tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69515600889075836852024-02-20T10:17:27.575-08:00Red Earth BrewersOklahoma's newest homebrew club. Follow us for everything new in the world of beer and homebrewing in central Oklahoma.Red Earth Brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083786232210229038noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6951560088907583685.post-8667206818595581382012-07-06T11:55:00.002-07:002012-07-06T11:55:42.827-07:00News You Can Use 07062012<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">Tomorrow is our big trip to Krebs for the Choc Brewery tour. We have 16 people confirmed and RSVPed to the brewery. <b>IF YOUR NAME IS NOT ON THE LIST BELOW AND YOU ARE PLANNING TO GO, I NEED TO KNOW ASAP SO I CAN UPDATE OUR HEAD COUNT WITH THE BREWERY!!! </b>The cost is $25, and that includes the tour, tastings, lunch, a glass and a tshirt. We are meeting in the south parking lot at the State Capitol (2300 N. Lincoln) tomorrow morning at 8:45 to carpool down. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em>Confirmed attendees: Brent and Paula Adams, Julie Bennett, Ben and Katie Dickey, Wes and Robbyn Glinsmann, John Hobbs, Brandon Jones, Richard and Rebecca Magann, Adam and Andrea Silvas, Sue Wilson and Dave and Nancy Yockel.</em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">Congrats to Richard Magann, who took 1</span><sup>st</sup><span style="font-size: small;"> and 3</span><sup>rd</sup><span style="font-size: small;"> place and to Julie Bennett (2</span><sup>nd</sup><span style="font-size: small;"> place) for their strong showings in last month’s club American IPA tasting. It was our strongest showing yet with more than a dozen entries and some really great beers. And a big thanks again to Patrick Lively and the other guys at COOP Aleworks for hosting us. We always have a great time there and look forward to coming back again. </span></span><a href="http://redearthbrewers.blogspot.com/2012/07/june-meeting-report.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Click here for a full wrap-up</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> of the meeting.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our next regular club meeting is Thursday, July 26</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: small;">. Location is TBA, but probably at Jess and Tony’s neighborhood clubhouse (I just haven’t had a chance to talk to them about reserving it). This will be our porter (BJCP #12) tasting so bring your entry for that if you have one. If not, just bring some of your own homebrew or craft beer to share and just have a good time.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Speaking of meetings, at last month’s meeting, a motion was made and approved that we consider moving our meetings from Thursday to Friday. (There was also some discussion of Saturday, but general consensus is that we’d lose too many people once football season starts. </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">). To that end, I have set up a new survey. So please </span></span><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PPT9J6M" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">vote today</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"> and let us know what you think: </span><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PPT9J6M" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/<wbr></wbr>PPT9J6M</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The new Red Earth Brewers website is (finally) up and running. It’s still in the very, very preliminary stages and there’s a lot of work yet to be done. But it’s a good place to send people for more information if they’re interested in learning about us. </span></span><a href="http://www.redearthbrewers.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">www.redearthbrewers.com</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ross has been in touch with a distillery in the Dallas area that is willing to cut us a deal on used 5 gallon oak barrels. They retail for$89 apiece but, if we can commit to buying a whole pallet (27barrels), we can probably get them for about $60 apiece. They barrels have been used for blue corn bourbon, single malt whisky or a spiced rum. Be thinking about this as we’ll have to move quickly and round up enough people to commit to buying 27 barrels before we can pull the trigger. So, if you are interested, please let me know ASAP.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">July 2012: Porter(BJCP #12)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">August 2012: Oklahoma Beer (O.G. under 1.040)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">September 2012: Social (if you have a light hybrid beer—BJCP #6—to bring for the AHA club only competition, please bring that)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">October 2012: American Brown Ale (if you have an Old Ale—BJCP #19A—to submit for the AHA club only competition, bring that as well)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">November 2012: Fruit/Vegetable Beer (BJCP #20 or #21) </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">December 2012: Un-Session Beer (O.G. over 1.040)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">April 2013: Extract beer (50% or more of the fermentable sugar must come from extract)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">August 2013: Sour Ale (BJCP #17)</span></span></div>Red Earth Brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083786232210229038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6951560088907583685.post-19584851443397920302012-06-29T11:34:00.000-07:002012-07-06T11:35:16.319-07:00June meeting report<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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It was another great meeting at COOP Aleworks. Patrick and the guys really go all out to help promote homebrewing, and we definitely appreciate their support.<br />
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This was our American IPA tasting, and it was our best one yet with over a dozen entries and some really great beer. Congrats to Richard Magann, who took first and third place, in the club competition. And Julie Bennett's hot streak continued with a second place finish. <br />
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Ross gave an update on an email that had gone out earlier--he has a line on some 5 gallon oak whiskey barrels from a distillery in Texas. They retail for $89 apiece but, if we can find enough people to buy a whole pallet (27 barrels), then we can get that price down to around $60 apiece (plus shipping). So REB is working with Gail at the Brew Shop to see if we can get enough people together to make this happen. If you are interested, or would like more information, email us at <a href="mailto:redearthbrewers@gmail.com">redearthbrewers@gmail.com</a>.<br />
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Wes gave an update on the REB trip to the Choc Brewery in Krebs. Due to some scheduling issues, the date has been changes to Saturday, July 7th at 11:30 am. He told everyone who wanted to go to RSVP as soon as possible, as he has to have a head count to Choc by next week. The cost is $25 per person, but that includes the tour, tastings, lunch, a glass and a tshirt.<br />
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And last but not least, Gail has secured us two tables at KRXO's Beerfest to be held at Riverwind Casino on August 4th. If you are willing to help pour and/or donate some homebrew, please let us know ASAP. Remember--for this event, you MUST have your homebrew license from the ABLE Commission. You can download it below. <br />
