December 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 3rd Sunday of the month.]

 

Hi All,

With all the holiday excitement the only scheduled event for this month is the Christmas party. A planning meeting should be just around the corner to get us all geared up for next years fun. More info will be presented when available.

See ya at the xmas party.

 

 

 

 

The Scoop on this year’s Christmas Party

 

 Official date 12/17, Saturday @ 7pm, at Rod and Aashild Surcamp’s. The address is: 2890 Martinique Ave. in Eugene.  It's Christmas, dress up as much as you want, bring your most special beer that you want to share.  Bring a gift (beer, candles, wine, food, please $10 price limit) you would want to bring home to exchange (not required, only if you want to participate).  Got Christmas music to share, bring it.  Have kids or friends you want to bring, bring them.  Please RSVP number of people attending to Aashild via e-mail asurcamp@hotmail.com by 12/12.  Lock down occurs at 2am.  A breath test will be administered to anyone still here wanting to drive, otherwise taxis or other transportation will be arranged to preserve our integrity.  Last but not least please contact Aashild to co-ordinate food and to help set up.

 

 

 

And Now a Word from President Robin Chitwood:

November 29, 2005

 

 

            More than forty different homebrewed beers were available for sampling during our eight or nine hour garage crawl on November 5th. Participating hosts were Chris Studach, Greg Bolt, Les Johnson, Nate Sampson, Rod Surcamp and myself. Most of the beers were above the 1.050 original gravity range, bottled barley wines and mead being the strongest beverages on offer. Of those I spoke with after the event, reactions ranged from wild enthusiasm to complaints of moderate memory loss. It was certainly a great way to see and taste the variety of beers each brewer makes and check out some cool brewing and dispensing equipment. Thanks to all those who provided beer stops and special thanks to event planner Russ Kazmierczak.

            A scheduling clash actually gave us a choice of two different events on November 5th. The AHA Teach a Friend to Brew Day has been a tradition at Denny Conn’s house for years, but this time it happened on the same day as the garage crawl. Denny brewed an all Columbus hop IPA for the affair, which was attended by Matt Jarvis and his friends Jason and Laine. First wort hopping was the featured technique. There was a vertical tasting of Denny’s “Old Stoner Barley Wine” to commemorate the event. Denny has been nominated to the American Homebrewers Association board of directors. If you are a member and want to vote in the election you can do so on-line at the AHA website.

            Cocinero Mark Smith took first prize in the chili cook-off on November 12th with his “Naked Chick Chili”. I don’t know why some guys associate food with naked women. It’s about time he won one of these though, after hosting the event for so many years. This time it was a people’s choice selection so they could get the judging over with and get down to the serious eating. Second place went to Tom and Teri Fries for their “Cheshire Red” and John Wilson took third with “Billy Chili”. Mark said the milder chili was more popular this year. Mark will have the right to display the “Grand COC” trophy a year and first prize was a deluxe crock-pot. Second prize was a spice rack and third prize was a selection of ground chili pepper. Thanks Mark and Rose for hosting this ever-popular event.

            Have a happy holiday season. Drive safely. Drink responsibly and I’ll see you at the Christmas party on the 17th. RC

 

For all those that brew, I still have a large number of yeast slants to pick from. This hasn’t really been put to use, and I can only brew so much at a time. If you are at all interested in getting a slant, let me know. I’m also more than happy to answer any questions about stepping up a slant to a pitchable amount of yeast. It’s not that hard, really.

 

 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)

Rogue's Pacman

La Chouffe's yeast

WY3822 Dutch Castle Yeast (Kasteel)

Orval yeast from the bottle

WL041 Pacific Ale

WY3944 Belgian White

Wy2001 Urquell Pils

Wy2002 Gambrinus Lager

Delerium Tremens, bottle cultured

 

New Additions:

Wy3763 Roselare yeast

 


 

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.