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January Meeting is 01/09/13 at the Brew Hut

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Agenda

President’s Report – Dave McHugh

  • Call to order and welcome to new attendees and members.
  • Meeting Agenda – get the business done first…then the social homebrew tasting/evaluation.
  • Elections

Competition Director’s Report – Geoff Humphrey

  • Big Beers Homebrew Competition – best of luck to all on Friday
  • AHA Club Only Competition – March/April 2013: Barleywines
    • Bring your barleywines for consideration to our February meeting
  • Firkin Fest at Bristol February 23
  • Peterson AFB – http://pafb.brewcompetition.com
    • Entry window: January 25 through February 2
    • 2 bottles; $5
    • Drop Off at the Brew Hut
    • Entrants get into the Peterson Beer Festival for free (February 22 at 6:00 PM)
  • Brew Hut Comp – http://thebrewhut.brewcomp.com
    • Entry window: January 12 through 26
    • 2 bottles; $0
    • Drop of at the Brew Hut only

Treasurer’s Report – Phil Penningroth

  • Dues increasing next year to $25.

Education Director’s Report – Jim Denier

  • Something brainy (you’d think).

Raffle – Geoff Humphrey

  • Biere de Rock Swag

Tasting and Feedback

Firky Tapping at the Rockyard Tomorrow – That Means a FREE Beer for Members!

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Kjell wanted to let all Rock Hoppers know of a special tapping of Firky D
Firkin at the Rockyard tomorrow beginning at 4:00 pm. The best part: the
first pint for all RHBC members is paid for!

December Meeting is 12/12/12 – Holiday Beer Exchange, Merriment Mild Firkin Tapping

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Happy Holidays! This month’s meeting we will only have a few business items and then we’ll commence with the merriment…

Holiday Beer Exchange

It’s that time of year again, time for the annual RHBC holiday beer exchange. For those who may have never participated before, here is a rundown of the rules:

  • This works like a white elephant gift exchange except that gag gifts are not allowed.
  • The beer you bring should be something you would genuinely want to go home with. 
  • Minimum value is $10.00. This can be a single bottle or multiple bottles, that’s up to you, but the total value must be at least $10.
  • If you have a secret stash of something not available in Colorado and want to make someone’s day, values of over $10 are certainly acceptable.
  • Commercial beer is preferred, but if you have a truly outstanding homebrew (like some of you folks who have picked up BOS awards this year) and want to use that, homebrew is an option. 

Bring your submission wrapped to the meeting. Kelly be keeping a list of participants and we’ll hand out numbers for the order of selection:

  • When your number is called you can pick a beer from the table or you can steal an already opened beer. 
  • Here’s the important part, once a beer has been stolen for a second time it is “safe” and cannot be stolen again. 

This is usally a really fun event with a high volume of participation. We encourage everyone to join in the fun. Cheers and good beers for the holidays!

Firkin Tapping

As most of you may know, we won the use of the Foamer Firkin until November 2013. The inaugural tapping will happen at this month’s meeting.

What’s in it?

Holiday Beer Exchange

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It’s that time of year again, time for the annual HRBC holiday beer exchange.
This will take place at the December meeting! For those who may have never
participated before, here is a rundown of the rules:

This works like a white elephant gift exchange except that gag gifts are not
allowed.

Biere de Rock Results In – Billy Beeson Wins BOS!

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Biere de Rock Logo

A BIG thank you to all staff, stewards, and judges for making the 4th Annual Biere de Rock a rousing success – especially the members of the Rock Hoppers Brew Club who donated their time and resources to pulling this event off. Overall, 166 entries were cataloged, sorted, and judged.

A special thanks and shout out to John, Bridgette, Jason, and everyone at Lone Tree Brewing Company for hosting our event and for being an out-and-out awesome sponsor!

Congratulations to Best of Show and Lone Tree Brewing Company Pro-Am winner Billy Beeson who beat out all other entries with his Biere de Garde, taking home a pretty cool trophy that he promised to display prominently on his mantle.

Gold medal Best of Category winners received sacks of malt generously donated by our great friends and uber-supporters at The Brew Hut.

Other Hopper winners include:

  • Jim Denier (BOS Runner Up)
  • Brian Pramov
  • Mark Hartley
  • Charlie Gottenkieny
  • Geoff Humphrey
  • Eric Seufert
  • Chris Egolf
  • Greg Geiger
  • Phil Penningroth

The complete list of winners can be found at http://www.bierederock.com – entrants can view their scores by logging into the site and going to “My Info and Entries.”