April 2005

Editors Note: [Please submit any beer related information, jokes, comments, smart remarks, or articles to the newsletter editor at insubordin8n@gmail.com or call me at 688-8979. The ‘deadline’ is the 3^rd Sunday of the month.]

Greetings one and all,

April is here and it is time again for our Pub Crawl. An event that is something you definetly do not want to miss. We will be leaving Thursday April 21^st around 6:00pm for Portland. There we will stay the night and then get a good start on to Seattle the next morning. We will return Sunday the 24^th.

There is still room on the bus. The more people we can get on the bus (up to 20) the cheaper it will be for each of us. To get your name on the bus list, call Russ at 461-1548. There will be more information sent out in club emails as it comes along.

Next meeting:

From Rod Surcamp;

Belgian/French style, club homebrew day, Saturday April 9^th. Start mashing by 9:00AM
People could start setting up about 8:00AM at Rod and Aashild's home at 2890 Martinique Ave. Eugene
338-4600 call for any special needs. I also have active yeast cultured from
bottles of Orval if anyone would like to use some, let me know.

From Chip and Kristina;

The business idea is finally happening. Kristina and I have been working many hours down at the location for the past four weeks. As for an opening date we are shooting for the 15-20th of April. But there is much work to be done.

Basically we are going to have 650 different beers in the bottle, 10 beers on draft, all served in its proper glassware. Wine by the bottle or glass, and a small food menu. Everthing is available for in-house consumption or to go. It should be much fun, and we look forward to hosting you and the club in our new venture.

The Bier Stein Bottleshop and Pub
345 E. 11th ave
Eugene OR, 97401

541-458-BIER

Cheers,
Chip

Here is a lil' somethin' from Denny about this years Big Brew coming up May 7^th:

Big Brew this year is Sat. May 7 and Denny will once again be hosting a Big Brew site. The AHA has chosen Denny's Rye IPA recipe as one of the 2 official Big Brew recipes this year. The other recipe is "Rocket" Rod
Formanek's "Positively Porter". Both recipes are available at http://www.beertown.org/events/bigbrew/recipes.html . Both recipes are figured for approximately 80% system efficiency, so if you're going to brew one of them, be sure to adjust it for your system. Brewing setup will
start at 9 AM, and the worldwide toast is set for 10 AM. Brewing space is limited, so if you intend to brew, contact Denny at 998.8580 or email denny@projectoneaudio.com to reserve a space. even if you're not brewing, come on out, bring food and beer, and enjoy the festivities!

Also, it's time again for the Heart of the Valley Homebrew competition and festival. Here's the info I have on that:

The Heart of the Valley Homebrewers are proud to announce the 23rd Annual Oregon Homebrew and Microbrew Festival. For complete information visit www.hotv.org The May 21st festival is a homebrew

competition and commercial beer garden with 25+ beers on tap and 4 live bands. The Microbrew festival is a fundraiser for the Linn-Benton Food Share http://www.csc.gen.or.us/foodshare.htm

The homebrewing festival is an AHA/BJCP sanctioned event and a pre-qualifying event for the Master Championship of Amateur Brewers (MCAB) http://hbd.org/mcab/index.html Best of show is a dual tap

Cornelius kegerator complete with CO 2 and regulator. Ribbons will be awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners in 28 categories. We are also pleased to announce that the 28 categories are sponsored by businesses in the brewing industry. 1st place (varies), 2nd place winners are sponsored by White Labs Yeast, www.whitelabs.com and 3rd place winners are sponsored by Corvallis Brewing Supply www.brewbeer.cc Deadline for entries is May 7 and the cost is $6.00 per entry.

There are on-line and PDF entry forms for judge registration, beer registration, bottle id's, directions to event and more at our club website www.hotv.org

We hope to see you at the Oregon Homebrew Festival!!

Questions? Contact Joel at 541.758.1674 or email joel@brewbeer.cc

As most of you know I have been maintaining a club yeast bank for all to use. Please feel free to call or email me if you are in need of a yeast slant. I culture them in slants and the process to step them up into pitchable amounts of yeast is very simple. I am more than willing to help with any questions you may have on the subject. Hm: 688-8979 email: insubordin8n@gmail.com

Here is a list of yeasts I have in the Bank:

BrewTek CL-50 California Pub Ale

WL004 Irish Ale

WLP510 Bastogue Ale

WLP013 London Ale

WLP565 Saison I

WLP036 Dusseldorf Alt

WLP007 Dry English Ale

WLP838 South German Lager

WLP Brettanomyces Bruxellensis

WLP029 Kolsch Ale

WY1762 Belgian Abbey II

WY2206 Bavarian Lager

WY2042 Danish Lager

WY3787 Hi Gravity Trappist Ale

WY3068 Weihenstephan Wheat

Wy2112 California Lager

WY1728 Scottish Ale

Sierra Neveda Pale Ale (same as WL001, or WY1056)

