October Club Only Results

Club Only Competition, Recipe

October’s Club Only category was Fall beers.

…and the winners are:

  1. Gautam Bagchi, Bock, OktoboBock
  2. Jason Wing, Mild
  3. Richard Sheppard, Oktoberfest

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There is now a 3 way tie for 1st overall with Steve Henry, Jason Wing and Gautam Bagchi. Here is Gautam’s award winning Bock recipe:

(5 gallons / 19 L, all-grain) OG=1.068  FG=1.014 IBU=28  SRM=16  ABV=6.6%

Ingredients:

6.5 lbs. (2.9 kg) 2-row malt
6.5 lbs. (2.9 kg) Munich malt
0.75 lbs. (340 g) crystal malt 90 °L
0.1 lbs. (45 g) chocolate malt
6.75 AAU  Hallertauer hops (1.5 oz./43 g at 4.5% alpha acids) (60 min.)
Wyeast 2206 (Bavarian Lager) or White Labs WLP820 (Oktoberfest/Märzen Lager) yeast in a 2-Liter starter.
Step by Step:
Dough in at 118 °F (48 °C) and rest for 10 minutes. Rise to 131 °F (55 °C) for 20 minutes, 149 °F (65 °C) for 30 minutes and 158 °F (70 °C) for 20 minutes. This could be done with a single infusion mash at 149 °F (65 °C) just as well. Sparage for 45 minutes collecting 6.5 gallons (25 L). Boil for 90 minutes adding the hops after the first 30 minutes. Expect 5 gallons (19 L) at the end of boil. Cool to 55 °F (13 °C), transfer to your fermenter, aerate and pitch yeast starter. Ferment 10–14 days at 55 °F (13 °C) then let the temperature increase to 60 °F (16 °C) for three days. Rack it off of the yeast into a keg to finish lagering for 4-6 weeks.

October 2015 Meeting Minutes

Monthly Meetings

SODZ’s October meeting was held at Zauber Brewing on October 19th. 37 Brewers were in attendance.

  • Meeting was called to order by President Will.
  • Treasurer, Dave said we have money. A little more than usual do to the shirt orders.
  • Secretary, Richard needs articles for the website. Email to secretary@sodz.org
  • Vice President, Ryan gave updates on upcoming events including a yet to be determined location for learn to homebrew day on Nov 7th.
  • Membership director, Gautam was accepting new members, shirt orders are closed and order placed soon. Next club only contest is Smoke & Roast.
  • There was talk of doing a homebrew beer soap project. If that person can email me secretary@sodz.org we can get details on our website.
  • Bill Bopp talked about the upcoming Beer for Boobs. We are on track to 300 entries and need judges, stewards and entries. Sign up at http://beerforboobs.sodz.org/ Also, we need help unpacking bottles for the contest 10/31 at Weasel Boy. Email Bill at bill.bopp@att.net to attend.
  • Geoff Towne owner of Zauber Brewing gave a talk on the Oktoberfest beer style as well as some history about the festival. Geoff, also spoke of his own experience from going to brewing school at UC Davis, to working at Great Lakes and Sam Adams to starting his own brewery and subsequent expansion.
  • Ryan Torres gave a talk on Sour Beers. Ryan is the new head brewer of Brew Brothers at Scioto Downs. Ryan and his brewing partner Alex sent many sour beers to 2nd round of National Homebrew contest last year.

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

Guest Signup

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.

September Winning Club Only Recipe – Saurgruit

Recipe

Congratulations to Steve Henry for winning two club competitions in a row with his Sour Gruit recipe!

