Lawrence Brewers Guild

March

2017

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Thursday,

April 6 Merchants Pub & Plate (10 percent off food with membership card!)

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Thursday,

May 4

23rd Street Brewery ($5 flatbreads with membership card!)

Upcoming Events

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• Monthly Hoppy Hour (Merchants) — Thursday, April 6
• Kegs ‘n’ Eggs — Saturday, April 8
• Parkville Microbrew Festival — Saturday, April 29
• Monthly Hoppy Hour (23rd Street) — Thursday, May 4
• LBG Maifest — Saturday, May 6
• Pints for Pets — Saturday, May 20
• National Homebrew Conference — June 15-17
• KC Nanobrew Festival — Saturday, June 24
• Great Taste of the Midwest — Saturday, Aug. 12
• Great Nebraska Beer Festival — Saturday, Aug. 26
• Dwight Burnham Memorial Brewfest XXII — Saturday, Sept. 30
• Great American Beer Festival — Oct. 5-7
• LBG Holiday Party — Saturday, Dec. 9

New for 2017

Homebrew in the tasting area

• Write down the homebrew you brought on the whiteboard

Homebrewer of the Month

• Courtney Servaes
• See her entertaining profile in the Newsletter
• Need volunteer for April - it’s your turn to shine!

Back Porch Brewing at Ernst and Sons

• Jon Keffer is organizing
• He needs help!

Quartermaster update

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New Business?

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Treasurer Report

• $8,297.84 in funds
• $4,000 Emergency

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• Current memberships have expired if not paid

Please let me know if you have paid and don’t have a card.

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• 125 Paid Members
• Payment methods
• Via Paypal to payment@lawrencebrewers.org
• Cash or check, in person
• $25 for individual, $35 for family

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Library Report

• Top 10
• Forums
• Have you seen me?

Top 10

• Art of Fermentation (Katz)
• Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers (Buhner)
• Farmhouse Ales (Markowski)
• Malt (Mallett)
• Altbier (Dornbusch)

• IPA (Steele)
• Yeast (White)
• Brewing with Wheat (Hieronymus)
• For the Love of Hops (Hieronymus)
• Tasting Beer (Mosher)

Top 10

• Art of Fermentation (Katz)
• Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers (Buhner)
• Farmhouse Ales (Markowski)
• Malt (Mallett)
• Altbier (Dornbusch)

• IPA (Steele)
• Yeast (White)
• Brewing with Wheat (Hieronymus)
• For the Love of Hops (Hieronymus)
• Tasting Beer (Mosher)

Next Steps

• Message me if you want complete list (can’t attach file to forum)
• Library Forum 1 – Recommend the best books for new homebrewers to read
• Library Forum 2 – Recommend most essential books for any homebrewer
• Board index » Members Only Area » Library » Materials

Have you seen me?

• The Art of Fermentation – Sandor Katz
• Experimental Homebrewing – Drew Beechum
• Porter! – Ronald Pattinson
• Brewing Better Beers – Ken Shales

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SEMINAR

Creating Recipes

Where to start?!

Navigating Brewtoad

Resources

Books: Modern Homebrew Recipes by Gordon Strong

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Designing Great Beers by Ray Daniels

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YouTube: Northern Brewer channel (BrewingTV)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJmNeL1Tza4

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Websites:

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https://www.love2brew.com/Articles.asp?ID=549

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https://ychhops.com/

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http://www.whitelabs.com/yeast-bank

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Tasting: Speciality Stout

History/BJCP

28C. Wild Specialty Beer

29B. Fruit and Spice Beer

30A. Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer

Example 1

28C. Wild Specialty Beer

ABV: 5.6% IBU: 37

SRM: 42 OG: 1.056 FG: 1.013

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Sour Stout with Plums

Example 2

29B. Fruit and Spice Beer

ABV: 6.5% IBU: 62

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American stout with Cinnamon and Raisins

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Example 3

29B. Fruit and Spice Beer

ABV: 11% IBU: 50

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Imperial stout with Caco nibs and Raisins

Aged in rum, sherry, bourbon, brandy, and wiskey barrels

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Example 4

30A. Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer

ABV: 11.5%

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Imperial Stout with Coffee, Almond, and Vanilla

Example 5

30A. Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer

ABV: 11% IBU: 57

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Imperial Peanut Butter Cup Stout

1 lb of Reese’s and 1 lb of dehydrated peanut butter per keg

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Which example

was your favorite?

Frank’s

Buffer Page

Tonight’s Examples

1. Destihl Plum Sour Stout
2. Ballast Point Cinnamon Raisin Commodore
3. Mothers MILF
4. Evil Twin Imperial Biscotti Break
5. Renegade Depravity

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Upcoming Tastings:

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April: Northeast IPA