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Oktoberfest Party 10/25 12:30pm @ Weasel Boy Brewing

Meetings & Events

When

Sunday, October 25, 2015
12:30pm

Let me repeat this is on Sunday October 25th. Yes, there is two events in October.

The 25th! SUNDAY!

Where

Weaselboy Brewing Company
126 Muskingum Ave,
Zanesville, OH 43701


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Food

This will be a potluck where the club provides bratwurst and you will provide a side or dessert. Note if you plan on coming please use the form below to signup so that we know how much food to buy.

Agenda

  • Eat Brats
  • Drink Beer

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October Meeting 10/19 7pm @ Zauber Brewing

Club Only Competition, Monthly Meetings

SODZ Monthly Meeting

When

Monday, October 19th 2015
7pm

Where

Zauber Brewing Company
(In the Brewery Section)
909 W 5th Ave
Columbus, OH 43212

Food

Zauber will have a limited menu, sandwiches and appetizers.

Agenda

  • Officer Report
  • Oktoberfest Discussion – Geoff Towne
  • Sour Beers – Ryan Torres

Club Competition

Fall Beers. You have to convince us!

Winner will get a $25 gift card from a local homebrew store.

Meeting Minutes September 2015

Club Only Competition, Monthly Meetings

Meeting minutes for September 2015 at Pigskin Brewing Company.

  • Meeting called to order by President Will Shiel, he recapped some of our summer events. Also, a reminder to get your shirt order in. We will no longer accept orders on 10/20.
  • Secretary, made his pleas for website articles and gave a shameless plug for his new BJCP 2015 Android application. The website has been updated, removed some dead links, added more beginner how to brew links and videos. Let us know what type of resources you want to see on our website.
  • Treasurer, says we have money.
  • Membership director is at some festival in Germany, drinking beer under a tent and arm wrestling.
  • Vice President, gave run down of upcoming events. October meeting at Zauber 10/19, Oktoberfest party and Weasel Boy some Sunday in October.
  • Bill Bopp talked about Beer for Boobs homebrew competition. We need entries, we need volunteers both day of and unpacking. Judges and stewards can bring their entries day of contest and Gentiles will be a drop off site.
  • Vic Gonzales head brewer of Pigskin Brewery talked about the beers on tap and what they have planned including a Russian Imperial Stout headed toward some Red Rose whisky barrels. There was then a question and answer session followed by a brewery tour.

Congratulations to Steve Henry winner of this month’s club competition. Look for his recipe in the future.

  1. Steve Henry, Saurgruit, A lacto soured gruit brewed without hops using many traditional herbs.
  2. Will Shiel, Bamberger, Slightly smoked helles.
  3. Jason Wing, Amel, Stout highlighting Chocolate Rye malt. Also used Roasted, Oats, Cara40, Wheat, 2row. 1.062 SG. 1.012 FG. 6.5%. 001 Yeast. Columbus hops.

 

September Meeting 9/21 7pm @ Pigskin Brewing

Club Only Competition, Monthly Meetings

What? That’s right it’s starting again.

When

Monday, September 21st 2015
7pm

Where

Pigskin Brewery on the Patio
81 Mill St #150
Columbus, OH 43230

Food

Pigskin will have a limited menu.

Agenda

Along with the normal club business, we’ll get to hear from:

  • Vic Gonzales – Brewer of Pigskin Brewery TBD

Club Competition

All categories.

Winner will get a $25 gift card from a local homebrew store.

Beer for Boobs IV

Competitions

We are now accepting entries for the fifth annual Beer for Boobs competition, hosted by the Scioto, Olentangy and Darby Zymurgists (SODZ).

The entry deadline is October 31st and the competition will be held on Saturday November 14th at Weasel Boy Brewing Company in Zanesville, OH. Register your entries on our web site: http://beerforboobs.sodz.org/

Weasel Boy will select a beer from the Best of Show table to brew for the 2016 GABF Pro-Am competition. Lets try and see if SODZ can win this honor this time!

As always, all profits raised from this competition are donated to Beer for Boobs. See www.beerforboobs.org for more information.

