Rock Hoppers Brew Club Agenda
11/08/2018 6:45 PM – C.B. & Potts, Highlands Ranch
President’s Report – Mike Bostwick for Eric Gould
Welcome New Members!
- Intro
- How long you been brewing?
- What do you like to brew?
- What would you like to learn?
Pay Your Tabs, Please
Support our local partners and beer-related businesses owned/operated/brewed by Rock Hoppers Alumni:
- 105 West Brewing
- Bruz Beers
- C.B. & Potts
- Castle Rock Homebrew Supply
- Jagged Mountain Brewery
- Lone Tree Brewing
- Rockyard
- Know any more?
Sign up a Friend
- Recruiting a new paid member will earn you a free entry into the 2019 Bière de Rock competition in January.
Rock Hopper Pro-Am Page
- Recognize and celebrate your success!
- Promote your beer tapping, GABF pouring day, etc.
- Earn cash back for the club
Reminder: January Meeting – Rescheduled to 3rd Thursday (Jan 17)
Event Director’s Report – Chelsea Lamont
Brewery Bus Tour recap!
November 29 – Hopper Happy Hour
- 6:30p – Wild Blue Yonder Brewing Company, Castle Rock
December 13 Meeting – Hopper Holiday Bottle Share!
- No homebrew.
- No crappy beer – bring something you’d want to drink.
- Two bottle max.
- $10 per bottle minimum.
- Wrap each bottle to conceal what it is.
- White Elephant style gift exchange – each bottle can only be stolen twice.
- Wear your ugly sweaters!
- The Golden Ticket:
- Awarded to Best Sweater (popular vote).
- Steal at any time.
- Does not trump the double-steal rule.
BJCP Study Sessions
- Next up: ?
Competition Director’s Report – Geoff Humphrey
Visit the competitions page for more info.
Past Competitions
October 20, 2018 – Brew Hut Homebrew Competition, Aurora, CO
- 218 entries
- Best of Show Winner for Beer – John Horton!
- Best in Show Winner for Mead/Cider – Dax Rush!
- Heavy Medal Club!
- John Horton
- 2nd in IPA – American IPA – “Dump Truck”
- 1st in American Ale – American Pale Ale – “Flat Bed” – Pro-Am with Dry Dock Brewing
- Geoff Humphrey
- 2nd in Belgian Ale – Biere de Garde – “Fetchez la Vache”
- Ed Moore
- 1st in Dark International/Euro Beer – Baltic Porter – “Miss Kitty Baltic Porter”
- 1st in Pale, Amber, and Brown British Beer – Dark Mild – “Rhonda English Mild”
- Dax Rush
- 1st in Cider and Mead – Semi-Sweet Mead – “Sparkles Taught Me Everything I Know”
- 3rd in Wild and Sour – Lambic – “Mary’s Little Lambic”
- Doug Thiel
- 2nd in Strong Ale – English Barleywine – “Another Damn Barleywine But Not That Barleywine”
- Tom Thorpe
- 3rd in Fruit Beer – “Half Wit Rye”
- Phil Whited
- 1st in Wood-Aged Beers – Specialty Wood-Aged Beer – “Oden’s Last Ryed”
- 2nd in Wild and Sour – Wild Specialty Beer – “For The Horse You Grow Much Fonder”
November 3, 2018 – Rocky Mountain Homebrew Club Challenge, Aurora, CO
- 264 entries
- Heavy Medal Club 3rd Place
- Andrea Freeland (with Randy Freeland)
- 3rd in Fruit Beer – “Capris”
- Randy Freeland (with Andrea Freeland)
- 3rd in Bock – Helles Bock – “Ryebock”
- 2nd in Fruit Beer – “Jelly Doughnut Pants”
- Geoff Humphrey
- 1st in Dark Lager – Munich Dunkel – “Headlong”
- 1st in Stout – Imperial Stout – “Stalin’s in Skidmarks”
- Brian Pramov (with the RHBC Barrel Brew Crew)
- 2nd in Strong Ale – English Barelywine – “Drunken Lullabies”
- Dax Rush
- 2nd in Sour Ale – Lambic – “This is Mary’s Little Lamb-ic”
- 3rd in Smoke/Wood-Aged Beer – Specialty Wood-Aged Beer – “The Russians Stuffed This Barrel”
- Phil Whited
- 3rd in Sour Ale – Wild Specialty Beer – “Long Time Coming”
Upcoming Competitions
- January 11, 2019 – Big Beers, Belgians, and Barleywines – Breckenridge, CO
- Entry deadline: 12/08/2018
- Drop off deadline: 12/08/2018
- Bottles: 3
- Fee: $7 per entry
- BJCP categories: 4C, 6C, 9A-C, 10C, 17A-D, 20C, 22A-D, 23B-F, 24A, 25A-C, 26A-D, 27A, 28A-C, 29A-C, 30A-C, 31A-B, 32A-B, 33A-B, 34A-C
- Minimum OG for specialty styles: 1.060
January 26, 2019 – Bière de Rock – Castle Rock, CO
- 10th Annual Rock Hopper-Sponsored Competition!
- Entry deadline: 01/11/2019
- Drop off deadline: 01/11/2019
- Bottles: 2
- Fee: $8 per entry
- All BJCP Belgian and French beer styles; wood aged, experimental, wild ales, etc. that are Belgian- and French-inspired
Intra-Club Competitions
- See the Intra-club Competition page for the 2018-2019 schedule.
- Next meeting: Belgian- and French-Style Ales
- Quarterly intra-club competition in preparation for Biere de Rock and the Big Beers, Belgians, and Barleywines homebrew competitions.
- All entries should be true to the declared style.
- No wood-aged, fruit, sour, funk, or spice variants for this quarterly comp.
- This meeting: Fantasy Brewing Draft beers.
- Winners chosen Best of Show style – blind to the brewer’s name – by fellow Hoppers Doug Thiel (BJCP Judge) and Matt Lawlor (Pro Brewer).
- Judges were provided a list of each entry’s drafted ingredients.
Biere de Rock
- Recruiting now for help with our annual competition. Sending around sign-up sheets for various duties.
Communication Director’s Report – Eric Frazier
- Glassware is available for purchase.
- T-Shirt available for purchase.
Treasurer’s Report – Dan Croll
- Financial report.
- Dues – pay now (get it out of the way), online, or at the meeting.
Education Director’s Report – Eric Gould (for Mike Bostwick)
- Tinctures, tinctures everywhere!
Fantasy Brewing Draft – People’s Choice Contest
- Vote for your favorite. Winner gets a $25 gift card to The Brew Hut.
- Winners announced at 9:00 PM.
Tasting and Socializing
- Share your fermented creations.