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Recap of Tuesday Meeting/Socials Update/Upcoming Events

I covered a lot of ground at last night’s meeting and wanted to provide a recap along with a rundown of the events this month.

Brewdays:

  • Brewdays will be on the 3rd Saturday of each month unless: 1) there is not a brewday that month, OR 2) there is a special event.
  • Brewdays will occur at the NTHBS unless someone volunteers to host at their place
  • Brewdays will require at least one volunteer to brew. Preferably, other brewers participate. You can bring your own equipment or brew on the store Gen 3 35L 240V Brewzilla.
  • See Club Calendar HERE for dates.

Club Meetups:

  • One per quarter with possibly one or two others added throughout the year. Stay tuned.
  • Q1 – Bluebonnet
  • Q2 – Pub Crawl possibly w/Dallas area clubs
  • Q3(September) – Oktoberfest @ Bavarian Grill
  • Q4 – Local brewery, likely Autonomous Society

Events this month:

  • Saturday, Jan 13 9am-3pm: Brewday at Mike Grover’s. As always, members are welcome to brew. Otherwise, please come by, socialize, and bring your homebrew for sharing and evaluation. More details HERE.
  • Saturday, Jan 20 6:30pm-???: Winter Party at James Smith’s.
    At the time of this post, the club will provide smoked pulled pork, sausage, and chicken.
    Bring an appetizer, side, or desert to share, along with your homebrew.
    We will award the Big Mohunker and Brewer Royale prizes.
    Bring your homebrew to share! Commercial beer allowed also. If you plan on bringing a keg, we have jockey boxes to serve your beer from. Please send an email to [email protected].
    More details HERE.
  • Saturday, Jan 27 8am – 3pm: Big Rig Brewday / Housewarming Party: 5pm till ???
    Some of you know that one of our longtime club members Wayne Yandell has a 1.5 bbl 3-vessel system that the club and others brew on from time to time. Several award-winning beers have been brewed on this system in recent years, including Labor of Love best of show and a Bluebonnet stein.
    A group from the club will be brewing a Czech Pilsner(BJCP 3B Czech Premium Pale Lager) on Saturday, Jan 27 starting at 8am. Anyone is welcome to attend and even help brew if you want. Wayne and his wife, Jennifer are graciously hosting a house warming party starting at 5pm as they have recently completed construction at their new residence on this beautiful property. Please RSVP to Wayne at his email address HERE. The address is HERE.

Club Parties:

I did not touch on club parties throughout the year for the benefit of anyone new. Last year, we had 4 club parties throughout the year and we plan to continue with that, assuming we get volunteer hosts. Aside from the Winter Party mentioned above, they are presently TBD as follows:

  • Spring Party: Sometime April-June timeframe.
  • Limbo Awards/Summer Party: Follows Limbo Judging in August
  • Fall/Oktoberfest Party: September/October

Stay tuned on these events throughout the year.

In conclusion, we have a busy slate of activities coming up this year. As I stated in the January Newsletter, our success as a club with these events relies on member attendance. We understand everyone is very busy and the likelihood for most of attending every event isn’t possible. Please plan to attend as many as you can. If you have ANY questions about brewdays and events, please do not hesitate to email me HERE.

Thanks!
“Smitty”

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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]

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January 2024 Newsletter is Published

Here is the link to the newsletter: Click me for the newsletter

Quick Sips for January
Officers Meeting – @Palio’s Pizza Café Richardson – January 3rd 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Club Meeting – @NTHBS – January 9th 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Brewday – @Mike Grover’s – January 13th 9am – 3pm
Winter Party – @Smitty’s – January 20th 6:30pm – ???

These and other events can be found on our Club Calendar.

Also, Bluebonnet Brew-Off entry registration starts today at Noon. You know some medal categories will fill up quickly. Get your entries in today. You can always go back and edit them in their current medal category or into a different medal category if there is room. The maximum entries in a medal category is 36.

Pay for your entries within an hour. Unpaid entries older than an hour are automatically deleted.

Cheers,
Jimmy

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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]

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Club Meeting Tonight – Last of 2023

This is a friendly reminder of our last club meeting of the year.

Location: Lakewood Brewing Company

Address: 2302 Executive Dr, Garland, TX 75041

We will be arriving around 6:30pm with business starting at 7:00pm

Hope to see all 73 Club Members there

Saude, Marcio

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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]

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NOV Club Meeting tonight at NTHBS

Hello everyone, just a friendly reminder of our November club meeting tonight at North Texas Homebrew Supply store.

Important things to know for tonight

  • Tonight is the Election Day for the 2024 Officers, in case you want to volunteer please contact one of the current officers or just come out and speak up during the meeting
  • Please bring your Homebrew or favorite commercial beer to share
  • Club will provide pizza tonight!
  • Don’t forget to bring your beer if you entered the Nov COC

See you all tonight

Saude!!

Marcio

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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]

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Follow UP: Learn How to Brew Day at NTHBS

Hello all, I am here to post some of the pictures taken during the November 4 Learn how to Brew Day. We had a great time with the following highlights

Big Thanks for Eric Morgan to allow our club to have this Brew day at North Texas Homebrew Supply

Special Thanks to Francisco Sierra, new member of our club providing a delicious Greek food for lunch

Last but not least, Big Thanks to Jason Garland, David Bierschenk, Terry Olinger and David Jones for brewing that day.

Click here to check the pics: Click here