FAT TUESDAY, February 16th, is our regular meeting date.  Come on down and join us for Fat Tuesday celebration.  Topic of the night is a focus on Bock Beer Styles.  We will discuss the differences between the various sub-styles and do some sampling of commercial bock beers.  Don't show up empty-handed or you'll be sitting in the corner watching the rest of us drink..  Bring some of your homebrew along to share or stop on by a liquor store and pick up some Bock Beer so we have a few more styles to sample from.  We are working on restructuring the club and the website, so we will touch on the updates and ask for your input.  Thanks.

Saturday February 13th, 2010 is the 7th Annual POLAR BREW on Frozen Sunset Lake.  Bring your own brew equipment and brew a batch with the rest of us.   Show up to watch and learn.  Ted Zinn is cooking brats so bring a couple of bucks and have lunch.  Have fun and remember its all about getting away and sharing a beer and freezing your hops off.....

Tuesday January 19th, 2009 is our regular club meeting from 6-9pm at O'so Brewery.  We will be having a group discusion on "internet resources" for brewing.  Check out the LINKS page and look through our link of web sites.  We will be asking for comments and feedback from you.  Bring a snack to pass and homebrew too or your favorite commercial beer to share. See you there.

VOTE NOW:  Vote for your favorite Wisconsin Brewed Porter...as long as you vote for O'so NightTrain.   Link to the voting site through O'so web site.  Actually vote for your favorite just have fun and vote.  Several WI brewed porters are available for nominees.  Hit the liqour store and pick up a few varieties and try them and vote for your favorite.  Remember...Oso NightTrain and you won't be disapointed.   http://www.madisonbeerreview.com/

CWDB's Annual Christmas Party will be Tuesday December 15th, 2009 from 6-9pm at Point Brew Supply's Tap Room.  No regular meeting topic for this night.  Instead, a night of food, friends, and beer.  Cheers to the holiday's.  Everyone is asked to bring a dish to pass.  Steer clear of the chips and dip.  Year's past we have had a good selection of num-nums.  Don't forget to bring homebrews or your favorite microbrew.  Guests, friends, family welcome to this event.  CWDB will have plates, bowls, napkin, plastic silverwhere, etc.  Bring a serving spoon with your dish if needed.  Usually is a  good night of festivities so come on down and  ENJOY!

Tuesday November 17th, 2009 is CWDB's monthly meeting at Point Brew Supply from 6-9pm.  Show up early and shop for supplies before the store closes.  Topic for the night will be Style: STOUT.  We will be talking about the Dry Stout, Sweet Stout, Oatmeal Stout, Foreign Extra Stout, and American Stout.  Some commercial varieties will be avalable for sampling, but we need help filling in with your favorite brand/style.  Goal for the Style:STOUT meeting will be having homebrewers actually brewing the different varieties for our meeting in March where will will showcase our Stouts and have a self judging/scoring event that night.  Enjoy.

Saturday November 7th, 2009 is the Annual Teach-a-Friend Hombrew event held outside of Point Brew Supply and O'so Brewing Company.  We are looking for club members to set up brew equipment and brew durring the day.  Please call in to sign up.  It will help us promote the event and garauntee you a space. Set up at 9am with brewing to start when the shop opens at 10:00.  We have several interested new brewers wanting to learn the ropes.  Katina also has a fundraising event the same day, food drop off, and food sales.  Hope to see you there.

On Sep. 12, 2009, the Marshfield Area Society of Homebrewers (M.A.S.H.) teamed with Blue Heron Brewpub to create approximately 250 gallons of wort on the Blue Heron brewing system. The wort was then pumped outside to each individual homebrewer's boil vessel in the parking lot where each homebrewer proceeded to create "their own" beer with the base wort. 

