Sudzers CFO Derek W’s latest monthly column from the Town Crier:
Beers, too, are going rosé all day
Sudzers August 2019 meeting notes
Hello, Sudzers! In August’s meeting, we met a few new members and tasted eight delicious brews. Thanks to everyone who showed up!
Business:
- Welcome new members, Eric and Guy!
- Derek collected membership dues. Dues must be paid each calendar year and can still be made to Derek via paypal at derek@sudzers.org
- Derek had shirts for sale: $5 for t-shirts and $10 for polos. What a deal!
- We went into some details about NCHF and why everyone should go! If you haven’t already, check out https://www.nchfinfo.org/ for info on how to get tickets. If you are going, please fill out the details in the planning sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/130pkvjSITD64khCZkJxtkPr5m3MqTfP4sKTKUZL3QdY/edit?usp=sharing
- Reminder, next month we’ll be focusing on Oktoberfest/Festbiers. So if you haven’t brewed and want to participate, then please do so soon!
- 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 eight brews:
BREWER BEER IBUs ABV Evan and Sara Solera Base 20 4.5% Mikael Kveik & Easy Pale Ale 37 4.9% Derek W. Citra Maris SMASH AmerEnglishish IPA 40 5% Steve & Derek H. Y27 Saison 10 6% Robert Sorachi Ace Saison ~30 5.9% Adam Saison(?) - 7.2% Chet Altbier - 7% Robert C. Double Double Kveik DIPA 48 8%
Thanks to Steins and everyone that showed up!
Sudzers August 2019 meeting
Hello, Sudzers! Our next meeting will be held at 4:00pm this Sunday, August 11th at Steins Beer Garden in Mountain View. Hope to see you all there!
http://steinsbeergarden.com/
895 Villa Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
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 dues, please send $25 via paypal to derek@sudzers.org or bring cash with you to the meeting
- Derek has shirts for sale: $5 for t-shirts and $10 for polos. What a deal!
- We’ll discuss planning for NCHF (https://www.nchfinfo.org/).
- Cliff will give us an update on upcoming competitions.
- Just a reminder, we’re planning on having Oktoberfest/Festbiers at September’s meeting; so if you haven’t brewed, please do so soon!
- Homebrew evaluations. Remember, bring your recipe – 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.
See you Sunday!
Summer suds: Lagers offer easy drinking with clean, simple flavors, from the Los Altos Town Crier
Sudzers CFO Derek W’s latest monthly column from the Los Altos Town Crier:
Summer suds: Lagers offer easy drinking with clean, simple flavors
Cheers!
Sudzers July 2019 meeting notes
Hello, Sudzers! In July’s meeting, we met a new members, learned about Festbier/Marzen, and tasted twenty-one delicious brews. Thanks to everyone who showed up!
Business:
- Welcome new member, Erik!
- Derek collected membership dues. Dues must be paid each calendar year and can still be made to Derek via paypal at derek@sudzers.org
- Derek had shirts for sale: $5 for t-shirts and $10 for polos. What a deal!
- Derek did the final distribution for Dark Matter bottles to all paid 2018 members.
- Derek discussed ideas for a new Sudzer shirt. Robert will be sending out a survey to gather feedback/ideas on the shirt, but if you’re interested in designing it, please email Derek at derek@sudzers.org
- We briefly discussed planning for NCHF (https://www.nchfinfo.org/). Tickets went on sale at 10:00am yesterday Sunday, July 14th. If you missed them, they will go on sale again at 10:00am, July 20th.
- We discussed the idea of an equipment swap meet. We hope to get other clubs involved and are looking to hold this at a local brewery. Robert will send out a request for volunteers to help organize this.
- The Fourth Annual Firefighters Chili Cookoff and Homebrew Competition (https://www.wortsofwisdom.org/chilicomp/) is open for registration until August 3rd.
- The Santa Cruz County Fair is also open for registration: https://www.santacruzcountyfair.com/fair-time/attend/2019-entry-guides scroll down to the Homebrew section for details. Cliff volunteered to drop off bottles if you want to give them to him at the next meeting.
- Robert gave a presentation (http://www.sudzers.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Kolsch-history-and-details.pptx) on Kolsch, and we got to try a commercial example along with six of our homebrewed examples.
