Each brewery had at least one beer for tasting, either on tap, in a bottle or a can. “We have 11 different styles of beer on tap today,” said Patrick Baxley of DOZE. “The event gives us a chance to show off a few of our homebrews, and to be on the same level as some of the big guys at the event.”

Read the full article at: http://www.martinezgazette.com/news/story/i3344/2011/10/25/home-brewed-festival-attracts-bay-area-beer-lovers

Forty-one beers were entered for judging at Oakland’s recent Oaktoberfest festival.  Those 41 entries were placed for judging in about a half-dozen combined categories.  When the suds cleared, DOZE had once again shown why it is the best homebrew club around:

Category: Munich Helles

1st Place – Paul Brown (BOS runner up)

3rd Place –   Ray Graves

Category: Kolsch

1st Place – Arlyn Johns

2nd Place -     Ray Graves

Category : Vienna Lager

1st Place –   Mike Bernhardt

Best Of Show

Arlyn Johns, with a Kolsch

Paul Brown, Runner-Up with a Munich Helles

Congratulations all around!

A new study from the University of Granada in Spain indicates that beer, in moderation, does as good a job at rehydrating one’s body and replacing needed minerals as does drinking water.

A study presented today in Brussels (Belgium) shows that moderate consumption of beer after practicing physical exercise is as effective as drinking water for rehydration and recovery, experts say.

Dr. Manuel Castillo, of the University of Granada , presented the results of the tests conducted with a group of young men, which consisted of measuring the body’s reaction to the ingestion of water or beer after strenuous physical exertion .

“We conducted the study to see if the widespread custom of taking a beer after exercise was something desirable or not,” Castillo said during his presentation, concluding that two-thirds of a beer “is not a problem that harms the rehydration is occurs after exercise. ”

In that sense, it found that the fermented beverage would be “just as if you drank water,” and recommended its use to all people who have no contraindications….

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The 2011 National Hombrew Competition winners have been announced.  This year we again had several DOZErs earn medals:

• Category 3: European Amber Lager
  Silver Medal – Stephen Northcutt & Mark Ristow – Oktoberfest/Märzen
• Category 9: Scottish and Irish Ale
  Gold Medal – Scott Lothamer – Scottish Heavy 70/-
• Category 27: Standard Cider and Perry
  Silver Medal - Stephen Northcutt & Mark Ristow – Common Cider

The full list of winners can be viewed or downloaded from the AHA website.

What the Army Needs: Someone to Brew Beer

There’s beer. And then there’s Army beer.

If you think you know the difference — and want to keep America’s ground forces in suds — there’s a job in it for you. The Army Installation Management Command in Oklahoma is looking for a brewmaster. No word from the job description if you should serve beer out of Honeywell’s old flying spy drone, christened the “flying beer keg” by soldiers in Iraq.

Responsibilities? Run the brewery there. Brew your own … .  But if you want to be a brewmaster for the command, don’t expect much in the way of compensation. The job pays barely over $22 grand a year. On top of that, the job is “not entitled to benefits.” That’s a recipe for skunked beer.

Full story at Wired.com

From the Martinez Patch online newspaper:

Craft Beer Festival A Hit Once Again

Second festival draws a large and enthusiastic crowd, more brewers.

By Joe Alfieri  April 11, 2011

… Inside the warehouse-size building, four rows of booths beckoned with offerings ranging from the larger and more well known pioneers of the craft such as San Francisco’s Anchor Steam or Chico’s Sierra Nevada, to the home-brewed styles on tap at the Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE) home brewing tent. …

At the DOZE tent, 10 homebrews were available for sampling. First on the list was the Double Chocolate, which seemed to me a fine starting point. The dark brown mix is a creation of DOZE member Patrick Baxley, who plans to take his blends from home-brewing to commercially available under the banner Pirate Brewing Co. “I’m putting together a business plan now,” he said, and explained the rich heady mixture that includes one-half pound of chocolate added to the 10-gallon brew. The taste was smooth and creamy, like a malt or a shake, and a satisfying first sample. …

The Bay Area Craft Beer Festival, to be held in Martinez on April 9, has asked DOZE to host a homebrew pouring at the event.  Tasty is organizing the booth, and a number of DOZErs have offered kegs of their brew for the event.

If you’re attending the festival be sure to stop by and say “hi”.

The American 2011 Beer Bloggers Conference will take place August 19-21 in Portland, Oregon. Beer bloggers, beer writers, industry bloggers, and other beer and social media professionals will gather from throughout North America and beyond to meet, learn, taste, and share.

Who Should Attend?

* Citizen Bloggers and Writers who write about beer or the beer industry.
* Industry Bloggers who have a blog related to their brewery or other beer industry business.
* New Media Innovators who work in the world of blogging and social media.
* Beer Industry members who would like to learn about new media or interact with bloggers in attendance.

Registration includes multiple beer tastings, two dinners, and conference content.

Details at:  http://beerbloggersconference.org/america/

As you all know the drop-off window is open for the first round of the AHA National Homebrew Competition. As in recent years, DOZE is taking on the cellaring responsibilities.

There will be three cellaring sessions and we are looking for volunteers. The first two sessions will be the unpacking and checking-in of the entries. The third session will be the sorting of the entries into their respective categories.

Here are the dates:

March 29, 6:30PM to 8:30PM

April 5, 6:30PM to 8:30PM

April 12, 6:30PM to 8:30PM.

Let Matt Sager know via the DOZE email list which session(s) you can attend. We’ll be working in the Ale Industries brewery,

Ale Industries
975 Detroit Ave
Unit E
Concord, CA 94518

Its okay to come late or leave early. Pizza and a couple of beers will be provided.