B3’s Jon Plise warns us:
If you are thinking about growing hops this year you have to order them on line (www.morebeer.com) as part of our pre-order sale.You’ve got about a week to do so. We’ve pretty much maxed out our supplier and we have the ability to up our order pending how many we sell during our pre-order. Whatever you order online at this point we cannot guarantee your order will be completely filled but you should get something to grow.

The concord showroom will have (0) rhizomes available to sell in the store.

Kevin Pratt (BJCP Assistant Continuing Education Director) announced that he’s setting up prep classes for the BJCP Judging Exam. Classes will be held at B3 and will prepare brewers for the BJCP Judging exam to be held in November.
The class will cost around $100 ($50 for the test, $35 for class materials, $15-20 for beer tastings) for 9-12 sessions. This is an awesome opportunity to learn more about beer and brewing, and a chance to help out the brewing community by becoming a judge at competitions.
E-Mail Kevin Pratt with any questions, or to sign up.

It never fails, everyone always oohs and ahhs over my cool swingtop 2 liter growlers whenever I bring them to any DOZE function… and everyone ALWAYS asks me where to get them. I got them from Northern Brewer, but they ran out shortly after I bought mine.

Well, GOOD NEWS! They’re back in stock. $24 or so apiece. Here’s the clicky link for your ordering pleasure. I hope you all had a good holiday, aren’t hungover too much, and have a few bucks left to spring for one!

German 2 liter swingtop growlers
– Gary F.

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.