2nd Annual HOMEBREWERS BALL

Homebrewers Ball 2008 - Brewing Schedule

This year's Homebrewers Ball will be in support of Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers (RFOV), and will be held on Saturday, November 8, at the Carbondale Rec Center, adjacent to Town Hall. We are expecting to raise 300 donating guests for the event. In addition, there will be 24 - 30 HAMS staff (brewers and spouses) and 20 RFOV volunteer cooks, who will be listed as "comp" (donated in advance). Suggested donations for all other guests will be $30.
Beer glasses will be printed with HAMS logo on one side and RFOV logo on the other. For beer ingredients, please scan and email to MThompson@sopris.net your receipts for ingredients, and we will reimburse you from the proceeds after the Ball. For everyone who is brewing all-grain, let us combine our lists of grains needed, and perhaps buy them all at once through the Glenwood Canyon BrewPub. Anyone volunteer to coordinate this?
Our beers need to be ready to drink by early November, so everyone should have their beer under primary fermentation by early October. Here are the styles and brewers we have so far:

Oktoberfest Lager . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 gallons . . . . . . . . . . . . Wes
Scottish Ale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 gallons . . . . . . . . . . . . Wes
Rye Ale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 gallons . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeremy
Stout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 gallons . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeremy
Root Beer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 gallons . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeremy
IPA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 gallons . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul T
Saison Ale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 gallons . . . . . . . . . . . . MT
Belgian Dubbel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 gallons . . . . . . . . . . . . Tom S
California Common . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 gallons . . . . . . . . . . . . Les & Nancy
California Hoppy Red . . . . . . . . . . . 5 gallons . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike W
Bitter E.S.B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 gallons . . . . . . . . . . . . Cody
Fruit Beer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 gallons . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul S
Wheat Beer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 gallons . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul H
Alt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 gallons . . . . . . . . . . . . Landon
Munich Dunkel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 gallons . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff D
American Weizen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 gallons . . . . . . . . . . . Justin B


One final note, we will need to sign up one brewer to make a batch of beer to be bottled and dressed in the winning label from the guest label contest, after the party. See THIS POST, which will explain it all . . . . . . . . . . MT

Guest Label Contest 2007

Okay, here are the entries (not all of them - unfortunately, a few artists took their labels home before we got photos) from the Guest Label Contest at the 2007 Homebrewers Ball. As you can see in the post before this one, our contest is for real, and the winner receives a case (24 - 12-oz. bottles) of a homebrewed beer, dressed in their winning label.
Enjoy, and let this be inspiration for the 2008 contest!

Guest Label Contest Winners - Homebrewers Ball 2007

Brent and Jen Moss were the 2007 Homebrewers Ball "Guest Label Contest" winners for their "Yumpi Ale" label.
MT brewed and bottled a batch of "E.S.B.", dressed the bottles in their beautiful artwork, and delivered to the Moss family a case. Here they are (Brent taking the photo) celebrating their winnings, along with some of their pals. That's Jeff Dahl, fellow brewer, in the background.
For the 2008 Homebrewers Ball, we'll need a Brewer to step forward as volunteer to brew for this year's winners, whoever they may be!
Thanks, Brent and Jen, and everyone who created labels for last year's contest, all of whom will no doubt try again.
Cheers!
MT

Have a look at our SLIDE-SHOW from the 2007 Homebrewers Ball!