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November 5, 2021

Those who have offered to help at Gary's tomorrow are Jim & Nanci, Bill, Trish, Bernie & Grant. everybody is welcome.

We need to start working on club Christmas party on Dec 11th. if you plan to attend, let me know now. club will provide tenderloins, ham, turkey & a few sides. At this time we plan to ask members to cook the ham & turkey. they will be reimbursed. SOM will be winter seasonal 30C. 

 

November 3, 2021

Let me know if you want to help Sat at Gary's. No need to RSVP if you just want to come have a beer & watch.

I will have a brown ale & Oktoberfest for sampling.

Jim & Nanci will be lead brewers.

Nov 14th meeting will be at St Michaels Brewery Hwy 87 Navarre You can start RSVP and SOM entries if you have an English Porter.

November 2, 2021

Saturday is national teach someone to homebrew day. We will do a homebrew demo at Gary's starting at 10 am. If anyone else wants to do a brew, feel free to join us. At this time Jim & Nanci will be our brewers. I will need someone to help load & unload club brew equipment. We will have samples to serve. Brewing will be done by the brewery to avoid conflict with a wedding on the Pavillion later on that day. Please let me know if you want to help or just come & have a few brews. Club will not provide food
 
There were a few items left at my house Saturday. Let me know if any are yours
  • 3 pot holders
  • Tub with blue top full of watermelon
  • tongs
  • chop sticks
  • canvas bag
  • serving spoons
  • white spoon with red handle
 
There was also 2 bags of boiled peanuts. Does anyone know how long the will be good? If they are ok I will bring Sat

November 1, 2021

Party Sat went well in spite of the Temp. Meat was as good as usual. Due to a number of no shows we had a lot left over. It will be frozen & used at the Christmas party on Dec 11th and the Jan winos at my house. A big thanks to Tom for helping cook and carving the meat. Those who left early missed my head first dive into the back porch. I look like I was mugged.

All six Ofests were excellent I could not pick a favorite. Nobody thought about judging so we decided to call it a 5 way tie. Nov SOM is English Porter-13C. We have 2 entries already.

Nov schedule

6th-Teach somebody to Homebrew Day at Gary's starting brew at 10 am

14th- club mtg & SOM comp location TBA.

Dec 11th- Christmas at Church on the beach. more details later.

 

October 30, 2021

When you arrive Sat come in through either gate or the garage. bring a lawn chair just in case I don't have enough. TV will be on for whatever game is on. watch out for dog poop. weather looks nice. will probably start fire early. use the box for recycling cans, glass, bottles & plastic. I have a limited number of steak knives. bring your own but the meat is usually so tender you can cut it with a plastic fork. please excuse any mess in the yard, the wind blew down lots of leaves & twigs. guys can go behind the shed for relief

in a hurry. early birds welcome

October 25, 2021

RSVPs are up to 40. I plan to purchase tenderloins Thursday afternoon. Amount purchased will be based on how many RSVPs we have by noon Thursday.

So far we have 4 entries for Oktoberfest SOM comp. Me, John, Nanci & Scott S are the entries. Those & any others will be set up on the shed porch. Non SOM beers will go under the tent.

October 24, 2021

The club will provide whole beef tenderloins. boiled potatoes, horseradish sauce, and a few munchies for cookout this coming Saturday. bring a covered dish, dessert, munchie & beverage to share. There will be water, soda, & a few wine coolers in the small fridge on the back porch. SOM Comp beer will be on the shed porch. The wheat beer we made for beer fest will be in the garage for sampling. 3 kegs with 3 different yeasts in the smaller freezer.

We currently have 37 RSVPs & 4 entries for SOM. Any more of either???

October 23, 2021

We are up to 35 RSVPs. Add Scott S to SOM comp. I need an accurate number by Thursday for food purchase.
 
Anyone want a BF T-shirt, let me know & I will have it ready for you. They will go into storage after the 30th, but
will still be available on request. We will try to unload them next year at BF.
 
If anybody is interested in any brewing equipment you can check out what the club has available at the cookout.
I will send out an inventory early in November. All equipment will be put in storage afterward.
 
RSVP now for the party next Sat.
 
Those who are getting honey today need to be here in a timely manner so we can be done as quickly as possible.
Neil should be here by 2.
 
any questions about anything???

October 21, 2021

Please RSVP ASAP if you plan to attend the cookout at my house on the 30th. Beef tenderloin has gotten a lot more expensive.

I don't want to buy too much & waste club money. An accurate headcount is needed. We have 25 so far.

Me, Nanci, & John have an Oktoberfest for SOM. Does anybody else want to playLet me know ASAP

We will use Beerfest tasters and pints at the event. Feel free to take them home. 

October 18, 2021

Oktoberfest tasting yesterday at O'Rileys went well. We sampled at least 13 different ones. In my opinion, Rick's bottled was the best of the lot. Thanks to the folks at O"Rileys for hosting the event.
 
Our next event will be the fall cookout at my house We currently have 9 RSVPs and 3 SOM entries. Anyone else who plans to attend should RSVP ASAP. Tenderloins are expensive and we don't want to waste money. The date is Oct 30. Start is 3 pm.
 
Nov Schedule
  • 6th-Teach Someone to Homebrew Day at Gary's
  • 14th-Combo mtg site TBD. SOM will be English Porter
Dec Schedule
  • 4th-Winos-probably my house unless we have another vol to host
  • 11th-Christmas party at beach church
 
Brewing at my house Tuesday starting early. Feel free to drop by if you want to.  If anybody is interested in up grading their brewing, I still have the 10 gal Grainfather system. pictures and details on request.  Still have plenty of T-shirts if anybody is interested.