Chico Homebrew Club

Chico Homebrew Club Past Meeting Notes & Some Pictures

Some pictures from our 6/7/07 Meeting & Barley Harvest

Here's Dawn's email reminder, for what turned out to be a very unique meeting and a great evening!

****We are having a different sort of meeting planned for June.********
Eric Simmen has invited the club members to visit Orland for the meeting. We will get started around 6:00 and harvest the barley that Eric planted for malting. Since the barley is already dry, we can thresh out the kennels and get ready for malting. Eric has invited those who wish to barbecue to stay and have a meal along with the meeting. Please bring side dishes to share, meat to be cooked, paper plates, etc. We will taste brews too, so bring some!

Here's Dawn's Recap of our 5/5/05 Meeting, with some pictures:

The brewers' meeting was held at S.N. as usual. The focus was on the Silver Dollar competition to be held
on May 15th.* Stewards were told to come at 9:00 to the Big Room to set-up for the judges. It is important to keep
every one moving along because there is a time limit on the use of the room. If possible, some of the
judges can/will start early with their flights. * Local judges should come before 10:00 to get checked
in and if possible get started before 10:30. This is pushing the schedule forward, but it is necessary with
more entries than ever before in the competition. * The awards gathering will be at John Schlieper's house
The time is set for May 22nd (Sunday)12:00- 4:00, with the unopened bottles of beer entries available for
tasting. Please bring your own chairs(we will be outside), food to share, and meat for the barbecue(if
you want it). Please be helpful with clean-up and food prep. John and Donna are kind to let us use their
home, we need to make it painless and fun:) * After the awards gathering on May 22nd, the list of
entries and awards will be placed on the club web site. Out of town entries will receive their judging sheets,

ribbons, awards etc. after the Silver Dollar Fair closes (6/1) and we can collect the ribbons from
the competition display. Locals should drop by the Brew Shop for their 'stuff'.
GOOD LUCK TO ALL HOME BREW ENTRIES!

Here's Dawn's Recap of our 4/7/05 Meeting, with some pictures:

At our very busy April meeting, Doug presented information on extract brewing. Bruce Coupe shared his
IPA as an example of extract brewing. Club members practiced judging on the extract IPA, over all it scored as a
good brew. The Silver Dollar Home Brew Competition was discussed. Larry shared the exciting news of a Sierra
Nevada pilot brew for the winner of BOS. David Westphal took sign-ups for stewards, currently it looks like we will have enough for our competition. If you want to be on the back-up list, email him at eastrise@earthlink.net.
*In May, Ron Hartt will lead the meeting. The focus will be on the competition and judging held May 15th at Sierra
Nevada in the Big Room. Pay attention to what is coming up at the meetings, so you could have some brew made to

style and get feed back.

Here's Dawn's Recap of our 3/3/05 Meeting, with some pictures:

The March meeting was lead by John and Richard. We studied Kolsch style beers with an excellent tasting
and discussion. Congratulations to John and Richard for doing a great job and providing so many good
examples. Jim gave us an update on the NCHF at Lake Francis, it will be held Oct. 7&8. Our club has agreed to host
'Hoppy Hour' this year. Further discussion and plans will be made in the up coming meetings. If you have
questions, or want to participate in Hoppy Hour, call Jim 877-8311. * In April, Doug will lead a discussion of

all extract brewing and Bruce will present an IPA as an example of extract brewing. *In May, Ron will lead the

meeting. The focus will be on the competition and judging held May 15th at Sierra Nevada. Pay attention to

what is coming up at the meetings, you could have some brew made to style and get feed back.

Here's Dawn's Recap of our 2/3/05 Meeting, with some pictures:

The focus style for the meeting was Barley wine. Dan led the discussion and tasting. A number of
commercial and home brews were tasted prior to the Barley wine examples. We discussed the up coming
Silver Dollar Fair competition. Tentative date for judging is May 15th, hopefully this will be firmed up
by the next meeting. There also may be something new for the Best Of Show, perhaps that will be firmed up
by the next meeting also. Welcome to our visitors at the club meeting. Please come again:)
* In March, Richard and John will feature Kolsch beers.
* In April, Doug will lead a discussion of all extract brewing

and Bruce will present an IPA as an example of extract brewing.
Pay attention to what is coming up at the meetings, you could have some brew made to style and get feed back.

Here's Dawn's Recap of our 1/6/05 Meeting, with some pictures:

At the Jan. 6th meeting, the featured beer was Calif. Common. Ernie lead the discussion and gave us a surprise when

he served a habenaro pepper/Calif. Common as the first beer, Wow, ooops. Over all, we liked this beer very

much, but other brews were put in the shade by its powerful flavors. The club voted to purchase a large

canopy for future use at the N.C. Home Brew Fest and other events. Doug did a great job in hunting down

a super deal and ordering it for us, Thanks Doug! Members practiced judging a brew at this meeting. It should be

mentioned that the new guidelines are quite different from the old ones. To obtain your own copy of the revised

guidelines, go to our club website: www.chicohomebrewclub.com and click the link to the AHA. I recommend that a

binder with tabs for the categories would be really handy. For February, Dan Moylan will lead the discussion of
Barley Wine. In March, Richard and John will feature Kolsch beers. Pay attention to what is coming up at the meetings,
you could have some brew made to style and get feed back.

~~~~ Christmas Party 2004 Pictures ~~~~

Here's Dawn's Recap of our 12/2/04 Meeting, with some pictures:

The December meeting was held at S.N.B. on Dec. 2nd. The featured brew was Red Ale, presented by Jerry.   Jim
Livingston followed with a tasting of Xmas beers. In the new AHA guidelines, Xmas beer has its own category, check it out.

It has been suggested that at future meetings we judge the second beer poured to practice our skills. Our group will try this

at the next meeting. **The Brewers meeting in January will feature Calif. Common. The meeting will be led by Ernie.

For those of you that remember, Ernie choose Fruit beer for the featured brew, he has changed to the C.C. instead.

For February, Dan Moylan will lead the discussion of Barley Wine. In March, Richard and John will feature Kolsch beers.

Pay attention to what is coming up at the meetings, you could have some brew made to style and get feed back.

Here's Dawn's Recap of our 11/4/04 Meeting, with some pictures:

The Nov. Brewers' Meeting was held 11/4 at Sierra Nevada. There was a large turn out for

Sour Beer tasting led by John Abbot. John provided a good overview of the styles in this category,

and we tasted several to learn more about these unique beers. There were also some good

home brews to sample too! John also gave a report about a field trip to Hop Union,
his pictures were very interesting and he recommends the trip to club members.
Next Brewers' meeting is Dec. 2nd. The theme beer is Red Ale (find this style in Scottish & Irish ale,

cat.#9). Jerry Worswick was volunteered (group pressure) to lead the discussion on Red Ales. Please

check in your brew with him when you come to the meeting. Bonus style for this meeting is Christmas ales,

Jim Livingston will lead the discussion and tasting of this seasonal style.
There will be a Christmas party for the Brewers' Club on Dec. 17 at 7:00 P.M. John Schlieper
volunteered his home for this gathering. Please mark your calendar and hang on to some brew to share.

A more detailed invitation will be provided at the next meeting and in the Dec. recap newsletter. This party
will have the Xmas 'steal' game as part of the activities, keep in mind that you should bring a beer
related gift worth around $10.00. Everyone really enjoys this gift 'exchange', it is more fun when we
have unique gifts, start looking :)

Dawn's Recap of our 10/7/04 Meeting:

Here's some meeting pictures, including Jim Livingston's Hop-A-Later

Oct. meeting was successful and fun. The members voted David Satre's IPA

as the club entry for the up coming November competition.

The Nov. 4th meeting will focus on the new AHA category of Sour Beers. John Abbot

will lead the tasting and help members review the style. The club provided John with $19.00

from the Oct. raffle to purchase some example sour beers. Members are encouraged to go

to the AHA web site and look at the new guidelines for beer styles.
Upcoming events: A date will be set(Oct.-Dec.) for a Brew Club Demo meeting to be held at

David Richer's home. The purpose of the gathering will be to educate new brewers and experienced

brewers in basic to advanced brewing techniques. There will be brewing demos for extract

and all grain, counter balanced bottling, kegging, more? If you would like to be part of the planning

for this event, prepare food or would like to demonstrate a brewing technique,speak up.

This would be a good time to bring a newbie to the gathering.
The Xmas party is tentatively planned for Dec. 17 at John Schlieper's house on 11th Ave. in Chico.

More information will be available later.
For those of you that missed the meeting; we had a good time, wished you were there.

Please come to the Nov. meeting, we have lots to plan and lots of beer to study:)

Rich Milliron is our website master. He would like members to contact him with favorite recipes,
interesting stories, web sites to link to ours, and pictures we could use on our site. Any other ideas?
Email Rich: rmilliron@csuchico.edu Don't forget to let him know if you win competitions
with your brew, we want to post that on the site too:)

Dawn's Recap of our 9/3/04 Meeting:

We had smoked beers as our focus, but many other brews were tasted. Club brewers are becoming more

adventurous and skilled at creating many interesting and delightful beers!
Many thanks to Sierra Nevada for providing us with pitchers of the special 20th Street Ale

made from the experimental hops grown next to the brewery. It was a treat for us to share this first batch!

Next month we are focusing on IPA because the club competition deadline for entry into IPAs is early November.

Jim Livingston will lead the tasting and discuss the style. We hope to pick a club IPA to send in for the competition.

The new Sour Beer category will be explored at a later date.

Remember Oct. 1-2 is the Northern Calif. Home Brewers' Fest at Lake Francis.

At the meeting, Jim announced that 14 club members are going to participate.

If you want to be included, contact Jim and get signed up.

Rich Milliron is our website master. He would like members to contact him with your favorite recipes,

interesting stories, web sites to link to ours, and pictures we could use on our site. Any other ideas?

Email Rich: rmilliron@csuchico.edu Don't forget to let him know if you win competitions with your brew,

we want to post that on the site too:) Many thanks, Rich!

If you want to make a IPA for next months meeting, get going:)

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