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.
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.
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.
For our July meeting, we discussed this year’s club brew and other topics. Then we tasted four great homebrews. Thanks to Stein’s and everyone who showed up.
– Club brew: It’s still slated for early in the Fall. The recipe will be the biere de Noel we brewed the previous year. We will need members to provide two or three brewing systems to brew 15 gallons. Allen said he could host the brew session again at his house, but that other people would have to bring their brewing systems and take their fermentors home. There was some discussion about whether we would want to hold back several bottles/cans over the course of a couple of years in order to be able to have a vertical tasting of different batches. Some wondered if this beer (a kind of biere de garde) would hold up more than two years. Then there was some discussion about finding out how many members still had old bottles of Dark Matter and that it would be interesting to have a vertical tasting of those.
– Admiral Maltings tour: Stephan tried to contact them about a tour but didn’t have any luck. He will try again.
– Other business: The Worts of Wisdom sent an email asking if any Sudzers were interested in attending a potluck picnic they are holding in Sunnyvale on August 10. There was some interest, so Robert will let them know that they can send the Sudzers a link to the signup sheet. Robert will forward this on the Sudzers members email list. We also talked about the possibility of doing a barrel aging project; we would need a good place to store a barrel if we were to do this.
– The beers we tasted:
Brewer
Beer Name
Beer Style
IBUs
ABV
Stephan
Umlauter Kolsch
Kolsch
Stephan
Cold Storage
Cold IPA
Stephan
Mowgli’s Black Cat IPA
Black IPA
Sebastian B
mixed fermentation golden ale with blackberry
fruit lambic
6.2
– 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.
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:
– Collection of dues. Derek won’t be at this meeting, but you can still pay dues by sending $25 via Paypal to derek@sudzers.org.
– Tour of Admiral Maltings.
– 2024 club brew.
– 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.
For our June meeting, we discussed the upcoming Santa Clara County Fair Homebrew Competition. Then we tasted seven great homebrews. Thanks to Stein’s and everyone who showed up.
– The Santa Clara County Fair Homebrew Competition will be held Saturday, July 27. The deadline to register entries is June 26. Entries can be dropped off at Clandestine Brewing in San Jose through Friday, July 12. Entries will also be accepted at the Fiesta Hall at Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, Saturday, July 13 and Sunday, July 14. The Best of Show winner will get to have their beer brewed at Clandestine. For more details see: https://thefair.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Home-Brew-Competition-2024.pdf. Anyone interested in judging or stewarding can fill out the brief questionnaire at https://forms.gle/GMVkWT3NH7sPfV1n7 by June 30. If you’re willing to help with accepting entries at the fairgrounds you can contact Derek directly.
– Other business: Stephan will reach out to Admiral Maltings about a possible tour.
– The beers we tasted:
Brewer
Beer Name
Beer Style
IBUs
ABV
Brewer Notes
Derek W
Mr. Redwood City Batch 7
Honey Kolsch
20
5.30%
Peter P
Summer Nights
American Wheat
30
5.5
brewed with blackberries
Steve H
Mystery Belgian Dark
Belgian Dark
20
6.30%
Peter P
ESB
40
6.9
Adam & Maury
Full Nelson
IPA
6.6
Allen M
Jammer’s Juiced
NE IPA
37
8.4
Thiol Hazy w/ Helio Gazer and the 2020 Hops from Derek 🙂
Robert R.
Black IPA
68
6.40%
– 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.
As a reminder, club dues are collected on a calendar year basis. Becoming a paid member gets you a discount at MoreBeer in Los Altos, as well as 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.
– Homebrew Competition at the Santa Clara County Fair.
– Tour of Admiral Maltings.
– 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.
For our May meeting, we discussed the upcoming Santa Clara County Fair Homebrew Competition. Then we tasted eight great homebrews. Thanks to Stein’s and everyone who showed up.