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Red Earth Brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083786232210229038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6951560088907583685.post-19927857060409850252011-11-21T10:27:00.000-08:002011-11-21T10:27:10.989-08:00Red Earth Brewers Rock the FOAM Cup!<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">FOAM Cup is the state’s largest homebrew competition (626 entries from brewers in 24 states). And I am proud to say that Red Earth Brewers had a great showing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a club, Red Earth Brewers finished in third place out of 26 clubs entered. And three of our individual members brought home medals, including four golds and the second-place Best in Show! (</span><a href="http://www.foamcup.us/Results.aspx"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">Here are the full results.</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This was a great showing for our new club, and I’m really looking forward to building on our success. If you’ve never entered a competition before, I would really encourage you to do so. While awards are nice, even more important is the great feedback you get. Entering competitions and learning from experienced tasters is a great way to improve your brewing. And isn’t that why we’re all here?</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The American Homebrewers Association website has </span><a href="http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/pages/competitions/aha-bjcp-sanctioned-competition/calendar"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">a full calendar of all the homebrew competitions</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> going on around the country. I know that shipping can get pretty expensive so, if nothing else, start preparing for Bluebonnet Brew-Off, which will be in Dallas in March. We’ll be driving entries down, so feel free to enter as much as you can brew! (Plus, our vice-president Tony Tielli has a Best of Show trophy to defend.)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ross Harper</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">GOLD: Category 6 Light Hybrid (Blond Ale)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">BRONZE: Category 13 Stout (Russian Imperial Stout)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">GOLD: Category 19 Strong Ale (American Barleywine)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2<sup>nd</sup> PLACE BEST IN SHOW (American Barleywine)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tony Tielli</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">GOLD: Category 11 English Brown Ale (Mild)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">GOLD: Category 18 Belgian Strong Ale (Belgian Dark Strong)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">HONORABLE MENTION: Category 22 Smoke Flavored and Wood Aged (Wood-Aged Beer)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Brandon Jones</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">BRONZE: Category 21 Spice-Herb-Vegetable Beer</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">PAPER CUP: Special award for the participant with the most entries</span></div>Red Earth Brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083786232210229038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6951560088907583685.post-87653864610628173442011-10-14T19:30:00.000-07:002011-10-14T19:30:30.878-07:00The ABLE Commission Strikes Again<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many of you had planned to attend Saturday's Southern Plains Craft Beer Festival down at Learn to Brew in Moore. Red Earth Brewers was going to have a table set up and several of our members had volunteered to donate some homebrew and pour at the event. The folks at Learn To Brew had gotten everything squared away with the ABLE commission months ago (or so they thought) and it looked like it was going to be a great event.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But in yet another classic government agency example of the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing, the ABLE Commission in its infinite wisdom (be careful not to let any of that sarcasm drip on you) and scuttled the deal. The ABLE person who contacted Learn to Brew today (not the same person they had dealt with in the past) informed them that they couldn't have homebrewers giving away beer. It basically came down to an interpretation of the homebrew law: under the law that passed a year and a half ago, homebrewing is legal and you can give away samples, but you are not allowed to sell homebrew. ABLE, apparently, is interpreting the definition of selling very broadly. So even though all the proceeds from this event are going to charity and all of the homebrewers were donating their beer, free of charge, because the festival required a paid admission ticket, they are saying that falls under the definition of selling the beer. We debated about showing up anyway, but decided it would be much to big of a risk. Not only could ABLE then shut down the whole festival, but if they really wanted to be sticklers on the law, each individual homebrewer pouring there could be on the hook for big fines and even jail time. So it's just not worth the risk.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So the short version is that all the Oklahoma brewers will be there pouring, as will a local liquor store that is donating craft beer. But any participation by Oklahoma's homebrewing community will be simply as spectators.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sigh. Another day, another 1930's era Oklahoma beer law.</span>Red Earth Brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083786232210229038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6951560088907583685.post-62433337502690086902011-09-06T13:11:00.000-07:002011-09-06T13:11:19.783-07:00August Meeting Wrap-UpIt was a great meeting with a lot going on. So without further ado . . .<br />
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<b>Membership Dues Take Effect 10/1</b><br />
Wes unveiled the results of our Red Earth Brewers survey (<a href="http://redearthbrewers.blogspot.com/2011/08/red-earth-brewers-2011-survey-results.html">see the full results here</a>) and we voted on a couple of items. The most noticeable change will be that, starting in October, we will begin charging dues of $5 per quarter/$20 per year. This will allow us to send our entries to the AHA's club-only competitions, print flyers and newsletters, and otherwise promote our club.<br />
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</tbody></table><b>Club Elections</b><br />
It's hard to believe that we've been up and running for almost a year now. But at our September meeting, we will be holding new officer elections. The positions available are: President , Director of Events, Director of Communications and Treasurer. We appointed an elections committee (Scott Cragg, Thad Burk and Jason MacKinnon) to come up with a slate of officers and conduct the elections at the next meeting. If you are interested in serving as an officer, please email Scott at cragg.scott (at) gmail dot com.<br />
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<b>Chase Healey and Oklahoma's Beer Scene</b><br />
Our special guest this month was Chase Healey, head brewer at Redbud Brewing and the mastermind behind all the great beers at both Redbud and COOP. Chase gave us some great insights into the brewing world and what the future holds for Redbud. He also had some great advice for both novice and advanced homebrewers. We really appreciate Chase joining us this month and all that he is doing to promote the craft beer scene in Oklahoma.<br />
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Also, as part of the festival, they will be hosting a Pale Ale homebrew tasting competition. Entry is free, so if you have a pale ale you would like to have judged, entries are due to LTB by October 1st. <br />
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<b>First Place</b>: Wes Glinsmann, Imperial Bacon Porter (recipe below)<br />
<b>Second Place (tie)</b>: Scott Cragg, Pecan Brown Ale<br />
<b>Second Place (tie)</b>: Ross Harper, Pecan Porter<br />
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This is definitely a creative bunch, so we really appreciate everyone who brought some beer to sample.<br />
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<b>September 15</b>: Cooking with beer social. Bring food made with beer--along with your favorite homebrew or craft beer--to share at this social gathering. Location TBA.<br />
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<b>October 20</b>: German Wheat and Rye Beer tasting (BJCP #15). Location Thad Burk's house in Bethany.<br />
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<b>November 17</b>: Social. Location TBA.<br />
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<b>December 15</b>: Winter Warmer tasting. Location TBA<br />
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Thanks again to everyone who has helped make Red Earth Brewers so successful over the last year! We're looking forward to even better things ahead.<br />
