We're tasting stouts for our HOPS meeting this evening at Pagosa Brewing Company at 6 pm. We didn't saddle a color group with the responsibility for beer so please bring an interesting stout to share (2 12-oz bottles or a single bomber) and we'll try them along w/ the great stouts the brewery has on tap right now.
See you tonight!
Hiyah Hops Heads! I wanted to send a reminder that we're getting together this evening at Pagosa Brewing Co. at 6 pm for our monthly meeting. We get to delve into brown ales tonight and check out Laura's great post on this style at http://pagosahops.org/#!/mud-season-english-brown-ales.
I believe the Yellow color group is bringing beers this month but since we're just rolling over membership years from 2011 please feel free to bring any browns you'd like even if you're not in the Yellow group. Tony still has lots of great stouts on tap at the brewery for Stout Month, too. Woohoo!
Cheers!
Jason
Hello HOPSHeads. Don't forget about our monthly meeting tomorrow, January 24, 2012, at 6 pm at Pagosa Brewing Company. To keep warm, we are tasting barleywines tomorrow night so make sure you bring your drinking liver along. ;-)
Don't forget that we have a HOPS meeting tomorrow at 6 pm at Pagosa Brewing Co. We will taste lagers of all types and it will be a good opportunity to learn more about these bottom-fermented beverages. Check out categories 1-5 of the BJCP style guidelines for more information about lagers: http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/catdex.php.
Cheers!
I've sent an email specifically to my Green Team about the tasty brews we need to provide at the August meeting, but I figure it wouldn't hurt to share the little bit of research I've done with everyone and see if anyone has some more beer to contribute. (and this way I should be covered if my first email happened to end up in my team members' spam folder)
WikipediaBJCP 2008 Style Guide German Beer InstituteMy Summary: Basically, back in the good ole days they couldn't/wouldn't make beer during the summer months. Beer production stopped in March and the batches were stored in caves with ice blocks. To last through several months of storage, the beer was often strong or well-hopped. Before the brewing season opened up again—got hopping ;)—in October, they had to throw a party to clean out the barrels and get brewing again. The style is characterized by a medium to full body, a malty flavor and a clean dry finish.I was really surprised at the extensive list of examples in the Wikipedia link above. Check it out. Feel free to reply if you've got something that you want to contribute (and if you can't make the meeting, I'd be happy to schedule a pick-up---within reason I know this is going out to the internet). That way we can try and get a broad sampling. Happy Beer Hunting.
We had a great meeting Monday night and sampled many fine meads and a few not-so-fine mead/wine blends. Sulfites can really hurt a mead don't you think! We also got to try Kevin's first homebrew, an IPA, and we encouraged Kevin to keep pursuing his homebrewing hobby...he's got a heck of a first brew!
Thanks to everyone who attended the meeting and helped make it a success. We will send out information soon about color group assignments and the upcoming styles of the month along with some guidelines for bringing beers to sample each month.
Enjoy the long holiday weekend over the Fourth and remember: Relax, don't worry, have a homebrew!
Cheers,
Jason
I wanted to remind everyone that our June "meading" is tonight at 6 pm at Pagosa Brewing Co. We will taste a variety of meads along with our usual order of business...drinking beer!