Lawrence Brewers Guild

Tasting: Milk Stouts Seminar: Infused liquors - thanks Dale! Recipes should be posted to the forum soon. Business meeting: New people? Not really, but... Barry Fitzgerald: One of the founding members, but hasn't been around in a while. Designs all the shirts, glasses. Welcome, back. Cleanup crew: D...

Tasting (thanks, Lee!): European Amber Lagers : #1: Beer from Jack (well received, nicely done) #2: Actually an amber ale from 23rd Street Brewery by way of Brick. The majority favorite. #3: Sam Adams Octoberfest. Least-liked. Not to style. Seminar: Chuck Yeast propogation and Starters. [I took a b...

Tasting: Belgians Beer #1: several people liked, generally well-liked, saison style, brewed by Brick. Yeah! Beer #2: also liked by several people, brewed by Lee! Really good! Beer #3: another beer from Brick, belgian with rye malt Beer #4: also liked: commercial beer – Duvel Belgian Golden Ale No s...

Tasting – Lawnmower beers Seminar: Intro to Kegging by Brick The key is getting your keg clean: take it apart, clean and sanitize, check gaskets. Put some CO2 (pressure) in it, to make sure it doesn't have any leaks. Fill as you would rack: the key is to fill from the bottom up. Make sure you don't...

It looks like Boulevard Brewery and some other KC businesses are looking at getting into the glass recycling business:

http://rippleglasskc.com/

Sounds like a fantastic idea to me.

Lisa

Tasting – IPAs - by Lee Four IPAs to try this month: Beer #1 : Orangey, good mouth feel, American hops. Beer #2 : Ellen : “Are you sure you didn't pick up a pilsner by mistake?” Lee: “Hey, be nice, it's a donation.” Ellen: “Oh, no!” (at least it was a microbrew – not a homebrew). Much different fro...

Clint, Xan and I took advantage of Tuesday's (23 June 2009) beer tasting of Great Divide brews at Angler's Seafood yesterday, and since Xan took notes, I am taking my secretarial duties seriously (enough) to try and transcribe them. The tasting of six beers came in two flights, lighter-colored (and ...

LBG business meeting – 2009 Jun 11 June tasting: Belgian Witbeer (thanks for Lee and Monoghan, serving, presenting) Check out the forum for info about the tasting schedule. Witbeer: belgian wheat beer, usually spiced (corriander, orange, typically), plus Belgian-type yeast. Try all the beers first, ...

Lee presented Alts for the tasting – BJCP style 7. He presented three beers (plus a 4th that he didn’t have enough of to pass around). Of the three tasted by everyone: Beer #1: the crowd agreed it was moderately malty, low bitterness – Pinkus organic alt, not very popular (a couple of people liked i...

LBG meets at 7pm monthly on the second Thursday of the month - April 9th, in this case - at the Unitarian Fellowship of Lawrence, south of town. You can see directions here: http://is.gd/qi89 Annual membership is $16, and the easiest way to go is to pay at a meeting. Welcome! Hope you come out and j...

2009 February 12 LBG Business meeting Pre-meeting: Tasting: Porters - 3 samples – Brick’s (the first) was the most popular. Seminar: Jeff – how to make a yeast starter, techniques, tips and tricks. ::::MEETING::::: Ellen Jensen asked for any new people, introduced: Mark and Brian Larry – home brewer...

Sanitation of corni. systems. I second this one. As a newbie, I think it might also be worth while to have a newbie seminar: what are all the things you wish you'd known before you started brewing your first batch entirely on your own? If we did it as a group discussion - suggestions from the those...

Since I got nominated to be secretary (thanks, Sean!) at the meeting last night, I need to nominate someone else for something... So, I'm nominating Ellen Jensen for President. I know Matt took all the notes about last night's nominations, and I'm sure he'll post them here, I wanted to continue the ...

Sounds like fun. I would like to go, too.

Lisa

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