Several members chose to use a single variety of hop attempting to hit 35 IBU's (International Bittering Units) with hop additions at 90, 60, 10, 5, and 0 minutes during the boil. An identical yeast strain (provided by Blue Heron) was also used in their "Big Boil" wort for consistency in an effort to learn more about the taste, aroma, and bittering qualities of individual hops. Others used a mix of hops and/or yeast to create their own personalized beers, and a couple others even used "wet hops" picked fresh from their vines that morning.

 MASH & Blue Heron extend an invite to you to sample these beers.

 Where: Blue Heron Brewpub - Heron Room (upstairs on NE corner through the main dining room), Marshfield, WI

When: Thursday, Nov. 5, 6pm - 10pm

Cost: $10/person 

While the homebrewed beer is free, the club was required to order food in order to secure the room for the evening. $10 covers an all you can eat buffet style meal of finger foods like pizza & wings. $10 is required for entry whether you eat or not, so come hungry. You're welcome any time between 6pm and 10pm. Blue Heron beers will also be available for purchase at the bar. 

Designated drivers are encouraged and welcomed free of charge. Free root beer is included for designated drivers in addition to the food. 

Sampling glasses will be available for use, but we recommend you bring a glass of your choosing that will best capture the aroma of these beers. The stubby 3oz. glasses at the pub are not particularly good for this. 

Hop varieties you will experience:
- Amarillo
- Cascade
- Brewer's Gold
- Columbus (also known as Tomahawk or Zeus)
- Centennial
- Chinook
- Nugget
- Sterling
- Saaz
- Palisade
- Ahtanum
- Hallertauer
- Simcoe
- Sorachi Ace
- Wet Hopped Cascade
- Wet Hopped Nugget/Cascade 

A tasting notes packet detailing characteristics of each hop and pencils will be provided if you wish to record notes. 

We remind you that this is intended as an educational evening rather than a "beer-fest". While we aren't monitorning your consumption, we do ask that you give everyone a chance to try all the beers. We will have several gallons of each, but want to be certain everyone has the opportunity to evaluate each beer/hop. 

E-mail RSVP tappr@yahoo.com is REQUIRED by Thursday, October 29. Please indicate how many will attend and note designated driver(s) in your response. 

Tuesday October 20th, 2009 is our regularily scheduled monthly meeting from 6-9pm at Point Brew Supply's Tap Room.  The topic for the night is Yeast!  Not your sister's yeast infection mind you.  We'll be talking brewing yeast variety, harvest, and re-use.  We'll be inside the brewery for some hands on sloppy yeast work. Nice. 

Tuesday September 15, 2009.  Third Tuesday of the month and new date for our return to regular meetings at Point Brew Supply's Tap Room.  Social hour is 6-630 while people arrive.  Meeting starts at 630 with general club buisness.  Then an hour of topic presentation.  This is the start of our 18th year as a club. Happy Anniversary and thanks to those of you who over the years help to make things enjoyable.  Change up for this year includes opening the club meetings to the public interested in homebrewing and winemaking.  Katina will send out information on Point Brew Supply's newsletter and we will be passing the word on to interested customers.  Basically we are looking for new faces to join us without using the word "club".  We will be offering a variety of topics and seminars throughout the year.  What we need from you is help in presenting topics of interest.  We would like to fill in the meeting months with pre-planned topics and ask some of you to do the presentations on any subject you like.  Please help out and volunteer for a months meeting giving a 20-30 minute talk.  Hope to see you at the meeting.

Saturday September 12, 2009 we are invited to Marshfield to join MASH and Blue Heron Brewpub for an Oktoberfest party and Big Boil.  The brewpub is going to mash some grains and run into everyones kettle for you to boil and hop as you please, with the idea of using a single hop variety and shoot for 35 IBU's with 25 IBU's at 60 minute addition and the remainder at the end of the boil.  If interested contact Travis at tappr@yahoo.com indicating how much wort you would like. Wort volume is your Pre-Boil volume.  Cost is  $1.00 per gallon.  Some yeast is available too.  Dedline for your registration with Travis is Monday August 24th as he will be placing the grain order.  You are welcome to just show up and watch.  Octoberfest party will have live music and special German food items on the menu.  Enjoy!!!

