[Liquidpoets] April LP Meeting @ Black Bottle Brewery - Thurs 4/4

[Liquid Poets President]

Hey Poets,

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.

We will have a beer social for the first ~ 15 min. You can bring any
homebrews you would like to share with the group.

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 beer 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.

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.

Also, the style of the month for the remainder of the year is listed below:

May - Maibock / Helles Bock (5A)
June - Saison (16C)
July - Bohemian Pilsner (2B)
August - Belgian Tripel (18C)
September - Oktoberfest (3B)
October - Spice, Herb, or Vegetable (21A)
November - Imperial IPA (14C)
December - Russian Imperial Stout (13F)


3) The next Iron Brewer Challenge will be at the MAY meeting at Pateros
Creek Brewery.   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.

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*Upcoming Local Competition News*


5/11/13 - 19th Annual - 8 Seconds of Froth in Cheyenne, WY ($7 and 2
bottles per entry) - DUE: 4/27/13.

Registration is open now.

http://www.highplainsdrafters.com/8-seconds-of-froth

Hops & Berries (Old Town location) is a drop off!



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*Big Brew*



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!




Cheers,

Matt Smith
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