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<strong>Pigskin Porter</strong><br />
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O.G. 1.074<br />
F.G. 1.019<br />
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12 pounds two-row pale malt<br />
1 pound chocolate malt<br />
1 pound crystal 60L<br />
8 oz. cara-pils<br />
8 oz. debittered black malt<br />
8 oz. roasted barley<br />
1 oz Chinook hop pellets (12.2% AA)<br />
1 oz Cascade hop pellets (5.0% AA)<br />
1 tsp yeast nutrient<br />
1 tsp Irish moss<br />
White Labs California Ale (WLP001) yeast<br />
Bacon extract (see directions below)<br />
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<strong>Bacon Extract</strong><br />
Fry one pound of bacon. Pour bacon drippings and crumbled bacon into Tupperware container. Pour in enough vodka to cover. Let sit 5-7 days to infuse. Place container in freezer and grease will separate to the top. Remove the grease layer (may want to repeat this step). Strain the infused vodka through a coffee strainer and set aside until secondary fermentation.<br />
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<strong>Process</strong><br />
Mash at 153 degrees for 60 minutes.<br />
60 minute boil.<br />
Add Chinook hops at 60 minutes and Cascade at 45 minutes.<br />
Add yeast nutrient and Irish moss at 15 minutes left in boil.<br />
Pitch yeast and let ferment 7-10 days. Transfer to secondary.<br />
While in secondary, begin adding the bacon extract an ounce or so at a time. Let sit for a couple of days, then sample. Repeat as needed until you get the right amount of bacon flavor you are wanting.Red Earth Brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083786232210229038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6951560088907583685.post-76954478826151331012011-08-26T13:47:00.000-07:002011-08-26T13:47:34.083-07:00Red Earth Brewers 2011 Survey Results<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Last month, we asked Red Earth Brewers to help us plan the future of our organization. This survey was sent out via email and Facebook, and hard copies were distributed at the July meeting. We had a great response, and below are all the responses we got. (Those that received a clear majority are in <strong>bold</strong>.) </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 414.9pt;" valign="top" width="553"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We should have a regular location for our tastings, even if it means having to pay to rent the space.</span></span></b></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">74%</span></span></b></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 414.9pt;" valign="top" width="553"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We should keep moving our meetings around, even if it means we have to pay some months.</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">17%</span></span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 414.9pt;" valign="top" width="553"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif";">We should have the meeting wherever we can get it for free.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">9%</span></span></div></td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Q2. If we can’t find a regular location that will let us use the space for free:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 414.9pt;" valign="top" width="553"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I support charging annual dues for all Red Earth members to pay for rental costs.</span></span></b></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">57%</span></span></b></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 414.9pt;" valign="top" width="553"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I don’t want to pay annual dues, but I’m OK with charging a cover charge at tasting events to pay for the facility.</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">43%</span></span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 414.9pt;" valign="top" width="553"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tasting events should be free, even if that means having irregular or less-than-ideal meeting places.</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0%</span></span></div></td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Q3. If the club does eventually decide to charge dues to defray our costs, how much would you be willing to pay per year?</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 414.9pt;" valign="top" width="553"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">$25-$50</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">30%</span></span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 414.9pt;" valign="top" width="553"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">$15-$25</span></span></b></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">57%</span></span></b></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 414.9pt;" valign="top" width="553"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">$10-$15</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4%</span></span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 414.9pt;" valign="top" width="553"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">$5-$10</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0%</span></span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 414.9pt;" valign="top" width="553"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I would not join if I have to pay dues.</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">9%</span></span></div></td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Q4. To this point, we've generally had homebrew tastings every other month, with social events in the intervening months. Regarding the number of tastings:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 414.9pt;" valign="top" width="553"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We have too few tastings—we should have them every month!</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">27%</span></span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 414.9pt;" valign="top" width="553"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I like the current rotation of a tasting every other month with a social event in the off-months.</span></span></b></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">68%</span></span></b></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 414.9pt;" valign="top" width="553"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We have tastings too often—we should only have them quarterly.</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5%</span></span></div></td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Q5. At past tastings, we have let everyone vote on their favorite beer of the evening. That method seems to be popular and working well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, some members have expressed interest in becoming better brewers “to style” and entering BJCP competitions. Regarding future tastings:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 414.9pt;" valign="top" width="553"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We should keep letting everyone vote for the “Best in Show”, but also have a panel of more experienced tasters rate all the beers according to the BJCP style guidelines to provide feedback to those brewers who want it.</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">45%</span></span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 414.9pt;" valign="top" width="553"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The panel mentioned above won't rate every beer, but anyone who wants their beers judged using BJCP standards can provide a couple extra bottles and have their beers judged.</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">41%</span></span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 414.9pt;" valign="top" width="553"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We shouldn’t worry about “to style” and only have a vote for favorite beer.</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">14%</span></span></div></td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Q6. At some meetings, we’ve had educational components (talks with professional brewers, discussions of brewing techniques, talks about certain styles and BJCP guidelines, etc.