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June 2013 Bosmopolitan
Here is the June issue of the Bosmopolitan!
**Club Meeting is EARLY this month! Come see us THIS FRIDAY, June 14th, for a tasting and discussion of Brown Ales!**
June Club Meeting — Brown Ales
July Club Meeting — Recipe Formulation
June Board Meeting Minutes
Club Brewing Demonstrations and Beer Education Programs
Club Survey Results
BBL Membership Cards
Flanders Red Solera
Have you recently toured a brewery, been to a new favorite beer bar, or have some other beer related news you’d like to share with the club? Let us know and we’ll include it in the newsletter.
June Club Meeting — Brown Ales
****DATE CHANGE**** We will meet on the SECOND Friday in June!
June 14, 2013 — 7-11pm at Norwood Community Center
You asked and we listened!
In the recent club survey, brown ales ranked highly, so the June club meeting with be all about brown ales, led by Phil Meyer. Brew up your best American or English Brown Ale to share or bring your favorite commercial example. Its sure to be an interesting night of discussion and tasting!
May 2013 Bosmopolitan
Here is the May issue of the Bosmopolitan!
Its May and it smells like club competition time, so come out on SATURDAY May 18th @ 9am for Bloat Open and see who reigns supreme!
May Club Meeting — Bloat Open!
June Club Meeting — Brown Ales
May Board Meeting Minutes
Beer and Deer
Club Survey Results
BBL Membership Cards
Flanders Red Solera
Have you recently toured a brewery, been to a new favorite beer bar, or have some other beer related news you’d like to share with the club? Let us know and we’ll include it in the newsletter.
Bloatarian Open 2013: Club-Only Homebrew Competition – May 18th
Registration is CLOSED with 235 Entries!
VIEW THE RESULTS HERE
The Bloatarian Open is a BJCP/AHA sanctioned Club-Only Competition. You must be a paid-in-full BBL member to enter your beer into the competition. Members in good standing can enter an unlimited number of entries in the competition with no further entry fees.
Not yet a member? Go to http://bloatarian.com/about/membership to join.
This year’s competition will take place on Saturday, May 18th at the Norwood Community Center from 9am to 5pm with awards ceremony about 5:30pm. Judges and Stewards please arrive before 9am to check in and be ready to judge. We will have donuts in the morning, grilled lunch fare and snacks during the awards.
WIN A $20 LISTERMANN’S GIFT CARD!
To qualify for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate to Listermann Brewing Company, you must do both of the following BEFORE WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 AT 5PM:
• Pay your 2013 Bloatarian Brewing League dues
• Drop your entries at Listermann Brewing Company
You may also HAND CARRY your entries to the competition on Saturday morning (especially if you have kegs). If so please arrive by 8:30 to allow timely check in!!
National Homebrew Day – May 4th
May 4, 2013 — all day 607 shepherd drive Lockland OH 45215
Come out and brew! Join BBL along with CMI and other local clubs as we celebrate National Homebrew Day at Rivertown Brewing Co. Bring your gear and brew, hangout, share homebrew and enjoy $1 off pints of Rivertown beers. Brewing water and electric is provided along with free yeast pitches!
Gorilla Grill will be there with free grilled eats for homebrewers (bring anything else you’d like and they will grill for you!) up until 3pm. After 3pm Catch-A-Fire Pizza Truck will be there selling their delish pies.
April 2013 Bosmopolitan
Here is the April issue of the Bosmopolitan!
The days are getting longer, lawn mowers are out, and baseball is heating up, so this can only mean one thing, Spring is here and Summer is on the way. Come see us on Friday April 19th @ 7pm for Jason Roeper’s discussion of Sour Beers!
April Club Meeting — Sour Beers!
Dues are due!
April Board Meeting Minutes
National Homebrew Day
Club Survey Results
BBL Membership Cards
Flanders Red Solera
Have you recently toured a brewery, been to a new favorite beer bar, or have some other beer related news you’d like to share with the club? Let us know and we’ll include it in the newsletter.
April Club Meeting — Sour Beers
April 19, 2013 — 7-11pm at Norwood Community Center
Award-winning local brewmaster and lifetime Bloatarian Jason Roeper of Rivertown Brewing Co will join us to discuss this interesting and controversial style.
Pucker up, it’s time to put on your sour puss! April’s meeting features Sour Beers. Lambics, Flanders’, Berliners, maybe even Kentucky Common! But you say you’re hesitant to turn your wort over to the wild bugs? We’ll do our best to convince you to take the plunge! Our speaker this month is Lifetime Member Jason Roeper. Jason has been a Bloatarian for nearly 20 years, and together with fellow Bloat Randy Schlitz went professional four years ago, founding the Rivertown Brewery. Rivertown’s portfolio currently includes a number of sour offerings, including Old Sour Cherry Porter, Ojos Negros, Lambic, and Ville de Rivere Geuze. Jason’s history with sour beers goes back quite a ways, including reaching the finals of the Sam Adams Longshot competition (actually he won, but Boston Beer couldn’t make his beer to include it in their commercial operation). He’ll talk to us about simple ways to make a truly wild beer, and how to learn the patience to let the bugs do their job. We’ll have samples of a number of commercial sour beers (including Rivertown), and certainly a few members will bring some of their efforts along for the ride.
(disclaimer… this is NOT Jason!)
Sour Beers with Jason Roeper of Rivertown Brewing Company from Bosmo on Vimeo.
March 2013 Bosmopolitan
Here is the March issue of the Bosmopolitan!
The snow is melting and warm weather is on the way, help the BBL say good-bye to winter on Friday March 22nd @ 7pm for March Beer Madness.
March Club Meeting — March Beer Madness!
Dues are due!
March Board Meeting Minutes
Listermann StarkBier Fest
BBL Membership Cards
Flanders Red Solera
Have you recently toured a brewery, been to a new favorite beer bar, or have some other beer related news you’d like to share with the club? Let us know and we’ll include it in the newsletter.
March Club Meeting: MARCH BEER MADNESS!
March 22, 2013 — 7-11pm at Norwood Community Center
Join us for this LATE March Meeting as we pit classic examples of beer styles against each other in a bracket format to determine a winner. No judging experience necessary as we will sit and talk openly in a roundtable format. A great way to learn more about how a beer is judged according to BJCP style guidelines in a fun and open session.
Bockfest Events
On March 2nd BBL will again host it’s annual Bockfest Homebrew Competition in conjunction with the Cincinnati Bockfest festival. This is a Bock beer only competition – Helles Bock, Traditional Bock, Dopplebock, Eisbock, Weizenbock or a specialty beer with a Bock beer base style.
Registration is complete with 50 entries, however judges and stewards may still signup at bockfest.brewcomp.com.
Parade: Friday March 1, 2013
The Bockfest Parade will start to form in front of Arnold’s Bar and Grill, located at 210 East 8th Street, at 5:00PM and steps off on Main Street at 6:00PM. All Bloats, spouses, friends etc welcome to walk with us.
Bockfest Hall / Judging Location: Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 11:00 AM
Christian Moerlein Brewing Company
1621 Moore Street Cincinnati, OH 45202
Awards
Awards: Prizes will be awarded for first, second, and third place for each category (to be determined based on the numbers of entries in each style, etc.). An additional prize will be awarded for “Best Bock Beer” (BOS).
Special Prize: The Christian Moerlein brewing company will select one entry from the Traditional Bock (5B) category to be used as the recipe for a 2014 Hudy Bock release.
