Hello, Sudzers! In the final meeting of 2020, we had a light agenda, but had a great time hanging out, discussing HomebrewCon 2021, and tasting six delicious brews. Hope everyone has a great holiday and New Year, and thanks to everyone who showed up!

Business:
– Several members got together for a virtual brew day to brew this year’s batch of Dark Matter.
– As of now, Homebrew Con 2021 is on and will be held in San Diego. We’ll keep the club updated on whatever we learn. If all goes well, this would be a great opportunity for us to represent our club and finally hang out again in person. More info can be found at https://www.homebrewcon.org/
– Several of our members got together to share beers with each other. During the meeting, each brewer talked about their beer and got feedback from the people they shared it with. Thanks to everyone who participated!
– 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 WoW’s awesome calendar: http://www.wortsofwisdom.org/calendar/upcoming-homebrewers-competitions/

In all, we had six homebrews:

BREWER      BEER                                       IBUs  ABV
Netanel     Session New England IPA                    12    3.9%
Thom        Robbers & Doctors Farmhouse IPA            51    5.9%
Kevin       Farmhouse Saison                            5    7.74%
Robert C.   Dubbel Nature Belgian Dubbel               20    7.5%
Noah        Dank Star Triple NEPIA w/ strawberries     -     ~10%
Anil        Monkey's Rum Fruited Imperial Stout        40    10%

Hello, Sudzers! Our final meeting of the year will be held at 4:00pm this Sunday, December 20th through Zoom (details below). Hope to see you all there!

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:
– If you’d like to pay club dues, please send $25 via paypal to derek@sudzers.org.
– Don’t forget that this Sunday, we’re also going to have a Virtual Dark Matter Brew Day on Zoom. Tune in, brew a batch, and chat with your fellow club members. The Zoom meeting will start at 8:00am, and the details are below. Hope to see you all there!
– Cliff will give an update on the National Homebrew Con Competition.
– Several of our members will have gotten together to share beers with each other. During the meeting, each brewer will talk about their beer and get feedback from the people they shared it with.

Zoom details were sent to the mailing list.

Hello, Sudzers! Our next virtual meeting will be held at 4:00pm this Sunday, November 8th through Zoom (details below). Hope to see you all there!

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:
– If you’d like to pay club dues, please send $25 via paypal to derek@sudzers.org.
– Don’t forget that this Saturday, we’ll be doing a Virtual Brew Day on Zoom. Tune in, brew a batch, and chat with your fellow club members. Hope to see you all there! (Zoom details were sent to the mailing list.)
– Mikael and Chet will give a short update on the BJCP classes that have been going on.
– Several of our members will have gotten together to share beers with each other. During the meeting, each brewer will talk about their beer and get feedback from the people they shared it with.

Zoom details were sent to the mailing list.

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Hello, Sudzers! In October’s virtual meeting, we met several new members, had an awesome presentation about “Hazy Science”, discussed plans for an upcoming BJCP exam, and shared six delicious homebrews. Thanks to everyone who showed up!

Business:
– Welcome new members, Vickie and Thom!
– 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
– Mike C. and Cliff bottled the Solera brew. Robert C. will coordinate the bottle distribution to the members who contributed.
– Mike C. will send out a message to update us on bottling/refilling the barrel that’s currently storing a collab Saison.
– Robert C. and Derek W. will be coordinating the Dark Matter Bottling day.
– Mikael gave us an update on the BJCP exam prep. Details can be found at https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18Pm7NIFrEkFNXKrtpWhkTBIorHif803Q8QkbsRLCc-U/edit#slide=id.p1
– Jim Withee of GigaYeast (https://gigayeast.com/) gave a wonderful talk on Hazy Science. Thank you, Jim, I think we all learned a lot from it! We’ll send out the presentation to the list as soon as we get it.
– Several of our members got together to share beers with each other. During the meeting, each brewer talked about their beer and got feedback from the people they shared it with. Thanks to everyone who participated!
– 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 WoW’s awesome calendar: http://www.wortsofwisdom.org/calendar/upcoming-homebrewers-competitions/

In all, we had six homebrews:

BREWER      BEER                                       IBUs  ABV
Mikael      Wheats N' Fruit Wheat Beer                 9     5.6%
Robert R.   Best Bitter                                32    4.2%
Derek W.    American Wheat with Citra                  30    6.4%
Thom H.     Solo Sorachi, vol. 3 White IPA             51    6.5%
Robert C.   Glitchy SMASH Strong Pale Ale              50    6.7%
Mike C.     It's my party, I can Rye if I want to IPA  91    6.2%

Hello, Sudzers! Our next virtual meeting will be held at 4:00pm this Sunday, October 11th through Zoom. Hope to see you all there!

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:
– If you’d like to pay club dues, please send $25 via paypal to derek@sudzers.org.
– We’ll discuss whether we should do a virtual Dark Matter Brew Day.
– Mikael has confirmed with David Teckam that we can do a BJCP exam and will give a general overview of what the class will look like and what the exam will be like.
– Robert + Mike Conant will discuss distributing bottles of the Solera Brew to the members who contributed to it.
– Jim Withee of GigaYeast will discuss “Hazy Science: An everyman’s overview of the chemistry behind HAZY IPAs”.
– Several of our members will have gotten together to share beers with each other. During the meeting, each brewer will talk about their beer and get feedback from the people they shared it with.

Zoom details were sent to the mailing list.

Hello, Sudzers! In September’s virtual meeting, we discussed plans for an upcoming BJCP exam, heard from Clandestine’s Rob Conticello about his experience opening a brewery, and shared seven delicious homebrews. Thanks to everyone who showed up!

Business:
– 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
– Mikael is organizing another BJCP exam prep. If you’re interested in participating, please check out Roberts email and sign up at https://forms.gle/cZyJxqMkJdZexPQ9A
– Guest speaker Rob Conticello of Clandestine Brewing spoke about his experience opening a brewery. Thanks for all the insights, Rob! For any Sudzers, make sure to out Clandestine Brewing in San Jose (https://www.clandestinebrewing.com/)!
– Several of our members got together to share beers with each other. During the meeting, each brewer talked about their beer and got feedback from the people they shared it with. Thanks to everyone who participated!
– 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 WoW’s awesome calendar: http://www.wortsofwisdom.org/calendar/upcoming-homebrewers-competitions/

In all, we had seven homebrews:

BREWER      BEER                                       IBUs  ABV
Marcos      Vienna Lager                               25    5%
Mikael      Lemon Saison                               27    6.3%
Robert R.   Strong Saison                              26    7.8%
Anil        Mo Bettah Blume SMASH IPA                  44    6.2%
Robert C.   Cloud Compute Citra IPA (Weyermann Barke)  43    5.7%
Robert C.   Core Dump Citra IPA (Mecca Grade Pelton)   54    7.0%
Chet        Sour Wheat                                 10    7.8%

Hello, Sudzers! Our next virtual meeting will be held at 4:00pm this Sunday, September 13th through Zoom (details were sent to the mailing list). Hope to see you all there!

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:

• If you’d like to pay club dues, please send $25 via paypal to derek@sudzers.org.
• Cliff will give an update of homebrew comp news
• Guest speaker Rob Conticello of Clandestine Brewing will talk about his experience opening a brewery
• Several of our members will have gotten together to share beers with each other. During the meeting, each brewer will talk about their beer and get feedback from the people they shared it with.

See you Sunday!

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