Social Hour 6:30-7:00pm Meeting Start 7:00pm We will have a presentation from Vito and Matt S. about their adventures in Turbid Mashing. They will bring examples of the beer to try!! Heretic is hosting a BIG BREW day on May 7th. DOZE should make an appearance. We will talk about it. Here is the general info. BIG BREW We will have the BOTM table. If you have a gadget, please feel free to bring it and share.

Congratulations to the DOZE members who placed in the first round of the National Homebrew Competition! It is a short turnaround to submit your winning entries for the second round in Baltimore. Those entries will be due anytime between Wednesday, May 18th and Friday, May 27, 2016. We will coordinate with the shipping of three bottles each. Great Job DOZE!! John Watson with a Munich Helles Paul Brown with a Cream Ale

You can find Pavel’s Cider presentation here. It will be in the categories of Presentations and Meeting notes. Thank you Pavel!! CidersPresentationPavel

Happy Easter! We are happy to bring you the topics for tomorrow night’s meeting. BOTM Ciders by Pavel and Co. You will learn all the secrets! BJCP learning app. Your homebrew.

THE SATURDAY MEET-UP IS CANCELLED. SORRY. Another date and time will be determined. Guys and Gals! We finally sourced some parts to build two jockey boxes and you can help or just watch and learn! We will be meeting at More Beer in Concord on Saturday, March 26th at 3:00pm. Craig will be bringing the tools and DOZE will be purchasing the additional parts to put these together. No need to RSVP.

Check out several DOZE members; Pavel, Hirendu, David, and Jeremy, on a Mead Makers podcast. You can learn a lot of terms and descriptors while following along with them in the podcast. Great job guys!! MM031: West Coast Cyser and Session Mead Tasting

While serving in the Virginia militia prior to his presidency, Washington recorded his now-infamous small beer recipe in his diary which is now in possession of the New York Public Library. The bulk of the fermentables are derived from molasses, as malted grains are not included in the recipe because they weren’t readily available. Molasses, a byproduct of the sugar refining process, was a very popular brewing ingredient as it was easy to procure, fairly affordable and, most importantly, fermentable.

Black Diamond Brewing Company/DOZE Pro-Am Hello fellow homebrewers! We are very excited about this year’s Pro-Am. Here is a list of yeast, malts and hops that you will be able to brew with. Yeast: White Labs 001, White Labs 007, White Labs 530 Grains: We use Rahr 2 row as our base malt and always have that in house. All specialty malts are available for us to order. Hops: The hops that we do not have access to are Nelson and Galaxy.

Okay, I have put this off for a week now and just need to get it done! I may ramble on a bit because I will be typing and thinking at the same time. This is a recap of the January 2016 meeting for those of you that were unable to attend and for those of you who forgot what happened at the meeting. I will hopefully include links to some websites and a general discussion of the major topics.

The link below contains a list of competitions for 2016. Check back periodically for updates. Competition Calendar 2016