DOZE had a good showing at the Firestone Walker 2nd Annual Homebrew Invitational on Jan 26. Congratulations to Mike McDole for his 2nd and to Jim Rossi for his 1st place — both in the Pale Ale category.

We’ve decided to try out the Flickr service. It’s provided by Yahoo!. Sign up for an account, upload some pictures and add the tag “clubdoze” so we can all find them here.

Leaving by bus from B3, heading up to Anderson Valley. Returning to Concord at about 7pm.
Tickets will be sold in advance.

Starting 6:30pm at B3

Style Talk: Sour Ale (BJCP 17)
Presented by: TBA

Tech Talk: The Road to All Grain: Step Mashing, Part 1
Presented by: TBA

Starting 6:30pm at B3

Style Talk: Honey Beers (BJCP 23)
Presented by: TBA

Tech Talk: The Road to All Grain: Mash Design and Ingredients
Presented by: TBA

Starting 6:30pm at B3

Style Talk: English Pale Ale (BJCP 8)
Presented by: TBA

Tech Talk: The Road to All Grain: Mashing and Sparging; a How-To
Presented by: TBA

Club Competiton: Extract Brews (BJCP 1-23)
Due Date: TBA

Regular Monthly Meeting at B3
Note the new starting time! 6:30pm

Doctor Scott will be talking about Belgian Strong Ales
Erik Beer will present his homebrew stir plate
Club Elections will be held
Curtis & Aaron will present the first set of “off smells”

Just a reminder that as of the January Meeting we will be gathering at B3 at 6:30pm for our normal socializing and milling about. We’re going to try and get down to business promptly at 7pm.

We will be collecting dues for 2006 membership ($30 cash or check).

Oops! Please note that the planning meeting is on January 8, not January 7!

An informal meeting over lunch at EJ Phair to layout the DOZE strategy for the coming year.