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Grant Goodwiler, Isaac Grindeland, and Eric Steen are member of the Brew Brothers as well as writers for Focus on the Beer. They’ve organized a couple really great back-to-back events that are coming up shortly. The first is a Meet the Brewer with Doug Odell, and the next day is Battle of the Brewers, a unique event where brewers go to competition with two random ingredients. Full information is below:
Meet the Brewer: Odell BrewingOur third installment of Meet the Brewer is going to be killer! This is a series that we organize in partnership with Another Pint. The first two events were very popular with Crooked Stave and Oskar Blues. This time, we’re working with Odell Brewing in Fort Collins and we’re bringing down co-founder Doug Odell! The event will take place on Friday, March 30th at Another Pint. We’ll have a couple classic Odell beers like the IPA, Myrcenary, and their first beer, back in 1989, 90 Shilling. We’ll also have Footloose Golden Sour and Shenanigans, a couple beers you perhaps of not had before. You won’t want to miss this event!
The new beers:
- Footloose Golden Sour – Barrel aged with Brettanomyces and lactobacillus, this sour brings forth big fruit flavors of pineapple and citrus. Tropical aromas, coupled with a tart finish and slight hints of vanilla from the oak barrel make for a unique and refreshing beer. (8% ABV)
- Shenanigans - This delightful crimson ale is aged in oak with just a touch of Brettanomyces. The subtle Brett tartness balances the rich amber malt with hints of dried fruit and light citrus. Our ode to the happy accident, Shenanigans was just too good not to share. (9.1% ABV)
Battle of the Brewers: Round OneSo, be sure to be at Brewer’s Republic at 4pm on March 31st. For $5 you will get eight beers in sample glasses and you will get a judge. We are limited to only five gallons of each beer, so it will go quickly. Also we are dividing the eight beers into two brackets: Bracket One will be served at 4pm and Bracket Two will be served at 5pm. Here are the brackets, breweries, and random ingredients:
BRACKET TWO / 5pm
Phantom Canyon vs. KBKB (Black Tea, Strawberry)
Shamrock vs. Pikes Peak (Raspberry, Pumpkin)
Eric and Isaac from the local beer blog, Focus on the Beer, did a review of the club’s Olde Broale, which was commercially brewed up at Rockyard Brewing. They gave it a really great review. Check it out!
A couple photos of some of our members at the Firkin Rendezvous 2012 at Bristol Brewing. Awesome times!
The NHC online entry window will open on Friday March 2 and will be open until March 28. You’re encouraged to sign up and get your beers entered sooner rather than later, as there are limits on the number of entries they will accept.
You can read more about it here.
This just in from the Indian Peaks Alers. This is one of the bigger comps of the year:
The Indian Peaks Alers homebrew club is proud to announce the 2012 Peak-to-Peak ProAm Homebrew Competition. The competition will be open to all BJCP beer styles as defined in the 2008 guidelines, however as we’re limiting the competition scope to beers, no meads or ciders will be accepted.
Entries will be accepted between March 12th and 23rd and the Judging will be conducted at Left Hand Brewing in Longmont, CO on March 31st. We will have medals for the top three beers in each flight as well as prizes. The awards ceremony will follow the competition and that’s where the competition and Pro-Am winners will be announced.
We are excited to announce that several of Colorado’s Front Range brewers will be on hand to judge and will be selecting entries for the 2012 GABF Pro-Am competition. We currently have commits from Left Hand, the Pumphouse, Oskar Blues, and Crabtree Brewing, with others expected.
Check out our website www.indianpeaksalers.org for the complete list of participating brewers and the competition rules, entry forms, etc.
We hope that you’ll be interested in participating as an entrant in this year’s competition.
We are also looking for volunteers to make this year’s competition a success.
If you are interested in stewarding, please contact ipa.compdir@gmail.com
If you are interested in judging please contact ipa.judgedir@gmail.com
Congrats to all the winners. Thank you for everyone who helped make this the biggest and best comp and festival yet! 459 entries and 36 medal categories!
Looks like the Olde BroAle is bottled and ready for drinking! This beer will be released during the Peterson Air Force Base homebrew party on February 17th. It should also be available at a few local liquor shops. Be sure to ask for it at your local store if they don’t have it!
Thanks Rockyard Brewing!
Sorry for the late notice but Pike’s Peak had a scheduling conflict with us meeting on Tuesday the 7th and we had to reschedule the meeting for Wednesday the 8th at 6:30pm.