[Liquidpoets] April Meeting

[Liquid Poets President]

The next meeting is this Thursday, April 1 at CB Potts/Big Horn Brewery -
7pm.

Hop Swap

It's the time of year that our hop shoots are starting to get anxious, which
is great to see. Ted posted on the forums about the unsurprising fact that
if you fry hop shoots in bacon grease they are mighty tasty. Mindblowing
news.

Remi has a lot of good information about growing hops in the region and will
be giving a short talk about cultivation for those that are interested. He's
also going to bringing some rhizomes (Centennial and Columbus) for people
looking to start or add to their collection. I've talked to some other
people about bringing extra rhizomes as well, so if you have anything on
hand bring them along to share (and save me some cascade rhizomes if
possible :)

Competitions

Congrats to those that entered the Indian Peaks Alers competition last
weekend. Results have been posted on their webpage:
http://www.indianpeaksalers.org/

It also sounds like the people involved with the Mazer Cup had a great time.
Once results for that are available I'll forward them on.

NHC 1st Round - Old West Region: Entry Deadline is March 22 - April 1,
2010. The judging will take place the weekend of April 23/24 at the
Breckenridge Brewery on 471 Kalamath, Denver, CO. Contact
dottieclapp at yahoo.com, or our Judge Coordinator, Deborah Lee (
queenbee at gotmead.com)

Other Notes

We will be bringing some spices and grain that New Belgium was kind enough
to give away last weekend for those that couldn't make it to the brewery. So
if you've always wanted to make a Schizandra Berry/Wormwood/Lemon Peel
tripel this might be your lucky break.

We're still looking for a location for Big Brew on May 1st. If you know of a
place that can handle it, speak up and we'll see what we can set up.

Our competition is coming up (June 26th? - that's off the top of my head, so
take that with a grain of salt) and we'll be putting together a group to
coordinate things shortly. Let us know if you're interested in
participating.

The next New Belgium cask project is soon to be swapped out with the beer
currently sitting in the cask. I believe all the slots are filled, but there
have been pleas on the forums to make sure everyone gets their share brewed
in time. Get brewing people!

I'm out of town for the week, so Alex will be running things (into the
ground). Have fun!

matt
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