CtEB Competition
Thursday, 08 July 2010 11:04
Mark Mott
As you all now know, transporting home brew outside of your home can be considered breaking the law. Most if not all competitions state wide are being shut down while we await a verbiage change to the existing laws. Until that time club competitions will also go to the wayside. I had some good ones planned too darn it! None the less our efforts will not go unnoticed! Since we have received so many prizes for this competition Chad and I have discussed the best way to give them to the club. No judging usually means no awards, but not for the CtEB! Everyone who signed up, brews, and turns in the Fermentation Log will get a prize. So what do you need to do?
1. Be signed up for the CtEB competition.
2. Brew a beer with chosen yeast, it really doesn't matter now what is brewed.
3. Fill out Fermentation log that was handed out when you signed up.
4. Turn in Fermentation log at an upcoming meeting. ( We will accept Fermentation Logs from the July meeting until the Aug. meeting)
That's it! Prizes range from gift certificates to bottle openers. Chad an I will be going over the best way to make sure everyone gets some good stuff and to keep the prizes fair. Most brewers will see a small "prize pack" with multiple items.
So while I am sad to see this competition not happening, I am happy to see the prizes put to good use.
Disclaimer: I will hold prize packs until the Aug 16th meeting because that was the original date for these beers to be done. If you have not turned in a fermentation log by Aug 16th you will not be eligible for a prize pack. All prizes left over after Aug. 16th will be donated to the club as prizes for future events.
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Hop Experiment
Thursday, 08 July 2010 16:37
Mark Mott
Hi all,
I had this great idea, a hop experiment, I was like a shark hunter, contacting hop farms for a donation that would allow some of the membership the enjoy making a beer solely out of one hop. Any style, your recipe but just one type of hop to showcase what that hop was capable of. Hops Direct answered my call. http://www.hopsdirect.com/
I was sent 5 lbs of Willamette hops about a week or so ago ago and Chad and I started talking about the best way to get this experiment underway. The first problem came up, you can't take home brew outside of the home! That pretty much killed any and all of our plans for a club experiment but in the fashion of experimentation we decided that we would go ahead and hand out the hops and let you the brewers do what you will with them.
So at the July meeting Chad and I, scales in hand, will hand out 4 oz of hops to the first 20 people to come and get them. There will be no place holding via the ichat nor will getting to the meeting early do you any good. We will set up shop, let the board go through the business section of the meeting and at break time you can come and grab your hops, until they run out that is.
Willamette Leaf Hops
a/a 4.7%
Aroma Hop
Aroma - mild & pleasant, slightly spicy
Typical brewing use - All English-style Ales, and US Pale and Brown Ales
Domestic and Farm-grown Variety
Enjoy!
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Mark Mott
Last Updated on Friday, 09 July 2010 14:12
Tuesday, 18 May 2010 10:43
Mark Mott
Who: The PDX Brewers Club membership
What: Club Only Competition
When: Competition to start June 21st and conclude with handing out of awards mid to late August
Where: TBD
Link to the sponsors of this event.
This is a club only competition based on the recent CBB competition here in the Portland area. We wanted to take this idea and make it into a club competition. The premise is the same as CBB. A yeast strain is announced and the participants each get a vial of the chosen yeast, along with some vague guidelines to follow and beer categories they can chose from. They are then asked to brew a beer with said yeast and adhere to the guidelines for their declared category/subcategory. Pretty simple.
The hope is that at the June meeting all members who would like to enter this will get a vial of the chosen yeast to take home and brew with. The recipes are your own and there are no rules for what you can or can’t add to the recipe, as long as it meets the style guidelines for that beer. Beers will be brought to the TBD judging spot on a selected day for scoring by a panel of judges while the rest of the club can taste and select the People’s Choice winner. Awards will be handed out after the judges have concluded their tasting and scoring.
Hopefully this can become a yearly event where the winner chooses the next yeast strain and styles we brew next year, but that is for later. For now, lets Cheers to English Beers!
Yeast Strain:
WLP023 Burton Ale Yeast
From the famous brewing town of Burton upon Trent, England, this yeast is packed with character. It provides delicious subtle fruity flavors like apple, clover honey and pear. Great for all English styles, IPA's, bitters, and pales. Excellent in porters and stouts.
Attenuation: 69-75%
Flocculation: Medium
Optimum Fermentation Temperature: 68-73°F
(20-23°C)
Alcohol Tolerance: Medium
Categories:
Category 8 — English Pale Ale
Category 11 — English Brown Ale
Category 12 — Porter
One entry per PDX Brewers member.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 May 2010 17:04
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June Meeting
Wednesday, 16 June 2010 12:13
Brett Begani
Please join us Monday the 21st of June at 7pm for our monthly meeting
at Max's Fanno Creek Brewpub.
The topic of discussion will be mixed brewing styles such as Braggot
and Melomel.
Tasters this month will cover the Sour and Wild beers.
Entries for August's Club only competition will be accepted at this
meeting as well as our July meeting. Bring in your mead entries,
please have bottle ID forms and entry forms included with your
submission. This competition covers BJCP categories 24, 25, and 26
styles
The Cheers to English Beers yeast will be brought to the meeting for
our latest club competition, join in the fun of brewing a beer to
compare with the same yeast strain as everyone else!
Any ordered merchandise will be brought to the meeting so please plan
on paying for and picking up your orders from Steph.
Further education will be held on Saturday the 26th at Brett Begani's
house at 1pm, which will be covering sanitation in the brewhouse.
DO bring your homebrew in for tasters and reviews from our tough
critics (your fellow members).
Max's can be found at 12562 SW Main St in Tigard. They are located on
Main Street in Old-Town Tigard, next to Fanno Creek near the A-Boy
hardware store. Their number is 503 624 9400
Guests are welcome at this meeting.
Please send any questions you may have to a board member, we look
forward to seeing you all there!
Hopworks Meeting
Thursday, 06 May 2010 12:26
Brett Begani
Please join us at Hopworks Urban Brewery on the 17th for our monthly
meeting at 7pm. Please do not bring in food, but don't forget a few
bucks for munchies. If you are looking to eat, please arrive early and
order something up in their excellent restaurant. We will be
downstairs for most of the meeting. when you arrive just head down, or
park in the back lot and enter the brewery directly.
DO bring your homebrew in for tasters and reviews from our tough
critics (Award Winning Brewers!). As with any brewery meeting we do
ask that you bring a labeled homebrew to give to the brewers for
taking time to host our club in their workplace.
Hopworks Urban Brewery is located on 2944 Southeast Powell Boulevard
in Portland. Their phone number is (503) 232-4677.
This meeting is for paid members only due to space limitations at the
Brewery. If anyone has questions feel free to contact me directly.
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Brett Silver Begani
PDX Brewers Board
Last Updated on Thursday, 06 May 2010 12:28
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