Author: John Sutton

The May COC had a very good turn out with 9 entries, representing 9 different styles, the quality of the beers was excellent with half the entries scoring a 40+ over better as judged by a James “Smitty” Smith and Mike Grover (who is a BJCP certified judge).

After the mini-BOS, the judges selected Randy Grogan’s Belgian Blond Ale for the Bronze, Terry Olinger’s Helles Bock for the Silver and the Gold goes to Mark Rendon’s Dark Mild. All excellent beers.

You can see the results over at coc.nthba.org and download your score sheet.

Thanks to North Texas Homebrew Supply (now open on Mondays) for allowing us to use their store for few hours and Jimmy for staying late.

Reminder you collect Brewer Royale points and a $10 gift card for being a COC judge.

Thanks again to all who entered, the next COC will be in July, registration will open July 1st and close the day of the July club meeting (COC takes place on the odd numbered months).

Cheers John,

[email protected]

Reminder, the May Club Only Competition (COC) registration closes Tuesday, May 14th at 5pm and your entries of 2 bottles need to be turned in at the May 14th club meeting which will be held at North Texas Home Brew Supply. If you can’t make the meeting, please reach out to me and we can make other arrangements ahead of time.

You can register your entry and print off labels at coc.nthba.org

Full Brewer Royale / COC rules can be found at nthba.org/brewer-royale

And for anyone who did not enter, please consider being a judge, no experience needed, and best of all you get to drink free beer (you can register on the COC site)

Any questions, ping me at [email protected]

Reminder, the May Club Only Competition (COC) registration closes Tuesday, May 14th at 5pm and your entries of 2 bottles need to be turned in at the May 14th club meeting which will be held at North Texas Home Brew Supply. If you can’t make the meeting, please reach out to me and we can make other arrangements ahead of time.

You can register your entry and print off labels at coc.nthba.org

Full Brewer Royale / COC rules can be found at nthba.org/brewer-royale

And for anyone who did not enter, please consider being a judge, no experience needed, and best of all you get to drink free beer (you can register on the COC site)

Any questions, ping me at [email protected]

The March COC had a record number of entries, with a total of 14 entries showcasing 13 different styles, which always makes for an enjoyable round of judging.

After much discussion among the judges; Jimmy Orkin, Marcus Burleson, Des Mora, and Charlie Henderson, the judges selected a Rauchbier brewed by James “Smitty” Smith for the bronze, a Saison brewed by Evan Brady & Bruce Robinson for silver and a Dunkel Weissbier brewed by Steve Littel for the gold.

You can see the results over at coc.nthba.org and download your score sheet.

Thanks to North Texas Homebrew Supply (now open on Mondays) for allowing us to use their store for few hours and Jimmy for staying late and sacrificing his entry so he could be a fill in judge. We still drank both his entries.

Reminder you collect Brewer Royale points for being a COC judge.

Thanks again to all who entered, the next COC will be in May, registration will open May 1st and close the day of the March club meeting (COC takes place on the odd numbered months).

Cheers John,

[email protected]

I know there are folks out there looking for a place to sample 7 different styles of beer this Thursday, and that place would at North Texas Homebrew Supply starting at 6-6:30pm

The best part you don’t need any experience to judge and I’ll be streaming March Madness if the judges are so inclined so you wont miss any games.

Please let me know ASAP if can judge this Thursday.

Cheers John,

[email protected]

972-757-4469

Due to schedule changes we are in need of 2 judges for this month’s COC, no experience needed! if you can brew, you can judge.

The COC judging session will be at North Texas Homebrew Supply during the week, we try to get started by 6pm and should wrap up by 8:30pm.

If you are available, ping me [email protected] or 972-757-4469

Cheers John,

Reminder, the March Club Only Competition (COC) registration closes Tuesday, March 12th at 5pm and your entries of 2 bottles need to be turned in at the club meeting at North Texas Home Brew Supply. If you can’t make the meeting, please reach out to me and we can make other arrangements ahead of time.

You can register your entry and print off labels at coc.nthba.org

Full Brewer Royale / COC rules can be found at nthba.org/brewer-royale

And for anyone who did not enter, please consider being a judge, no experience needed, and best of all you get to drink free beer (you can register on the COC site)

Any questions, ping me at [email protected]

The first COC of ’24 was a great success with 12 entries, all different styles, which makes for a fun round of judging. After considerable discussion among the judges; Sir Bill Lawrence, Doug Hicks, Garrett Bryan,  Malachy Bryan and Eric Morgan, the judges selected a Belgian Single brewed by Jimmy Orkin for the bronze, an American Wheat brewed by James “Smitty” Smith for the silver and the gold goes to Mark Rendon for his British Brown Ale. All excellent beers.

You can see the results over at coc.nthba.org and download your score sheet.

Thanks to North Texas Homebrew Supply (now open on Mondays) for allowing us to use their store for few hours and Eric for staying late.

Reminder you collect Brewer Royale points for being a COC judge.

Thanks again to all who entered, the next COC will be in March, registration will open March 1st and close the day of the March club meeting (COC takes place on the odd numbered months).

Cheers John,

[email protected]

Reminder that Bluebonnet Brew-Off registration opens Tuesday Jan 2 at noon. The popular categories are likely to fill up within hours. If you are unsure about which style your beer fits into, you can always move it to a different style at a later date (as long as the style is still open and you have paid your entry fee).

January’s COC is a great way to prep for BBO as we should have the COC judging completed before the BBO registration closes on Jan 27th. January COC registration closes Jan 9th at 5pm and entries due at the club meeting at North Texas Homebrew Supply.

Cheers John,

[email protected]