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Regarding this educational component:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 414.9pt;" valign="top" width="553"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I like having an educational component. It might help make me a better brewer.</span></span></b></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">95%</span></span></b></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 414.9pt;" valign="top" width="553"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Skip the educational component. The meetings should be for tasting and socializing.</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5%</span></span></div></td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Q7. I get my info about Red Earth Brewers and upcoming events from (check all that apply):</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 414.9pt;" valign="top" width="553"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Emails from The Brew Shop</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">77%</span></span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 414.9pt;" valign="top" width="553"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Talking to Gail at The Brew Shop</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">50%</span></span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 414.9pt;" valign="top" width="553"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Facebook (www.facebook.com/redearthbrewers)</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">73%</span></span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 414.9pt;" valign="top" width="553"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Twitter (www.twitter.com/redearthbrewers)</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">18%</span></span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 414.9pt;" valign="top" width="553"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Red Earth blog (www.redearthbrewers.blogspot.com)</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">27%</span></span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 414.9pt;" valign="top" width="553"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Other</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4%</span></span></div></td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Q8. We will continue posting Facebook, Twitter and blog updates periodically, but would you like to see us publish a periodic (probably quarterly) newsletter?</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 414.9pt;" valign="top" width="553"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes</span></span></b></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">82%</span></span></b></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 414.9pt;" valign="top" width="553"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">18%</span></span></div></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Red Earth Brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083786232210229038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6951560088907583685.post-48123753274217177442011-07-22T14:53:00.000-07:002011-07-22T15:02:26.330-07:00July meeting and tasting recapWow, what a fun meeting that was. A lot of new faces and a lot of good beer. Thanks to Tony and Jessica Tielli for hooking us up with a good meeting spot at their community clubhouse (we'll be back there next month). A few notes from the evening's festivities:<br />
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1. Every May, the American Homebrewers Association sponsors <a href="http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/pages/events/national-homebrew-day">Big Brew Day</a>, an event aimed at getting experienced homebrewers to invite their friends to brew with them and introduce new people to the hobby. So this month's tasting competition was for all those beers we brewed for Big Brew Day. No specific style guideline--the only requirement was that the beer had to be a tag-team effort between a Red Earth member and someone new to homebrewing. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">Let the tasting begin</span></em></td></tr>
</tbody></table>And the winners are . . . <br />
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<strong>1st Place</strong>: Jason MacKinnon and Wes Glinsmann (American Wheat--recipe below)<br />
<strong>2nd Place</strong>: Daniel Waterburg and Brandon Jones (American Pale Ale)<br />
<strong>3rd Place</strong>: Chris and Jase (India Pale Ale)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">The big winners</span></em></td></tr>
</tbody></table> Congrats to our winners and thanks to everyone who entered! <br />
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2. In addition to the contest entries, thanks to everyone who brought their homebrews to sample. We had everything from a 13 year old tripel to keg-hopped IPAs to chocolate coconut schwarzbier. I'm pleased to report that the beers keep getting better every month, so be sure you don't miss next month's meeting.<br />
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3. Speaking of which, next month's meeting should be very, very interesting. You may recall, our tasting next month is in the BJCP #23 category of "specialty/experimental/historical" beers. So basically the rules are there are no rules. Anything you can come up with--weird styles, crazy ingredients--that doesn't fit into another category is valid. So plan to be there for what promises to be a great tasting. The meeting info is:<br />
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<strong>Thursday, August 25</strong><br />
<strong>7:00 pm</strong><br />
<strong>17804 Silverhawk Way</strong><br />
<strong>Edmond, OK</strong><br />
<strong>(Southwest corner of 178th and Penn)</strong><br />
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5. Red Earth Brewers is coming up on its 1st birthday, and we want to make sure that the club is giving Oklahoma homebrewers what they need. So if you haven't already done so, please take our quick survey and let us know what you think of a couple of important issues that will determine where we go from here.<br />
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6. The American Homebrewers' Association club-only competition for September is mead. So if you are a mead maker who would like to enter one of your meads for consideration, please contact Gail.<br />
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7. The future tasting schedule is as follows, so be thinking about what you want to bring to these meetings:<br />
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<blockquote dir="ltr" id="yui_3_2_0_5_131137034317477" style="margin-right: 0px;"><div><span class="yiv996887479tab"><strong>August</strong>: Specialty/Experimental/Historical Beers (<a href="http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style23.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #234786; font-size: small;">BJCP #23</span></a>)</span></div><div><span class="yiv996887479tab"><strong>October</strong>: Hefeweizen (<a href="http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style15.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #234786; font-size: small;">BJCP #15 A, B, C and D</span></a>)</span></div><div><span class="yiv996887479tab"><strong>December</strong>: Winter Warmer (no specific style guidelines, but any high alcohol beer--imperial stout, barleywine, old ale, etc.--for those cold winter nights)</span></div></blockquote>Thanks again to everyone who came out on Thursday! I look forward to seeing even more folks in August. <br />
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(Below is Wes' and Jason's winning recipe, along with some more pictures from the evening.)<br />
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<strong>Wheatcha Doin? American Wheat</strong><br />
O.G. 1.053<br />
IBU 15.3<br />
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7 lbs, 4 oz wheat liquid extract (put in half at beginning of boil, and the other half with 5-10 minutes left)<br />
1 lb flaked wheat<br />
8 oz crystal 10L<br />
1/4 oz magnum hops (60 min)<br />
1/4 oz cascade hops (5 min)<br />
1/2 oz cascade hops (1 min)<br />
White Labs California Ale (WLP001) yeast<br />
