Sudzers CFO Derek W’s latest column from the Los Altos Town Crier
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Sudzers June 2017 meeting notes
In June’s meeting, we welcomed three new members, held an Anchor Steam Clone/California Common competition containing eleven homebrews, and then tasted six more delicious brews. Thanks to everyone who showed up!
Business:
– Derek W. is accepting 2017 dues. Reach out to him at derek.wolfgram@gmail.com if you’d like to pay.
– We’re looking for volunteers to help organize and judge the Santa Clara County Fair Homebrew competition this Summer. Reach out to Steve H. at Stephen.Hutzler@power.com if you’d like to volunteer.
– Tim T. is organizing a public transit pubcrawl in San Francisco this Saturday, June 17th. See https://docs.google.com/document/d/14yxRF8Ioj7l3XOEKFfEcoiCNmLWbt_Kqe7wuJjO0c6g/edit?usp=sharing for more details.
– Jenn and Marc-Andrey are organizing a Berkeley-area pubcrawl on Saturday, July 8th. More details to follow.
– We had eleven brews entered into the Anchor Steam Clone/California Common competition. All of them were delicious, but the following stood out. Congratulations to all winners, and thank you, Mike from Anchor, for helping judge and giving us a history lesson on Anchor Brewing!
Anchor Steam Clone winners:
First place: Rich K. and Jim W.
Second place: Danny
Third place: Derek W. and Mikael
California Common winners:
First place: Jared
Second place: Steve H.
Third place: Tim T.
After the competition, we sampled six more beers, but unfortunately, the spreadsheet is gone, so the details of the brews are missing. However, thanks to the homebrewers who brought the Vienna Lager, Tripel, White IPA, Stout, Coffee Stout, and Mexican Stout.
Thanks to Steins and everyone that showed up!
Sudzers June 2017 meeting
Hello Sudzers! Our next meeting will be held at 4:00pm on Sunday, June 11th at Steins Beer Garden in Mountain View.
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:
– The agenda is simple this week as we’ll be hosting the Anchor Steam Clone competition. Jim W. sent details a few days ago, so please check your email if you haven’t seen them already. Good luck!
– We’re looking for volunteers for the Santa Clara County Fair Homebrew competition this summer. Contact Derek Wolfgram or Steve Hutzler if you’re interested in helping.
See you Sunday!
Devil’s Canyon hosts kid-friendly Friday nights, from the Los Altos Town Crier
Sudzers CFO Derek W’s monthly column from the Los Altos Town Crier:
Devil’s Canyon hosts kid-friendly Friday nights
Sudzers May 2017 meeting notes
In May’s meeting, we welcomed a new member and tasted six delicious homebrews. Thanks to everyone who showed up!
Business:
– Derek W. is accepting 2017 dues. Reach out to him at derek.wolfgram@gmail.com if you’d like to pay.
– Dark Matter was distributed to paid 2016 members in attendance.
– Reminder that we’ll have an Anchor Steam clone competition at the June meeting. We’ll be emailing more details in the near future.
– Charles and Jim conducted the off-flavor session: DMS. Learn more about DMS at http://beersmith.com/blog/2012/04/10/dimethyl-sulfides-dms-in-home-brewed-beer/
– We’re looking for volunteers to help organize and judge the Santa Clara County Fair Homebrew competition this Summer. Reach out to Steve H. at Stephen.Hutzler@power.com if you’d like to volunteer.
– Tim T. is organizing a public transit pubcrawl in San Francisco on Saturday, June 17th. See https://docs.google.com/document/d/14yxRF8Ioj7l3XOEKFfEcoiCNmLWbt_Kqe7wuJjO0c6g/edit?usp=sharing for more details.
– Jenn and Marc-Andrey are organizing a Berkeley-area pubcrawl on Saturday, July 8th. More details to follow.
– Reminder, Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp is in San Francisco on June 3rd. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beer-camp-on-tour-san-francisco-ca-tickets-32413498647
In all, we had six brews:
BREWER BEER IBUs ABV Charles Blood Orange Belgian Wit 33 5% Marc-Andre California Uncommon 35 6% Rob C. Black IPA - - Rob C. New England Style IPA - - Danny M. Amazon Old Ale 50 8.5% David J. Too Many Peaches Sour Brown 5 -
Thanks to Steins and everyone that showed up!
Sudzers May 2017 meeting
Hello Sudzers! Due to Mother’s Day being on the second Sunday this month, our next meeting will be held at 4:00pm this Sunday, May 7th at Steins Beer Garden in Mountain View.
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:
– Dark Matter bottle distribution for 2016 paid members.
– Reminder of the Anchor-clone competition in June. Get brewing!
– We’re looking for volunteers for the Santa Clara County Fair Homebrew competition this summer.
– Off-flavor tasting.
– Review upcoming competitions.
– 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!
CA brewers bring fruit and flowers to classic IPAs, from the Los Altos Town Crier
Sudzers CFO Derek W’s latest monthly beer column from the Los Altos Town Crier. Cheers!
