August 2004
The Official Newsletter of the Cloudy Town Brewers
July 2004
http://www.cloudytownbrewers.org
Next Meeting
Wednesday July 4 2004
7:00 P.M. at
Granite City Food & Brewery
From the Prez
Hello Home brewers
I don't know about you but I can't believe
July has already come and gone. I just got
back from a week at Sullivan's resort on
North Long Lake to find that I am behind on
the Clarifier. So here goes with what I have. I
was in Baker's Craft & Hobby the other day
and met Ray Scott. I offered to do a brewing
class there in the fall. He was very receptive
to the idea. We would basically do it the same
way the wine classes are when they are held
there. It is more of a brewing discussion and
talk of how it is done, there is no actual
brewing done at the class. I will check my
work schedule and set a date probably on a
Saturday. I also said I would like to get
together with Ray and go over his inventory
to let him know what I would like to see
stocked and let him know what he will have a
hard time selling. Ray told me he is not
familiar with brewing and only purchases
what his suppliers suggest. It seems to me
they try to unload some slow moving products
on him. I realize that baker's will never be a
Northern Brewer or Midwest Brewing
Supplies type of store but what I would like to
see is a little more user-friendly homebrew
supplier with a least the "basics".
I was contacted by Community Education
recently about the fall sessions. I told them
because we had a better turn out in the winter
session then the fall session. That we would
pass on the fall session and would still do
winter session. With Baker's class in the fall
and the Winter Community Ed. we will be
promoting home brewing and Cloudy Town
Brewers in the St. Cloud area.
"Without question, the greatest invention in the
history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that
the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel
does not go nearly as well with pizza."
--Dave Barry."
July Minutes
Thanks to Granite City for hosting July’s
Meeting.
The Benton County fair is coming up and
once again is having a homebrew
competition.
The Minnesota Home brewers are looking at
the possibility of judging a regional section for
the first round of Nationals. It would however
conflict with some their existing events and
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they are looking at rearrange event
schedules.
.
Inter-club Campout
Its over… We lost…. (Did anyone attend or
enter anything this year???)
Competitions
For a complete list of competitions
visit the Events & Calendar on the AHA’s web
site at
http://www.beertown.org/homebrewing/events
.html.
“People who drink light 'beer' don't like the taste of
beer; they just like to pee a lot."
--Capital Brewery, Middleton, WI
Club Only
Competitions
AUGUST 2004 – Wheat Beer
Hosted by Drew Beechum and the
Maltose Falcons of Woodland Hills, CA.
Category 17 Wheat Beer
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2004 Smoked Beer
Hosted by Jay Adams and the Mountain
Ale & Lager Tasters of Ashville, NC.
Category 23 Smoke-Flavored Beer
November/December 2004 IPA
Entries due November 5, 2004.Judging will
be held November 13, 2004.
Shipping Address:
The Weekend Brewer
4205 West Hundred Road
Chester, VA 23831
January 2005
Irish Red Ale
Entries due Jan 26th 2005. Judging will be
held Jan 30th 2005.
Shipping Address:
AHA COC
C/o Eric Ware
2331 N. Thornwood
Davenport, IA 52804
Hosted by Eric Ware and MUGZ of
Davenport, IA.
Category 9D* Irish Red Ale
For more information, contact Eric Ware at
eware@mugz.org
March/April 2005
Sour Beers
Hosted by Phil Clarke and the New York City
Homebrewers Guild of New York, NY.
Category 17* Sour Beers
May 2005
Extract Beers
Hosted by Susan Smith and the Hogtown
Brewers of Gainesville, FL.
All BJCP beer styles (Categories 1-23)*.
Extract must make up more than 50% of
fermentables
New Style Guidelines
See new 2004 BJCP Style Guidelines at
www.bjcp.org.
Tommy Z Generosity
Award
Tommy Z Generosity Award
Congratulations to Tim Frakes for the
winning the nightly people’s choice award
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with his experimental beer (Goulash). Here
are the point totals through July.