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</tbody></table>Our theme this month was Belgian-style ales and, wow, did we do it up right! A whole lot of variety and some really great beers. Our club tastings just keep getting better and better! In the end, we actually had a tie for the favorite beer of the night. Congrats to <strong>Tony Tielli</strong>, who kept his winning streak going with a Belgian Dark Strong, and <strong>Ross Harper</strong>, who got his first club win with an excellent tripel. <em>(I apologize to those at the meeting who heard me announce the results incorrectly. Math was never my strong suit.)</em> Third place went to <strong>Rich Brucker</strong> for his Dark Strong.<br />
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</tbody></table>Also, congrats go out to those who had the "best of style" in each category:<br />
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BJCP 16A Witbier: <strong>Wes Glinsmann</strong><br />
BJCP 16E. Belgian Specialty: <strong>Nick Slepko</strong><br />
BJCP 18C Belgian Tripel: <strong>Ross Harper</strong><br />
BJCP 18E Belgian Dark Strong: <strong>Tony Tielli</strong><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>In addition to the tasting, we also conducted a little business. Tony gave a brief presentation on the history and characteristics of Belgian beer styles. Wes reported that we're going to try to have an educational component at each of our future meetings. Next month, we'll be talking about proper sanitation techniques. So if that topic (or something else you're knowledgeable about) piques your interest as something you'd like to talk about, let Gail or Wes know and we'll make sure to plug you in. Also, <a href="http://www.bricktownbrewery.com/">Bricktown Brewery</a> has given Gail an obscene amount of Perle hops. So if that's something you could use in a future brew, stop by <a href="http://www.thebrewshopokc.com/">The Brew Shop</a> with a zip-loc bag and Gail will hook you up.<br />
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Don't forget--the July meeting (tentatively scheduled for July 21st) is our "pro-am" competition, at which we'll be sampling all the beers we brewed with our friends for the <a href="http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/pages/events/national-homebrew-day">AHA's Big Brew Day</a> last month. So be sure to bring your friends with you and introduce them to our club and the wide, wide world of homebrewing. We've got a good lead on a location for our July meeting, and we'll let you know for sure once we have that confirmed. <br />
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Hope everyone is able to stay cool this weekend. Happy brewing!Red Earth Brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083786232210229038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6951560088907583685.post-45314688283555566712011-05-06T13:29:00.000-07:002011-05-06T13:29:43.662-07:00The Army Needs Brewers!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwmTp7_nvoUj0gAAQ5VgNPASEQPDIR-fqSpDQaj8OmOR1o_8eEpKWQ5gOBISk4or2lcziRLlTJITX4NUDYrrl3zeeWdVOUqBtWb2XopjKneX2VCJn7Y1YIBmmmxyoqI8J0cnsCKUGGznf5/s1600/Uncle_Sam_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwmTp7_nvoUj0gAAQ5VgNPASEQPDIR-fqSpDQaj8OmOR1o_8eEpKWQ5gOBISk4or2lcziRLlTJITX4NUDYrrl3zeeWdVOUqBtWb2XopjKneX2VCJn7Y1YIBmmmxyoqI8J0cnsCKUGGznf5/s200/Uncle_Sam_.jpg" width="178" /></a>While I'm sure the SEALs who took down Osama Bin Laden will never have to buy themselves another beer as long as they're on a Navy base, I had no idea the military actually made its own.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div>If you've ever wanted to be a professional brewer, here's your chance: <a href="http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=99051583&JobTitle=Brew+Master&q=Brew+master&x=0&y=0&brd=3876&vw=b&FedEmp=N&FedPub=Y&pg=1&re=0&AVSDM=2011-05-04+00%3a03%3a00"><strong>Fort Sill is hiring a new brewmaster</strong></a>. <br />
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Here's the job description: <br />
<blockquote class="Value" xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format"><div class="Value" xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format"><em>Plans and manages the day-to-day operation of a brewery. Prepares and/or oversees the preparation of beer following and creating recipes. Develops operating budget, identifying labor, equipment and supply cost elements. Controls pricing, beer production methods and techniques. Supervises assigned staff. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY NONAPPROPRIATED FUND INSTRUMENTALITIES ARE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYERS. </em></div></blockquote><div class="Value" xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">Sure they pay's not great ($22,020 a year) and you'd have to move to Lawton. But you get to put "Brew Master" on your resume. And, as the guy (or girl) making the beer, I'm guessing you'd be pretty popular on an Army base.</div><div class="Value" xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format"> </div><div class="Value" xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">So good luck! <a href="http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=99051583&JobTitle=Brew+Master&q=Brew+master&x=0&y=0&brd=3876&vw=b&FedEmp=N&FedPub=Y&pg=1&re=0&AVSDM=2011-05-04+00%3a03%3a00">Click here for a link to the application</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3gpdN56jeccP-F-jVgkYWCpfN59_l2CJ4HkafMn8eKmVaiADCIPETISEQ_rC1VTbUjIZI6nPPEezkI2Mus4UzG1KfydCs76lJpAxmbDpUIy68rSEyUnGnB-sZljGKfwcmRgGqj9eQOh58/s1600/world-war-II-beer-poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3gpdN56jeccP-F-jVgkYWCpfN59_l2CJ4HkafMn8eKmVaiADCIPETISEQ_rC1VTbUjIZI6nPPEezkI2Mus4UzG1KfydCs76lJpAxmbDpUIy68rSEyUnGnB-sZljGKfwcmRgGqj9eQOh58/s320/world-war-II-beer-poster.jpg" width="228" /></a></div>Red Earth Brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083786232210229038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6951560088907583685.post-60039468492683259552011-04-21T11:25:00.000-07:002011-04-21T11:36:48.609-07:00April Meeting Notes<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A big thanks to everyone who came out to our meeting last night at <a href="http://convergenceokc.org/">Convergence Collective</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know several people were out of town and, let’s face it, it’s hard to compete with a Thunder playoff game, so our attendance was down a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But a good time was still had by all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some highlights and news from the night:</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">First Place: Tony Tielli, Czech Pilsner</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Second Place: Wes Glinsmann, Centennial IPA</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Third Place: Stephen Law, Amarillo IPA</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And, although not entries for the tasting, thanks to Richard Magann (jalepeno ale) and Blaine Stansel (black licorice doppelbock) for bringing some extra beer to the party.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhygVr587fHicXNOzL1UcEOA_VJniX5MhEMVt-392tgIZnvl226yiQBNRW41egl1QZBAgqH6OpupCfzWS5jnq-4FDxoV0ncZ048rBv9JLxMl66GyQFOnRddhyLGyI_3iXezjshdlQFHtEvq/s1600/P4200627.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The American Homebrewer’s Association annual “</span><a href="http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/pages/events/national-homebrew-day"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">Big Brew Day</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">” is May 7<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Big Brew Day is designed to be a good day to help introduce new people to the hobby of homebrewing. So here is what we decided to do: every Red Earth Brewer who will be around on the 7<sup>th</sup> should invite a friend or friends who are interested to come brew with you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just do something simple that they can help with—an extract only or extract/specialty grain beer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go through the whole process with them. Then, invite them to come with you to our July meeting, where they can get to know us as a club and we’ll have a big tasting event of everybody’s extract homebrews.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be a great way to introduce people to the hobby of homebrewing as well as welcome them into our group.