October Meeting, Tap Handles, Club kit & More
Hello Brew Bombers!
It’s time for another monthly update chock full of awesome news. I’ll try to keep everything brief but informative.
September Recap
Our season opening meeting went well with 22 people in attendance. Steve did a great job presenting on “how to do beer competitions good”. His presentation and template spreadsheet for tracking your competition entries are available HERE. Our club is currently in 6th place nationally on the Brewer of the Year circuit, which is the best we’ve ever been (so far). Let’s keep it up! If you have any beers laying around, consider entering them into some of the remaining competitions this year.
October Meeting
Our next meeting will be 7pm, Tuesday October 1st at the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre (CMBTC), 303 Main St. They’ll be announcing the winner of their competition at this meeting, and we’re looking at changing things up from the usual “talk and tour” they do, and instead doing some kind of “testing tour” where we focus on their lab equipment and the kinds of tests they do.
As a reminder, they’re in a secured government building so make sure to arrive at 7pm SHARP because they have to meet us at the door and escort us up to their space.
Pro/Am Brew Challenge
Dave Cole, Steph Barten, and team are busy preparing for this year’s Pro/Am and are always looking for people to volunteer. In particular, they need judges, stewards, and auditors from November 2-5. If you can help out, even for just a day, visit proam.beer to contact them. Oh, and definitely enter some beers into this competition!
Club Branded Tap Handles
We’re taking orders for club branded tap handles! The folks at Tap Handles To Go are giving us a discount (provided we order at least 25 tap handles). There are 4 designs to choose from, two full-color, and two back & white. Each with or without a chalkboard space. Since we don’t want to have a bunch of inventory sitting around this is how it will work:
- From now until October 15th, CLICK HERE to place your order
- Pay us for your order before Oct.15. If your payment is not received you won’t get your tap handles.
- We’ll place the bulk order with Tap Handles To Go on October 16th.
- Pick them up when they arrive!
Facebook Group
Last year we set up a new Facebook Group for club members as an alternate means of connecting and having discussions (because long email threads can get pretty annoying). We only allowed active members at first, but now we’re opening it up to everyone. Post pictures, ask questions, engage with each other. There’s also an associated group chat on Facebook Messenger you can join.
Club Kit Survey
If you’re a fully paid member, you’re entitled to vote for this season’s club kit. The options are:
- Irish Red Ale
- Scottish Ale
- German Weissbier
- Tropical/Juicy Hazy IPA
Go HERE to submit your preferences. We’ll announce the winner at the October meeting.
Creative Competition
This season’s club creative competition is all about Spice, Herb, and Vegetable Beers. As with last year we plan to get a permit so that we can sample and evaluate your beers during our January 14th meeting. Time flies, so start planning!
Cheers!
Dan Molinski