Ann Arbor Brewers Guild

The July Beer-BQ will be hosted by Steve Darnell, starting at noon on Saturday, July 11. The Beer-BQ is our annual picnic for members, their families and friends.

Mike will be crafting the main course on his big BarBQ. As usual, everyone is asked to bring a dish to pass, and any other munchies they’d like to share. Start time is 12 p.m. and the main course is around 4 p.m. There will be one of
those big blow up moon-walks for the kids. Mike will have his tables, chairs, etc., but feel free to bring ‘camp’ chairs or other items of comfort and, of course, beer.

Read more about the meeting online, including an interactive map to the location, or download the newsletter, which contains information about the meeting and features Fruit beers, the style of the month.

As of 11AM, 7/2, there were 10 responses to the survey. The answers to “what are you bringing” are shown below. We have commitments of 9 kegs so far.

If you are interested in buying hops, check out our poll:

Each “OK” (checkbox) indicates the desire to buy one pound of the indicated hops. The labels at the top tell the kind of hops, the size of box they come in, and the number of boxes available. You’re not likely to get hops from a 44# box unless a bunch of people all want them, so keep that in mind as you’re signing up.

Please note: you must be at least 21 years old to attend AABG meetings.

The May meeting will be hosted by Steve Krebs, starting at 7:30PM on Friday, May 8.

Read more about the meeting online, including an interactive map to the location, or download the newsletter, which contains information about the meeting and features Scottish and Irish ales, the style of the month.

A BJCP/AHA sanctioned event sponsored by Arbor Brewing Company, Ann Arbor, MI

Best-of-show grand prize package includes the opportunity to brew your beer on the ABC house system, to be served on tap at the pub.

Competition Date: Saturday, June 6, 2009
Location: The Corner Brewery, Ypsilanti, Mi

Official website of the competition: http://brewscrews.aabg.org

Kurt saw this competition, www.meadfreeordie.com. Winning club gets 55 gallons of honey, that’s about $1000 of honey!

With the depth of AABG, this could be interesting. Road trip to NH to pick up the barrel?

Update: Despite sending 21 entries, we did not win. The locals did. Ah, well.

Anyone who wants to enter their mead should

• bring two bottles of each mead.
• Register them entries on-line prior to the meeting,
• Either pay for these entries online or provide a check,
• Provide print of the necessary documentation,
• rubber band your labels to your bottles and submit them at the club meeting.

The club will pick up shipping only.

All the rules are at their website, but all entries must be enrolled online and payments made via PayPal or check.

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Mike O’Brien writes:

I had read an article, in a German brewing magazine, that talked about a system that could brew 21 batches in a 24 hour period! This System for 21 batches in a day uses some very highly engineered kettles to maximize energy efficiency and claim to be able to do 21 batches. When I look at their charts - I do not see how this would happen - but it does provide an idea… (to be continued)

Please note: you must be at least 21 years old to attend AABG meetings.

The March meeting will be hosted by Chris Frey, on Friday, March 13, starting at 7PM with a meeting with Gary Glass, director of the American Homebrewers Association in the lounge area of the Corner Brewery in Ypsilanti.  At about 8PM, the AABG meeting will begin in the brewery area.  You may not bring homebrew into the Corner Brewery lounge. See the newsletter for details, and see Support Michigan NHC bid for details on the meeting with Gary Glass.

Read more about the meeting online, including an interactive map to the location, or download the newsletter, which contains information about the meeting and features English Pale Ale, the style of the month.

Over the last several months, Fred Bonjour, Chairman of the “Get the American Homebrewers Association National Homebrewers Conference (AHA NHC) here to Michigan!” effort, has been steadily obtaining support for a 2010 or 2011 AHA NHC to be held here in Michigan. Since the original proposal was submitted to the AHA last fall, several meetings with local fellow homebrewers have been held to build awareness of this effort, and get some preliminary ideas of how a Michigan based conference could be supported, and to identify volunteer resources.

The AHA’s Director, Gary Glass, is coming to Michigan visit potential conference sites provided by Fred in his proposal bid. Gary will be available on Friday, March 13th, at the Corner Brewery from 7:00-8:00PM in the lounge to discuss planning for a National Homebrewers Conference and to answer people’s questions. Additionally, Fred and his assistant chairman, Chris Frey, would like to get additional themes, topics and ideas from Michigan homebrewers for a potential local conference.

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