HOPS Brewsletter - November 2012

by Jason Cox

HOPS – Homebrewers Of Pagosa Springs

 

Happy (late) Thanksgiving HOPS Heads! I love Thanksgiving and all that comes with it. And thank God for all the good stuff we have to be thankful for. For example, I love turkey. Turkey bird. Crama-lama turkey in my pumpkin pie slot. Gravy-stuffing-mashpotater mixed together happy maker heaping mound of fun filled flavor. Wow, you could make a rap song out of that. With a mix of iambic pentameter even. Anyway… I wish I could make a beer as stimulating as Thanksgiving. Ok, that didn’t really come out right. When I hear the word Thanksgiving, I think of family, food, fun, flavor, an extra full belly, gravy on my face and stuffing in my teeth. It’s awesome that one word conjures up so much funk. If I could brew a beer that was so awesome that just the name of it made people’s eyes roll back and drift into a tryptophan induced bliss, I would be the coolest person on the planet! I am not too sure about throwing a plate full of leftovers into the boil, but it sounds somewhat intriguing. Maybe I will take the safe route and just crack a homebrewed Porter and share it with some good peeps. Brewing with sleeping agents sounds too risky anyway. So on that note, here’s to all the good stuff we have been blessed with and are thankful for – I hope you enjoy good fermentables, good family and good times for another year to come.

 

Until next time, cheers and happy fermenting ~

 

Randini the Beer Spammer

 

Quote of the Day:  “There are two reasons for drinking: One is when you are thirsty, to cure it; The other, when you are not thirsty, to prevent it.”

— Thomas Love Peacock, Melincourt, 1817

 

Tech Tip of the Day: Tips for Better Extract Brewing: http://archive.maltosefalcons.com./tech/Extract_Beers.pdf

 

 

 

HOPS Meetings:

 

  • HOPS – New Business:
    • Next Meeting: Tuesday, the 27th is the next HOPS meeting, Pagosa Brewing Co at 6:00 PM. The GREEN COLOR GROUP is up, so if you are in this group, make sure you have been in touch with your Color Group Leader to find out what is in the pipeline.
    • Style of the Month: Porter - Yummmmm
    • Discussion: Some ideas we want to go over include the following:

A)   Donated Homebrew Supplies – Raffle?

B)      Other upcoming events found below.

 

UPCOMING LOCAL NEWS & EVENTS:

 

 

NEWS (Pretty quiet this time o’ year):

 

 

 

Pagosa Brewing Company News / Events:

 

Mark Your Calendars:

 

·         February - Stout & Chops Month at Pagosa Brewing Co – AND rumor has it there may be a Stout homebrew competition lined up for this too. Opportunities for prizes and maybe even a chance to brew your recipe with Pagosa Brewing Co! Stay tuned for more details as they come around…

 

 

 

FRONT RANGE & BEYOND NEWS & EVENTS:

 

Nope, no new-news here either…

 

 

 

FOR SALE / FOR FREE / WANTED:

 

  • Wine Bottles – We have some extra bottles around if anyone needs them. Most have been de-labeled. Contact The Great Randini at randy@speeddirect.com if’n ya wannum.

 

  • WANTED – Refrigerator that can be used for a kegerator.

 

 

Anybody else have anything you want to list? Beer related or not, just lemme know and I will circulate your stuff around the universe. Well, my universe…

 

 

Links:

 

  • Homebrewing News – A website started by our buddy Bill Downs here in the Four Corners area that focuses on product reviews and more: www.homebrewingnews.com

 

  • Local Beerlover Networking Website: Check out www.brewerfest.com for a social beer lover’s networking site. It works kinda like Facebook, only without all the loser teenagers counting how many totally irrelevant “friends” they can amass proving how completely lame they are. This site is actually cool! (Yes, a big fan of Facepuke here…) Joseph from Pagosa Brewing started this one up and it has some great photos of HOPS junk, plus it is free to join! Sign in and rock out with your beer out.

 

 

 

UNSUBSCRIBE – Ok, but first you must answer this one question: What is your name? What is your quest? What is the flying air speed velocity of a turkey (African or European)? Answer me this and you will be permitted to pass…