START TIME: 7:35
END TIME: 9:05
HEADCOUNT: 37
GUESTS IN ATTENDANCE: Pat, Greg, Doris, David, Jake, Austin, Brandon, Patrick,, Bobby from Southern Craft Brewing
PREVIOUS EVENTS
– Winter Bottle Share at The Duffy’s on Saturday, February 23rd; Total unique beers – 104
UPCOMING EVENTS
– Club Brew at Bruce’s on March 10th
– Loiuisiana Highland Games & Celtic Festival at the Lamar Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales on Saturday and Sunday, March 30-31; 10 beers committed
– Zapp’s International Beer Fest at the LSU Rural Life Museum on Saturday, March 30th; 22 beers committed
– RSB Crawfish Boil and Brew Off on Sunday, April 28th; Brew Off styles are: 21A – American IPA (first-time entrants only) and 21B – Specialty IPA (open); First-time entrant prize (10G Spike Brewing Pot OR and 10G Cooler Mash Tun OR a Blichmann HellFire burner; working on a RSB Brew Off Trophy Mash Paddle to hang at George’s with the winner’s names to be added each year
– BJCP training to enter second phase; will pick a Sunday to score some beers together and discuss shoresheets
– Oktoberfest trip has about 20 people interested/committed
CRAFT BEER NEWS
– Tin Roof: Magic Marshmallows is out for distribution; WeldWerks collaboration beer to be released in late March
– Southern Craft: Dry Irish Stout available for St. Patrick’s Day; Protagonist IPA probably coming out at Zapp’s
HOMEBREW COMPETITIONS
RSB currently has 24 points! Keep submitting those beers!
Click here for details on the Bayou State Circuit
– David vs Goliath Brewoff on June 22nd
– Clash of the Carboys on August 3rd
– Good Time Brewers Classic on September 14th
– Roberts Cove Germanfest on October 5th
– Tour De Brew in the Fall
– Brasseurs Royale in late Fall
TECHNICAL TIDBIT
Controlling Fermentation Temps – Bryan
MONTHLY STYLE 15A – Irish Red Ale
Commercial Examples:
Smithwick’s – Irish Red Ale
Nebraska Brewing Company – Farrell’s Irish Red
Homebrew Examples:
(1) Jordan
(2) Bruce
(3)
(4) David
(5) Bryan
(6) Todd
(7) Charlie
(8) Pat
(9) Joe
