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<span class="usercontent">Our next LP meeting will be at Black Bottle Brewery on
Thursday, April 4th @ 7:00 PM. There will
be a special tour of the brewery at 6:30, so get there early if you want a tour
of the newest brewery in town. Whether you make it early for the tour or not,
we'll be meeting downstairs in the brewhouse area. </span><br>
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<span class="usercontent">We will have a beer social for the first ~ 15 min. You
can bring any homebrews you would like to share with the group.</span><br>
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<span class="usercontent">1) We will be doing a tasting panel. If you have any
beers (or meads and ciders) that you want specific feedback on please bring
them. This is an opportunity to get very direct comments on bee</span><span class="textexposedshow">r attributes and style for your good or bad beers. Also,
if you have beer that you know has a specific "problem" - bring it!
This is a great educational opportunity to train other people on beer
attributes and taints.</span><br>
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<span class="textexposedshow">2) Weizen/Weissbier (15A) is the April style of the
month. If you have a one, please bring it for the table. We will also have some
commercial examples for this style. These discussions will be led by BJCP
judges and are a great opportunity to really dissect the diversity and
qualification for certain beer styles.</span><br>
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<span class="textexposedshow">Also, the style of the month for the remainder of
the year is listed below:</span><br>
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<span class="textexposedshow">May - Maibock / Helles Bock (5A)</span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">June - Saison (16C)</span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">July - Bohemian Pilsner (2B)</span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">August - Belgian Tripel (18C)</span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">September - Oktoberfest (3B)</span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">October - Spice, Herb, or Vegetable (21A)</span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">November - Imperial IPA (14C)</span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">December - Russian Imperial Stout (13F)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="textexposedshow"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="textexposedshow">3) The next Iron Brewer Challenge will be at the MAY meeting at Pateros Creek Brewery. </span><span class="usercontent">The challenge is a beer that uses bacon. The goal is to brew
any style, but you have to use bacon, and the bacon flavor should be balanced
well with the selected style. If any
vegetarians/vegans want to use a bacon flavored meat substitute such as Bacos,
that would be okay too. </span><br>
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5/11/13 - 19th Annual - 8 Seconds of Froth in Cheyenne,
WY ($7 and 2 bottles per entry) - DUE: 4/27/13.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-repeat:initial initial">Registration is open now. </p><p></p>
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& Berries (Old Town location) is a drop off!</span></p>
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Brew</span></b><span style="color:#222222"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-color:white;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="color:#222222">As
usual, we will be celebrating National Homebrew Day with the annual Big Brew
event on Saturday, May 4th. The details are still being arranged and I
will be in touch with you guys as they develop.
This huge brew session / party is a blast and is not to be missed, so be
sure to mark your calendars and save the date! Last year our club brewed 225 gallons of beer and mead that day. Lets see if we can brew even more this year! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-color:white;background-repeat:initial initial">
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<span style="color:#222222"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-color:white;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="color:#222222">Cheers,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-color:white;background-repeat:initial initial">
<span style="color:#222222">Matt Smith</span></p>
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