2009 CWDB Club Participation Rewards

This past year we tracked attendance and participation for rewarding those who showed up regularly and participated in attendance, group activities, gave lectures, and brewed at club events.  While there was quite a diversity amongst club members at any given meeting or event we want to thank all of you that helped make 2009, our 17th year as a club, a sucess.

Special thanks went out to the top participating club members and include: Dave Olsen, Art Dahms, Bob Stempski, and James Volkum.  Thanks to making us your regular thing to do. CWDB has gift certificates available to you at Point Brew Supply for your special thanks. Gift Certs will be available after our September meeting.  Thanks you for your support.

Thanks went out to those of you that showed up more often than othes.  These include: Rich Heinz, George King, Marc Buttera, Dave Jervis, Steve King, Ted Zinn, and Tom Zahasky. Great to see you guys  on a  regular basis.  We enjoy your beers and we hope to see more of you. 

Thanks to everyone that showed up through out the year at our meetings and events. Lets keep our 18th year as a club just as sucessfull.  Keep on brewing great beers.

Tuesday August 18, 2009 is the 3rd Tuesday.  The new date  for our regular monthly meeting.  We are moving meetings to the 3rd Tuesday for a change tosecure our new meeting place.  Point Brew Supply 's TAP ROOM. Meetings are from 630-900pm.  Point Brew Supply closes at 6pm so show up early to do your brew shopping.  Then from 6:00 - 6:30 enjoy social hour (1/2 hour) as people arrive.  We would like to do a "showcase of beers" session tonight with those of you who brewed at Iverson Park for the Summer Solstice event showcasing your beers.  Group evaluation and discusion of each beer presented will make for an enjoyable night.   See you there.

Saturday August 8, 2009 we are invited to brew with MASH members (Marshfield Club) at Gary Plank's residence in the Stratford area.  Ted Zinn in cooking and all you can eat for a small fee.  People are setting up tents and making it an overnighter so you don't have to drive.  If interested contact Tom Zahasky at tzahasky@gmail.com or at 715-387-8185 for dirrections. 

Thursday July 16th is the 3rd Thursday of the month and CWDB is resuming our regular scheduled monthly  meetings.  Location:  O'so Brewing Company...go figure.  Time: 630 - 900pm.  Point Brew Supply closes at 6pm so stop in early if you have shopping to do.  6:00 to 6:30 social hour (half hour) with meeting to start at 6:30.  Since this is our first "back at it" meeting we'll see how many people show up and hold an open forum question/discusion...so we will be taling about what you want to know.  Bring beers for sampling and your favorite tasting glass.  Snacks always welcome.  Enjoy the start of good times to come.  We'll see you then

Saturday JUNE 20th is our annual SUMMER SOLSTICE event / group brew.  We will plan for Iverson Park Paviliion again this year.  Head count appreciated so we plan food accordingly.  Hope to see you there.  Bring your brew equipment and brew or just hang our and enjoy the food.  Some food provided by the club at a  small donation fee. Otherwise bring your own meat to grill.   Charcoal provided.  Beer and Gatordate available.  Bring a dish to pass if you wish.

No regular June meeting.  Attend this event instead. 

Thanks

Saturday June 13, 2009 Pfiffner Park by the river.  Voluteers needed for Taste of the Town, a Big Brothers Big Sisters Fundraiser.  Setup from 430-500pm.  Serve beer soda from 500-1000pm.  Cleanup from 100-1030pm.  If available to help out all day or just part of the time contact Steve Cywinski at scywinski@yahoo.com  Hope to see some of you there.  Thanks for participating. 

No Regular May meeting scheduled.  Instead...GOLDEN GROWLER as follows.  Check it out.

Dear representatives of DUFF, CWDB, Green Bay Rackers, ALE, and LUSH -
 
You are cordially invited by the Bull Falls Brewers Homebrew Club, and even "double dare" challenged, to compete and attend the 2009 Golden Growler, Saturday, May 16, Bull Falls Brewery, Wausau, WI.
 
