March COC results are in !

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,

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Reminder, March COC is open, entries due March 12th

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 results for COC are in !

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]

January club meeting at NTHBS store Tuesday, Jan 9th

Reminder that tomorrow night is the January club meeting at North Texas Homebrew Supply starting at 6:30pm.

The club will provide pizza and everyone is encouraged to bring your homebrew to share. The more the merrier.

Pizza, homebrew, good friends, does it get any better?

Yes it does, as January is a COC month so make sure you have registered your COC entry by 5pm at coc.nthba.org and bring your 2 bottles to the meeting. If you can’t make the meeting to drop off your entries let me know and we can make arrangements.

Cheers John,

[email protected]

Reminder, Bluebonnet opens Tuesday Jan 2, at noon

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]

And for the last time this year, the medals go to ….

We had 9 excellent entries for the last COC of the year and when I say excellent I mean excellent with a majority of the scores in the 40’s. But the judges were able to sort out the medal winners with the gold going to David Bierschenk with a English Mild, the silver went to Doug Hicks with his Scottish Heavy and the bronze went to Marcio Fazzani with a Imperial Stout.

Thanks to Harry Anderson, Amanda Garland, James “Smitty” Smith and Terry Olinger for judging these excellent beers.

Thanks to North Texas Homebrew Supply for allowing us to use their store for few hours and Terry Olinger for staying late.

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

Thanks again to all who entered, the first COC of 2024 will be in January, registration will open January 1st and close the day of the January club meeting (COC takes place on the odd numbered months).

Cheers John,

[email protected]

Reminder, November COC entries due November 14th

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

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]

Inaugural Texas Homebrew Club Invitational Tournament

The Houston area Mashtronauts club is hosting a heads up, bracket style inter-club competition next month.

The rules are straight forward, each club can enter 3 beers (and an optional 4th if one bottle ends up broken) . Each beer will be labeled as Round 1, Round 2, Round 3 and judged against another club’s Round 1, Round 2, Round 3 bottles. You can think of it as mini-best of show judging.

The winning beer from each round will move forward.

Since this is a mini-best of show style judging no score sheets are given, But since the event will be live stream you can hear the judge’s comments in real time !

Anyone interested in submitting a beer, ping me and if possible bring your entry to the club meeting at ODD MUSE on Tuesday October 10th (don;t bring the beer into the tap room though). You will need to include the style as well.

If we get more then 3 entries we will need to figure out a way to choose just three; coin toss, arm wrestling, pistol duel, I’m open to suggestions. If someone has two entries they would like to enter just bring them both and will decide which one (or both) to enter.

Remember you are representing the club so lets find those 40+ point entries that I know everyone can brew and enter those.

Any questions, ping me at [email protected]