Eugene City Brewery's Saison Blend (Ardennes and Fantome)

Rogue's Pacman

La Chouffe's yeast

What's on Tap:

From our brewers:

Bill Miranda:

Sloppy Seconds IPA 10 gallons,

Sister Star of the Sun IPA 10 gallons

and a Red Zeppelin 10 gallons

Nate Sampson;

On tap:

DoppleBock

Rochefort 8 clone,

A Spiced Belgian Corn Tripple.

Infuse mashed Dortmund Export

Double decoction mashed Dortmund Export

Caveman Brew (a Belgian farmhouse style beer)

In bottle:

Rye Barley Wine,

XXXmas WaHoozle (spiced xmas Belgian),

Rye Imperial Whiskey Barrel Stout,

Lagering:

Bavarian/Dutch Pilsner

Fermenting:

Anchor Liberty Ale knockoff

Sloppy Seconds IPA

Les Johnson:

I brewed Arlen's Northwest IPA recipe a couple weeks back. I just brewed my own recipe for a Northwest style IPA using a total of 17 ozs. of hops.

And Now a Word from President Robin Chitwood:

March 27, 2005

In only about three weeks we’ll be heading up to Seattle for our annual pub-crawl. E-mails and phone calls have been going out to members to determine who’s on board this time. It takes a lot of planning and coordination to put one of these events together so we need commitment from people as early as possible. I can’t think of a better way to take a mini-vacation than a three-day pub-crawl. Seattle is loaded with good microbreweries like Elysian, Pike Pub and Brewery, Maritime Pacific, Hale’s Ales and many more. If you’ve been on one of these you know we do a good pub-crawl. Russ’s last e-mail outlined the main details. But we need to make some decisions soon so if you haven’t already, please give Russ a call at 461-1548.

I’m not sure if this is a record or not but it sure merits some recognition. At the club brew at Matt’s on March 12^th Bill Miranda pulled off a 30-gallon solo mega-brew. He brewed three different IPAs and it came off without a hitch. Remarkable!

We have another club brew coming up on April 9^th. This time it’s at Rod Surcamp’s and we’ll be brewing Belgian and French Ales for the AHA club only competition. That contest is sponsored by Hop Barley and the Alers of Boulder, Colorado and will be held on June 5^th. Due dates for individual club entries have not been determined. Rod’s place is ideal for brewing with lots of covered space and a big driveway. It’s at 2890 Martinique Ave. Eugene. 338-4600. If you’re coming from town, go north on Coburg Road to Crescent, turn right, go to Grand Cayman, turn left. Turn right at Martinique (it’s toward the end of the street),turn right at the second driveway,(long driveway). Rod’s house is on the left.

Be sure to catch the Big Brew at Denny Conn’s on May 7^th. It’s a great chance to get out of town and brew in this peaceful setting along the Long Tom River. The official Big Brew recipe this year is Rye IPA. Yes, that’s Denny’s own (now famous) Rye IPA. . The recipe that was brewed at Rogue Ales and at Olfabrikken in Denmark during 2004. Now it will be brewed all over the country on Big Brew Day. There may be a tsunami of Rye IPA! If you want to brew that day be sure to give Denny a call. Brew space is limited

I’m looking for volunteers to do tear down and clean up at the Sasquatch Brew fest on June 4^th. There are usually plenty of volunteers for pouring beer but they are always short-handed for teardown because it has to happen fast. Teardown usually starts at about 9:30pm. There will be a party to thank volunteers. This is where our club can make a difference. If you can help give me a call at 342-2397 or send me an e-mail at RobinChitwood@msn.com. Cheers,RC

PLEASE PAY YOUR DUES !!

Haven't paid your dues this year? Please send a check for $20 (per household) made out to "Cascade Brewers Society" to Lori Liudahl, c/o CBS, 1037 Berntzen Rd. Eugene, OR 97402.

Also, don’t forget that our club website is growing bigger every day! See what Denny has done with www.hbd.org/cascade

Club Information: For over 20 years, Cascade Brewers Society is a sometimes formal, but mostly informal club devoted to the appreciation and art of creating fine alcoholic beverages (you know; beer, mead, cider, and wine). For more information regarding the Cascade Brewers Society, please contact Robin Chitwood at 342-2397.