- Robert also gave a presentation (http://www.sudzers.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Oktoberfest_Festbier.pptx) on Festbier/Marzen; which will be our beer-of-focus for September’s meeting. So, please plan on brewing early if you’d like to share it in two months.
- 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 twenty-one brews:
BREWER BEER IBUs ABV Robert Kolsch 24 4.6% Stephan Kolsch 26 4.8% Elan Kolsch 28 4.9% Cliff Kolsch 30 5% Sara & Evan Kolsch 28 5.4% Chet Kolsch 28 ~6% Sara & Evan LoKo Loquat Kolsch 28 5.6% David W. Walla Walla Hefeweizen 15 5% Robert Lemon Drop Blonde Ale 24 4.9% Cliff Rye Table Beer 30 4% Kevin Young Lager Kellerbier 49 4.7% Derek W. Shrill Single Pale Wit 30 5.1% Derek W. Saffron Shrill Single Pale Wit 30 5.1% Eric R. Saison D'ete ? 5% David W. Saison I 30 6% Steve & Derek H. Y72 Saison ~30 6.3% Adam Schwarzbier ? 6.3% Anil Darker Shade of Pale APA 45 6.5% Charles D. Haze Grey & Underway IPA w/ tea 28 6.4% Noah Dank side IPA w/ black apricots ~40 6.8% Anil BBA Imperial Porter 58 9.8%
Thanks to Steins and everyone that showed up!
Sudzers July 2019 meeting
Hello, Sudzers! Our next meeting will be held at 4:00pm this Sunday, July 14th at Steins Beer Garden in Mountain View. Hope to see you all there!
http://steinsbeergarden.com/
895 Villa Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
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:
- Remember, if you brewed a Kolsch, then please bring it to this meeting! We’ll be tasting our homebrewed versions along with a commercial version.
- If you’d like to pay dues, please send $25 via paypal to derek@sudzers.org or bring cash with you to the meeting
- Derek has shirts for sale: $5 for t-shirts and $10 for polos. What a deal!
- Derek will be distributing Dark Matter imperial stout to 2018 dues-paying members. The July meeting will be the last meeting to which Derek will bring the Dark Matter. If you have not yet received your bottles and cannot make the July meeting please contact derek@sudzers.org to make arrangements to get your bottles. Any unclaimed bottles as of the end of July will become property of the club for further distribution, use at club events, etc. Thanks!
- Derek will discuss Sudzers work-shirts.
- We’ll discuss planning for NCHF (https://www.nchfinfo.org/). Tickets go on sale at 10:00am this Sunday, July 14th and again at 10:00am, July 20th.
- We’ll discuss organizing a committee on creating an annual swap meet.
- Cliff will give us an update on upcoming competitions.
- Robert will present on best practices for brewing Oktoberfest/Festbier in preparation for the September meeting
- Homebrew evaluations. Remember, bring your recipe – 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.
See you Sunday!
Eureka’s The Booth Brewing expands beyond its South Korean origins, from the Los Altos Town Crier
Sudzers CFO Derek W’s latest column for the Los Altos Town Crier features The Booth Brewing Co. in Eureka, CA by way of Seoul. 건배! Cheers!
Eureka’s The Booth Brewing expands beyond its South Korean origins
Sudzers June 2019 meeting notes
Hello, Sudzers! In June’s meeting, we met some new members, learned all about hops, and tasted seven delicious brews. Thanks to everyone who showed up!
Business:
- Welcome new member, Noah, Xabriel, and Luisa!
- Derek collected membership dues. Dues must be paid each calendar year and can still be made to Derek via paypal at derek@sudzers.org
- Derek had shirts for sale: $5 for t-shirts and $10 for polos. What a deal!
- Derek distributed Dark Matter bottles to all paid 2018 members.
- Derek discussed ideas for a new Sudzer shirt. If you’re interested in designing it, please email Derek at derek@sudzers.org
- Last month, Mikael gave a talk about Kolsch. If you brewed one, please bring it to July’s meeting.
- Cliff still needs 5-10 gallons for the wild-ale Solera project. If you’re interested in participating, please email Cliff (cliffesullivan@gmail.com) soon, as he needs your beer ASAP.
- The Northern California Homebrewers Festival (http://www.nchfinfo.org/) is coming up September 20-22. We’ll send out a message when we learn more about when tickets go on sale.
