North Texas Homebrewers Association
Good Friends and Good Beer Since 1985
The February Newsletter is available here, Click Me.
The Officers Meeting and the Club Meeting move up one week for February to stay away from Valentines Day.
The Officers Meeting next Tuesday, January 31, is at the Bavarian Grill in Plano.
The Club Meeting the following Tuesday, February 7 is at North Texas Homebrew Supply where you can bring your homebrew.
Mike’s corrected address is 1939 Castille drive.
There will be an informal swap meet at the Brewday this Saturday. If you have stuff you want to buy, sell, trade or giveaway, bring it to the Brewday. I know there will be some ball-lock kegs for sale. My suggestion to the traders is, do your trading around 11am.
We are switching the Officers meeting from in person at The Londoner to a Zoom meeting. If you want to attend the Zoom meeting, send an email to Jimmy at [email protected] and Jimmy will send the meeting information to you.
The December Newsletter is available here, Click Me.
The Officers Meeting next Tuesday is at the Londoner in Addision.
The Club Meeting the following Tuesday is at Bitter Sisters Brewery.
Happy New Year from your 2023 Officers.
The club will pay for shipping, for our current club members, to the Operation Fermentation. We will ship from Eric Morgan’s new homebrew store, NTHBS. Eric will ship via UPS on Wednesday December 28. That means you need to have your entries boxed, prepared for shipping to Eric’s store by Tuesday December 27 at 5pm.
North Texas Homebrew Supply is located at:
17811 Davenport Rd.
Suite 11
Dallas, TX 75252
(214) 449-0243
NTHBS will be closed this Saturday the 24th. That means you can drop off you packed entries today, Thursday the 22nd, Friday the 23rd or next Tuesday the 27th.
The deadline for Operation Fermentation shipping is Wednesday January 4 so we are shipping the week before to leave time to deal with problems in shipping and hopefully not have your entries sit in UPS over the weekend.
Good luck with your entries in Operation Fermentation!
John and Jimmy
The December club meeting is tonight at Lakewood Brewing Company in Garland. They are located at 2302 Executive Dr, Garland, TX 75041. We will get started around 7:00, so plan to arrive at 6:30 or earlier. Lakewood now has a kitchen serving up delicious eats. Check the menu HERE.
We will introduce your 2023 Officers. Here is your chance to thank them or throw pickles at them.
Medals (not trophies) for the November COC will be handed out.
Cheers, The Management.
With the cancellation of the Brewday at Bill Lawrence’s house, Matt Parulis’s has offered to have a beer social at his house. A beer social is like a brewday with no brewing, just sharing and evaluation of beers (or what ever you want to bring).
Since there is no brewing at the Social, it will start at Noon. Lunch will be provided by the club. Bring your homebrew, judges will be available for evaluations. Special commercial beers are also welcome. Homebrew experts will be available to discuss your brewing questions.
Bring a chair! You don’t want to stand all day.
Matt’s address is 1805 Redbud Circle in Carrollton. Noon to 4pm.
The December Newsletter is available here, Click Me.
We have the Officers Meeting next Tuesday at Cafe Amore. This is when the old and new officers get together and decide the roles for the new officers. Everyone is welcome to come to any and all Officer Meetings. Give us your ideas and get involved in running the club. Cafe Amore is BYOB so bring your favorite homebrew or commercial drink.
The Club meeting is the following Tuesday, December 13th at Lakewood Brewing in Garland.
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We judged the final 2022 Club Only Competition last night. Thanks to John Sutton and Eric Morgan for judging. Special thanks to Eric for letting us judge at North Texas Homebrew Supply (17811 Davenport Rd Suite 11, Dallas, TX 75252).
We had a terrific year with the COC this year. The six competitions all had good turnout. The entries last night had outstanding quality.
Thanks to all that entered and judged this year.
The November COC winners were:
| Name | Place | Style | Beer Name |
| Douglas Hicks | 1st | Belgian Blond Ale | Blond Without the E |
| Jimmy Orkin | 2nd | Weissbier | Mouth Breather |
| Terry Olinger | 3rd | Doppelbock | Saboteur |
Now to the 2022 Brewer Royale winners. The Brewer Royale rewards club members for judging and winner in the COC, winning 1st place in competitions in the Lone Star Circuit and winning in the National Homebrew Competition.
Brewer Royale winners receive a gift certificate to North Texas Homebrew Supply (17811 Davenport Rd Suite 11, Dallas, TX 75252). The first place winner also wins a travelling and keeper trophies presented at the club’s winter party.
Our 2022 Brewer Royale winners are:
| Name | Place | Points |
| Mark Rendon | 1st | 19 |
| Douglas Hicks | 2nd | 18 |
| Terry Olinger | 3rd | 11 |
All the points and styles reset for 2023. The next COC will be in January, due at the January club meeting.
The next external competitions are:
As always, I look forward to your feedback. If there is anything you want to change in the Brewer Royale for 2023, let the officers know.
Cheers,
Jimmy