A chance to hang out with some old friends and support a good cause! The Lindsay Museum is teaming up with Ale Industries (and Lagunitas) to host a beer dinner on Friday, Aug 13 @ 6pm. Tickets are $85 and are available for purchase on the Museum Website

Proceeds will go to fund educational and wildlife programs.

Morgan & James Koskiniemi — former MoreBeer employee and caterer for our holiday party out in Pittsburg if I remember right — will be presenting a 5 course pairing menu:

Hot & Cold Appetizers with beer from Lagunitas
Seared Ahi Tuna with Poached Local Beets, Crispy Maui Onions, Ginger Vinaigrette
Chilled Gazpacho
Liberty Duck Confit with Stone Fruit Reduction, Armenian Couscous, Haricot Verts
Baked Chevre and Summer Truffle with pancetta, rocket, 20 year aged Balsamic Vinaigrette
Marscapone Stuffed Locally Grown Strawberry Grand Marnier Ganache, White Chocolate Foam

SF Beer Week runs from Feb 5 - 14 this year. This party push includes club favorites like The Bistro’s Double IPA festival, Toranado’s Barleywine Festival and many others.

The full list of events is huge, and still growing. Check out SF Beer Week for more details.

Our Annual Dinner, Party, Raffle and Massacree will be catered once again by Bo’s BBQ of Lafayette and will take place on Monday, December 7 at Lindsay Wildlife Museum in the Community Room where we have been holding our meetings. Hoppy Hour will begin at 6:30 with dinner at 7:30. As in the past, there will be no charge for beer - just bring plenty to share. The menu includes Bo’s fresh green salad, SemiFreddi’s bread, potato salad, brisket, pork ribs and chicken (no, not your choice of one - your choice of all three if you so choose). Vegetarian or Vegan options are available, please make sure to list any specific dietary needs for yourself and your guests when buying tickets.

Tickets are $25.00 per person and must be purchased in advance so that we may insure sufficient food for everybody.

You can pay in person at the November meeting, or you can use our new Store Front and pay via PayPal HERE

Due to lack of interest (ticket sales) the Anderson Valley Bus has been canceled.

Registration is open for next year’s National Homebrewers Conference and it’s right in our back yard! Over 950 homebrewers attended the 2008 conference and the Bay Area event is expected to be even bigger. Sign up early:

BeerTown.org

Our Annual Dinner, Party, Raffle and Massacree will be catered once again by Bo’s BBQ of Lafayette and will take place on Monday, December 8 at Lindsay Wildlife Museum in the Community Room where we have been holding our meetings. Hoppy Hour will begin at 6:00 with dinner at 7:00. As in the past, there will be no charge for beer again this year - just bring plenty to share.

The menu includes Bo’s fresh green salad, SemiFreddi’s bread, potato salad, brisket, pork ribs and chicken (no, not your choice of one - your choice of all three if you so choose).Tickets are $23.00 per person and must be purchased in advance so that we may insure sufficient food for everybody. They are presently in the B3 showroom but will also be available at our November meeting at Lindsay. The cut-off for sales is Thursday, December 4 at 5:00PM. Last year several members treated us to some fabulous homemade desserts and I see no valid reason to discourage this practice.

Once again, the DOZE Holiday Party is upon us! We’ll be getting together on Monday December 10 in the Community Room of the Lindsay Wildlife Museum in Walnut Creek.
The party will run from 6:00 to 10:00pm. Dick Fox has graciously offered to handle dinner, catered by Bo’s BBQ from Lafayette. Anyone who’s been around a while may recall that Bo catered our party back in 2004, and it was awesome.
Bring your significant other (heck, even if they’re not so significant), your home brew, and some cash for the raffle.

The Details:

If you didn’t sign up at the meeting, please RSVP to party@clubdoze.com
ASAP.
Dinner costs $20 per person, cash or checks made out to DOZE.
The Lindsay Wildlife Museum is located at 1931 1St Ave in Walnut Creek (on the north end of Larkey Park). We will be in the Community Room, which is on the east side of the building at ground level.
Google Map

Bo’s is providing meet and some side dishes. If you’d be willing to bring an appetizer, veggie side or help with dessert please drop me a line.

A big brew at Erik’s house. Bring your brewing rig (or some portion of it) and brew with the club. If you’ve got an Easy-Up or shelter, bring it along.

DOZE will provide burgers and sausages around noon, everything else is pot luck. Bring something to share and lots of beer.

1732 Sargent Rd, Concord CA

Another awsome Bay Area Event is coming up!

The 4th Annual Bay Area Firkin Gravity Festival
Saturday April 7 at the Triple Rock Brewery, 1920 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley
To benefit the Jane Goodal Roots and Shoots Program

Over 20 Breweries, including some club favorites. $25 for a tasting glass and unlimited pours.

The Brewers include: Drakes, Stone, 21st Amendment Sierra Nevada, Lagunitas, Schooners, Black Diamond and Russian River!