Just a reminder about some of the upcoming competitions:

• National Homebrew Competition 1st round
• California State Fair
• 10th Annual Silver Dollar Fair
• Titletown Open XII
• Trash XVI
• 15th Annual Green Mountain Homebrew Competition
• Maltose Falcons Mayfaire

Be sure and check out the homebrew competition calendar (there’s a link “Foz’s Homebrew Calendar” over there on the right side of the page) for details on upcoming competitions. If you’ve never entered a competition before and are curious, there are some great opportunities coming up. Feel free to ask for help if you need to know how to enter, how to pack, ship your beers, etc.

In addition, the next NHC Club Only Competition is extract-only brews. You have to have 50% or more of your fermentables from extracts. The entry deadline for that is May 12th, so we should probably judge that at the April meeting… all you extract brewers, this is your chance to shine up your kettles, show the all-grainers a thing or two and kick some ass!

Congratulations to the DOZE’rs who medaled at the World Cup (and those who qualified for next year’s MCAB!):

• Jim Rossi, 2nd for Munich Helles
• Mike McDole, 1st for Dark American Lager
• Mike McDole, 1st for Doppelbock
• Mike McDole, 1st (and Best of Show) for American IPA
• Dick Fox, 1st for California Common
• Dick Fox, 2nd for North German Altbier
• Gary Foster, 2nd for Special/Best?Premium Bitter
• Lee Theuriet, 3rd for ESB
• Erik Beer, 1st for Irish Red Ale
• Mitch Hastings, 3rd for Brown Porter
• Mitch Hastings, 2nd for American Barleywine
• Mitch Hastings, 1st for Other Smoked Beer
• Scott Thomas, 1st for American Stout
• Kevin Hann, 1st for Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer
• Steve Olson, 3rd for Weizen/Weissbier

Congrats everyone!

Congratulations to the following DOZE’rs who medaled in the recent Gold Country Brewers Association Celebrewtion:

• Dick Fox, 1st place for Northern German Altbier
• Dick Fox, 3rd place for California Common
• Jim Rossi, 1st place for his Munich Helles “Blond Ambition”
• Jim Rossi, 3rd place for his Imperial IPA “Top Jimmy”
• Lee Theuriet, 1st place for his Standard/Ordinary Bitter
• Gary Foster, 2nd for Special/Best/Premium Bitter “Fiddler’s Fart”
• Gary Foster, 2nd place for Oatmeal Stout “Tailchaser Stout”
• Erik Beer, 1st place for his American Pale Ale “Three Ships”
• Steve Olson, 2nd place for Weizen/Weissbier “Broken Tailweizen”
• Steve Olson, 3rd place for Dry Mead “Orange Blossom Mead”

Keep bringing it strong!

Dick Fox has stepped up for the club again and chartered a bus to the Boont Beer Fest. The bus will be leave from and return to MoreBeer. Tickets will be sold in advance only, at the April DOZE meeting or from Jonathan in the B3 showroom.

Tickets are $25 each, and do not include admission to the festival. Festival tickets are an additional $25 and must be purchased from Anderson Valley Brewing.

Our favorite Homebrew Supply Store is about to get in this years batch of Hop Rhizomes. They tend to sell out every year, so if you’re interested in growing your own hops this summer, let Jonathan know what you’d like and he’ll reserve it for you.

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED

Big Brew at Bob Guider’s
Sunday, March 5th 9am-5pm
1885 Green Valley Rd
Alamo, CA 94507

DOZE will be providing burgers, bring an appetizer, salad, side or dessert to share! And don’t forget your homebrew.

Please RSVP by email to Jon Plise before Friday March 3rd.

Due to the forcast 90-100% chance of precipitation on Sunday, the Big Brew will be postponed. Watch this space for the new date.

Congratulations to Gary Foster! His 70/- Heavy wins it with a 43/50 score! Gary has placed 5 or 6 times with his Scottish Schillings this year, all Golds and Silvers. I don’t know the exact number, but I know he is kicking some serious ass. Well done!

Thanks to Jason, Chris, and James of B3 for taking their time to taste the beers, and to JJ and Morgan at EJ Phair for setting up the competition.

Judging sheets are in the B3 showroom, talk to Jon if you’re interested.

There were a total of 11 entries. 7 Irish reds, and 4 Scottish Schillings.
Overall the average score for beers entered was 38.
Scottish Ales average score was 35.25. Irish Red Ale average score was 33.5.
There were two beers that scored over 40!

Overall Doze makes “Excellent” beer according to the BJCP Scoring Guide.
Look out NHC first round! DOZE is bringing it strong

Starting 6:30pm at B3

Style Talk: European Amber Lager (BJCP 3B)
Presented by: Jon Plise

Tech Talk: The Road to All Grain: Transfer and Fermenting
Presented by: TBA

Club Competition: Judging for the American Ale Competition (BJCP 10)