This year's competition is broken into 3 parts:
 
1) The annual by invite only, inter-club challenge to see which club can produce the best beer by a chosen style.  This year's style is California Common.  Winning club takes home the Golden Growler traveling trophy.  Individual champion walks away with a nice prize.  DUFF is the defending champion from 2008.
 
2) A "People's Choice" competition which pits any beer/mead/cider of any style against other homebrewers with the winners chosen by homebrewers.  This a fun competition without specific guidelines other than what your inidividual tongue likes, and provides some beer tasting we can all enjoy during some social time.
 
3)  A BJCP style competition providing a swell prize at a relatively low cost of entry for homebrewers looking for more detailed feedback.
 
I realize time is short, but you can still kick out some Cali Commons before May 16.
 
You can find further details at our competition website at
http://www.bullfalls-homebrewers.org/Contests/2009GG.html
 
I would really appreciate a response on your acceptance or decline of our invite/challenge.
 
Good Luck!

Brewery Help Wanted at  O'so Brewing Company.  Check out www.osobrewing.com for application information.  Hiring soon, very soon.  Don't delay and let this get away. 

Saturday May 2nd is Big Brew Day.  CWDB will be asking members to show up and brew in front of Point Brew Supply for public brewing demonstration.  We are not having a "party event" but an educational day for non-brewers or novice brewers to see what home brewing is all about.  We are interested in a head count for available space.  Join with a buddy and double batch.  Sign up today.  More details as event nears.

CONGRADULATIONS to our fellow club members who's California Common Beers were judged  and selected to move on to represent our club at the upcoming Golden Growler Challenge. 

1st Place...Art Dahms

2nd Place...Steve King

3rd Place..Dave Olsen

Thanks to all who entered beers into our pre-judging round, and Thanks to the group that showed up to judge. 

MONDAY APRIL 20th we will be meeting to pre-judge this years Golden Growler enteries. 

Location:  The Garage, next to Emy J's just off of the downtown in Point.

Time: 5:00-9:00pm 

We missed our March meeting where we were going to cover Judging Guidelines and California Common as a style.  Those of you who aren't familiar with scoring or the style, or those of you who want a refresher class please show up for the 5:00-6:00 portion of the meeting where we will go over this material.  Sample login and set up at 6:00 with scoring to follow as soon as we are ready. 

Don't bring any other beers to sample.  We are only going to sample/score the entries. 

For a self refresher take a look at the score sheets and style guidlines at www.bjcp.org

See you there.

March meeting has not been scheduled yet.  We had hoped to resume regular meetings at this time.  We still plan to hold an Evaluation/Scoring Seminar to refresh you judging and evaluation technique prior to next months (April) pre-judging round for this years Golden Growler Competition beer.  In the mean time take a look at www.bjcp.org web site.  Stay tuned as we'll post a meeting date soon. 

Golden Gowler planning commision is underway.  Bull Falls Brew Club is hosting the event again this year.  California Common is this years style. 

See ON TAP section for details of the Golden Growler event. 

CWDB will be holding a evaluation/judging seminar to score our club members beers and pass the best ones on to the final round, next month in April.  Watch for upcoming details.  We'll try to have a seminar on judging, evaluation, and scoring before doing the actual judging round.  You don't need to be an expert to participate.  This event is for all of those interested in finding out about Styles, Recipie formulation, Ingredients, and Evaluation.  Stay tuned for more details. 

BJCP class to start soon.  We are working on orgainizing a 15 week session followed by a test for BJCP juding.  Interested...then let me know.

Thanks to everyone on the Bus Trip to Madison Breweries.  Great time had by all.

NO regular February meeting this month.  We are still working on alternate locations to hold our discussion/topic night meetings.  Hopefully something will emerge soon.  Until then, attend the club brew events and get beers ready for upcoming competitions throughout the state. 

