Category Archives: Club Brew

Seems appropriate that we'll be brewing a Nightmare Before Christmas ale on the day before Halloween. The current iteration of the recipe is fairly interesting — without giving too much away, think off-kilter Xmas cookies.

We're only brewing 10 gallons, so there will not be any available for club purchase. If you have your own rig, feel free to do your own brew.

Brew day starts early as usual, bring food, beer to share, chairs, etc. We're meeting at Josh's place to get started at 9 in the a.m. Check the phone list if you need to get a hold of Josh by phone.

Baltibrewers,

Our October meeting is tomorrow, Thursday, October 13 at Alewife Baltimore.  The starting time is 8:00 p.m. and we have a full agenda:

• Theme for club hour at the Guild holiday party.
• What beer to brew for club hour
• When & where to brew this beer
• Guild party itself
• Upcoming comps & events
• Baltibrew club T-shirts (bring your money!)

Also as a part of BBW events, pints are $5 at Alewwife tomorrow.

See you tomorrow night.

Jester

Join us tomorrow 8/27 at member Greg Slack's house for our August brew — 45 gallons of a fairly traditional Kölsch.

Start time is 8:30 a.m. Greg and Steve Hulbert will be leading the brew.

Bring the following items:

•  Good Beer! (Homebrew or store-bought. We'll have ice for the beer)
•  Meat to grill (Or meat alternative if your diet tends in another direction.) And other food to share. FYI, John is taking care of the donuts.
•  Folding chair
•  Rain gear. (We expect the hurricane to begin its arrival while we're brewing)
•  6 gallon fermentation bucket if you RVSP'd to take home wort.
•  Money to pay for your wort — $25. Anyone who needs to pay membership dues should bring another $10 for the prorated dues.

If for some reason we're forced to suspend activities or cancel entirely due to the storm, we will repost here, and send out emails.

If you have any questions, call Steve Hulbert @ 410.905.8082.

Hey Baltibrewers!

Awesome meeting last Thursday @ Alewife Baltimore.  We had a great turnout - saw some new faces and we did a fine job of filling up the private meeting room.  If you click the meeting notes, you'll see the names of the those who attended.  If I didn't get you last name, feel free to post a comment with your info!

Big welcome to our newest paid member:  Patrick McAuliffe.  Remember that dues after July 1 are prorated for the balance of that calendar year.  Refer to our About Us page to learn more about club membership!

Meeting notes.

From our meeting, it was decided that we would do club brew in August. Here's your opportunity to decide when, and what. Vote on dates below, and nominate some styles to brew in the comments, and we'll vote on 5 nominees once we have at least that many.

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Brew day is THIS SATURDAY, June 25th @ the home of John Jester.

Unfortunately, our planned guest brewer, Rob Perry will not be able to make the brew, but has promised to help us out in the future. Despite his absence, we will be making 45 gallons of Belgian Pale Ale, and will have three different yeasts graciously provided by Brewer's Art for use on the beer.

This experiment will show what a substantial difference your choice of yeast makes even on the same beer. The only difference between any of the beers produced from this collective brew — outside of your own sanitation, and temperature controls — is the yeast.

We'll also be debuting our second 150 qt. mash tun which could eventually — with new kettles — almost double our current capacity.

Mash-in starts at 9 a.m. sharp, and we expect to be finished by 5 p.m. if all goes according to plan.

Eight 5-gallon batches will be available for dues-paid members to take home. I will post price this evening in the comments. Bring a fermenter or rent a club bucket for $5.

Remember: John has opened his pool, so bring towels, swimsuits, and sunscreen.

As usual, there will be grill space available so bring something to grill, a side dish, and most importantly, beer to share.

Sunday marks Baltibrew's first big collaborative brew with a professional. Brian "Stillwater" Strumke will be leading our club brew at member Kevin Berry's house.

We'll be heating water by 9 a.m.to make 40 gallons of beer.

Please bring beer and food to share. John Jester will be making a chipotle venison steak, and Ryan Boddy will be bringing Jerk Chicken; both to be grilled. If anyone's worried about vegetarian options, feel free to bring 'em with!

Club members should bring a lawn chair of some type if they want to sit, and may want to consider an E-Z up or other shelter in case it rains. <More details after the jump.>

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Our February brew — a clone of Oliver Ales 3 Lions strong brown ale — came off pretty well. So well that we swept the top spots in CRABS/Oliver Ales Clone Wars Comp; with Kevin Berry's winning closed ferment all-grain version, and Greg Slack's second place closed ferment extract version.

Kevin wins a gift certificate to Pratt St. Ale House, a sixtel of 3 Lions Ale, a brew day with Steve Jones — head brewer at Oliver Ales, and last but not least, the awesome tap handle trophy in the picture!

Greg won a growler of 3 Lions, and a gift certificate to Pratt St. Ale House.

This is a big achievement for Baltibrew. It's also proof that extract brews can compete head-to-head with all-grain brews. Greg started brewing about a year ago, hosted our first big extract brew at his house, and has progressed from a relative newbie to having a three keg system, and moving up to all-grain brewing after our workday this Sunday. This is a great success for Greg, and a great success for the club and its mission of helping people with an interest in beer become great brewers.

Let's keep up the good work, Baltibrewers!

This week:

1. Tuesday 2/1 6 p.m. at Pratt St. Ale House — 3 Lions Clone War event.
   This was an RSVP event, but I know a number of Baltibrew members inlcuding John Jester, and myself will be in attendance. Hope to see some of the rest of you there.
2. Thursday 2/3 8 p.m. at Muggsy's in Federal Hill — Regular Monthly meeting.
   We'll go over last month's business and prepare for a vote on dues.
3. Saturday 2/5 after 9 a.m.  Greg Slack's house — February Brew day.
   Being that we did not have any other nominations for a brew, we'll be cloning 3 Lions as part of the Clone War competition mentioned above.
   Bring something to eat, and beer to share.

Hope to see you all there. If you've got questions, or comments to make, here's your thread.

Baltibrew will meet on Sunday, 8/29 to brew some all-grain Dusseldorf Altbier with the intention of entering the resultant ale in the Wootown Barley Legal German styles competition.

Brew takes place here, and we'll mash in at 10 a.m. sharp. Weather should be sunny and in the upper 80s, and we'll be brewing/grilling on the side yard. Club will provide Brats, BYOT (bring yr. own tofu).

Bring food and beer or other drinks to share. We'll taste examples of the Saison brewed in June at John's house, and should be done around 5 p.m.

If you have Frolf (Disc Golf) gear, bring that too.