Hey Everyone,
I hope your summers have been going well! I hope there was much brewing done, I know I’ve got a few done myself. 🙂
I just wanted to give a reminder (to those that may be watching this page) that the Members of Barleyment competition opens July 25th.
Cheers,
Sean.
Hey Everyone,
Just a quick reminder that the windup is this coming Tuesday (June 4th). It’s hosted at Half Pints once again. I’ve talked with several members and it sounds like we’re going to have some great home brews in attendance. The club executive have also brewed a couple kegs as well.
Remember to bring a chair! Or you’ll be standing most of the night.
It’s been a great season and it has flown by really fast. I’ve learned a lot of things along the way and will be staying on as President to continue this journey. 🙂
Sean Richens has decided to step down as Vice President so we’ll be holding an election to fill both the Vice President and the Secretary positions. So if anyone would like to step up and take on those roles raise your hands at the BBQ.
And remember, get a ride, or take a cab. Great beer, great food, great people, and great times. We want everyone to be safe.
Hey Everyone,
Hopefully we’re getting closer to getting this email delivery problem under wraps. With the new conversion to a real mailing list software (on top of all the other email settings changes) I hope we’re finally getting close to putting this one to bed.
It seems Gmail is happy with our email now, but hotmail may still be sending things to the junk mail folder. This is easily fixed by going into your hotmail/outlook settings and adding the domain “winnipegbrewbombers.ca” to the safe senders list. Also, you can add members email address to the Trusted mailing list section just below the safe senders. After that all our emails should land in your mailbox.
We’ll give this a go for awhile and see what happens.
Cheers!
Sean.
Hey Everyone,
Just a head’s up, there’s been a venue change for the next meeting (May 7th). We’re now meeting at Torque Brewing at the usual time (7pm).
Cheers,
Sean.
Hey Everyone!
Just a quick reminder to everyone that our next meeting is May 7th and it will be at Oxus Brewing Co. I’ll send out the food groups as we get closer to the date (I don’t have the information on hand at the moment).
Wow how time flies by! Next up after May is our final meeting for the season, and everyone’s favourite! The windup BBQ! It will be held once again at Half Pints Brewing Co. and it will be the traditional potluck style dinner so everyone bring something tasty to eat.
IMPORTANT!! We’ll need everyone to RSVP by May 10th so that we know how many steaks to buy. (See link below to RSVP) You can still RSVP after that but you won’t be getting a steak
In order to RSVP, please click this link (REDACTED TO AVOID SPAM – Email the prez for the link if you didn’t get it already) and fill out the form. It’s just full name, email, steak opt-in/out, and what category of food item you’ll be bringing. We just want to make sure we cover all the bases. This is easier for me to track attendance and such rather than collecting each individual email reply.
Also, bring your home brew to share! The club executives are brewing a lager for the event as we speak. What will you bring? Don’t have anything? There’s still time to get a brew going. I look forward to trying everyone’s brew.
On that note, please make sure you get a ride, or call a taxi/ride-share, or get a designated driver. Let’s be safe.
Cheers,
Sean.
Hey Everyone,
Just a quick head’s up that the next meeting is this Tuesday April 2nd @ 7pm and will be at Torque Brewing. This will be our club comp so bring your Kolsch kits ready for judging!
See you there!
Hey Everyone,
For those that may not have been receiving the emails, the Big Brew is this Sunday March 17th and we still have some spots available. If you wish to attend please send me an email ASAP.
Here are some event details:
Here are some of the jobs / stations, at the start of the event we’ll organize people to the various jobs. Think about which one you want to be part of.
Sean Richens will have a couple of informative presentations with a slideshows during the day.
Sean S will have a NEIPA (I believe) on tap for us 🙂
This should be a fun day of brewing, learning and hanging out with some really cool people. 🙂
Cheers,
Sean.
Hey Everyone,
Just a reminder that we
are meeting at Fort Garry on Tuesday (March 5th) @ 7pm. We will be doing
the off flavour sensory training exercise.
Also, for those that have not yet picked up their club kits I will have them with me at the meeting.
Cheers,
Sean.
Hey Everyone,
It appears that a large amount of the club emails are not making it into our member’s inboxes. In many cases it has been ending up in their Junk/Spam folders. Other cases it was rejected with an undeliverable response. While in the worst case it was outright dropped by the receiving mail server with no warning.
I’m looking into the issue, but in the meantime be sure to keep an eye out on our website and our facebook page. I often duplicate the member wide emails there.
Cheers,
Sean.
Hey Everyone,
It’s hard to believe there’s only 4 meetings left in the season! It feels like it’s been flying by. March is here and with it comes the Big Brew.
Traditionally the Big Brew has always (to my knowledge) been held at Half Pints. Half Pints has been a gracious host to the club over the years and I want to personally thank them for what they’ve done for us through the years. However, due to logistical reasons (occupancy limit and space issues) we have to look elsewhere. Just in case some have been wondering why we haven’t met there (except for the first meeting of the year) lately. We’ve simply grown too big and we don’t want to cause them any issues. I’ve been talking with Sean S (yep. there’s a lot of us) at Oxus Brewing Co. and he’s going to be hosting us this year. We’re booked in for St. Patrick’s Day (March 17th). Sean himself (as some of you know) was a former member of the club and has been eager to give back
The only catch is that we can only do 500 L at a time. Rather than do a double batch in one day (a very long day) he’s going to run a 500 L batch the day before and store it at 0 C for us, then we can just focus on the one 500 L batch.
The estimated cost for attending the Big Brew is $25, but we’ll have to see what the cost of the ingredients will end up at. Also the event is open to any Winnipeg Brew Bombers member that has paid for their 2018/2019 membership. If you haven’t paid yet but would like to enter there’s still time to pay the dues (you can send an email to treasurer@winnipegbrewbombers.ca). Also note that in the cost of the membership you get a steak at the end of year BBQ. 🙂
There’s also limited space so we’re limited to 50 spots. If you would like to attend please RSVP to myself ASAP.
The choice for this year’s Big Brew has been narrowed down to three styles. If you’re planning to attend you can vote on the style you wish to do here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JTVXG8V
I’ll leave the vote open until the end of the week (Sunday).
More details will be provided as we get closer to the date.