CA brewers bring fruit and flowers to classic IPAs
Sudzers April 2017 meeting notes
In April’s meeting, we welcomed several new members and tasted fifteen delicious homebrews. Thanks to everyone who showed up!
Business:
– Welcome all new members. We hope to see you at future meetings!
– Derek W. still has t-shirts for sale.
– Derek W. is accepting 2017 dues. Reach out to him at derek.wolfgram@gmail.com if you’d like to pay.
– Dark Matter was bottled last weekend and distributed to paid 2016 members in attendance.
– Reminder that we’ll have an Anchor Steam clone competition at the June meeting.
– Bob and Dave discussed their brewery-in-progress. We look forward to hearing more about this in the future!
– Marc-Andre gave an overview of his homebrew setup.
– Charles and Jim conducted the off-flavor session: acetaldehyde. Learn more about acetaldehyde at https://beerandbrewing.com/off-flavor-of-the-week-acetaldehyde/
– We’re looking for volunteers to help organize and judge the Santa Clara County Fair Homebrew competition this Summer. Reach out to Steve H. at Stephen.Hutzler@power.com if you’d like to volunteer.
– Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp is in San Francisco on June 3rd. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beer-camp-on-tour-san-francisco-ca-tickets-32413498647
– For other upcoming events and competitions, check out http://www.sudzers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/comps_april2017.xlsx
In all, we had fifteen brews:
BREWER BEER IBUs ABV Bill Kumquat Tibicos 12 2% Paul S. Anchor Steam Clone 15 5.1% Steve The Helles This 20 5.3% Jared Helles Neu 20 5.5% Charles Pilsner 35 5.3% David J. Figgy Pudding Saison - 7.9% Danny Old Fashioned Saison 21 9% Mikael & Bill Hop Juice 53 5.8% Denis Galaxy Mosaic Citra IPA 60 7% Marc-Andre Chinook Pale Ale ~68 7% Charles Some Arrogance IPA not enough 7.2% Chris Galactic Julius NE IPA - 6.5% David J. Lambic 1 - 6.2% David J. Cherry Lambic - 6.2% Marc-Andre Flander's Wrong low 8.2%
Thanks to Steins and everyone that showed up!
Sudzers April 2017 meeting
Hello Sudzers! Our next meeting will be held at 4:00pm on Sunday, April 9th at Steins Beer Garden in Mountain View.
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:
– Derek W. will have t-shirts for sale.
– Dark Matter bottle distribution.
– Bob C. will talk about his upcoming brewery.
– Dark Matter bottling day recap.
– Steins competition recap.
– Reminder of the Anchor-clone competition in June. Get brewing!
– We’re looking for volunteers for the Santa Clara County Fair Homebrew competition this summer.
– Off-flavor tasting.
– Review upcoming competitions.
– 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 March 2017 meeting notes
In March’s meeting had a full agenda. We wished Vern a happy birthday, welcomed two new members, tasted fifteen delicious homebrews, learned a bit about water, got our hands on some hop hash, and sampled some diacetyl (on purpose). Thanks to everyone who showed up!
Business:
– We welcomed Katie and Patrick to their first meeting!
– Dark Matter bottling day date and time are still to be determined. Stay tuned.
– Reminder that we’ll have an Anchor Steam clone competition at the June meeting.
– We decided to keep the Thirsty Third Thursday meeting at Harry’s in San Jose in case people still want to meet up.
– We’re looking for volunteers to help organize and judge the Santa Clara County Fair Homebrew competition this Summer.
– Steins is hosting their 3rd annual homebrew competition in March. Beers can be dropped off at Steins from March 11-16. Please contact ryan@steinsbeergarden.com if you would like to judge on March 18th. More details at http://steinsbeergarden.com/2017/02/08/steins-3rd-annual-home-brew-competition/
– We had a talk on building water. Slides are available at http://www.sudzers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/water_basics.pptx
– Charles brought in some hop hash for us to check out. Learn more about it at https://www.morebeer.com/category/hop-hash.html
– Charles and Jim conducted the first off-flavor session: diacetyl. Learn more about diacetyl at http://byo.com/bock/item/546-diacetyl-homebrew-science
– For other upcoming events and competitions, check out http://www.sudzers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/comps_march2017.xlsx
In all, we had fifteen brews:
BREWER BEER IBUs ABV Tim Apple & Pomegranate Cider 0 9.45% Mikael Sterling Kolsch 26 5% Rob New England Pale Ale - 5.2% Rob Coffee New England Pale Ale - 5% David J. Persimmon Blonde - 5.3% Adam Schwarzbier - 5.4% David F. Schwarzbier 2.0 - 6% Jared FutureESB - 5.5% Mikael Cold Brew Porter 46 7% Kevin Oatmeal Stout - 7.2% Vern 2016 Santatizer - 6.8% Kevin Mosaic IPA - 7.2% David J. Black IPA - 7.1% Denis B. DDH Double IPA 80 8.1% Jim W. Flanders Sorta Red - 6%
Thanks to Steins and everyone that showed up!