Blue Heron Brew Pub in Marshfield is hosting another brew competition this year to be held in conjunction with the Hub City Days event in July.  Plans are almost finalized so stay tuned for details.

This years Golden Growler competition will be sponsored by the Bull Falls Club.  Date to be announced soon, but should be somewhere around the same time as last year in April.  We'll keep you posted.

Saturday February 14, 2008 is the Annual Polar Brew held at Sunset Lake.  Brew out on the ice and freeze your hops off.  Only the strong survive this one.    We have a dozen people signed up to brew and a dozen more stopping out for the festivities.  Come see all the different brew equipment and learn the various methods of homebrewing.  We will be grilling burgers and someones bringing chilli.  Food for a small donation. See you there. 

FOR SALE BREWING EQUIPMENT.  I'm liquidating 2/3rds of my homebrewing equipment that I have accumualted over the past ten years.   It's a little bit of everything and too much to list here.   If your looking for something I probably have it.  From thermometer inserts to complete systems.  I'm not homebrewing much these days and need to thin out my collection of brew equipment.  I'm also moving soon and don't want to haul all of this stuff with me.  So I'm dropping prices now for the upcoming move.  I'll still have things for sale after the move but I'll raise my prices if you don't jump now.  Call me at 340-3783 or catch me at the brewery and ask.  Mike K.

 Thursday January 15, 2009 Regular Scheduled Meeting has been CANCELLED.  We'll see how many club members actually use this club info page.  Don't show up at the brewery.  NO MEETING. 

New policy went into effect at Point Brewery reguarding the use of the Hospitiality Room.  Groups using the room are now required to carry a liability insurance policy, and we don't even have club dues.  

We are now in need of finding alternative locations and could use your help.  Anyone with a large garage and a wife that wouldn't mind monthly visits from our group.

Saturday January 10, 2008 is the annual Ice Cold Beer Festival at The Waters in Minoqua.  Past years CWDB, PBS, and OSO have had booths.  CWDB will not be having a booth this year.  Tickets are availabe at the door and room reservations can be made by contacting The Waters.  Indoor water park and a nice hot tub outside round off the night.    

Note: Point Brew Supply will be closed for this event so plan your homebrew shopping accordingly.

Merry Christmas to all.   Come on down to Point Brewery and join the party.  We will be hosting our annual christmas party in the Hospitality Room from 6:30 - 9:00pm on Thursday December 18th.   No regular scheduled topic for the night as this is a social gathering to enjoy.  Please bring a dish to pass as we have had in the past.  Hot or cold food, main dish or snacks and deserts.  CWDB will sponsor the plates, silverware, and napkins.  Outlets and extesion cords are available for hotplates.  Come down and Enjoy!

Thursday November 20, 2008...Clone Brew Competition Judging will be held during this meeting at the Point Brewry Hospitality Room from 6:30 -9:00 pm.  (Note:  There was an error with a wrong date previously listed for this event)  It is to be held on the 3rd Thursday of November as a usually scheduled meeting date.

As discussed in past meetings members are going to brew  clones of their favorite commercial beer. You need to bring in a 6-pk of the clone (or equivalent in growler) and a 6-pk of the original commercial example for comparison.  Club members in attendance that night will evaluate the clone compared to the original.  You will be given a score card to write comments on, and you will vote for what you consider the best cloned beer  brewed.  Sampling and evaluation will start right away, so don't show up late.  Prizes will be awareded to the winner.  No entry fee will be needed as this is just a fun club function.  You can bring other beers along but do not set them out for sampling until after teh clone brew tasting/scoring is over.  Snacks as always are welcome. 

 Saturday November 1, 2008...The First Saturday in November each year is National Teach-a-Friend to Homebrew Day, and Customer Appriciation Day at Point Brew Supply, and our annual fundraiser event. 

