Homebrewers Ball 2008

In partnership with Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers, the HAMS put on a great display of 15 disctinct, delicious beers this year, while RFOV filled table after table with incredible appetizers and desserts. Brewers designed beer labels for each of their creations, which we hung on the wall behind the taps, and on the taps themselves. One taste of any beer told you these homebrewers aren't fooling around. Serious beer you can't buy anywhere, times fifteen!
David Hamilton and the RFOV team of volunteers manned the entry positions, the food tables and some displays of the fine work they've been doing for 14 years, repairing, maintaining, and building many miles of trails we all love to hike or ride on. They served platters of shrimp, meat balls, desserts, and even Eileen Wysocki's famous "Nut Balls"!
For all of you who attended, our hearty thanks for your continued enthusiasm and support. We hope to see you all at our 2009 event, to be announced.

Brewing this weekend

Hi y'all,

I'll be brewing this Saturday starting at noon or so. 10 gallons all-grain SNPA clone more than likely. Swing by if you like to say "hi" and help drink some of the leftovers from last weekend!
939 Wheel Circle in Carbond-ALE. Call me if you need directions - 379-9864.

Jeff

Showtime - Homebrewers Ball, Saturday Nov. 8

BREWERS!
Here’s the Drill for next Saturday (on the blog also):
4:00 pm – the Gym is ours until midnight. RFOV is supplying our tables. We move in with our taps station, two jockey boxes and Tom’s “Chaz-mobile” 4-tap station. That makes 15 taps.
Wes is coordinating CO2 tanks, manifolds. He still needs stuff, if anyone has parts to lend;
We need 3 – 4 more feed buckets or plastic trash cans for kegs on ice, and two “shallow basins” for bottled homebrew on ice.
Wes and I estimated we would need 20 twenty-pound bags of ice. RFOV will supply ice.
We need three 5-gallon Gatorade coolers for water, one per table. MT will supply two of them, anyone have a third?
We need 3 – 5-gallon buckets, one “spittoon” per table.
Ken Jones will supply six water pitchers for rinsing glasses, two per table, and bring sampling glasses (5 boxes) from the Brew Pub (these go to the guest sign-in tables).
Everyone’s keg(s) should arrive at 4:00 pm, chilled and charged. Wes and Jeremy are in charge of hooking up the kegs, they’ll coordinate help from fellow brewers.
MT will print poster-size beer labels to tape on the wall above the taps, as well as labels for shirts and for tap handles. Will need 3 helpers and a ladder (check with Eric @ Rec Center) to put up all the labels.

7:30 pm SHARP – doors open, taps ready, homebrewers help keep order around the taps, clean up spills, keep water pitchers filled, help people sign in and display “Guest Beer Labels”, manage voting by guests for “best label” and “best homebrew”, and help keep party rolling smoothly ;
9:30 pm – Announce voting closes at 10:00, introduce RFOV (if they want to announce anything);
10:00 pm – tally votes;
10:15 pm – Thanks you’s, Announce label contest winner, best homebrew winner, thank everyone for coming, announce buses;
10:30 pm – Close doors, begin cleanup (sorry we can’t come back the next day!)
12:00 – finished.
Questions? Suggestions?
MT