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February 2012 Meeting

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Stout!Our meeting was held Thursday, February 9, 6:45 PM at Duke’s Steakhouse in Castle Pines. Thanks to everyone who showed up – it was standing room only again!

Officer Nominations

Nominations are still open.

Please contact Kelly Kruegel if you are interested in running for any position.

We are still in need of nominees for Communications Director.

The 2012-2013 nominees from the meeting were:

  • President – Kjell Wygant, Geoff Humphrey
  • Event Director – Izzy Kalinchuk
  • Education Director – Greg Geiger, Jim Denier, Nathan Kanuos
  • Competition Director – Bryan Keas, Geoff Humphrey
  • Communications Director – Steve Marquez
  • Treasurer – Dave McHugh, Phil Penningroth

Officer elections will be held at our March 2012 general meeting. For more information, see the Officer Election Procedures and Officer Position Descriptions document.

Club Only Competition: Stout

Congratulations to Jason Kruegel and Bill Beeson. Their Russian Imperial Stout was chosen by a panel of judges to be the club’s representative in the March/April 2012 AHA Club Only Competition – hosted, coincidentally, by the Rock Hoppers!

Good luck, gentlemen!

RHBC January 2012 Meeting

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Dark LagersLocation: Duke’s Steakhouse (Map is under RHBC Sponsors to the left).

Club Only Competition: Dark Lagers

  • Bring your dark lagers (BJCP Category 4) to compete to be the club’s representative in the Club Only Competition.
  • Includes: Dark American Lager, Munich Dunkel, and Schwarzbier

Education topic: Low-cost brewery gadets with Kjell Wygant.

RHBC’s Own Greg Geiger Profiled for Big Beers

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Our own former prez and all-around-awesome brewer Greg Geiger was profiled in Vail Daily as part of the lead-up to the 2012 Big Beers, Belgians, and Barleywines festival taking place in January at the Vail Cascade resort.

Read the article here.

The profile delves into Greg’s passion for big beers and for pushing the evelope in brewing.

It also features a very handsome photograph.

Way to represent, Greg!

December 2011 Meeting Thursday, December 8

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This is reminder that the December RHBC meeting will again at the Rockyard’s Doghouse [Map]. The meeting will start at 7:00 PM.

Holiday Beer Exchange

If it’s December, it’s time to celebrate the season with some…you guessed it…BEER!

Bring a festive beer to Thursday’s meeting to put in to the white elephant beer exchange:

  • Commercial beers only.
  • Minimum price of $10, please.
  • Make sure you wrap the bottle to obscure its contents.
  • Same rules as last year (which will be explained at the meeting).

This Month’s Beer Theme

If you have a holiday type beverage you brewed, please bring it to share with the club!