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.

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.

DOZE will be having a summer potluck party at Rachelle’s Parent’s House in Nappa on Sunday the 13th. 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 just announced the dates for their 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

Erik Beer sent over a few photos from the Big Brew. I’ve put them up on Flickr with the tags “clubdoze” and “bigbrew“. If anyone else has Big Brew photos (or photos about DOZE in general) please feel free to upload them to Flickr, or you can get them to me and I’ll get them up.

Big Brew at Vince Garcia’s Vince’s address is 1780 Danesta Dr in Concord. 25% off all extract and all grain kits from MoreBeer if you brew at Vince’s house.

Don’t forget this weekend’s Big Brew at Vince Garcia’s Sunday from 10am to 4pm Vince’s address is 1780 Danesta Dr in Concord. 25% off all extract and all grain kits from MoreBeer if you brew at Vince’s house.

Starting 6:30pm at B3 Style Talk: Ciders and Meads (BJCP 24-28) Presented by: TBA Tech Talk: The Road to All Grain: New Equipment for All Grain Presented by: TBA

Both DOZE and B3 are growing by leaps and bounds. Unfortunately, this means that we are quickly outgrowing the space that B3 can provide us for meetings just as B3 needs to expand into the space we’ve been using. DoctorScot has been checking out some of the local options and Jason Maineri has offered use of the clubhouse in his complex. It seems like a good space, and has affordable insurance rates to cover our consumption of alcoholic beverages.