June 2004

 

Editors Note: [Please submit any beer related information or articles to the newsletter editor at m@ttjarvis.com or call me at 342-2203. The ‘deadline’ is the 3rd Sunday of the month.]

 

Last Meeting:

 

Heart of the Valley Competition and Brewfest – please see Robin’s comments below…

 

Next Meeting:

 

Saturday, June 5th - Sasquatch Brewfest  - See Robin’s comments below for details.

 

 

[NOTE            date change below]

 

Saturday, June 12th 9am - CBS Smoke & Wheat Beer brewing at Kent & Janie's (If you plan on showing up to brew – contact Kent to make arrangements. He said he has plenty of room but just to be sure…….). Bring your gear and some finger food.

 

(FYI) Thursday - Saturday, June 17-19 – National Homebrewers Conference in Las Vegas

 

 

And Now a Word from President Robin Chitwood:

 

Wednesday, May 26, 2004

 

            Corvallis fairgrounds was recently the epicenter of brewing enthusiasm as homebrew clubs from as far away as Seattle converged on the 22nd annual Heart of the Valley Homebrew Festival. Over two hundred seventy entries kept judges busy for the better part of the day. Denny Conn took a second with “Milo’s Alt”. Best of show went to Paul Long for his “Ringneck I.P.A.” – reported to have a distinctly resinous herbal hop character reminiscent of the hop plant’s illegitimate relative. After judging there were twenty-four different microbrews and music by Los Mex Pistols del Norte and others. Lots of prizes were given away in the raffle and Matt Jarvis scored about half of them with a disproportionately small number of tickets. Maybe it does make a difference if the tickets are soaked in beer.

            From the commercial sector: Rogue’s Hazelnut Brown Nectar, the ale brewed from Chris Studach’s award-winning recipe may soon be seen on the cooler shelves as it once was with Chris’s portrait on the 22 oz. Bottle. Since spring of 2003 this beer has been marketed as “Morimoto Hazelnut Ale”. One of the stars of the FoodTV series “The Iron Chef”, Morimoto’s face on the bottle was expected to boost sales. Whether it did or not, the decision was made to return to the familiar old label for what we have affectionately come to know as “Bald Guy Ale”. 

            Most home brewers can get yeast from each other or from a commercial brewery when it’s time to brew. It saves a little money and it’s usually enough to pitch without culturing. But the yeast that’s available for free doesn’t always fit the style you want to brew. Or you may save yeast in a jar in the fridge but can’t use it while it’s still viable. We’ve got a solution now other than just buying another yeast culture. Nate Sampson is setting up a yeast exchange. He has the necessary skills and equipment to do slant cultures and is accepting donations of healthy yeast. The slants will keep for several months and would be available to club members. The greater the participation the greater variety of cultures will be available. Check with Nate at the next meeting or give him a call for details on how to participate.

            Big Brew Day was indeed big this year. Four thousand four hundred ninety one gallons of beer were brewed at 157 different locations around the country. Thanks Denny for hosting another successful Big Brew.

            We’ll be making beer together again at our next meeting. This time it’s smoked beers at Kent and Janie’s, 25835 Tanya Lane in Veneta. Mash-in will be at 9 am.

            Summer’s almost here and the schedule’s filling up already. The annual camp-out (which we missed last year because of a forest fire) will be August 13th – 15th at Clark Creek Camp Ground. The camping fees have already been paid out of club funds. The fire missed the campground, so we should find it just like we left it the year before.

            See you all at the Sasquatch Brewfest, June 5th on the Broadway Mall. Cheers, RC.

 

 

 News You Can Use Department:

 

PLEASE PAY YOUR DUES !!

 

Haven't paid your dues this year?  Please send a check for $20 (individuals) or $25 (families) made out to "Cascade Brewers Society" to Debbie Davis, c/o CBS, 2655 Ridgemont Drive, Eugene, OR 97405. Note that you can subtract $5 if you opt for not receiving a paper copy of the newsletter.

 

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 Kent Macdonald at 935-5711 or Robin Chitwood at 342-2397.