8 Nov
2003
8 Nov
'03
1:23 a.m.
All, The best thing about the homebrew club is you guys keep me honest.
The date and day for the 2003 Minnesota Homebrewers Association Extravaganza
and pot luck party are Friday, December 12, 2003.......
On a sad note, I will not be able to attend the first portion of the club
meeting tomorrow since Dawn and I need to attend a funeral. Hopefully
someone (hint) will get this message Saturday and bring it to and read it at
the meeting.
Club glasses are in the works. We are getting slightly less than 300
glasses. The style is a 10 oz nonic or bulge style English Pub glass with a
peusdo etch gray glazed MHBA logo in single color. The logo was modified
slightly to be a true B&W image and it looks pretty impressive. We hope to
have these glasses in hand for the Christmas Extravaganza although it will
be close. New members need to contact a club officer to arrange for your
complimentary club membership glass. Extra glasses (all 290 of them) are on
sale at $3.50 each or three for $10.00.
Paul needs to take a bow for getting together the club whiskey barrel
experiment. With a little coaching and influence, Paul took on the task of
acquiring a freshly drained whiskey barrel and providing the space to store
it for about 9 months. Eleven club members took the challenge to brew
identical recipe barley wines with OG of 1.10? Folks, let me tell you,
these are big beers. Anyhow, beer is brewed and anxiously waiting to go to
sleep. The barrel is yearning for contents. And the Royal Order of the
Bourbon Barrel is anxious to start filling this container. All we need to
do now is to meet at Paul's on November 15, sample 11 wee heavy Barley
Wines. Agree on the additions and pay our outrageous storage charge. The
last I heard, it was close to or possibly over 13 dollars!!!
Stay tuned for updates and emergencies. Does anyone in the crowd remember
the great porter flood that occurred in a London suburb. Fortunately, Pauls
lives adjacent to a low area. It is likely a rupture of this barrel would
cause a mess but wouldn't cause a flood.
Rick Oftel