Author: Daniel Molinski
March Meeting, Creative Comp, Club Kits
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.
LAST CALL for Club Kits
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.
“Now Hiring” Pro/Am 2024 Coordinator
Planning for the 2024 Pro/Am Brew Challenge is already under way, however the Winnipeg Brew Bombers require a volunteer to step up and fill the role of Competition Coordinator.
This person will:
- Work alongside the Competition Director
- Be responsible for procuring sponsors and prizes
- Handle competition marketing – social media posts, advertising the competition
- Solicit beer submissions from professional breweries
- LGCA Permit application
- Arranging judging venue, awards venue
- Planning judge/steward meals
While someone with experience is preferred, don’t let it deter you from putting your name in the hat. This is a great opportunity to learn as you go, with the support of the Competition Director and the WBB club executives. If you’re working on your BJCP certification this is a good way to earn non-judging points as well.
If you’re interested, send an email to executive@winnipegbrewbombers.ca
December Meeting, and Pro/Am Awards
Hi Brewers!
Yes there is a meeting tomorrow. 7pm at Oxus. There’s no presentation, speaker, or topic, but we’ll be sharing a lot of updates, so we hope to see you there. If you can’t make it, updates will be posted on the website after the meeting.
The Pro/Am Award Ceremony will be hosted by Fionn MacCool’s at Grant Park this year. It’ll take place this Wednesday December 6th at 7pm. We also plan to try live-streaming the awards… likely via the proambrewchallenge Instagram account, but if that proves to be a challenge, we may just provide a Google Meet link. Keep an eye on our social channels for that.
Cheers,
Dan,
Secretary