September 2019

START TIME: 7:35
END TIME: 8:45
HEADCOUNT: 33
GUESTS IN ATTENDANCE: Ryan, Kara

PREVIOUS EVENTS
– Summer Bottle Share at Duffy’s was Saturday, August 24th! 119 bottles opened; next bottle share will be February 15th, 2020

UPCOMING EVENTS
– Beer judge training: Sunday September 15th afternoon @ LA Homebrew: 1pm 2+ beers
– Brew at The Zoo Friday, October 4th; sign up now!
– Redstick Oktoberfest is Sunday, October 13th at 2pm at Charlies; food covered but bring deserts; beers donated but anyone else brewing will be reimbursed for the ingredient price
– Learn to Homebrew Day Saturday November 2nd @ LA Homebrew
– Cap City Beerfest Sunday, November 3rd at Lafayette Park
– Redstick Brewmasters gumbo cookoff Saturday, December 7th

CRAFT BEER NEWS
– Tin Roof: Hiring full-time brewer/cellar person as well as a packaging assistant. Auston Beer Garden collaboration being released @ Austin tomorrow – IBA 4% cream ale with pils, corn, and Mandarina Bavaria hops. DDH Voodoo @ brewery next weekend; extra hops are Amarillo and Mosaic in addition to Citra and Simcoe.
– Parish: 4XDH Envie bottles @ end of month; canning line getting installed this month; 16oz cans of Attacus Atlas to be distributed, plus a couple special brewery releases in cans

HOMEBREW COMPETITIONS
Click here for details on the Bayou State Circuit
– Good Time Brewers Classic on September 14th
– Roberts Cove Germanfest on October 16th
– Tour De Brew competition on the 21st

TECHNICAL TIDBIT
Bruce: Bottle conditioning beers

MONTHLY STYLE   26B – Belgian Dubbel

Commercial Examples:
Bières de Chimay – Chimay Red
Abbaye Notre-Dame de Saint-Rémy – Trappistes Rochefort 6 Homebrew Examples:
(1) Keith P.
(2) Joe
(3) Charlie