“You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without
Jeff Saranpaa
Larry Nusbaum
Darin Dorholt
Tim Frakes
Bob Hilsgen
Jerry Dusich
Craig Egerman
Bruce LeBlanc
7 Points
3 Points
2 Points
2 Points
2 Points
1 Point
1 Point
1 Point
“A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even
have the decency to thank her."
--W.C. Fields
Cloudy Town Brewers
Mugs & Shirts
The Cloudy Town Brewer mugs are now
available. The mug has wider base in a gray
color with the club logo stamped in brown and
green hop ring decal. They are available to
club members for $10 and non-members for
$12. Please contact Tom Zupanc if
interested.
We have cream-colored T-shirts that are
screen printed with the club logo. They are
$12 for a club member and $15 for a nonmember.
CTB Embroidery
holding on."
--Dean Martin
Ask Bruce
This is a section in the newsletter devoted to
you the Cloudytown homebrew club member
to write in and ask our President (Bruce)
questions you may have about brewing or life
in general.
This month’s letter comes from club member
Mr. Richard Fader of New Munich and his
question is: “Have you ever heard of a
koozie being made for a 40 oz bottle?”
Bruce Says: First off, I want to congratulate
you for being the first person in existence to
use the words “koozie” and “40 oz bottle” in
the same sentence! Hey, do you really want
to know why rappers dump some of the malt
liquor out for their homeys? It’s because they
know they can’t finish a whole 40oz bottle
before it gets warm, so they had to come up
with something roughneck so they wouldn’t
look like sissies in front of their crew. Anyway,
our good beer hearts felt you deserved a
proper search and answer from us. A quick
search on the ‘net yield a most odd find, I
actually pulled up a 40oz koozie dealer who
can help keep your heavenly 40oz cold for
only $14. They even come in red, blue or
black and a strap handle. Check this:
http://elseware.to/products/koozie.htm
-Stolen from somewhere. but I’m not gonna
tell….
Submitted By Tim Fuerstenberg
For anyone interest in getting our new/current
Cloudy Town Brewer's logo embroidered onto
their favorite garment, shirt, sweater or jacket
(sorry they can't do hats), please bring your
item(s) to our next meeting. The cost of the
logo is $10 per item. If you need more
information, please contact Tim
Fuerstenberg.
“24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case.
Coincidence? I think not."
--Stephen Wright
You know you're a
homebrewer if . . .
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If you own a stockpot big enough to bathe in.
If you have moved clothes out of your closet
to make room for more fermenters.
If your child's science project is on
fermentation.
If you've ever got up to check an airlock in
the middle of the night.
If you have more refridgerators for beer than
you do for food.
If you plan your family vacations by which
breweries you can visit.
If you have more airlocks than the
international space station.
If you've tasted the finest commercial beer
and said, "I can do better."
If you have more kegs than your average
1fraternity.
See you all at the
meeting! Bring a
friend they’ll thank you
for it. (Bruce will buy you a beer, take
your kids to the fair, buy them cotton candy,
chili dogs, pizza, soda, burritos, pizza,
cheese curds, let them ride the tilt-a-whirl,
and clean up after them.)
"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk.
That will teach you to keep your mouth shut."
--Ernest Hemmingway
Tid bits
No German Beer At World Cup 2006 Munich,
home of Oktoberfest, probably has a closer
association with beer than any city in the
world. So, Germans have been incredulous to
learn that, when the opening game of the
next World Cup is played in Munich in two
years from now, thirsty fans will be
drinking...Budweiser. No German beer will
be served during the 2006 soccer World Cup,
which runs from June 9 to July 9, 2006, in a
dozen cities in Germany. Instead, FIFA, the
world soccer governing body, has signed an
exclusive sponsoring deal with AnheuserBusch worth a reported $47 million. Only
Budweiser will be allowed to sell beer in or
around World Cup stadiums. FIFA's
explanation that Germany doesn't have a
single, representative national brand isn't
mollifying German beer lovers, who snarling
that they wouldn't use Bud to wash their cars.
The leader of the Bavarian Social Democratic
Party has dismissed Bud as the "world's
worst beer".
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