The Brewsletter
June 2011
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The Official Newsletter of the Hampton Roads Brewing & Tasting Society (HRB&TS)
Presidential Pontifications - C.J., aka. Chris Jones.
Well, Summer seems to have arrived, bring lovely humidity, warm temperatures, and a whole mess of commercially-produced summer ales, summer ale being a code word for boring and still ten bucks or more a sixer; sheesh. Brooklyn Summer Ale is one of the not-so-boring ones, a relatively refreshing seasonal, malty with a subdued hop bite, and for you pool people, available in 12 packs of cans at Total Wine.
If you’ve been reading your email, you’ll recall we need a Competition Coordinator very soon as Mr. Messier is off to the Pacific rim, where he will introduce the indigenous people to hops. It isn’t that complicated a job to complete because we only have three competitions left, and I believe one is this month; that’ll leave you with two to coordinate, a piece of cake. Let’s ply ourselves with beer on Wednesday, and roust a new coordinator from our midst.
The HRBTS Summer Picnic date is 20 August 2011, at Erin and Phil’s pool side estate in the Mt. Trashmore section of Virginia Beach. Beer, food, the J.L. Lyon Project, probably Mike Connell on bass, more beer and more food; put that in your Droid or iphone and plan on attending.
Will Walker’s hop shoots are thriving next to our front porch; with any luck, we’ll be picking cones this fall; many thanks to Wilbur for donating hop plants to our raffle a few meetings ago. Speaking of raffles, I have a handful of t-shirts to bring on Wednesday, so bring a handful of dollars for tickets and you might just win one.
See you in a few days unless I get lost on Wednesday’s drive, or kidnapped by Space Aliens.
C.J., HRBTS President
Meeting Location - Diane Catanzaro
Our next meeting is Wednesday, June 1, 2011, at 7:00 PM, at the abode of Terri and Mike Connell in Hampton; weather permitting, it’ll be outdoors, there’ll be some grillin’ an beer sippin’ and it’ll be fun.
The HRB&TS will provide burgers for the grill, but a pre-prepared/no fuss side dish or nosh is heartily welcomed...or just bring some homebrew or commercial craft beer to share. And pop an "extry" in the bag for Mike and Terri as a token of appreciation for the hard work they put into having their little acre of paradise ready for the HRB&TS! See you on Wednesday.
The month prior to each
of the HRB Cup events, we will conduct a commercial beer tasting as was
done last month but in the style of that next event. So look ahead and
come on out and join us learn about the styles, hone our judging skills and
share in a club event. The last event took place on Wednesday, May 18th
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Competition Coordinator Corner – JP
Messier
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Brewing Competition
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2011 Hampton Roads Brewers Cup Standings |
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Brewer |
Club |
Points |
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Lee Dodd |
HRBTS |
6 |
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Andrew Jackson |
BARF |
5 |
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Chris Knight |
BARF |
4 |
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Dan Tully |
BARF |
1 |
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Doug Boyd |
HRBTS |
1 |
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Jennings Lyon |
HRBTS |
1 |
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Rob Pearson |
BARF |
1 |
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Steve Clark |
BARF |
1 |
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Jason Kuller |
HRBTS |
1 |
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Paul Hutchings |
HRBTS |
1 |
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Chris Jones & Dianne Catanzaro |
HRBTS |
1 |
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Justin Crandall |
BARF |
1 |
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JP Messier |
HRBTS |
1 |
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This could easily be you …… |
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If you get brewing ……. |
Below is the schedule for the year. Plan ahead and brew with us. There are many great brewers in our ranks and we need you to make this competition successful.
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2011 HAMPTON ROADS BREWERS CUP SCHEDULE |
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Month |
Style |
BJCP Category and Sub Category |
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15 June |
Weizen |
15 (A) |
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21 September |
American IPA |
14 (B) |
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21 December |
Belgian Tripel |
18 (C) |
Commercial Beer Judging
calendar.
Step up and actively help us out with our Club and make it what we all want!
About the HRB&TS: The Hampton Roads Brewing and Tasting Society is dedicated to promoting the enjoyment of home brewing. The annual dues are $20 per individual and $25 per family. Members are encouraged to support the reasonable enjoyment of beer and observe the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Federal government, and the Golden Rule. Persons attending HRB&TS meetings and events are solely liable for actions attendant to their participation. HRB&TS maintains a NO SMOKING policy during all meetings so that members may better enjoy fine beers. Visit the HRB&TS online at www.hrbts.org.