OHP took first in the dark beer category and Yinger got first in the light beer category at the 2008 Strassenfest homebrew contest.

Remember that chili beer Rodney brought to the brew-b-q? It earned gold at the brewer's cup!

http://www.brewerscup.org/2008/2008-hb-winners.html

Congratulations Rodney and Jess!

Mark your calenders... this year's gathering of Indiana homebrew clubs will take place on Saturday, June 7th in Indianapolis.

Stef and I will be in attendance, and I believe Maxson and Mike will be there as well to show off the Brewmobile and brew a batch of beer.

Be there or be sober!

Anybody else going?

This past weekend, a few of us briefly discussed brewing on May 17th. I'm willing to host in Memphis, but I'm also willing to drive to a more central locale. I think Maxson wants to put the brewmobile through a few tests to try and get it ready for the Brew-B-Q this summer.

Anyone interested? Location suggestions? Beer ideas?

Well, since we had a few big brewing weekends lately, I thought I'd post a few of the recipes brewed, updated (as far as I know) with actual gravity readings.

Eventually, I'll find a better way to store recipes on this site... ie something other than linking to the recipator. Anybody got any ideas?

Brewed on 2008-02-09
10 gallons of Sunnybrook Kolsch (all grain)
10 gallons of CHIPA (all grain)

[NOTE: At the last brewing get together, m1 took a lot of pictures throughout the day. He blogged about it here, but since his site is pw protected, I decided to republish it (with permission). Enjoy!]

New Albanian Brewing Company will be starting their 10th annual Gravity Head festival on Feb 29. Gravity Head showcases high gravity beers from breweries around the US and around the world, as well as several NABC originals. Check out the preliminary list of beers that will be on tap. They have 15-20 of them on tap at any given time... and once one blows foam, they tap the next one in the queue. Should make for a fun March.

So we had a big turn out for the Feb 08 brew... 8 people in all I believe. Too bad only 6 got full carboys! We'll need to expand our capacity.

Anyway - I finally reformatted the site logo and layout, and I think it should be pretty functional now. I updated the user list and want to try and use this site a little more. I'll post the recipes (as brewed, not as planned) later tonight. I'm still playing with the "Other Beer News" and "Brewing Site Feeds" stuff.

So I figured I'd start a forum topic about the upcoming mobile brewing (and drinking) rig. M1 bought a beater for $100 and we are going to stuff it full of brewing stuffs. His blog is password protected... so email him (or me) if you need it.

Now I haven't really talked to him much about this yet, so I'm not sure some of my ideas (tearing out the back seats) are kosher with his other plans for this vehicle, but here are my ideas anyway. I had a 1 hour brainstorming session while watching Celebrity Rehab.

Herro?

12/8 or 12/15? Bean is in . . . which I think means he is out.