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:
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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
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
Hokel
- Gift
Certificate for Free CO2 fill
Steve Becker/Malty Tasking
- Lift the
Limit/IBU t-shirts
- Malty Tasking
keg labels
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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
MoreBeer
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
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.
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.
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
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 9th.
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
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
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
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.
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Olde Main - $50 in gift cards, Sample 6
Pack, Dinky T-Shirt (remember you can take
it to Olde Main and get another size)
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Court Ave Brewing - 55 lb sacks of base
malt, Amber (15-23L), and Tom Fawcett Pale
Crystal (20-25L)
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Beer Crazy - $50 in in gift cards and a drip
tray
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Malty Tasking - Hat and several keg labels
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Northern Brewer - $30 in gift cards and
t-shirts
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Midwest Supplies - carboy carrier, bottle
opener, hydrometer, PBW, other merchandise
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Wyeast - Yeast coupons and keychain bottle
openers
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White Labs - Yeast coupons, glassware, and
t-shirts
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Austin Homebrew - t-shirts and stickers
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Rock Bottom - glasses
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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.