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Next
meeting: December
20th 7:30 pm
Annual Holiday appetizer/dessert
potluck - yum!
Santa is coming! Bring the kids - free Polaroid photos with
Santa.
Decembeer 2002 Issue
Get your holiday Alers
stuff! Steins are back!
By Brian (I'd increase the
gravity) Thatcher
Christmas Party
 HO!
HO! HO! Santa will be making an appearance at our December meeting on
the 20th. Free Polaroid pictures of you and Santa [ok - the kids,
too!] are available. This one is a family event. Bring goodies to
share and plenty of homebrew, of course.
Beer gift exchange rules: Bring a
couple of bottles or a six pack of your favorite homebrew and get
someone else's' in exchange!
We will also be raffling off a blanket lined jacket with the Hopunion
logo on it, size XL. The jacket was on display at last month's meeting
and there was a lot of interest expressed in owning it. Raffle tickets
for this are going to be a hot item, so buy several to increase your
chances (and if it doesn't fit, your humble unemployed scribe is
available for donations).
Unfortunately I will not be able to grace you with my presence this
month. I will be flying to Phoenix that evening to spend the week at
my brother's house.
 IPA
Results
The judging of the IPAs was
conducted at last month's meeting. There were 4 entries this time,
although two were supplied by Kevin. One of Kevin's beers was kegged 2
hours before the meeting and ended up in first place. My entry
suffered from a slow and incomplete fermentation that I am still
trying to figure out what went wrong. The final results are below:
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Kevin Fawcett (keg)
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Tom Barnes
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Kevin Fawcett (Bottle)
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Brian Thatcher
Don't forget that Winter Warmers
will be judged at the January meeting, so fire up them brew pots. Tom
was nice enough to print out some guidelines and one of his own
recipes for last meeting. Reference English Old Ale in the style
guidelines for ideas.
Club
Officers
 At the meeting last month, it was
decided that the club officers would remain the same for the coming
year. However, there will be something new. For most meetings Duane
will appoint an "Overlord of the Month"
whose duties will be to conduct that month's meeting. We will also try
to continue the beer style brew-off but with fewer styles spread
throughout the year.
Winter
Warmer Tasting
 The decision was made to move the
Winter Warmer sampling to November since the December meeting is
typically the Christmas Party. The beers tasted were selected by
Tom Barnes and there were a dozen to be cracked open for enjoyment.
Among them were three that everyone should be familiar with, Deschutes Jubelale, Pyramid Snow Cap and Sierra Nevada Celebration. If you are
not familiar with these beers, go out and try them (along with Full
Sail Wassail, somehow missing). They are what many think of first for
Northwest Winter beers and all are tasty in my opinion.
 The rest of the beers included a
nice selection of regional winter releases. They were Alaskan Winter
Ale, Anchor Merry Christmas Ale, Big Sky Powder Hound, Bridgeport
Ebenezer Ale, Fish Winterfish, Hales Wee Heavy, Maritime Pacific Jolly
Rodger, Portland Brewing Mac Frost, and Orchard Street Jingle Ale.
The only disappointment was the
Orchard Street. I was told that last year it was really good, however
this year they really overdid the ginger and it overpowered the beer.
The Jolly Roger has been on cask the last couple of times I have been
to the Engine House in Tacoma and it always makes a nice beer to start
the evening with.
Monthly Meeting
Schedule
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December |
Christmas Party |
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January |
Judge Homebrew Winter Seasonal, Homebrewer
of the Year Awards |
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February |
TBD |
Club 2002/2003 Events Calendar
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December |
Christmas party and gift exchange. |
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January |
Winter Warmers judging. |
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February |
TBD |
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March |
TBD |
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April |
TBD |
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May |
TBD |
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June |
TBD |
Upcoming Events
Great Alaska Beer and Barley Wine Festival,
January 17th and 18th
Anchorage, Alaska
907-562-9911
Toronado Barley Wine, February 15th - 22nd
Toronado, San Francisco, CA
http://www.toronado.com/
Real Ale Festival, February 26th - March 1st
Finkel Foundry, Chicago, IL
http://www.realalefestival.com/
4th Annual Whiskeys of the World Expo, Saturday
March 22nd
The Hotel Nikko, San Francisco, CA
Speakers start at 3 PM, Tasting session 5-10
1-888-748-2400, www.celticmalts.com
Spring Beer and Wine Fest, April 18th & 19th
Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR
www.springbeerfest.com
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