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.

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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 meeting this Friday (1/9)

Hello Sudzers!
Our January meeting will be held Friday, January 9th at 6:45PM 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:
6:45 – 7:15  ==> Membership renewal
7:15           ==> 2015 Events Calendar presented by Mike Conant
7:30           ==> Beer & Food Pairing Dinner – Jim Williams will provide details on this upcoming event.
7:45 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.

Congrats to new officers & HBOTY; change of venue for Thirsty 3rd Thursday

Thanks to all who participated in a delightful Christmas party last night – the gift exchange was the usual good time (with three separate bottles of barrel aged Narwhal being stolen a total of eight times!), and the food and beer were fantastic.

Hearty congratulations to the 2014 Sudzers Homebrewer of the Year Charles Stevens, whose name will be engraved on the Sudzer Cup.

20141213_214458Homebrewer of the Year Charles Stevens

Congratulations also to the 2015 club officers:
Jim Williams, CEO
Derek Wolfgram, COO
Pranab Shenoy, CCO (Chief Communications Officer)
Nick Osborne, CFO
Tim Topole, CTO
Mike Conant, CVO (Chief Events Officer)

Finally, thanks to outgoing 2014 officers: CEO Tyler Dassow and CTO Chris Quinn for your contributions over the past year.

 

20141213_214402Mike C (Chief Events Officer), Jim W (CEO), Derek W (COO), Tim T (CTO), Nick O (CFO), Pranab S (Chief Communications Officer), and Tyler D (outgoing CEO). Not Pictured: Chris Q (outgoing CTO)

In order to avoid visiting Mission Creek Brewing at Whole Foods on the evening of a Sharks game in December, we will defer that to a later month. However, everyone should go check it out on your own. People were raving about Guy’s Punch List Pale Ale last night as they consumed the three growlers that people brought to the party.

December’s Thirsty Third Thursday meetup (on the 18th) will be held at the tap room located inside the Cupertino Whole Foods store. Hope to see you there!

Sudzers Calendar on the fritz!

You may notice that the calendar on the right is misbehaving. While we work to remedy the problem, here are the December calendar events:

Fri. 12/5 – Regular monthly meeting is cancelled – no meeting

Wed. 12/10 – BJCP Study Class – Nick’s House – 7:30 pm

Sat. 12/13 – Sudzers Christmas Party – Nick’s House – 7 pm

Thu. 12/18 – Thirsty Third Thursday meetup – Whole Foods Market, 777 The Alameda, San Jose, 7 pm