Starting 6:30pm at B3

Style Talk: Altbier (BJCP 7A & 7C)
Presented by: TBA

Tech Talk: The Road to All Grain: Wrapup and Other Tricks
Presented by: Doctor Scott

Club Competiton: Stout (BJCP 13)
Due Date: 10/13

The results are just in from the Firestone Walker 3rd Annual Homebrew Contest and our own Mike McDole picked up Silver in both categories in the comp (German Hefe and American IPA). Congrats Mike!

This is a note to all of you who are going to NCHF or wish you were going. We need your help to make this a fun and great event. Please sign up for one or two of the following to help the club. If you are not going you can sign up to bring beer. We want to be the best again. Bottles or Kegs are fine, just please label so you get credit. If you bring a keg, please bring a tap for it. We also have a dinner together Saturday night. If you could let me know when you sign up what you will be birnging, it would be a great help. Please reply as soon as you can. I have included names of those already signed up. We need more than one person per area. Also, I would like to get a couple of more people to help the NCHF committee. Thanks, Rachelle

Sign Ups:

Set up/ Decoration

Tear Down

Bartending- Mike McDole

Food for Saturday during Festival

Beer

NCHF Volunteers to help festival- Dick and Suzanne Fox

Starting 6:30pm at B3

Style Talk: Light Hybrid Beer (BJCP 6)
Presented by: TBA

Tech Talk: The Road to All Grain: Step Mashing, Part 2: Decoction
Presented by: Dick Fox

Club Competiton: Mead (BJCP 24-26)
Due Date: 8/12/06

DOZE will be having a summer potluck party at Rachelle’s Parent’s House in Nappa.

The party starts at noon, please bring an edible item to share. If you have any questions, please contact Rachelle

Location: 1006 Round Hill Circle, Nappa CA

Firestone Walker’s 2006 Beer Olympics
Starting at noon at both Golden Gate Park in SF and Crab Cove in Alameda

Keg Tossing, Arm Wrestling, Sack Racing, Beer Drinking, and general debauchery

Using BJCP guidelines there will be a homebrew competition in 2 categories: IPA & German Hefe Weizen

Entries must be delivered by July 29th to either:

Oak Barrel Winecraft
1443 San Pablo Ave Berkeley, CA 94702: 510 849 0400

Beer, Beer, & More Beer
995 Detroit Unit G Concord, CA 94518: 925 939 2337

Pro Brewer Day with John Donehower of Pyramid

Starts at 11am, runs until everyone leaves. Food, beer and excitement for all!

John Donehower of Pyramid will be at B3 next Saturday, August 19 starting at 11am. He’ll be brewing his favorite homebrew Porter recipe. By all accounts the last Pro Brewer day (Drakes) was a blast, and this one should be too.

As an added bonus, B3 is offering 25% off all their German Hefeweizen kits and yeasts for people brewing on site. Lots of food and beer will be shared, make sure not to miss it!

We have an opportunity to promote our club and B3 this Sat. Aug. 12, 12pm to 2pm at Vince’s house 1780 Danesta Dr. Concord (925) 798-8138. Black Diamond Living Magazine is doing an article on homebrewing and wants picture to go with it. They have a deadline to meet so we don’t have time to arrange a real big brew.
We want to get as many club members as we can to come and look like they’re brewing and tasting and having a good time. I think Celebrity Foods will be here to share some BBQ snacks. Didgeridoos are encouraged. Bring beer.

Erik Beer sent over a neat link from BJCP that will overlay their Competition Schedule on Google Earth maps. Check it out over here. It’s completely pointless, but a whole lot of fun.