We will also need plenty of judges and stewards. If you are able to help, please register as a judge or steward on the same web site: http://beerforboobs.sodz.org/

Please let me know if you have any questions, and I hope to see you in November-

Bill Bopp
Competition Coordinator

End of Summer Update

Competitions, Miscellaneous

The end of summer is close at hand and you know what that means…It’s Brewing Season! SODZ will restart our monthly meetings in September, look for the meeting notice soon. In the meantime, here are some quick updates:

Lots of SODZers making headlines in the pro-brewing world. Come out and support your homebrewing brother’s living the dream!

  • SODZ members Tom Ayers, Greg Dannemiller, Brian Mathias and Ryan Romer-Jordan are opening up Ill Mannered Brewing Co and the Grand Opening is this Friday September 4th at 5pm. Check out the information here: http://www.illmanneredbeer.com/ I can’t wait to try out their Oatmeal Coffee Stout!
  • Former SODZ president Vic Gonzales has thrown off his shackles and is now the “Official” full time brewer at Pigskin. They are throwing a coming out party for him, stop by try his new Double IPA.
  • Current Vice President and Barley’s Assistant Brewer Ryan Torres has accepted a position at Scioto Downs Casino’s new brewery Brew Brothers Ryan is currently looking for an assistant of his own and is looking to hire quickly. Details and application here. The new brewery is scheduled to open in the Octoberish time frame.
  • Dick Stevens, owner of Elevator Brewing, has an opening for a cellarman at the brewery. This is an entry level position, and involves cleaning kegs, operating the coolers, moving and storing kegs, and other general work in the brewery. If any of you members have ever thought about getting involved with working at a brewery, this is the usual starting point. This position is flexible, but could be a full time position. If you have an interest, please contact Don directly at croucher43 at yahoo dot com

Lots of upcoming local and regional homebrew competitions. Please, consider supporting other clubs either by entering, judging and/or stewarding. They support us and make our competitions possible.

  • September 12th, registration open now. Dayton homebrew club DRAFT is hosting Brewfest competition open to all new BJCP 2015 styles. They are still in need of stewards and judges. Register here: http://brewfest.daytondraft.org/
  • October 10th, registration open now. Cincinnati Malt Infusers is hosting the 20th Annual Oktoberbest homebrew competition. Register here: http://maltinfusers.brewcompetition.com/
  • October 10th, registration open now. Pittsburgh’s TRASH is hosting TRASH XXV Homebrew Competition. Register here: http://trashcompetition.org/
  • November 7th, Cleveland’s SNOBS is hosting Son of Brewzilla. Unfortunately, registration is closed due to hitting the max number of entries. You can still register to judge or steward here: http://beersnobs.org/cbwcomp/
  • November 14th, registration tbd. SODZ (hey that’s us!) will be hosting Beer for Boobs homebrew competition and fundraiser at Weasel Boy in Zanesville. Details coming soon.
  • December 5th, registration open now. Hop Yard 62 in Grove City is hosting an Oatmeal Stout competition. More info here.

Anheuser Busch Brewery Tour

Events

Forty-eight SODZ members went on the brewery tour and all I can say is “WOW”. The sheer size of this place is awe-inspiring. Everyone was very impressed not only with the scale but the attention to quality and detail. The mashtun’s are bigger than my house and they have six of them! Like they said, they do the exact same thing us homebrewers do, just on a bigger scale. If you ever get a chance to go on this tour jump on it.  A big thanks to Tyler Hunter and his crew  for taking time out of their busy day, giving us the tour and being gracious hosts.

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This is the lagering cellar. They have four more floors of these.

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One half of the tour group. Yes, the flash was on.

For more pictures: https://www.flickr.com/gp/43204976@N00/5339rN

SODZ Picnic Wrap Up

Events

Twenty-five SODZ members made it out to the Glass Rooster in Sunbury, OH. We smoked four pork shoulders and 4 kegs of beer on tap and about 10 or so growlers.  Thanks to everyone that shared their beer and food. Special thanks to Will and Rachel Shiel for setting this up and extra special thanks to Rachel’s aunt Susie for allowing us to use their property and facilities.

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Anheuser Busch Tour Last Call

Meetings & Events

!!!DEADLINE, LAST CALL, 24 HRS!!!

We have a lot of people signed up, we will try to make room for everyone but may not be able to. We will try though, so if you are interested but haven’t signed up yet do it NOW. I am cutting off the sign-up and sending in the list tomorrow at 9pm.

I will contact everyone to update them, after I hear back from AB.

See you this weekend at the picnic! (DON’T FORGET TO SIGN UP FOR THE PICNIC!!!)