Here is our Submission to the California State Homebrew club of the Year: SBC_2014_rev1
Thanks to Steve Fafard, Bob Wilson, Rick Wirsing, and Jason Light for all their help with the charts. Thanks also to Rick Wirsing for capturing and sorting all the pictures of Strand Brewers Club events this year and also to Rives Borland for putting together a solid 2013 entry for us to build off of.
Also congratulations to the Maltose Falcons, this years winners.
The idea is to start in Hermosa for brunch at The Rockefeller. We will then will move on to Silvio’s, Hermosa Brewing, and/or Tower 12. From there we will make our way down to Manhattan Beach to hit up Simmzy’s and BrewCo. The final stop will be Summers Bar ending at the Strand Summer Party!…
Hi everyone, for those of you who couldn’t make it to Final Friday yesterday, we rolled dice to select ingredients for this year’s Iron Brewer Competitions. The first round will be in March and the ingredients are Mittelfruh hops, Vienna malt, and vanilla. The summer Iron Brewer ingredients are Cascade hops, coffee malt, and banana,…
Come join us for our March meeting at Ximix. This will be our first ‘Field Trip’ meeting of the year. Ximix is LA’s newest brewery and they will be opening their doors for us (we will be the only ones there). Don’t forget to bring an appetite. Anthony will be preparing sous vide tri-tip sandwiches!…
We are hosting a Monster Brew at Monkish on June 6. The recipe for the wort is 1.051OG and 25 IBUs with a grain bill of 78% domestic 2row, 12% flaked oats, 5% Vienna, and 4% acid. That’s great but many are asking what do I make with this beer? Based on previous posts from…
If you participated in the Monkish Monster Brew please try to bring some of your finished beer to the August meeting. Henry and his team have been invited so hopefully we can even share our beers with him! We had the second Iron Brewer Competition this year. The ingredients were Peaches, Rye malt, and Southern…
There is a club brew this Saturday at Chris Remensperger’s in North Redondo Chris will be brewing an all-grain bourbon porter that earned a medal earlier this year. Mash in should start at 8AM There is space for 1 or 2 others to brew, so let Chris or I know if you are coming and…
Jim WilsonBJCP Grand Master, MentorDregs December 2013 - on BJCP exam preparationI may have killed off the odd brain cell or three while learning about beer and mine has a small aperture. Brute force and repetition were required for me to learn this stuff.
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