I forgot to mention. The next AHA club only competition is Porter in August. We will be judging these beers at the August meeting. If you want to represent the club with your porter - bring it (them) to the August meeting. Depending on what type of porter you make, there is still time left to get one brewed. So......do it! <div>
<br></div><div>Just for clarity. This is not the style of the month for August and any BJCP (Category 12: Brown, Robust, or Baltic) Porter is acceptable - others are not.</div><div><div><br></div><div>Cheers, </div><div>
<br></div><div>Joe<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 8:06 PM, Liquid Poets President <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:president@liquidpoets.com" target="_blank">president@liquidpoets.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">We will have a beer social for the first ~ 15 min. You can bring any homebrews you would like to share with the group.</div>
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<span>Weizen/Weissbier</span> <font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><b> </b> (BJCP: 15a) is the July style of the month. If you have a </font><span>Weizen/Weissbier</span>, please bring it for the table. There will be commercial examples for calibration and tasting and then we will get into the homebrews. These discussions will be lead by BJCP judges and is a great opportunity to really dissect the diversity and qualification for certain beer styles. For brewers who are interested in learning how competition beer judging works - this is the table to be seated at! </div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif">3) Unless someone else is interested in hosting a </font><span>Weizen/Weissbier </span>brew session at their house, I will be hosting on Sunday, June 8th @ 12 PM. I can host up to 8 people. Please come let me know at the meeting if you want to brew it instead.</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div></blockquote><div> 4) Congratulations to all the Poets that earned medals at the LP Slam. Furthermore, thank you for all the hard work and effort that was put into this years Slam at all levels (see below #8).</div>
<div><br></div><div> 5) For those who haven't heard, Jay Shambo was chosen as the winner of the Taste of Fort Collins Session IPA. He will be brewing his beer at Odell Brewing Company next year. </div><div><br></div>
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<font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"></font></div><div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif">6) Lastly, lets make sure to give Andy Mitchell a double high-five for winning a GOLD medal at the 2012 National Homebrewers Conference in Seattle for his Hibiscus Saison in Spice, Herb, and Vegetable beer category. Way to represent the brewing talents in FoCo!</font></div>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div> 7) Doc has announced his next Iron Brewer Challenge - <u><b>Chile Pale Ale</b></u>. Chile can be interpreted however you like, but the base style is an American Pale Ale. We should be judging this beer on Sept. 6th so get them brewed. </div>
<div><br></div><div> 8) On behalf of the membership in the Liquid Poets, I am proud to announce that we have made <u>$1000</u> donation to the American Red Cross for the High Park fire relief. We were only able to do this because of all the money we earned through hard work and volunteering at our Liquid Poetry Slam. If you are reading this message, you deserve a pat on the back. Thanks for all your efforts!</div>
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