Interested CWDB members can brew in front of Point Brew Supply and O'so Brewing company with your own individual brew systems.  Other shoppers and public will be stopping by to see what you are brewing adn the equipment you are usuing.  Please ask if they have any questions.    Let Katina or myself know if you are going to be coming so we can plan accordingly.  Space is limited out front of the store so you may want to double batch with another homebrewer.   Homebrewers that preregister with Katina or myself will be allowed first choice at set up space out front.  Show up to brew, shop for supplies, or just hang out. 

CWDB and PBS will have food sales throughout the day for a small donation.  Money raised will be donated to local food pantries.   We also need members to bring homebrews along to share with each other and for the public to sample.  Anyone donating a food item to the food pantry will be given a ticket for a sample of homebrew.  Last year we raised over $300 and procedes went to the Boys and Girls Club.   Hope to see you there.   

Saturday October 25th, 2008 is Open Brew Day at Dave Olsens House.  Dave has graciously ofered to host a group brew event at his house.  Bring your own equipment and brew with friends.  Or just show up to hang out and harass Dave.  Bring your own lunch and snacks and beer to share.  Fire pit on site if your interested in a fire brew.  Dave has some wood available.  If your interested call Dave and get dirrections.  His home phone is 341-1248.  Thanks Dave....

Thursday October 16th 2008 Regular Monthly Meeting from 6:30 to 9:00pm at Point Brewery Hospitality room. 

Topics for the night is the future use of the hospitality room for our club meetings.  We will be meeting with Point Brewery representatives and discusing contiued use of the meeting room.  The brewery pays someone to watch the room while we meet and has graciously waived any room rental fees in the past.  CWDB had in return had supplied volunteers to all Point Brewery sponsored events as our way of saying thank you.   Recently our volunteering has declined to almost no volunteer participation.   Additionally, budget restrictions in today's economical time has Point raising issues about our use of the room.  One option is to disband our club.  Members interested in contiuning an organized club are encouraged to attend this meeting.   

Once this topic of discusion concludes we will be have a judging/evaluation session using BJCP scoresheet and using a blind beer for tasting.  This will help prepare us for future evalutation of our Golden Growler beer entries to be club judges.  We will be discussing the upcoming Golden Growler style guidelines.  If your planning on participating in this years GG competition by either brewing or pre-juding please attend this meeting as it would benifit our clubs odds of winning.  Thanks to everyone who helps make CWDB's odds of winning a reality.  Better Brewers Make Better Beer.  

Remember meeting wrap up promptly at 9pm.  No loitering in the parking lot afterwards.  

Travis and the Bull Falls Homebrewers have invited us to join their big brew party.   Here is a link to the Bull Falls website with all the info.  Looks like a fun time brewing up with good eats too....

http://www.bullfalls-homebrewers.org/Big%20Brew%20Details.html

Thursday September 18th, 2008 was CWDBs 17th Year Anniversary Party. Held at Point Brewery's Hospitality room from 6:30 - 9:00pm. No formal meeting topic for the nite, but we talked about the past years events and said thank yous, and discussed the next years club plans.  .Club members attending gave feedback to the beers sampled as we did a lot of "showcase of beers". 

For the upcoming year we will be doing a "sign in" sheet at every meeting event and drawing names for prizes at the end of the next year.  The more events and meeting you attend the better your odds at winning.  This is CWDB's rewards program for the year for members who participate.  Club funds generated over the year will be returned to members as a way of saying thanks for being there.  Thanks to everyone who helps out during the year.

You are all invited to WOODSTOCKTON FEST at Greg Tamason house.  This is the 5th running of this annual event held each Labor Day.  Greg says come on by and join the fun and festivities.  Party is Monday September 1st from 2-7 pm located at 6977County Beautiful Lane (just off of Hwy J on the east side of Point).  Hwy J is closed at Hwy 10 so use the Detour route of Brilowski Road to HH then backtrack on J.  The party features live entertainment with Greg’s band on the back deck.  They were the opening act at O’so Grand Opening.  Greg is picking up a 1/2  barrel of Big-O, but feel free to bring beverages to drink or share also.  Everyone seems to bring some food to share and let me tell you, that’s the reason that I go.  Some of the best eats around.  Bring a chair and relax under the shade trees in back yard.  Hope to see some of you there.

