December 2005 - Primetime Brewers

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DECEMBER 15, 2005
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IT’S TIME TO CELEBRATE, PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE
PRIMETIME BREWERS CLUB UMPTEENTH ANNUAL
CHRISTMAS PARTY.
DECEMBER 15TH AT 7:00 PM
HIDEOUT BREWERY (PLAZA DR NE)
BRING A DISH TO PASS, YOUR FAVORITE HOMEBREW, AND SOME MAD MONEY FOR THE AUCTION.
IT’S FOR THE CLUB!
thing and some got several things.
We could not have pulled off this smooth event
without the help of many people. Jeff Carlson,
Dan Humphrey and John Applegarth performed the registration duties with professionalism, like they had done it many times before.
They secured Primetime volunteers to act as
stewards. They solicited entries. They even
secured a couple sponsors. We had 23 judges
give up their Sunday to sample and write their
afternoon away. Founders Brewing Company
accommodated our every request. Linda Jones
and Mike Beck brought great donations on top
FIRST ANNUAL “GLOWS” CIDER of helping with the judging. It was great to
have a visit by Patrick O'Conner and Bob TritCOMPETITION DEEMED A
ten. I wish you men could have stayed and enSUCCESS
joyed the event.
Comments from Rex Halfpenny, Competition All the comments I got were very positive. We
Organizer
performed well under the skeptical eyes of
many nationally known apple cider producers.
We had 113 entries from coast to coast. 45 en- Robin Mather Jenkins, the food writer for the
tered in Commercial Division. 68 entered in
Chicago Tribune told me she does food compethe noncommercial Division. We ran the judg- titions all the time and this was one of the best
ing simultaneously with six teams of three or she had ever attended, including national
four judges each. We had 10 stewards feeding events like the Pillsbury Bake Off. Charles
the entries to the judges by division by style
McGonegal said this was the biggest cider
category. We began promptly at noon and were event he has ever judged in.
complete with the first round judging at
4:05pm. The gold medals were moved to a second round and our highest ranking BJCP
judges performed the best of show in each division while Mary produced a lunch for everyone that I am very proud of. After the meal we
had enough door prizes to give everyone some-
16
56
Sand Cherry Wit
Eric F.
23
59
Orange Amber
John A.
CLUB MINUTES
18
67
Tart Cherry Jim Brinks
17
69
Raspberry Ale Jim Brinks
PTB November 17, 2005
24
73
Blackberry Blonde Scott &
Treasury Report - $ 1301.28
Steve
Twenty attendees – a new record for a Novem- 21
74
Cherry Stout Rich G
ber meeting!
10
77
Raspberry Blonde
Dan H.
Brew your own – Six members signed up. $74
for the club.
October 20, 2005
Cider Competition
PrimeTime Brewers
Need stewards – pour brews for judges, need
18 in attendance
five for home brews , another 4-5 for commer- Cider competition – Sunday Dec 6-8 at Founcial brews. 11am to 4pm on Sunday, Dec. 4th. ders.
At Founders.
Last month – Oktoberfest. (winners
Rex working on sponsors, most are short on $ MCAB – Jeff’s wins
due to “end of year”. Michigan Apple Industry Club Brew at Founders – about 15 in attenkicked in a couple G’s.
dance
Hope to have this be an annual thing.
Went well, double batch of Dan’s Gold Metal
Dec 8th is awards ceremony. One day ticket
IPA
for 8th is $20. Also have some seminars, etc.
Came out with correct gravity…
Note: Hill Bros is pressing! Get your juice to
Used dry Ale yeast S04, rehydrated, took off
start next year’s cider
right away
Robinettes – have small winemaker’s license.
Dry hopped 10/19
Plan to have cider and private label wine.
Should be ready in about 10 days
Runs about $20 for five gallons.
Nov 4th harvest party.
th
Christmas Auction.- 15 . Bring MONEY!
Also serve at the Cider competition
Ken will have a Spiced Chocolate Rye Christmas Party – 15th of December.
brew on tap
Hideout Brewery
AHA has published next year’s schedule…
Christmas Auction
check the competition page
Dan – Grapevine, Founders
Schedule for Thirsty Thursdays…
Charlie – Schmoez, Carbonics, InternaDec. Cannonsburg Inn
tional Beverage
January – Cambridge House.