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Our future tasting schedule is as follows, so brew accordingly:</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">June</b>: Belgian Style (</span><a href="http://www.bjcp.org/docs/2008_Guidelines.pdf"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">BJCP Styles #16, 17 and 18</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">August</b>: Specialty Ale (</span><a href="http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style23.php"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">BJCP Style #23</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is where the fun starts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The American Homebrewers’ Association Club-Only competition is a “specialty/experimental/historical” beer. In other words, anything the far reaches of your imagination can come up with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So this will be your chance to finally brew that one really crazy idea that you’d always wanted to try.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">October</b>: Hefeweizen (</span><a href="http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style15.php"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">BJCP Style #15</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">December</b>: Those who have a lagering fridge should do a dark lager (</span><a href="http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style04.php"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">BJCP Style #4</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">) to be ready for the AHA’s January club-only competition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everybody else should brew some kind of Winter Warmer (i.e. imperial stout, barleywine or other malty, high-alcohol type of beer).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Our next meeting will be <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Thursday, May 19<sup>th</sup></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should have a location finalized shortly and will let everybody know where the meeting will be.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Just a reminder: Gail sends out the meeting notices via email, but we post a lot of other information on our </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/#!/redearthbrewers"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Facebook</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> and </span><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/redearthbrewers"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Twitter</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> pages. Sometimes informative, sometimes humorous, always entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So be sure you follow Red Earth Brewers on </span><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/redearthbrewers"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Twitter</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> and </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/#!/redearthbrewers"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Facebook</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tony’s SMaSH Czech Pilsner</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6 gallon batch</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Target OG 1.052</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Target FG 1.010</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Color 4 SRM</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">IBU - 43</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">ABV - 5.1</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5.36kg (100%) German Pilsner Malt (Wyermann)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">68g Czech Saaz - 60 minutes</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">47g Czech Saaz - 30 minutes</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">25g Czech Saaz - 15 minutes</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">30g Czech Saaz - 1 minute</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">White Labs WLP800 Pilsner Yeast</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mash using the </span><a href="http://www.braukaiser.com/wiki/index.php?title=Decoction_Mashing"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">modified double decoction</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> method.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>90 Minute boil. Pitch a massive quantity of yeast at 45F and let ramp up to 50F (I repitched slurry from a previous batch). Ferment at 50F for 3 weeks, cold crash and lager for 6 weeks. Keg, Filter, Carb, Drink!</span></span></div>Red Earth Brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083786232210229038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6951560088907583685.post-52909399374418155822011-04-11T11:11:00.000-07:002011-04-11T11:11:33.860-07:00Celtic Brew-Off Invitation<div class="yiv1901265051MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJDlnf9XDB3fs5VKpNl5gQLUNDOqmWSLvNzYjOoH3-jr_GwVq24RAgtG0pJhX2xMTHa6OMQpc1SdgNLyWHmlqg_3sctUIXv8nJK8EGgsFmZ0qVQYHfCb-Ux7znnXj40YWADgxrCMY2jN-l/s1600/Celtic+brewoff.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJDlnf9XDB3fs5VKpNl5gQLUNDOqmWSLvNzYjOoH3-jr_GwVq24RAgtG0pJhX2xMTHa6OMQpc1SdgNLyWHmlqg_3sctUIXv8nJK8EGgsFmZ0qVQYHfCb-Ux7znnXj40YWADgxrCMY2jN-l/s200/Celtic+brewoff.JPG" width="164" /></a></div><span class="yiv1901265051yshortcuts"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1302545189_9" style="background: #dceeff; border-bottom: #366388 2px dotted; color: black; cursor: hand;">Slainte Mhath</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">! (Good Health)</span></div><div class="yiv1901265051MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></div><div class="yiv1901265051MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> On behalf of the Knights of the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1302545189_10" style="border-bottom: #366388 2px dotted; cursor: hand;">Brown Bottle</span> Homebrew Club of <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1302545189_11" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: medium none; cursor: hand;">Arlington, Texas</span>, We invite you to participate in the annual Celtic Brew-Off<strong> </strong>Homebrew Competition. This year will mark the “CRYSTAL ANNIVERSARY” of the Celtic Brew-Off and the Knight’s goal is to make 2011 the best to date. The Celtic Brew-Off is the largest homebrewing competition in the country devoted exclusively to beers, meads, and ciders with origins in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1302545189_12" style="border-bottom: #366388 2px dotted; cursor: hand;">Celtic nations</span> of the world. In 2010 the Celtic received over 300 entries and 2011 looks to be even larger. </div><div class="yiv1901265051MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></div><div class="yiv1901265051MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> Entries will be accepted from <strong>Friday May 6<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> through Thursday May 12<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup></strong>. First and second round judging will be held May 21<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> and 22<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">nd</span></sup> at the Coor’s Distribution Center in north Fort Worth. Judges and stewards of all levels and experience are welcome. A light lunch will be provided and there will be <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1302545189_13">door prizes</span> for those participating in the judging. As in years past, the 2011 Celtic Brew-Off will conclude at the Texas Scottish Festival and Highland Games in Arlington held the first weekend in June.</div><div class="yiv1901265051MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></div><div class="yiv1901265051MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> New for 2011 will be 15<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> Anniversary Commemorative Trophies given to the first place and BOS winning entrants. Second and third place winners will receive custom ribbons made with Celtic tartan. Style guidelines, contest rules and on-line registration may be found on the Celtic Brew-Off link at <a href="http://www.kobb.