The February meeting of the Society of Barley Engineers homebrew club will be held on Wednesday Feb 1st @ 6p.m. at the Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens and will feature a presentation blending and aging beer by John McKay. The entree of the evening will be Pesto Penne with Chicken and Tomato
Directions to Stone can be found at http://www.stonebrew.com/visit/storedirections.pdf
On the agenda:
1. We will be judging Dark Lagers for the Club Only Competition. Please let Chris Stawney (Selfservebrewer@gmail.com) if you will be bringing any entries.
2. Beer Blending and aging. – John McKay
3. Info on the upcoming Spring Fling homebrewer’s campout
4. Homebrew Sharing – All
What to bring:
1. Homebrew to share
2. Dues for 2012 ($25)
3. Cash for entree ($13 includes tax & tip)
Hope to see you all there.
John McKay put together a great presentation about aging and blending beers. We had special surprise guests Doug Constantiner and Travis Smith from Societe Brewing on hand to discuss their experiences with aging and blending while working at Russian River and The Bruery. We learned about when, why and how to aging and blend beers, both on homebrew and commercial scales.
Commercial samples included:
Nebraska Brewing Chardonnay Barrel Aged Hop God
HaandBryggeriet Akavitt Porter
Mikkeller Tequila Barrel Black Hole
Hanssen’s Oude Kriek
Drie Fonteinen Oude Geuze