| Forest City Brewers Official
Meeting Info |
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Shooter's Bar and Grill @ Don Carter
Lanes
4007 E. State St, Rockford,
IL
August 21st, 2008 7:00PM
Club
meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month. We
host monthly homebrew contests at each meeting that are
sampled and judged by those attending. See our Monthly Contest
Beer Styles section for detailed featured beer style
info. |
| "Tasters Guild" Meeting
Info |
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Location To Be
Determined
August 6th, 2008 7:00PM
Taster's
Guild meets the first Wednesday of each month. No minutes, no
rules of order, and sorry...no homebrew sampling. Just brewers
enjoying good times and some commercially available beers.
Please feel free to bring your spouses, friends or significant
others, but please no pets. Dinner is part of the festivities
so plan accordingly. |
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Your Brewing
Forecast |
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Forest City Brewers News and
Headlines |
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New Glarus Oktoberfest
Trip
Dave Denale is organizing a trip to New Glarus, WI for
their Oktoberfest celebration on September 27th. If you are
interest in going please get your name on the list ASAP. The
more people who sign up the cheaper it will be for
transportation. Please e-mail Dave
Denale or contact the Forest City Brewers to sign up
or to get more information.
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Three members have advanced to the AHA round 2!!!!
Congratulation to Steve & Anita and to Ken
Schultz!!!!
Steve & Anita took second place in
category 24, Traditional Mead
Ken took 3rd place in
category 2, Pilsner
Congratulations and good luck in
the next round. |
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AHA Big Brew Results
Looks like the year's AHA Big Brew is going to be a very
big success. Not all the sites have reported in but so far 240
locations brewed 602 batches for 4777 gallons and reports are
still coming in.
You can read more about it on Charlie
Papazian's Blog . You can also watch AHA Big Brew videos
on YouTube.
(7/17/08 update) THE FINAL RESULTS ARE
IN.....
Almost 4000 participants creating 1240 batches of beer
totaling 10,500+ gallons.
Participants hailed from 42
States in the US, 4 sites each in England, Canada, and
Australia; 3 sites each in Russia and Brazil; 2 sites each in
the Netherlands, Israel, and Argentina; and one site each in
Kenya and Uruguay! These are fantastic numbers!!!!!
More information including the Big Brew recipes
can be found on the AHA
website.
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A sad anouncement
was made today from the Goose Island Company. They are being
forced to close their Clyborn Pub after 20 years
there.
Click on the link for the full story
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