- David F. gave a great talk on “Hops: Basic Favor Descriptors and Understanding IBUs”. Check out the presentation at https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1PXm0gd1ED-BFbRsWz7qCY4trFELIPD0UEGDhA50Zm20/edit?usp=sharing
- 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 brews:
BREWER BEER IBUs ABV Xabriel No name Munich Dunkel 21 3.7% Kevin Little London Brown 21 4.2% Derek W. 1826 Berliner Braun Bitterbier 60 5% Mikael & Bill BUD on Warp Milkshake IPA 35 6.5% Kevin Beermosa Premix NEIPA 57 6.3% Stephan Melon Man V2 NEIPA ?? 6% Noah' Pliny the Elderberry W Coast IPA ~75 8%
Thanks to Steins and everyone that showed up!
Sudzers June 2019 meeting
Hello, Sudzers! Our next meeting will be held at 4:00pm this Sunday, June 9th at Steins Beer Garden in Mountain View. Hope to see you all there!
http://steinsbeergarden.com/
895 Villa Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
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 dues, please send $25 via paypal to derek@sudzers.org or bring cash with you to the meeting
- Derek has shirts for sale: $5 for t-shirts and $10 for polos. What a deal!
- Derek will have Dark Matter to distribute to 2018 paid members.
- Derek will discuss whether we want to have a new club shirt
- Initial Northern California Homebrewers Festival (NCHF) planning
- Steve H. will discuss the upcoming Santa Clara County Fair competition, in which the Sudzers will play a big part in organizing and judging
- David Fortune will be giving a SudTalk on “Hops: Basic Favor Descriptors and Understanding IBUs”
- Remember if you brew, or plan on brewing a Kolsch, please bring it to July’s meeting!
- Homebrew evaluations. Remember, bring your recipe – 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.
See you Sunday!
Sudzers May 2019 meeting notes
Hello, Sudzers! In May’s meeting, we met a new member, learned about Kolsch and heterofermentative yeast, and tasted seventeen delicious brews. Thanks to everyone who showed up!
Business:
- Welcome new member, Charles!
- Remember, dues ($25) must be paid each calendar year and can still be made via paypal at derek@sudzers.org
- Robert announced a new meeting presentation type, where every two months, someone presents about a particular style. The hope is that we get a good number of members to brew that style for the meeting held two months after the presentation. This meeting, Mikael discussed Kolsch (http://www.sudzers.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Kolsch.pptx). If you plan on brewing a Kolsch, please bring it to the July meeting.
- We’re still looking for volunteers to present about Festbier/Oktoberfest, Stouts, and British Bitters. Please let myself or Robert know if you’re interested in covering any of these styles.
- Cliff and Mike Conant are organizing a wild-ale Solera project. If you’re interested in participating, then please email Cliff (cliffesullivan@gmail.com) soon, as he needs your beer at next month’s meeting.
- Congratulations to all new BJCP judges, and thanks, Mikael, for organizing everything!
- David W. gave a wonderful talk on Heterofermentative Yeast. Check out the presentation at (https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YsOZLf_cD757_9JSin59TBNXGL1HZH0kzgK2YuSXygo/edit?usp=sharing) and the original paper at (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0740002017302952).
- As a reminder, registration closes for the World Cup of Beer on June 5th: https://www.worldcupofbeer.com/
- 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 seventeen brews:
BREWER BEER IBUs ABV Cliff Little Yellow Lite Lager 25 4.5% David W. Maibock 25 7.5% Adam Coconut Schwarzbier - 6.3% Adam Kviek IPA w/ Lemondrop hops - 7.5% Liza A Kelis Tribute Mango Milkshake IPA - 7.1% Christy Watermelon Gose 5 5% Charles D. American IPA 81-86 6% David W. Plum Bum, Golden Sour w/ Plums 10 6% Christy Sour Cherry Golden Sour w/ Cherry 30 7.5% Cliff Black Lager 30 5.5% Christy Desecration Dark Sour 25 9.5% Christy Boozy Barrel-aged Belgian Tripel 25 10% Robert Unnamed Porter 28 6.5% Robert Smoked Unnamed Porter 28 6.5% Robert Cocao Nib Unnamed Porter 28 6.5% Evan and Sara Oat St. Stout/porter 48 4.2% Charles D. Nathanz Coffee Milk Stout 25 3.3%
Thanks to Steins and everyone that showed up!