Tag Archives: Chilibrew III

Upcoming Competitions:

• DuClaw Brewing: H.E.R.O Homebrew Competition.  Info @ http://www.duclawbeer.com/hero/.  N0t a BJCP-sanctioned comp.  DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: April 18, 2011
• Baltibrew:  Chilibrew #3 - homemade chili & homebrew competition to benefit the Baltimore Free School and the Velocipede Project - being held at the at Baltimore Free Farm (http://www.baltimorefreefarm.org) - Sunday, April 17, 2011.  For more info:  http://bmorecharmin.intuitwebsites.com/ or email Ian MacDonald.
• Ellicott Mills Brewing Company - pale ale competition - Saturday, April 23, 2011 @ 1 p.m. - register in advance by calling the brewery 410-313-8141. Limited to 12. Winner gets to help brew, name the beer and design tap handle.
• Zymernauts Inter Center competition - Saturday, April 30, 2011 -  Judges may be needed, possibly for mead.
• FOAM Battle of Bubbles in conjunction with the 1^st annual Frederick Beer Week - entries accepted between April 15-30, 2011 - judging May 1 and BOS on May 10 - judges and stewards are needed - more info:  http://bob.brewcompetition.com/
• 98 Rock King of Baltimore Homebrew contest - entries must be ready by May 12, 2011 for pre-qualifier - winner announced May 15, 2011 - grand prize is tickets to GABF - lots of details @:http://98online.com/promos/SamAdams/homebrew.htm
• BURP’s Spirit of Free Beer (entries due 5/7). Judge and steward registration on website soon.
• Heavy Seas Letter of Marque homebrew contest - entries due between June 6-17 at the brewery - winner announced July 1, 2011.  For more information:  http://www.hsbeer.com/heavy-seas-letter-marque-homebrew-contest
• More events to be announced soon

March meeting was a success. 13 members in attendance, and we took care of a goodly bit of business, all of which can be read about in the detailed meeting minutes.

We tasted the results of our February, 3 Lions brew, and decided to enter all four versions this past Friday, March 11th. We should hear about the results of the comp later this week.

Coming up fast we have our — still tentative — April 10th brew with Brian "Stillwater" Strumke, and the following week — April 17th — we have Chilibrew 3.0 at the Ash Street Farm in Hampden.

We'll also be having a work day before our April brew to get keggles, mash tuns, and burners built, as well as getting a basic fermentation kit set up.

We've got some events coming up on the horizon, and it's going to be a busy Spring. Hope you're all ready for it.

• Max's Belgian Beer Fest: Starts tomorrow at 11 a.m. and runs through Sunday. Might want to get there early as a line is usually formed by 10 a.m. There are various ancillary events happening throughout. Check out the current "final" draft list.
• March 3rd — Monthly Meeting/Dues Collection: Our usual monthly meeting falls on 3/3 and will happen as always at Muggsy's Mughouse in Federal Hill. Greg Slack will be collecting dues at this event. At this point it looks like the amount to bring will be $20, but there will be a formal announcement of the official dues cost on 2/24. Additionally, we will be tasting the results of the February brew in preparation for submission to the Clone Wars competition. We will taste all four versions (all-grain open ferment, all-grain closed ferment, extract open, and extract closed) that we brewed, as well as a genuine Steve Jones version for comparison. Other items to discuss may include a workday/demonstration related to building mash tuns, and fitting keggles to expand our brewing capacity.
• March 11th — Pratt Street Ale House Clone Wars submission: The club will be submitting its 3 Lions Ale clone.
• April 7th — Monthly Meeting: Our usual monthly meeting falls on 4/7 and will happen as always at Muggsy's Mughouse in Federal Hill. Items to discuss might include the aforementioned workday/demo, Summer events, and any other pressing club business.
• April something? — Club Brew with Stillwater Artisanal Ales brewer, Brian Strumke: Not 100% sure when in April, but we hope to brew a saison with Brian Strumke of Stillwater Artisanal Ales. Gotta' get dates squared with Brian. Hopefully by then we'll have an expanded brew capacity allowing us to send beer home with some lucky folks who show up.
• April 17th-ish? — ChilbrewIII: Ian is working on the upcoming spring Chilibrew event. Details to come.
• May 7th— AHA Big Brew Day: Annual homebrew day.
• June 4th — Guild Picnic & Wheat Beer Comp: The Free State Homebrewer's Guild holds an annual picnic at Patapsco State Park. Every year I've been to it, there's been a wheat beer competition, unsanctioned, but judged in the BJCP style. There's a big BBQ and it's a great opportunity to meet other brewers in the state as well as to show off our skills as great brewers despite being a "beginner's" club.
• June 16^th– 18^th — AHA Conference in San Diego: It's the biggest homebrew event of the year, and this year it's in San Diego. Hotels are pretty solidly booked already, but that doesn't mean you can't commute.

And that's pretty much it for Springtime events to my mind. If you have other events you'd like to see posted to the club's public Google calendar, suggest them in the comments.