Linz
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A bit of a chat amongst those who were at the AHB crawl on the weekend(26/4/08) came up with a desire to have a monthly get together for style tastings and a discussion on the brewing process and its individualcomponents.
I see the running order of the meet as being...
1/first half hour or so on reading the BJCP style guideline for the
style and tasting(60ml samples)commercial and home brewed beers(if anyone has one), then
2/ half hour or so on the history of that style, and finally,
3/ half hour or so on a specific topic in relation to the brewing process(hops,grain,yeast,water chem,sanitisation,cleaning,reasons behind mash process,etc).
So, overall, the meets would be about 1.5 to 2 hours long.
We need names so that we can discuss when and where they are to be held.
When Mell and I did this, as the BJCP judges course(which Im basing this on), we rotated thru the participants homes. We fixed a night/evening of the week then every week/fortnight/month, we would meet at the next home. We would sample 2-6 beers in a sitting(and NOT a bottle each)and discuss. Unfortunately we would do the theory first then sample, which I found dangerous a few times, as then we would wrap it up then go home!!.
Hence the reason I've listed the sampling first, discuss then theory.
There will be a cost involved, on a meet to meet basis, as there is the cost of supplying the commercial examples which would need to be covered.
Just wondering who many in the group would be interested??
I see the running order of the meet as being...
1/first half hour or so on reading the BJCP style guideline for the
style and tasting(60ml samples)commercial and home brewed beers(if anyone has one), then
2/ half hour or so on the history of that style, and finally,
3/ half hour or so on a specific topic in relation to the brewing process(hops,grain,yeast,water chem,sanitisation,cleaning,reasons behind mash process,etc).
So, overall, the meets would be about 1.5 to 2 hours long.
We need names so that we can discuss when and where they are to be held.
When Mell and I did this, as the BJCP judges course(which Im basing this on), we rotated thru the participants homes. We fixed a night/evening of the week then every week/fortnight/month, we would meet at the next home. We would sample 2-6 beers in a sitting(and NOT a bottle each)and discuss. Unfortunately we would do the theory first then sample, which I found dangerous a few times, as then we would wrap it up then go home!!.
Hence the reason I've listed the sampling first, discuss then theory.
There will be a cost involved, on a meet to meet basis, as there is the cost of supplying the commercial examples which would need to be covered.
Just wondering who many in the group would be interested??
