ABL Raffle

 

Since our December 2009 raffle was snowed out, we held the raffle on January 12th meeting instead.  With all our donations, we were able to raise $545 to help fund the club for the year.  Everyone walked away with some very nice prizes.  Here is a list of items that were donated to the club from various local and national organizations:

 

Court Ave Brewing 4 Perlick faucets with plastic inside parts 50 lb sack Marris Otter Malt 50 lb sack French Pilsner Malt 50 lb sack Crystal 40 Raccoon River Brewing Co. Gift Certificate for 50 lb sack of grain T-shirt 2 pint glasses Hooded sweatshirt (L) Rock Bottom Four $25 gift cards Granite City Free Mug Club Membership $25 Gift Card Olde Main 2 glasses 2 t-shirts 2 x $25 Gift Cards Cargill Gift Certificate for 50 lb Sack of grain Hats T-shirts Powder Keggers T-shirts Hokel Gift Certificate for Free CO2 fill Steve Becker/Malty Tasking Lift the Limit/IBU t-shirts Malty Tasking keg labels

Beer Crazy $50 Gift Card $25 Gift Card Beer Signs Northern Brewer 2 Northern Brewer Mugs 2 $15 gift cards XL long sleved NB t-shirt 3 NB posters Austin Homebrew 3 Membership Packages MoreBeer $80 gift cards (4x$20) Wyeast T-shirt Magnet, coaster, sticker, bottle opener Briess Forever Red recipe kit Bottle caps Carboy cap w/ transfer port White Labs 2 t-shrits Five 50% off coupons for yeast vials Yeast posters US Wellness Cocoa Power Scott Dennis Gift Certificate – 1 lb Zeus Hops Gift Certificate – 1 lb Willamette

 

 

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New Pictures Posted

Pictures of the 2009 Mead Day and Granite City tour have been posted in the Pictures section.  Click the Pictures link at the top of the page to see the updated photos.

 

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2009 Iowa State Fair Beer Competition Results

The results are in for the 2009 Iowa State Fair, and several members of the ABL did very well.  The excel spreadsheet can be opened under our Files menu at the top of the page, or you can click HERE to open and/or save it.

 

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Olde Main Meetings Starting Again

We have finished the BJCP class, so our meetings at Olde Main will resume starting on May 26th.  Bring some homebrews and enjoy some beer sampling and brewing discussion.  If you have any questions, send an email to amesbrewersleague@yahoogroups.com

 

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BJCP Class

The BJCP classes will be starting January 27. If you are planning on attending the classes send Mark an email.  This will allow him to put together a mailing list for the class. The cost for the class will be $50 per person to cover samples and supplies. This will need to be paid when you come to the first class. There is an additional cost of $50 to take the test. You can attend the classes and not take the test. The test will be given on Saturday May 9^th.

 

Because of the BJCP class, our Olde Main meetings will be temporarily cancelled until the class is over in May.  Members can still meet on the 4th Tuesday at Olde Main if they want, but know that the majority of people who have come to these meetings will be attending the BJCP class.  A schedule for the class can be opened and printed below.

 

2009 BJCP Study Session Syllabus

 

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Powder Kegger 2009

This event was setup by the people at Full Court Press and is designed to teach women more about beer.  Each month will feature different beer styles as well as food pairings.  See the flyer below for more information.

 

Powder Kegger 2009

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ABL Beer Competition Results

Thank you to everyone who entered beer and participated in this year's judging.  Eric graciously hosted the event at his house and did a great job at organizing the competition even with the short notice.  Below you will find a spreadsheet of the results.  Prizes will be given out for Best of Show as well as the top score, which Todd and Becka won.

 

ABL 2008 Competition Results

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Raffle Success!

Thank you to everyone who purchased raffle tickets to support the Ames Brewers League.  We made over $400 for the club at the raffle off donations from several local and online vendors.  Here's a list of the items that we raffled off.  Hopefully I got everything that was raffled off.  It's basically from memory, so I may be missing a few items.

• Olde Main - $50 in gift cards, Sample 6 Pack, Dinky T-Shirt (remember you can take it to Olde Main and get another size)

• Court Ave Brewing - 55 lb sacks of base malt, Amber (15-23L), and Tom Fawcett Pale Crystal (20-25L)

• Beer Crazy - $50 in in gift cards and a drip tray

• Malty Tasking - Hat and several keg labels

• Northern Brewer - $30 in gift cards and t-shirts

• Midwest Supplies - carboy carrier, bottle opener, hydrometer, PBW, other merchandise

• Wyeast - Yeast coupons and keychain bottle openers

• White Labs - Yeast coupons, glassware, and t-shirts

• Austin Homebrew - t-shirts and stickers

• Rock Bottom - glasses

• Cargill - t-shirt

Our second monthly meeting will be held at Olde Main on December 23rd.  It's a little close to the holiday, but I think we'll still have it for those who want to come.  I'm planning on going, so you won't have to worry about being the only one there :-) 

Also remember that our style of the month for January is open to anything.  Whatever you want to bring and have judged will be accepted.  I'll get a full list of styles and update the website.

 

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