Thursday August 21st, 2008 was the REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING for AUGUST from 6:30 until 9:00 pm at the Hospitality Room in the Point Brewery.    Andrew brought in some old bottles found in the Wisconsin River drawdown for us to look at.  We sampled a variety of homebrews including an excellent Octoberfest from George.  The new night shift brewer took us on a quick tour of the brewery.  We also finalized plans for a clone brew contest for later this fall. 

Friday and Saturday August 15-16, 2008 Point Brewery is having its annual Brews, Brats, and Bands festival. CWDB members can volunteer time to bar tend or help out with other tasks. Sign up for a shift of pouring beers with Dave Pias dalpias@charter.net or call him at 345-0696.     Thanks to those of you who are helping out. 

Marshfield Hub City Days with car show and beer fest is Saturday July 26th.  Neither O'so Brewing or CWDB will be doing a tasting booth, but there will be plenty of other beers available to sample. Check it out if your in the Marshfield area. 

O'so Brewing GRAND OPENING!!!  was Saturday July 19th from Noon till 8pm at the Springville Warf parking lot.  The event kicked off rather well as Katina had quite a crew of volunteer staff helping out with all the tasks.  Bart tended bar, Mike ran hourly tours, and Marc wandered aimlessly through the crowd.  Volunteers were too numerous to list, but thanks to everyone who helped.  CWDB manned a homebrew booth and raised a few dollars with a ring toss game.  Greg Tamason's band opened up the show.  Nine different O'so beers were served on tap with the Summer Saison fresh from the tanks.   The event ended with an inch and half rain falling in 20 minutes, wow.  Photos and video from Bob Stempski can be seen on the Oso web site.  Check it out.  O-yeah, there is merchandice now available for sale with the O logo. 

CWDBs Regular Monthly Meeting was from 6:30 to 9:00 pm at the Stevens Point Brewery Hospitality room. We started things out with a ton of snacks set up on the bar.  A few new club members showed up after hearing about us at PBS.  We discussed havign a clone brew competition later in the fall.  The meeting was turned over to Ted Zinn who ran a judging and evaluation presentation.  We divided into groups and scored Point White per BJCP guidlines.  Amazing that all four tables of scores were within one point of each other.  Results were sent onto John Zappa, who later commented "thanks for your support".  Award winning Lagers were presented to the group from Tom Zahasky.  Tom had been perfecting his lagering and should have brought more beer along. Maybe next time.

There was NO regular meeting as we are had the annual Summer Solstice Brew Event over the weekend. Take the evening to get caught up on your weekend chores and show up on Saturday instead.

Thursday January 15, 2008 is our Regular Scheduled meeting.  Same time and same place as usuall.  Stop on down and check out what is going on. 

Thursday January 15, 2008 is our regular scheduled monthly meeting at Point Brewery Hospitality Room from 6:30 until 9:00 pm.   It's the third Thursday, but it falls a bit early in the month as the 1st is on a Thrusday.  Some guys say "I thought the meetings were always at the end of the month".  No...they are always on the 3rd Thursday.  So mark your calendars.

Topic for the night is still up in the air.  I have some presentation material to go over on beer clarity.  We'll group discuss recipie options for this coming Golden Growler competition.  Someone was going to bring in a home-built stir bar mechanism to show-n-tell.  And we'll do a few Showcase of Beers sampling and evaluation.  So, brings some homebrews, microbrews, and snacks are always welcomed.

See you there.

National Teach-a-Friend to Homebrew Day held first Saturday in November each year.  You are welcomed to set up your homebrew equipment in front of Point Brew Supply and O'so Brewery and brew with your fellow club members. If can't brew stop by for lunch.  CWDB will host something to eat for the event.  Let Katina or myself know if you are coming so we have an idea of how many brewers to expect.  Hope to see you there.