[Beer Name] Sauergruit
[Beer Style] Gruit
[Brew Type] All Grain
[Batch Size] 10.5 Gallons
[OG] 1.060
[FG] 1.010
[ABV] 6.4%
[SRM] 4.5
[IBU] 0

[Note] Batch split 1:1 after boil for 2 fermentations

[Efficiency Target] 70%

[Grain Bill]
Mash @ 154F 60min
21.5 Lb 2-Row Malt
5 Lb White Wheat Malt

[Herb Bill]

60 min additions-
0.5oz Mugwort

30 min additions-
2oz Rose Hips
1oz Calamus Root (Dry)
1oz Yarrow Leaf/Flower Mix (Fresh)
0.15oz Sarsaparilla

0 min/whirlpool additions-
1oz Yarrow Leaf/Flower (Fresh)
0.5oz Sweet Gale
0.5oz Labrador Tea Leaf
0.5oz Calamus Root

-Split Batch during chill

Dry Hop/Herb into sour gruit carboy (4 Weeks)
0.25oz Labrador Tea Leaf
0.17oz Yarrow flowers (dried)
0.15oz Queen Ann’s Lace Flower (dried)
0.25oz Heather tips

Chill 5.25 gallons to 95F. Pitch Lacto Brev, set fermentation chamber to 105F with blow off tube for 72 hours no oxygenation. Chill to 68F oxygenate and pitch US-05 with dry hop (herb). Rack to keg after 4+weeks.

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.

 

President’s Corner September 2015

Newsletter

Well it’s that time of the of year again; ramping up to SODZ meeting season and restarting presidents corners. It’s been a long summer so this may be a longer President’s corner, also, as tradition dictates, I’m drinking as I write. I am currently sitting at Brew Hub in Lakeland FL enjoying my second flight. Unfortunately I do not have the J. Peterman catalog skills of Ben Siefker to describe the beers; I do like the light colored ones (jk, Toppling Goliath oatmeal stout is also tasty). Unfortunately I can’t do 6 flights to try all 24 as they have to much hops for Rachel to share with and high alcohol is the trend in FL. Just getting a water refill right now, as if breathing the air outside didn’t satiate my need for water. Got a nice private tour of the shiny state of the art brewery and really wished I could take a look at more of the detailed plans from an engineering perspective as they were installing a new state of the art canning line that will zip around the ceiling.

So onto SODZ business, well maybe… Back to brewery tours first. So thanks to their senior brewmaster we got a club tour of the AB facility in Columbus this summer, very cool for an engineer like me. I learned that their bottles and cans are pasteurized but kegs are not and wondered what the differences would be. Unfortunately a tour for a group that big (50) couldn’t get samples there so we went out another day and got a fresh bottle and a fresh draught pint of Budweiser, conclusion… Different! I found the bottle to be more hoppy and the draught to have more delicate malt and nice subtle yeast nuances. Fun tour for all I have heard from. Back to the craft beer scene we recently had some club members open a new brewery, Ill Mannered in Powell, congratulations guys! Former club president Vic Gonzales officially claimed his title as brewmaster for Pig Skin brewery, congratulations! We also have another big(ger) brewery coming to town from Scotland, some may have heard. The brewery with a TV show that has actually been continued, BrewDog, has a very ambitious plan to open in Canal Winchester by May 2016.

Back to club specific stuff (I warned you it was long), Rachel and I hosted the picnic this summer at her mom’s buisness, the Glass Rooster Cannery. From the feedback I have gotten it went really well. If anyone has suggestions my inbox is always open (seriously, gmail just keeps increasing the limit).

Is that long enough? Probably not… All homebrewers are big readers right? Shit I ran out of stuff to say. Oh well see you Monday! Oh brew for Beer For Boobs!

Sláinte!
Will

SODZ 20th Anniversary Work Shirts

Miscellaneous

For SODZ’s 20th Anniversary we are making work shirts made with the SODZ logo. An example of the shirt can be seen below.

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Order Form

To get yours, Please fill out the form below if you are interested in purchasing a shirt. We will take money at any official SODZ meeting (Monthly Meeting/Oktoberfest/Beer for Boobs/etc). Ordering will be closed October 20th.

Payment Options

Is it a little convoluted to have you fill in information for a order and then have you pay in a separate section? In an answer yes but damn it we are brewers not web designers.

Your options for paying for a shirt are as follows:

  • Show up to a SODZ event with a check for the correct t-shirt amount payable to SODZ.
  • Show up to a SODZ event with cash for the correct t-shirt amount
  • Show up to a SODZ event with a credit card and we will charge it.
  • Pay for the shirt via Paypal using the PayPal button below.

PayPal Payment Option

Please use the button below to pay for your shirt.


Shirt Sizes




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