Rich – Bob, Things Beer, Martha’s
The BOB – December 7th Mug Club signup
Jeff – Sicilianos
Bring in your old mug – fill for $1
John – Honeycreek Inn, One Trick
Signing everyone up.
Pony
All you can eat taco bar for $5
Eric – GRB
Brewer’s Guild Conference – in January @
Art – B&B
Devos Place
Ray Daniels, Charlie Papazian will be Schmohz – competition in January
here.
Mash early Saturday. Pick up wort between 12
Dan has a few Style Guidelines for members
and 2pm For $10, get wort – hop, boil, yeast.
that don’t have one.
Two months later, meet and judge.
Visit the PTB Store – see our website for a
Café Press T shirts.
link.
BOB = Dec 7th – Tenth anniversary party.
November Brew – Fruit Beer. – Seven entries Anyone that has been a mug club member, has
a BOB mug. Fills for $1.
Sicilianos Oct 29th Six Styles, three examples
Forget
of each. SeeDon’t
October RC
===========================
Thirsty Fursday!
Baltic Porter – three entries
st
4
Eric 5th
Fouch
1
January
nd
20
Paul
Bierlein
2
Cambridge House (around
13
John Applegarth
3rd
the
corner from Founders)
February 2nd
Taps Sports Bar (8 Ionia)
March 2nd
Black Rose (100 Ionia)
Beer's hops seen to inhibit tumor
growth
CORVALLIS, Ore., Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Research at Oregon State University shows
that beer contains a micronutrient that inhibits cancer-causing enzymes.
The compound, xanthohumol, was first
isolated by Oregon State 10 years ago and
an increasing number of laboratories
across the world have begun studying the
compound, said Fred Stevens, an assistant professor of medicinal chemistry at
Oregon State's College of Pharmacy.
The substance comes from the hops plant
used to give beer its aroma and flavor,
ABC News reported.
Most beers made today are low on hops,
however, and so don't contain much xanthohumol. But beers such as porter, stout
and ales have much higher levels of the
compound.
Mice studies show that the compound is
metabolized quickly by the body, so it's
hard to get a large amount in the body at
one time, Stevens said.
Poor Richard’s Ale to be
Tapped January 17th
Arcadia Brewing—Battle
Creek
Saugatuck Brewing Co—
Douglas
"It clearly has some interesting chemopreventive properties, and the only way
people are getting any of it right now is
through beer consumption," he said.
PRIMETIME BREWERS
COMPETITION PAGE
Club Only Competition
Calendar
2005
November: Fruit Beer (20)
2006
January : Big Beautiful Belgians (18) COC
February: Amber Hybrid (7)
March: American Ale (10) COC
April: Extract *—All Categories COC
May: Mead (24-26) COC for August
June: Best of Cellar
September: Stout (13) COC
October: Light Hybrid (6) COC
November: English Pale Ale (8)
*Must be at least 50% extract
Individual Competitions can be found at:
www.beertown.org
John Applegarth
SILVER Open Mead
BRONZE Cyser
J. Amadeaus Scott
BRONZE Common Cider
Ed Winter
GOLD New England Style Cider
Paul Erdmans
HM New England Style Cider
2005
Brewer of the Year
Standings
Dan Humphrey
Jeff Carlson
Eric Fouch
November Fruit Beer Club
John Applegarth
Competition Results
Paul Bierlein
John Stewart
1st
Dan Humphrey—Raspberry Blonde
Rich Gretz
2nd Rich Gretz—Cherry Stout
Dave Kilgore
3rd
Scott & Steve—Blackberry Blonde
Scott & Steve
Great Lakes Olde World Syder
Competition (GLOWS)
Jeff Carlson
GOLD Fruit Cider
BRONZE Other Specialty Cider
HM Common Cider
Dan Humphrey
SILVER Fruit Beer
BRONZE Fruit Beer
Eric Fouch
BRONZE Open Mead
SLIVER Common Cider
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