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March 12, 2023Posted inMeetingNo Comments
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…

Free Grains and Hops – Update!

March 5, 2023Posted inSharingNo Comments
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/DistributorTypeMilledlbsEBCSRM/LovibondWilliam CrispAromatic MaltYes3515-25WeyermannBeech-smoked barleyYes304-8.02-3.5DingemansBiscuitYes9.755020Proximity MaltBlackNo40500? (silver bag)Carafa 2Yes2396-471William CrispCaramaltYes27? (green bag)Caramunich 1Yes2.2530-38William CrispChocolateYes42425-475William CrispCrystal 120Yes9.75110-130William CrispCrystal 45Yes42.7540-50Proximity MaltDextrin?271Grain MillersFlaked (rolled) barley-22--CrispFlaked torrified rice-34--Proximity MaltMunich 10?1810Simpsons MaltRoasted barleyYes161300-1900488-713Grain MillersRolled oat-11.5--? (green bag)Special BYes14140-155Home Brew SupplySpecial RoastYes10 Hops Hop VarietyOuncesComet3Michigan Copper4Nugget3Crystal3Cascade8Magnum10Columbus32

Free Grains Still Available

February 26, 2023Posted inSharingNo Comments
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/DistributorTypeMilledlbsEBCSRM/LovibondWilliam CrispAromatic MaltYes3015-25WeyermannBeech-smoked barley?554-8.02-3.5DingemansBiscuitYes145020Proximity MaltBlackNo44500? (silver bag)Carafa 2Yes2396-471William CrispCaramaltYes27? (green bag)Caramunich 1Yes530-38William CrispChocolateYes42425-475William CrispCrystal 120Yes10.5110-130William CrispCrystal 45Yes41.7540-50William CrispCrystal 60Yes3655-65William CrispCrystal 77Yes49.570-80Proximity MaltDextrin?301Grain MillersFlaked (rolled) barley-15--CrispFlaked torrified rice-34--Proximity MaltMunich 10?2010William CrispPale chocolateYes24200-250WeyermannPilsnerYes322.5-4.51.4-2.1Simpsons MaltRoasted barleyYes201300-1900488-713Grain MillersRolled oat-11.5--? (green bag)Special BYes15140-155Home Brew SupplySpecial RoastYes11.5WeyermannVienna maltYes32.56-9.02.7-3.8WeyermannVienna maltYes41.56-9.02.7-3.8

March Meeting

February 22, 2023Posted inMeetingNo Comments
Let’s have a get together on Wednesday, March 15 at David's place at 6:00 PM. Email or direct message me if you need my address. I’ll provide some beer and, in the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day, corned beef and cabbage. Bring some homebrew and a side dish to share if you like. I’d like to discuss what we’d like to do as a club. Obviously, there’s the County Fair Beer and Wine Competition and Oktoberfest. Some other ideas include beer style discussions, off flavor recognition, pub crawls, and more. Here’s my proposed agenda. Let me know what should be added, removed,…

Free Grains and Hops!

January 17, 2023Posted inSharingNo Comments
By LuckyStarr - Own work, CC BY 2.5, The brew club has received a couple generous donations recently from local friends of the club.  Chris and Audrey (Billy Goat Hop Farm) have donated almost 16 lbs of hops and Kevin McHugh (Pomona Brewing Co., opening soon at N 9th and Townsend) has donated a whopping 840 lbs of grain.  Below is a table with the items listed.  We've kicked around the idea of creating a recipe from these ingredients, possibly a brown ale, stout, or lager with Munich, Vienna, or pilsner malt as the base. You would just need to…