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">www.kobb.org</span></a>. </div><div class="yiv1901265051MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Cheers,</div><div class="yiv1901265051MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Richard Graham and Dave Girard, Co-directors</div><div class="yiv1901265051MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">2011 Celtic Brew-Off</div>Red Earth Brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083786232210229038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6951560088907583685.post-53541031244137236802011-03-30T08:34:00.000-07:002011-03-30T08:34:43.943-07:00Red Earth Brewer Takes Best of Show at Bluebonnet<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://www.bluebonnetbrewoff.com/themes/LogicII/images/bbofficiallogo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://www.bluebonnetbrewoff.com/themes/LogicII/images/bbofficiallogo.gif" width="200" /></a>Ladies and gentleman, we have a celebrity in our midst! </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">As you may know, last weekend was the Bluebonnet Brew-Off, one of the nation's largest and most competitive homebrew competitions. Congratulations to our own Tony Tielli, whose American Stout not only won 1st place in the Strong Stout category, but beat out almost 1600 other entries for <a href="http://www.bluebonnetbrewoff.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Subjects&file=index&req=viewpage&pageid=52">1st Place Best of Show</a>!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">For those of you who were at our <a href="http://redearthbrewers.blogspot.com/2011/02/february-meeting-recap.html">February meeting</a> in Guthrie, you'll remember that Tony's stout took 1st Place in our club stout tasting (proving we have good taste!). </div><br />
So congrats Tony! This is a huge honor for you, and a great start for our new club.<br />
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Here is the recipe for Tony's award-winning stout:<br />
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<b>Tony's American Stout<br />
BJCP Category 13E<br />
Target OG : 1.080<br />
Target FG : 1.022<br />
ABV 7.69%<br />
Batch Size: 6 Gallons (at the end of the boil)<br />
Calculated at 70% efficiency.<br />
75% (6.44kg) Pale Ale Malt<br />
9% (800g) Chocolate Malt<br />
5% (480g) Roasted Barley<br />
5% (400g) Crystal 40L<br />
2% (160g) Crystal 80L<br />
4% (350g) White Table Sugar<br />
33g Magnum (13.6%aa) - 60 minutes<br />
20g Centennial (10.0%aa) - 10 minutes<br />
20g Cascade (5.5%aa) - 10 minutes<br />
30g Centennial (10.0%aa) - 1 minute<br />
30g Cascade (5.5%aa) - 1 minute<br />
30g Centennial (10.0%aa) - Dry Hop<br />
20g Cascade (5.5%aa) - Dry Hop<br />
White Labs WLP007 Dry English Ale (repitched slurry from previous batch)<br />
Ferment at 65F until complete, dry hop for 7 days following fermentation.</b><br />
<img height="96" src="http://www.bluebonnetbrewoff.com/themes/LogicII/images/bbofficiallogo.gif" style="filter: alpha(opacity=30); left: 576px; mozopacity: 0.3; opacity: 0.3; position: absolute; top: 55px; visibility: hidden;" width="96" />Red Earth Brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083786232210229038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6951560088907583685.post-2096668282952513772011-03-21T11:06:00.000-07:002011-03-21T11:09:28.879-07:00March Meeting RecapA big thanks to all who attended our March club meeting last weekend. And a special thank you to REB member Scott Cragg for hosting us at his home in Piedmont. While the dry conditions nixed our plans for a bonfire, it certainly didn't stop the good times. Some of the highlights included:<br />
<ul><li style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRRcYNqgZNG7vHEGlUKDkhk6yEun7EZkdzLfnVQjZXCa9Z0TeJpjDNvOTtZw0Yz81e184-2vFamUsTcqp4Um183dZkx2lpQSognf8UPMC7BJghwSnYGCCsnqdV4SeioCMCP7FHgy3cIfEA/s1600/craft-beer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; height: 259px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; width: 239px;"><img border="0" height="200" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRRcYNqgZNG7vHEGlUKDkhk6yEun7EZkdzLfnVQjZXCa9Z0TeJpjDNvOTtZw0Yz81e184-2vFamUsTcqp4Um183dZkx2lpQSognf8UPMC7BJghwSnYGCCsnqdV4SeioCMCP7FHgy3cIfEA/s200/craft-beer.jpg" width="176" /></a>Jeremiah's Rye IPA</li>
<li style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Jessica's Irish Carbomb cupcakes</li>
<li style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Brandon's melt-in-your-mouth smoked brisket</li>
<li>Tony's dunkelweizen</li>
<li style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Scott's smoked venison</li>
<li style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Julie's half-and-half cupcakes</li>
<li>The Chocolate Trio (Boulevard Chocolate Ale, Southern Tier Imperial Choklat Stout and Great Divide Chocolate Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout)</li>
</ul>A good time was had by all, particularly once the trampoline got involved. But that's another story. ;)<br />
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Don't forget--the tasting for our April meeting will be a SMaSH (single malt and single hop) beer. If you haven't already brewed one, be sure to hit up The Brew Shop this week. We'll have more information with time, location, etc. for the April meeting coming shortly.Red Earth Brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083786232210229038noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6951560088907583685.post-70550557796072689172011-02-22T09:33:00.000-08:002011-02-22T09:36:40.217-08:00February Meeting RecapThanks to everyone who made the trip up to Guthrie for last week's Red Earth Brewers monthly meeting. And a big thanks to <a href="http://www.winansofguthrie.com/">Rick's Fine Chocolates and Coffees</a> for hosting our motley crew. We had some great discussions, learned a few things (the tasting lineup will be much more organized in the future) and got to taste a lot of great stouts. Here's a brief recap: <br />
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1. From Tony's super dry-hopped American stout to Wes' crazy sour cranberry stout to Scott's insanely imperial oil slick stout, there was an amzingly wide variety of beers brought to the meeting. Congratulations to <strong>Tony Tielli</strong>, who took first place in the stout tasting competition. His winning recipe (in all its fancy metric measurement glory) is below. Also, congratulations to <strong>Ross Harper</strong> and <strong>Daniel ???</strong> (sorry I didn't catch your last name--please email me at redearthbrewers (at) gmail.com so I can update it with your correct name) who took 2nd and 3rd place respectively.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Come to the Dark Side.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>2. On another voting matter, we finalized the official club logo. As you may recall, we sent out our 13 original entries to an electronic vote. We then took the top 5 and voted at last week's meeting for our favorite. When all the votes were tallied using a 3-2-1 voting system (3 points for a first place vote, 2 for second and 1 point for third), the top three were:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1st place with 27.6% of the vote</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2nd with 24.2%</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3rd with 19.5%</td></tr>
</tbody></table>As we've said before, we'll probably still keep using different logos for different purposes from time to time. But the bottlecap logo above will be our "official" club logo. Big thanks and congratulations to Red Earth Brewer and graphic designer extrordinaire John Mitchell for the winning entry. <br />
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3. Our next meeting, pending the weather and burn ban status, will be an outdoor social activity and bonfire at the Piedmont home of Scott Cragg. No specific beer to brew, but please bring some of your favorite homebrews or craft beers to share. More info and directions will be sent out shortly.<br />
