The Homebrew Club for Montrose, Colorado and Surrounding Area.

Welcome to Black Canyon Homebrewers Association.


We brew hand crafted, high quality malted beverages.
We drink hand crafted, high quality malted beverages.
We refill hand crafted, high quality malted beverages.
Repeat………
Recent Announcements
- March Meeting | SMaSH | Pomona Brewery | More…by David Sinton
Next Meeting!
Just a reminder! Our next meeting will be this Wednesday, March 15th at 6:00 PM at my house. If you need directions, please contact me through email or Facebook IM. We’ll have a lot to talk about. Please bring beers to share and maybe food too. I’ll have corned beef and cabbage and some other food too.
SMaSH Off with Bookcliffs Homebrew Club FROM BOOKCLIFF HOME BREW CLUB: We are holding a SMaSH competition between Bookcliff Home Brew Club and Black Canyon Home Brewers of Montrose! Using the grain and hops that were recently donated to BCHB, this is a FREE competition that will utilize one grain and one hop variety per competitor/team. The grain and hops Bookcliff Home Brew Club have available are as follows [NOTE: the below table is what’s easily available to Bookcliff – please see earlier posts for what’s available to Black Canyon – ds]:
GRAIN
Crystal 60 – 25 lb
Crystal 77 – 25 lb
Pilsner – 25lb
Vienna Malt – 25 lb
Pale Chocolate – 24 lb
Beech Smoked Barley – 25lbHOPS
3oz Crystal
6oz Cascade
20oz Magnum
6oz Chinook
6oz Michigan
3 oz CometHOW DOES IT WORK?
Message us with one grain and one hop variety from the above lists, including the amount you want to use. You will then pick up from an officers house (we will DM you the address). Brew your SMaSH beer and have it ready by the end of May. We will provide you with the drop off details. Judging will take place in June and we plan on having a dual club meet up and tasting of the SMaSH beers that were brewed as well as announcing the winner! Judging will be based on BJCP standards for whatever style is submitted.
WHAT THE HECK IS A SMASH BEER??
SMaSH stands for Single Malt and Single Hop. It’s a great way to focus in on one hop variety and one malt variety and see how each stand on their own as well as how they compliment one another within a single beer recipe. It’s a method that is utilized among both home brewers and professional brewers alike.
This will be a first come, first served thing, so message us asap to get what hops and grain you want. Please message us if you have any questions! We look forward to competing with our neighbors in Montrose!
Coming (very) soon…
Keven, formally from San Juan Brews, is opening his own place called Pomona Brewing. He hopes to open on Saint Patrick’s Day! His address is 830 North Townsend Avenue – the corner of North Ninth and North Townsend. He already has seven beers ready to go and more on the way! So check out his website and facebook page. Better yet, stop in and have a pint!
and More…
- Hops and grains still available. Please see earlier posts for more info.
- This new website is still under construction. Please let David know of any improvements he can make.
- Free Grains and Hops – Update!by David Sinton
We still have grains and hop available. The grains were donated to us by Kevin, the brewer at the soon-to-open Pamona Brewery. Hops are from Chris at Billy Goat Hop Farm. Please contact Matt directly for grains and Eric for hops.
Grains
Malter/Distributor Type Milled lbs EBC SRM/Lovibond William Crisp Aromatic Malt Yes 35 15-25 Weyermann Beech-smoked barley Yes 30 4-8.0 2-3.5 Dingemans Biscuit Yes 9.75 50 20 Proximity Malt Black No 40 500 ? (silver bag) Carafa 2 Yes 2 396-471 William Crisp Caramalt Yes 27 ? (green bag) Caramunich 1 Yes 2.25 30-38 William Crisp Chocolate Yes 42 425-475 William Crisp Crystal 120 Yes 9.75 110-130 William Crisp Crystal 45 Yes 42.75 40-50 Proximity Malt Dextrin ? 27 1 Grain Millers Flaked (rolled) barley – 22 – – Crisp Flaked torrified rice – 34 – – Proximity Malt Munich 10 ? 18 10 Simpsons Malt Roasted barley Yes 16 1300-1900 488-713 Grain Millers Rolled oat – 11.5 – – ? (green bag) Special B Yes 14 140-155 Home Brew Supply Special Roast Yes 10 Hops
Hop Variety Ounces Comet 3 Michigan Copper 4 Nugget 3 Crystal 3 Cascade 8 Magnum 10 Columbus 32 - Free Grains Still Availableby David Sinton
There’s still grain available from Kevin at Pomona Brewery (opening soon). Matt is storing these grains and has made available a new inventory. Weights are approximate. If you are interested let Matt know. Let me (David) know if you need his contact information.
Malter/Distributor Type Milled lbs EBC SRM/Lovibond William Crisp Aromatic Malt Yes 30 15-25 Weyermann Beech-smoked barley ? 55 4-8.0 2-3.5 Dingemans Biscuit Yes 14 50 20 Proximity Malt Black No 44 500 ? (silver bag) Carafa 2 Yes 2 396-471 William Crisp Caramalt Yes 27 ? (green bag) Caramunich 1 Yes 5 30-38 William Crisp Chocolate Yes 42 425-475 William Crisp Crystal 120 Yes 10.5 110-130 William Crisp Crystal 45 Yes 41.75 40-50 William Crisp Crystal 60 Yes 36 55-65 William Crisp Crystal 77 Yes 49.5 70-80 Proximity Malt Dextrin ? 30 1 Grain Millers Flaked (rolled) barley – 15 – – Crisp Flaked torrified rice – 34 – – Proximity Malt Munich 10 ? 20 10 William Crisp Pale chocolate Yes 24 200-250 Weyermann Pilsner Yes 32 2.5-4.5 1.4-2.1 Simpsons Malt Roasted barley Yes 20 1300-1900 488-713 Grain Millers Rolled oat – 11.5 – – ? (green bag) Special B Yes 15 140-155 Home Brew Supply Special Roast Yes 11.5 Weyermann Vienna malt Yes 32.5 6-9.0 2.7-3.8 Weyermann Vienna malt Yes 41.5 6-9.0 2.7-3.8