Single Hop Competition

We tried this once before with Styrian Goldings (Vinnie Cilurzo's favorite hop). This time we are going in a different direction – you pick the hop! Brew it in the style of an American Pale Ale, English Pale Ale, American IPA or English IPA. Hop it judiciously. This will be a great beer for fall . . . so get those kettles boiling and have it ready for September.

The same competition rules apply as always:

The beer must be ready to drink by the September 2007 BFD meeting. It must be labelled with the brewer’s name and submitted in one of the following containers: 2 12 oz. bottles, 1 22 oz. bottle, or 1 container with at least 22 ounces of beer (i.e. growler, plastic soda bottle, etc.).

Contact any of the members of the Competition Committee (Todd, Phil, Billy, or Mary) if you have any questions.

Session Beer Results

Thanks to Michael, Kurt, Jim, and Mary for judging the 10 entries from 11 different brewers. As Michael aptly observed, these small beers don't really hide any flaws.

Here's the best of the bunch:

3rd - Mike Robinson - Special Bitter

2nd - Shawn Gosselin - Dark Mild

1st - Kurt Demmer - Dry Stout

Cheers to Mike, Shawn, and Kurt for making some truly drinkable beers!

Session Beer Judging

The judging will commence this Friday, May 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the Russells' house. All are welcome to attend. We have approximately 10 entries to sip and savor. Please contact Todd or Mary if you need directions.

Club Competition -- Low Gravity Beer

Entries for the Low Gravity Beer competition are due at this Friday's meeting(4/20). Bring 2 12oz. bottles, 1 22oz.bottle, or the equivalent. No more than two entries per person. Judging will be in early May (date to be scheduled.)

Welcome to the BFD News Blog

This is the first draft of the BFD news blog. Club competitions, updates on swag, and whatever the officers think should go here will be posted in this space. If other club members have news once in a while they can send it to any of the officers or coordinators and it will be posted here. If any of you have brew news often that you want to post send an email to Mary Russell and she can set you up to post news directly. Anyone is welcome to add comments to postings.

You can get the news through an RSS reader or a daily digest in your email. The links are on the left for that. If you want to find archived postings go to the topic links at the right side of the blog or the posts by date for stuff that was here during a specific month.

If you have suggestions for improving the blog please let me know.


-- Mary Russell, BFD Blog Coordinator