North Texas Homebrewers Association
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North Texas Homebrew Supply is hosting an Off Flavors Class on Thursday. It is not just off flavors but many flavors you might come across in drinking or judging beer.
NTHBS is giving NTHBA members $10 off. The discount code is on the discounts page located here: https://nthba.org/discount-codes-at-homebrew-supply-stores/
The class prices with the discount are $19 for yourself and $33 (plus tax) if you bring a friend.
Sign up now. This is a great learning opportunity.
Hello All,
Congratulations to Harry Anderson, winner of the Grandfather electric system!
Greetings NTHBA. Reminder that tomorrow, we are having our monthly brewday at the home of Brian and Melinda Beyer. They are in Carrollton at 2117 Rheims Dr, Carrollton, TX 75006. Map HERE.
We will get started around 9AM and conclude sometime before 3. You are welcome to come out and brew, else come out and share some of your homebrew and camaraderie. Following the brewday, the Beyer’s will have their pool open for an after party. So bust out those Speedos if you care to…on second thought, “regular” swimming attire would be appreciated.
Grainfather Raffle:
Tomorrow will be the raffle for a practically brand new 110V, 9.25 gallons capacity Grainfather Electric system. You may still purchase tickets either during the brew day or online HERE. If you buy your ticket online, please add your name and email address in the “order notes (optional)” box so we can email your ticket number.
NOTE: you do not need to be present at the brew day to win, as long as you buy your ticket you can win!
Please come out and support the club if you are available.
Cheers!
Smitty
North Texas Homebrew Supply is hosting a BJCP Exam Prep and Beer Styles class. The first class is July 14 and runs through November 17. It is every other Sunday at 2:00pm. Each class is 3 to 4 hours.
Jimmy Orkin will be teaching the class again. The class is $300 which includes the beer and the $40 BJCP Judging Exam fee that will be scheduled for December or January.
This is the second BJCP Exam Prep class hosted by NTHBS. The class is evolving to improve the content delivery and make the class more interactive.
We will need 6 people to commit to taking the BJCP Judging Exam to schedule the exam. Everyone that took the exam from the last class passed the exam and achieved the rank of Certified.
The class can be purchased now on Eventbrite at this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beer-judge-certification-program-bjcp-training-course-tickets-917858348027
Feel free to email Jimmy at [email protected] if you have any questions. Jimmy will be at the brewday this Saturday at the Beyers’ house if you would like discuss it there.
NTHBA family!
This is just a reminder our June club meeting tomorrow will be at the Lion & Crown pub at Waters Creek in Allen, getting together at 6:30pm and business starting at 7pm.
I would like to announce that tomorrow we will be selling the regular raffle tickets (Blue tickets) and also a special raffle tickets (Green tickets) for a Grandfather Electric system, 110V with 9.25 gallons capacity.
Special raffle ticket will be $5 each, drawing will be on Saturday June 15 during the brew day. You will have 3 options to buy the green raffle tickets. 1) During the club meeting tomorrow, 2) During the brew day on June 15, 3) Online at Click Here
NOTE: you do not need to be present at the brew day to win, as long as you buy your ticket you can win!
If you buy your ticket online, please add your name and email address in the “order notes (optional)” box so we can email your ticket number.
The Grandfather system was only used once or twice by the original owner and will be at the club meeting tomorrow so you you can see it. Check the picture below
I hope to see all of you tomorrow
Cheers, Marcio
Greetings NTHBA! In this month’s newsletter, I provided details about the bus crawl we have happening on Saturday, June 29 from 1-7PM. We will be visiting several breweries down the I-35 corridor. There will be 5-6 stops with a departure at 1PM and ending around 7PM. Please put it on your calendar and buy your tickets! Here is the list of breweries we will visit:
We have procured a 39-seat bus. Tickets are $10 for club members and a guest, and $20 for non-members and additional guests. Yes, non-members can ride, so feel free to invite your friends, neighbors, siblings, parents, grandparents, etc.! Member password is 6tiruv(we will validate all member ticket sales). As of this posting, there are 15 member and 9 non-member tickets available. PURCHASE TICKETS HERE!!!
As always, please reach out to me if you have any questions. My email is [email protected]. Let’s get this bus filled up this week! Hope to see you at this event!
Cheers!
Smitty
Here is the link to the newsletter: Click me for the newsletter
Quick Sips for May:
| What | Where | When | Time |
| Officers Meeting | Londoner Addison | June 4th | 6:30am – 8:30pm |
| Club Meeting | Lion and Crown Allen | June 11th | 6:30pm – 8:30pm |
| Brewday | Beyers’ | June 15th | 9:00am – 3:00pm |
| Bus Crawl | Various | June 29th | 1:00pm – 7:00pm |
This is the link to purchase Bus Crawl tickets: Bus Crawl Tickets. There is a passcode for the member tickets in the Newsletter. We will also be checking to make sure your membership is current so pay your dues!
These and other events can be found on our Club Calendar.
Cheers,
Jimmy
If you could renew your membership before May 31st that’d be great.
Don’t miss out on our great club activities and discounts at North Texas Homebrew Supply and Kettle to Kegs. The 2024/2025 membership is still $30 and is good until May 31, 2025. You can renew online at: https://nthba.org/membership/
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,
Our club meeting is tonight starting at 6:30 at NTHBS. We will have pizza and the pale ale yeast experiment beers will be served. Bring your own homebrew and/or whatever else you like to share. Meeting will get going around 7PM.