September A.L.C.Y Homebrew Club Minutes
K.I.S.S method for this meeting. Keep It Simple Stupid and Eat pretzles and drink some octoberfest beers.
Ben’s retail store front closing and now only taking phone and internet orders. Let’s try to support him in any way that we can. We are going to pay him for the materials for future Big Brew Sessions when the ingredients are picked up.
Big Brew Session Sunday October 10th at 9am Fall Harvest Beer!!
We are going to incorporate all the types of hops that we have home grown. If you have grown your own hops, Please bring as much as you can spare for the Big Brew!
Dan bringing goldings, Shawn has Cascade, centennial, and Chinook
We are kicking around the idea for a Beer Tasting and Brewery tour to Cleveland for the November meeting before the holidays. If you have any suggestions or ideas please bring them to the big brew. Then looking to have Decembers meeting at Penn Brewery and get a tour and tasting.
Beers tasted and profiled
Dan’s Strawberry Chocolate porter from Big Brew Didn’t turn out too well
Jeff’s Hoppapaloosa made with Columbus, Zeus, centennial and simcoe hops was delicious
Atwater Block, August Schell, Becks October, brooklyn, Erdinger, Flying Dog, Great Lakes, Hacker-pshoor, Harpood, Hoffbrau House, Leinenkugel, Saranac, Shiner, Spaten, Stoudt’s Victory, Warsteiner, Penn Brewery, Klostritzer, Lancaster, and Schell.