Author: Daniel Molinski

Nonsuch Big Brew

The American Brown Ale we brewed at Nonsuch, officially name “Bush League” will be on tap at The Common as of September 1st.

The official release party will be on Saturday September 7th at 2pm on the patio at Nonsuch. 

They’ve asked for a rough headcount so they can prepare for the influx of beer and food orders, so if you plan to attend, please RSVP here.  Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend. Bring all your friends and family!

September Meeting

We kick off the new season at 7pm, Tuesday September 10th at Sookram’s.

Steve Shaw will be presenting about homebrew competitions: What you should know

The vote for this season’s club kit style will kick off (on the website).

CMBTC Competition

If you haven’t registered yet and want to take part, there’s still time to brew something before the Sept. 14th drop off deadline. Register here!

2024-2025 Season Calendar

We’ve tentatively nailed down all the monthly meeting topics for the upcoming season. The Calendar of Events page has been updated.  Note that these are subject to change as we iron out the details of each meeting and event.  Also, this calendar is not an exhaustive list.  We can still plan some ancillary events or field trips, depending on opportunity and level of interest. Some ideas: visit Prairie Gem Hops, field trip to Scythe or Dakotah, group brewing experiment, taproom crawl, etc. If you have any ideas or are willing to spearhead a “side quest” of some sort, please let the club executive know! 

Memberships

A reminder that membership terms are 1-year long.  If you haven’t set your membership to an auto-renewing subscription, then please remember to take some time to review your membership and take care of any pending renewals before they expire. You can manage your membership / subscription on the Account page under the Member Area of the website.

See you all in September!

Cheers!

Dan Molinski

Registered club members can vote now! Voting is open until Friday June 14th at midnight.

Log in to review the candidates and cast your votes.

Howdy Brew Bombers,

It’s that time of year where we wrap up the season with a Windup BBQ. Please check your emails for the link to sign-up for the potluck.

Hot dogs and burgers are on the menu with the club supplying plates, napkins and utensils as well as buns and basic condiments. Feel free to bring other more exotic condiments.

The Windup itself is taking place at Half Pints Brewing on Saturday June 8th (there will be no meeting on Tuesday June 4th!). Windup festivities will begin once Half Pints closes at 6pm but feel free to arrive early to support them by enjoying a taproom beverage.

Bring any outdoor games for the competition and merriment.

The club will also be purchasing a keg for members to enjoy as we can’t have any home brew at this event – though you may bring bottles to share/exchange with others as long as they remain unopened.

Rain or shine. BYO Chair.

Thanks,

Your Brew Bombers Executive

Club elections for next season’s exec will kick off during the season windup BBQ at Half-Pints on Saturday June 8th.  Whether you’re at the BBQ or not, please make the time to review the candidates and submit your vote (the page is only visible to registered members).

Below is a short writeup of the current exec roles, as well as an estimate of monthly time commitment outside of club meetings and events.  If you are interested, message Marc with the position you would like to run for and a brief write up about your ideas/goals for the upcoming year.

President:

Typical Activities / Responsibilities:

• Lead meetings
• Planning Club meeting agenda and content
• Arrange meeting locations
• Plan and coordinate field trips for members
• Answer emails from Club members
• Plan the Club Kit, organize voting, and coordinate with Grain to Glass for kit building
• Arrange Creative Comp
• Apply for Special Sale permit via LGCA for competitions
• Set up BJCP connections for competitions
• Arrange Big Brew and coordinate with host brewery for brew date, aid in selling beer produced
• Plan and arrange Club Wind-Up party
• Keep mailing list up-to-date
• Monthly meetings (first Tuesday) and executive meetings (second Tuesday)
• Attend quarterly Canadian Homebrews meetings
• Maintain relationship with LGCA regarding sampling homebrew in meetings
• Assist other Executive members when/where needed

Average monthly time commitment:

• 4-7 hours excluding Club & Executive meetings

Vice President:

Typical Activities / Responsibilities:

• Lead meetings in absence of President
• Assist in coordinating club activities
• Assist in planning meeting content
• Manage merchandise 
• Fill in for other Exec members as required

Average monthly time commitment:

• 2 – 3 hours

Treasurer:

Typical Activities / Responsibilities:

• Working with the Club Executive to ensure that the Club is on sound financial setting by ensuring that Club activities can be funded based on Club resources
• Working with the Pro/Am competition committee to ensure the competition is financial self-sufficient  
• Managing and tracking the cash flows of the Club and Competition including their respective bank accounts and payment of Club and Competition expenses. 
• Running the monthly raffle draw including purchasing beers

Average monthly time commitment:

• 1 – 2 hours

Secretary:

Typical Activities / Responsibilities:

• Record keeper
• Agendas for club meetings
• Notes/Minutes for exec meetings
• Track/update action items throughout the season
• Assistant to other executives
• Help out as required
• Draft/send communications to members
• Set up surveys/forms
• Updates to the club website
• etc.

Average monthly time commitment:

• 3 – 6 hours

Hi Brewers!  We have some great updates for you!

March 5th Meeting & Creative Competition:

Our next meeting will be at Oxus. 

If you brewed something for the Supermarket Sweep, please arrive at 6:30pm with enough to go around because we have a permit! This means we will be able to sample and evaluate the beers during the meeting.  Not only that, but we’ve also registered the competition with BJCP, so if you’re pursuing points be sure to attend and participate. 
There are prizes from our fantastic local homebrew suppliers to be awarded for the top three beers – 1st place gets first choice, 2nd place gets second choice, 3rd place gets what’s left.

• Either a 5 Gallon ball-lock keg, or a 25kg bag of Pale malt from Grape & Grain
• $125 gift certificate from Grain to Glass
• $75 gift certificate from Grain to Glass

The 1st place winner will also get to help craft the recipe for the Big Brew.

Club Kit

The order has been placed and should be delivered by the end of the week. Once the ingredients arrive we’ll need some some volunteers to meet up and help split everything up into the individual kits.

The recipe itself is posted and available here

April Meeting

Our April 2nd meeting will take place at the CMBTC.  It’ll be our first time there since before the pandemic, so hopefully you all can make it.

Hi Brewers!

We have 52 full members who are technically entitled to a club kit, but only 27 people have responded to the All-Grain vs. Extract survey.

We don’t want to order 52 kits if that means 25 of them aren’t going to be picked up.  That said, we will only be ordering kits for those members who have completed the survey, and therefore this is the last reminder before we place the order.

EDIT:
The survey is now closed. If you missed it, just let us know. We’ll be ordering few extra kits.