– The Santa Clara County Fair Homebrew Competition will be held Saturday, July 27. The Sudzers are co-organizing it with The Grain Trust. Registration is open, and the deadline is June 26. Entries can be dropped off at Clandestine Brewing in San Jose through Friday, July 12. Entries will also be accepted at the Fiesta Hall at Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, Saturday, July 13 and Sunday, July 14. The Best of Show winner will get to have their beer brewed at Clandestine. For more details: https://thefair.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Home-Brew-Competition-2024.pdf. Anyone interested in judging or stewarding can fill out the brief questionnaire at https://forms.gle/GMVkWT3NH7sPfV1n7 by June 30. If you’re willing to help with accepting entries at the fairgrounds you can contact Derek directly.
– Other business: We briefly discussed the homebrew competition that was held at the San Mateo County Fair before the pandemic. Kevin will reach out to the organizers of the fair to see if there’s any interest in having a competition in the future. Another topic that came up was a possible field trip to Admiral Maltings in Alameda; Robert will take a look at this.
– The beers we tasted:
Kevin S
Kolsch Style
Kolsch
27
5.10%
Mikael
Jamil’s Angel Wings
Mai BockOt
28
5.60%
Kept a high mash temp for fuller beer
Dan
American Pre-prohibition Lager
34
6.73%
Stalled at 1.018 for a month. bottled with bottling yeast.
Kevin S
JAKs IPA
American IPA
60
6.30%
Adam + Maury
Dry Irish Stout w/ Coffee
3.70%
Derek
Steve Is Delicious
English Barleywine
20
15%
Attempted Double DBA clone
Kevin S.
BW
Berliner Weisse
8
3.70%
Derek
Rubus
Sour
10
4.50%
Raspberry blonde brewed with Sourvisiae in 2022
– 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.
As a reminder, club dues are collected on a calendar year basis. Becoming a paid member gets you a discount at MoreBeer in Los Altos, as well as 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.
– Homebrew Competition at the Santa Clara County Fair (Derek)
– 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.
For our April meeting, Derek distributed several pounds of 2020 Mosaic and 2020 NZ Nelson Sauvin hop pellets from Half Moon Bay Brewing and we discussed an off flavor. Then we tasted ten great homebrews and one cider. Thanks to Stein’s and everyone who showed up.
– Congratulations to Sebastian for winning first place in Belgian Ales (with a Single) and in Historical Beers (with a Piwo Grodzskie) at the World Cup of Beer last month. And congratulations to Peter for winning first place in the Saison category at the World Cup of Beer. The same beer won Best of Show at the Steins Homebrew Competition last month as well.
– Off flavor of the month was isovaleric acid which gives beer a cheesy or sweatsock aroma. Thanks to Mikael for putting this together.
– Dan demonstrated his DIY sparge head.
– Alan, Sebastian, Stephan, and Nathan brought bottles of an American pale that they brewed and split into four batches to see what differences different fermentation systems and dry hopping schedules make. The differences between the beers were quite noticeable and prompted much discussion.
– The beers we tasted:
Brewer
Beer Name
Beer Style
IBUs
ABV
Brewer Notes
Peter
Mostly Ryeght
Saison
26
4.80%
brewed with rye
Mikael
Slaughterbranch Spelt
Saison
31
5.20%
30% spelt malt
Derek
Mr. Redwood City
Honey Kolsch
25
5.90%
Charlie
Playhouse Fog Nozzle
Hazy IPA
21
5.90%
Nathan
Quad Squad Collab
APA
50
6.00%
Brewed Together, Fermented and Dry Hopped Separately
Sebastian
Quad Squad Collab
APA
50
6.00%
Brewed Together, Fermented and Dry Hopped Separately
Allen
Quad Squad Collab
APA
50
6.00%
Brewed Together, Fermented and Dry Hopped Separately
Stephan
Quad Squad Collab
APA
50
6.00%
Brewed Together, Fermented and Dry Hopped Separately
Charlie
Star of Citria
American IPA
65
7.00%
With anise and orange zest
Tim
Smoke
Imperial Smoked Porter
60
11.00%
Smoked Grains Cherrywood & Beechwood
Dan
Commercial Bend cider Co
Apricot Cider
6.70%
– 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.