[Liquidpoets] May Liquid Poets meeting, NBB kegs, and a few announcements

[Liquid Poets Events Coordinator]

All,

A correction. We will be meeting at Odell Brewing Company (800 E Lincoln
Ave, Fort Collins, CO) from 7-9pm. We'll still have the normal announcements
and tasting panels.

Kyle

On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 9:24 AM, Liquid Poets President <
president at liquidpoets.com> wrote:

> Hi all!
> The next Liquid Poets meeting will be at the Fort Collins Brewery, 1020 E.
> Lincoln Ave, Fort Collins, CO.  This will be our first meeting at their new
> location and have arranged for a tour at 6:30pm, the meeting runs 7-9pm and
> will include our normal round of announcements and tasting panels.  Fort
> Collins Brewery is contract brewing for New Planet, who focuses on
> gluten-free beer, check them out at http://newplanetbeer.com/homepage/ .
>  For those of you on a gluten free/restricted diet this would be a
> great opportunity to bounce questions off of the brewers who are, on a
> contract basis, producing this unique product and I'm sure they'll be more
> than happy to answer all of your ingredient and process questions.
>
> The Liquid Poetry Slam is coming up soon, this is the club's annual home
> brew competition and strives to reward local home brewers with T-shirts,
> ingredients, bragging rights, and (most importantly) unbiased and
> constructive feedback for the mere price of an entry fee and a two 12oz
> beers.  This year's competition is supported by multiple Pro-Am brewers,
> breweries will be on hand to award home brewers with a chance to brew their
> beers on a commercial scale and enjoy the results on draft.  Entries will
> also be entered into the GABF's Pro-Am competition.  Anyone can enter the
> competition but only current AHA members will be considered for spots in the
> Pro-Am.  More info here:
> http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/pages/competitions/great-american-beer-festival-pro-am
>
> New Belgium has 1/4bbl kegs available to home brewers for $10 each, these
> are surplus stainless steel kegs that are intact and priced to sell.  Keep
> in mind that these are 7 gallons, NOT 15.5 gallons.  First come, first
> served, email me with quantities and we can work on a pickup time.
>
> Big Brew is coming up the first Saturday in May and is always a good time.
>  What is Big Brew?  Check out this link:
> http://wiki.homebrewersassociation.org/AHABigBrew .  This year Chris and
> Janna have offered to host at their new house.  Hops and Berries will be
> bringing the burgers and brats and the club will supply munchies.  This year
> we do ask that members attending bring a little something to share, pot luck
> style.  We will have more than enough beer thanks to H&B comping local home
> brewers and supplying a few batches themselves.
>
> There's quite a few more things going on locally but I'll cover those in my
> next email a few days prior to the May meeting because this email is
> becoming a telethon, so I'll just leave it there and close with a Chuck
> Norrisism.
>
> Have a great weekend,
> Brian Thompson
> *Chuck Norris started his stage career as a young magician - Walker: Texas
> Illusionist - once cut a lady in half on-stage. He then lit a cigar and
> chuckled as the audience freaked out.*
>
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