What? That’s right it’s started again.
Monday, September 8 2013
7pm
Seventh Son Brewery
1101 N 4th St
Columbus, OH 43201
Be sure to eat before you come as Seventh Son doesn’t have food.
Along with the normal club business, we’ll get to hear from these folks:
All categories.
Winner will get a $25 gift card from a local homebrew store.
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Volunteering for North Market Craft Beerfest.
SODZ was contacted by the North Market to see if we were interested in providing volunteers for the breweries. They wanted knowledgeable and passionate people (that’s us!) that could provide the best experience for the people who are coming to the festival to try the beer. Those who volunteer will get:
If you are interested please use the form below!
Friday 9/12 – Saturday 9/14
59 Spruce Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Volunteering is now closed.
Summer Beerfest 2014 is right around the corner and they are looking for volunteers.
Volunteering for Beerfest
Friday, Aug. 15th from 5pm – 11:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 16th from 5pm – 11:00pm.
LC Pavillion Downtown.
Don Croucher will be again organizing the volunteers so if you have a question about volunteering please contact him at croucher43@yahoo.com. Volunteers aren’t limited to SODZ members so invite your friends, spouse and whomever else enjoys beer.
Signup is now closed.
Summer Picnic time!
Anyone who is a paid member and their immediate family (Significant other Spouse and children).
France’s Farm
Saturday, July 26th 2pm – Sunday July 27th 1pm
If you plan to stay over night be sure you bring a tent or are ok sleeping in your car. The house is the residence of Dan’s Uncle and we need to respect his privacy.
6934 Hillcrest Rd
St. Louisville OH 43071
The club will provide a main course, you will provide a side/desert and any beer you want to share. The location is on 255 of acres that includes paths, wooded areas a pond and copious amounts of space to hang out. It’s suggested that you bring any folding chairs, pop up shelters and anything else you require if you are a person who enjoys to sit outside, not on the ground and not in direct sun. If you choose to stay the night there will be a bonfire and much more socializing. In the morning we will do some cleanup and head home.
Those who brewed beer at Iron Kettle will be bringing their beer to share and be judged. If you were at Iron Kettle an can’t make it then you will need to make arrangements to have someone else bring your beer.
I can’t stress this enough but if you even think you might be staying the night bring a tent or have the expectation that you will be sleeping in your car. What about bathrooms you may be wondering? There are bathrooms a little off from the house with with all the wonderful flowing water your heart could desire.
Saturday June 7th
9am
Dan France’s House
Hilliard
Address will be emailed to those who signup.
If you’ve seen the Iron Chef, then you understand the premise: you will be given a special, secret ingredient that you must use, but how you use it is up to you. Each team will be given the same ingredients kit to review, decide on a style, formulate a recipe, and brew the beer. You need not use all ingredients but MUST use the special ingredient and be sure to showcase it.
Brewers will need to arrive a little before 9am to get set up. At 9am, kits will be passed out and you can start formulating a recipe based on your ingredients. If your team is brewing a 10 gallon batch then be sure to tell the Iron Kettle organizers so that they can be sure to have two kits for you.
Before brewing, each team must give a recipe sheet to the organizers. On it you will name your style, ingredients, hop schedule and any special notes. If you are splitting your batch and using different yeasts and/or dry hopping, list your intent for each of the beers in the notes. If you elect to deviate from your recipe while brewing, see the organizers to update your sheet. Brewers generally will take some time to review their ingredients and submit their recipes with the expectation that brewing will start by 10 or 11am.
This is a fun event to do in teams of two or more brewers. It’s also a chance for a brewer to introduce the hobby to someone who has shown interest in homebrewing.
Last of all rules are subject to change so don’t surprised if someone moved your cheese.
Beers will be judged at the summer picnic for bragging rights.
The kits will be all grain kits (no extract) and will include enough malt, hops and special ingredient to make a 5 gallon batch.
Please bring 2 yeast strains for each kit. If you are brewing with a partner you can have up to 2 kits and 4 yeast strains. If a team is brewing 10 gallons and will divide the beer into two fermenters, which then will be taken home to ferment separately, each brewer is permitted (but not obligated) to use independent yeast strains. This may lead to some discussion on the team regarding what to brew based upon what the two members brought, but each of the brewers must state what yeast strain will be used prior to brewing. You are not required to pitch the yeast on-site, but be honest about what strain you will use at home. You may bring (and use) O2 or a fish pump for aeration.
Do not bring your own water.
You will receive Hilliard water, it is on the soft side with an alkalinity of ~54 mo/L.
Do not bring your own water.
Do not bring your own water.
Anything you need to brew. If you brew outside with a burner at your house then you’ll probably need to bring all that plus a table of some sort to drain your mash tun/kettle.
The gear you would need includes but isn’t limited to:
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This years Big Brew is being hosted by the Columbus Brewing Company. This event is not restricted to SODZ members and I encourage you to invite people who may be interested in the hobby.
Saturday May 3rd
Wort will be available from 9am – 11am.
This is a hard deadline anyone who comes after 11am will not get wort.
525 Short St,
Columbus, OH
The Columbus Half Marathon is happening on the same day so if you try to get to CBC using High St you will be less than happy. Please see the map below for an alternate route.
View Alternate Directions to CBC in a map.
You will need to bring everything else. This includes but is not limited to:
Anything you need to brew at home you will need to bring with the exception of equipment used to create your wort.
This year you are on your own for food. If people have portable grills that are used at tailgating events you are welcome to bring them.
Monday, May 12th 2014
7pm
Elevator Brewing Company
165 N 4th Street
Downtown Columbus, OH
Note: This is NOT the restaurant but the brewery. The entrance is off of an alley/street called N. Lazelle St.
No food at the brewery however we encourage you to go to the Restaurant.
161 N High St
Columbus, OH 43215
Beers 8% ABV and bigger. This again is a wide open category where the only criteria is that your beer needs to be 8% ABV or more.
The winner will receive a $25 gift certificate from Winemakers Shop.
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Monday, April 21st 2014
7pm
Zauber Brewing Company
909 West Fifth Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43212
(This isn’t exactly right. The building is on 5th across from the McDonalds)
Fizzy yellow beers including Category 1 (Light Lagers), Category 2 (Pilsners) and Category 6 (Light Hybrids). Since this category includes Pilsners you can assume Jeff Lewis will enter. Why does that matter? Because this is his style, his house, his stomping ground, he knows it like the back of his hand and based on his past history he knows the back of his hand pretty well. Will your beer stand up against his? Who knows.
The winner will receive a $25 gift certificate from Buckeye BrewCraft.
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Monday, March 17th 2014
7pm
The Old Bag of Nails
4 N State St #26
Westerville, OH 43081
(3rd Floor)
Full service restaurant.
TBA
This is a wide open category where the only criteria is that you make a beer 4% ABV or less.
The winner will receive a $25 gift certificate from Buckeye Brewcraft.
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Monday, February 17th 2014
7pm
Barleys Ale House
467 North High Street
Columbus, OH 43215
(In the basement)
Full service restaurant.
In preparation for BBF this will be all styles British. This includes English Pale Ale (8), Scottish and Irish Ale (9), English Brown Ale (11), Porter (12), Stout (Everything but American Stout, 13E) and English IPA (14A).
The winner will receive a $25 gift certificate from Winemakers Shop.