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4. Our April meeting (April 21st, location TBA) will be a SMASH beer. For those who don't know (like myself until a few weeks ago), SMASH is short for Single MAlt, Single Hop. In other words, you're only allowed to use one type of grain or extract (that means no mini-mashes) and one hop variety. Beyond that, the only limit is your own imagination. It'll be a great way for everyone to really get to learn what flavor qualities a specific grain, hop or yeast brings to the table. And to make things more interesting, we may have a little competition where everybody can play "name that ingredient" and see who can identify the different things that went into everybody's beers.<br />
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5. If you're not already doing so, please be sure that you're following us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Red-Earth-Brewers/178637715483649">Facebook</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/redearthbrewers">Twitter</a>. That's where we post most of our updates along with some other fun or interesting things we find. <br />
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Thanks again to everybody who made it out to last week's meeting. I can't wait for the next one. Happy brewing!<br />
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<div><strong>Tony's American Stout</strong></div><div><strong>BJCP Category 13E</strong></div><div></div><div><strong>Target OG : 1.080</strong></div><div><strong>Target FG : 1.022</strong></div><div><strong>ABV 7.69%</strong></div><div><strong>Batch Size: 6 Gallons (at the end of the boil)</strong></div><div><strong>Calculated at 70% efficiency.</strong></div><div></div><div><strong>75% (6.44kg) Pale Ale Malt</strong></div><div><strong>9% (800g) Chocolate Malt</strong></div><div><strong>5% (480g) Roasted Barley</strong></div><div><strong>5% (400g) Crystal 40L</strong></div><div><div><strong>2% (160g) Crystal 80L</strong></div></div><div><strong>4% (350g) White Table Sugar</strong></div><div></div><div><strong>33g Magnum (13.6%aa) - 60 minutes</strong></div><div><strong>20g Centennial (10.0%aa) - 10 minutes</strong></div><div><strong>20g Cascade (5.5%aa) - 10 minutes</strong></div><div><strong>30g Centennial (10.0%aa) - 1 minute</strong></div><div><strong>30g Cascade (5.5%aa) - 1 minute</strong></div><div></div><div><strong>30g Centennial (10.0%aa) - Dry Hop</strong></div><div><strong>20g Cascade (5.5%aa) - Dry Hop</strong></div><div></div><div><strong>White Labs WLP007 Dry English Ale (repitched slurry from previous batch)</strong></div><div></div><div><strong><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1298395204_0">Ferment</span> at 65F until complete, dry hop for 7 days following fermentation.</strong></div>Red Earth Brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083786232210229038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6951560088907583685.post-15006750691664328672011-01-13T12:45:00.000-08:002011-01-13T12:45:44.708-08:00Red Earth Brewers logosThanks to everyone who voted in our recent poll about club logos and, more importantly, to the great graphic designers in our midst.<br />
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Every design submitted got some votes, but there were two that got far and away the most support<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhviJ1BQIVKkzwFUN2dq7rWIQ4q8RvMDWP1w_TqUcEm1LSkUkXJPT7pycLB6bRv11drqdL23VcRosocjCcUTqZsbniczS8TvIzm5sq2SxbKNyCYHdZDo2I3ytT1HN2sr5wGF4VeEd4JM4uQ/s1600/Logo+winners.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="177" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhviJ1BQIVKkzwFUN2dq7rWIQ4q8RvMDWP1w_TqUcEm1LSkUkXJPT7pycLB6bRv11drqdL23VcRosocjCcUTqZsbniczS8TvIzm5sq2SxbKNyCYHdZDo2I3ytT1HN2sr5wGF4VeEd4JM4uQ/s400/Logo+winners.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Big thanks toRed Earth Brewers Jeremiah Ivey and John Mitchell for coming up with the two logos above.<br />
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As mentioned before, we're not limited to these two and there may be times that we need to use other logos (or new ones, so keep 'em coming!). But these two will be our predominant branding for the time being.<br />
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Thanks again to everyone who entered and voted. I look forward to seeing everyone at the meeting at McNellie's on the 27th!Red Earth Brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083786232210229038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6951560088907583685.post-44465750715232815012011-01-10T11:41:00.000-08:002011-01-10T11:41:42.963-08:00More December Meeting PicturesThanks to Red Earth member Sarah Schuster for providing us with some more photos from our December tasting/meeting at COOP Aleworks. Enjoy!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gail (3rd place), Tony (2nd) and Wes (1st) were our first tasting winners.</td></tr>
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In the American Pale Ale (BJCP Style 10A) category:<br />
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<b><b>First Place</b>: Wes Glinsmann's CXP All-Citra Pale Ale<br />
<b>Second Place</b>: Tony Tielli's Glacier Pale Ale<br />
<b>Third Place</b>: Gail White's Millennium Madness</b><br />
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Congrats to all the winners and thanks to everyone who entered. There were a lot of really good beers, and our tastings are only going to get better. The next tasting will at our February meeting and will be a stout (BJCP Style 13). So good luck with your brewing!Red Earth Brewershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083786232210229038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6951560088907583685.post-26619733496761073822010-12-03T14:05:00.000-08:002010-12-03T14:05:28.926-08:00Tasting Night at COOP!<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Save the date: the next Red Earth Brewers meeting will be held <strong>Thursday, December 16th at 7:00 pm</strong>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Now here's the good news--the awesome guys over at </span><a href="http://www.coopaleworks.com/index/"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">COOP Alework</span></a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">s have agreed to let us use their brewery for our tasting! The COOP brewery is at <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=coop+aleworks,+oklahoma+city,+ok&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=50.424342,106.435547&ie=UTF8&hq=coop+aleworks,&hnear=Oklahoma+City,+Oklahoma&ll=35.523573,-97.530688&spn=0.006383,0.012993&z=17">1124 NW 51st St.</a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font: small 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">(</span></span>on 51st St, just west of Western Ave.--map below).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times;">We'll be sampling all of our homebrewed pale ales this month. So bring enough hoppy goodness for everyone to have a little sample. If you bring a beer, please also bring a printout with your ingredients and any special methods you used. That way, anyone who wants to copy your recipe would be able to do so.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times;">The guys at COOP will have tables set up for us and are providing the tasting glasses. They only thing they don't have is chairs. So please bring your own folding chair if you would like to sit down during the course of the evening. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times;">Have a great weekend everyone!</span><br />
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<strong>Map of COOP Aleworks</strong><br />
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The only catch is that you need a permit from the ABLE Commission to be legal. But it's easy, it's free and, like it or not, it's the law. Just print off the form below, fill it out and mail it in to the Commission. It's that simple.<br />
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Homebrewing is finally legal in Oklahoma. So make sure that you're legal, too!<br />
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Gail at The Brew Shop (3624 N. Pennsylvania Ave.) will be hosting an all-grain brewing class this Saturday, beginning at 9:00 am. This is a great way to see the process in action and learn how simple it really is.<br />
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The class is limited to the first ten people, so don't delay. To RSVP, or for more information, contact Gail at The Brew Shop at <strong>(405) 528-5193</strong>.<br />
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