April 2012 Bosmopolitan
With tax season out the way, it’s time to relax, have a homebrew, and sit down with the April issue of the Bosmopolitan.
An extra note about the meeting on Friday. We are working together an order for some Bloatware. There are several different styles of shirts to choose from. We will have order forms at the club meeting. Please bring a checkbook ready for placing your order.
BBL April Meeting – ALL ABOUT HOPS! Friday, April 20th
2012 Dues are Due!
April Board Meeting Minutes
Club Elections
BBL Membership Cards
Ohio Homebrew Bill Letter Writing Campaign
Google Group for Future Club Mailings
This newsletter was prepared under the influence of Samuel Adams Winter Lager.
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: ALL ABOUT HOPS!
Friday, April 20, 2012 — 7-11pm at Norwood Community Center
Join us in April for a hoppin’ good time as we will discuss this much loved and vital ingredient of the beer making process. Everything you wanted to know about hops is on the table for discussion. We’ll talk about the different ways and reasons to use your hops during the brew day along with the characteristics and expectations from the different varieties, provide technical info on utilization and how to calculate IBU’s and HBU’s. We’ll also discuss hop bursting and dry-hopping techniques that homebrewers use as well as tips on growing and using your own!
Word around the wort chiller is that a few club members will also have hop rhizomes available! Varieties include Nugget, Cascade and Glacier – all known to grow well in our area.
Bring along your hoppy beers, hop experiments, single-hopped, double-dry-hopped (but no ‘triple-hopped lite beers’ please!) or any other creatively hopped homebrews.
March 2012 Bosmopolitan
Wait, what’s the newsletter doing out the first week of the month? Well, we wanted to get the newsletter out early since our monthly club meeting is early – TOMORROW NIGHT! Head out to Norwood tomorrow night for some March Beer Madness.
BBL March Meeting – March Beer Madness! Friday, March 9th
2012 Dues are Due!
January Board Meeting Minutes
March Board Meeting Minutes
BBL Membership Cards
Ohio Homebrew Bill Letter Writing Campaign
Google Group for Future Club Mailings
This newsletter was prepared under the influence of Samuel Adams Winter Lager.
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 9, 2012 — 7-11pm at Norwood Community Center
Join us for this early 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.
Hofbraühaus Tapping – Feb 29
BBL has been invited to tap the ceremonial keg of Maibock at Hofbraühaus this month! Lots of Bloats needed in Bloatware to support this event. Founding Member Ray Spangler will tap the keg with Bosmo’s help. Assemble at 6:30 / Parade with much flag waving and fanfare at 7:00 PM. We have tables reserved right in front of the keg and Bloats in attendance get a complimentary pour (about half glass) from the ceremonial keg as it’s tapped!
Come down for dinner, bring the family and join us as we celebrate this ritual and the coming of Spring!
100% TRUTH!
BBL Founder Ray Spangler pontificates, blesses and taps the Märzen keg Hofbrauhaus Newport
Bockfest Homebrew Competition – Saturday March 3, 2012
The Bloatarian Brewing League again sponsored the 2012 Bockfest homebrew competition, held on Saturday March 3rd. This Bock-only competition was held at The Christian Moerlein Brewery, 1621 Moore St., Cincinnati Ohio and is part of the weekend long celebration of all things Bock.
Categories: The Bockfest Competition is strictly limited to the following categories as defined in the 2008 BJCP Style Guidelines.
5A – Maibock/Helles Bock
5B – Traditional Bock
5C – Doppelbock
5D – Eisbock
15C – Weizenbock
22* – Smoked and Wood Aged (bocks)
23* – Specialty (bocks)
* Base style must be 5A, 5B, 5C, 5D, or 15C and must be clearly indicated on the entry.
Registration CLOSED on Feb 24 with 38 entries. See the WINNERS LIST here.
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 2012 special Bock release.
Contact: Ray Snyder, Competition Organizer, (513) 515-0799.
February 2012 Bosmopolitan
It’s the start of a new year with many great things to happen for the club in 2012. We’re just getting started!
BBL February Meeting- Friday, February 17th
2012 Dues are Due!
February Board Meeting Minutes
Bosmo at Hobrauhaus Tapping on Feb 29
Bockfest Set for March 2-4
BBL Membership Cards
Ohio Homebrew Bill Letter Writing Campaign
Google Group for Future Club Mailings
This newsletter was prepared under the influence of Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale.
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.
