Why it's not a good idea to miss club meetings

Billy and Sue Kannenburg hosted a FABULOUS meeting last night! In addition to the usual excellent assortment of snacks and homebrews there were beers Sue brought back to share with us from her trip to Seattle. I thought the Elysian Ambrosia Maibock and the Alaskan Smoked Porter were standouts. The dip that Billy made was also outstanding. (Hint: Recipes can be added as comments to this blog post.) Jim Prucha explained how he makes excellent beer from extract, and brought some delicious samples (I liked the 10th anniversary beer especially).

Friday morning also brought exciting news for BFD: the results from the first round of the National Homebrewers competition were announced. Winners in the North East region included:

• John Allin, 2nd place in Belgian and French Ale


• Chris Dodge 1st place in Scottish and Irish Red


• Chris Dodge 1st place in American Ale


• Michael Fairbrother, 1st place in Traditional Mead


• Jim Prucha 2nd place in Dark Lager


• Todd Russell, 1st place in Porter

Way to go BFD brewers!