I'm going to be brewing a 10G batch of my Leviathan IPA for the RFOV on Sunday. Anyone who is free is welcome to come and hang out. My plan is to do two mashes and one big boil.
FYI, I live in Basalt. Post up if you'd like to come by and I'll give you my info.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
GABFTix For Sale
I have a pair of tickets for Thursday night but I probably won't use them. Face value is $50, I'll sell them for that...maybe less.
Great American Beer Festival...Who's going? And when?
I'm going to Saturday night and also have tickets for Thursday, but I probably won't go on Thurs.
If you're headed to the GABF post up and let us know when you'll be there!
If you're headed to the GABF post up and let us know when you'll be there!
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
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
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!
Friday, June 20, 2008
Congrats HAMS!
Letter to the editor from Aspen Times about the Beer and Chili Fest!
Dear Editor:
Snowmass Chili Pepper & Brew Fest, June 6-8, was a true success and couldn’t have been such a fun, entertaining and incredible weekend for all without everyone’s dedication, hard work and support. As a signature summer kickoff event, it was so great to see friends, families, locals and out-of-towners enjoy the frothy brews, delicious chili and amazing music on Fanny Hill!
We have so many individuals and groups we would like to give a huge thanks to: Aspen Skiing Co., for all their hard work on the site setup; the talented Alchemy sound crew; the extremely organized ticketing ladies, Anna B. & crew; Luis Mendoza’s entire bar and cleanup crew; Jacqie Stewart; the town of Snowmass Village (TOSV) police and fire department; TOSV planning and public works department; all our local ticket outlets; our extremely talented and devoted marketing company, Promotional Concepts; the entire Mountain Groove Productions, Inc., staff, who worked in all conditions with smiling faces to produce a remarkable event; and the many volunteers who donated their time and efforts. Of course, those volunteers that went above and beyond their duties, we can’t thank you enough!
We have such an enthusiastic and talented town of Snowmass Village marketing and special events team; we would like to thank everyone involved for making this festival such an amazing weekend.
To all the local cooks and homebrewers who participated on Sunday, June 8, it was true dedication when the snow started falling and everyone continued cooking, with smiles on their faces while serving delicious chili and homebrews! A special thanks to the Roaring Fork HAMS Homebrewers Club for gathering your homebrew enthusiasts and your excellent display of homebrews … very impressive.
The Fifth Annual Snowmass Chili Pepper & Brew Festival was a success because of each and every one of you! Thanks again for your efforts and contribution of time. Our biggest heartfelt thank you to everyone who attended the weekend; we loved seeing you embrace the music, chili and brews in our gorgeous Rocky Mountain town!
Cheers until next year!
Mountain Groove Productions, Inc.
Snowmass Village marketing and special events
Dear Editor:
Snowmass Chili Pepper & Brew Fest, June 6-8, was a true success and couldn’t have been such a fun, entertaining and incredible weekend for all without everyone’s dedication, hard work and support. As a signature summer kickoff event, it was so great to see friends, families, locals and out-of-towners enjoy the frothy brews, delicious chili and amazing music on Fanny Hill!
We have so many individuals and groups we would like to give a huge thanks to: Aspen Skiing Co., for all their hard work on the site setup; the talented Alchemy sound crew; the extremely organized ticketing ladies, Anna B. & crew; Luis Mendoza’s entire bar and cleanup crew; Jacqie Stewart; the town of Snowmass Village (TOSV) police and fire department; TOSV planning and public works department; all our local ticket outlets; our extremely talented and devoted marketing company, Promotional Concepts; the entire Mountain Groove Productions, Inc., staff, who worked in all conditions with smiling faces to produce a remarkable event; and the many volunteers who donated their time and efforts. Of course, those volunteers that went above and beyond their duties, we can’t thank you enough!
We have such an enthusiastic and talented town of Snowmass Village marketing and special events team; we would like to thank everyone involved for making this festival such an amazing weekend.
To all the local cooks and homebrewers who participated on Sunday, June 8, it was true dedication when the snow started falling and everyone continued cooking, with smiles on their faces while serving delicious chili and homebrews! A special thanks to the Roaring Fork HAMS Homebrewers Club for gathering your homebrew enthusiasts and your excellent display of homebrews … very impressive.
The Fifth Annual Snowmass Chili Pepper & Brew Festival was a success because of each and every one of you! Thanks again for your efforts and contribution of time. Our biggest heartfelt thank you to everyone who attended the weekend; we loved seeing you embrace the music, chili and brews in our gorgeous Rocky Mountain town!
Cheers until next year!
Mountain Groove Productions, Inc.
Snowmass Village marketing and special events
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Big Beer Weekend!
All, The snowmass Chili Pepper and Brew Fest is upon us. I'll be there both Friday and Saturday evenings, as well as Sunday afternoon of course. I heop to see lots of you there. If the weather holds out it'll be a nice time. There's gonna be some great beer and music, oh yeah, there will be chili too. :)
Monday night is the regularly scheduled meeting at Glenwood Canyon Brewing, 7PM. If you can't make Snowmass, or even if you can make Snowmass, get over to the meeting on Monday. There's always lots of great beer and even better people to talk to. I'll be there as well, and I'll try to save myself for trying even more beer.
Monday night is the regularly scheduled meeting at Glenwood Canyon Brewing, 7PM. If you can't make Snowmass, or even if you can make Snowmass, get over to the meeting on Monday. There's always lots of great beer and even better people to talk to. I'll be there as well, and I'll try to save myself for trying even more beer.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Weekend of Brewing
Hi Everyone,
I will be brewing Saturday and Sunday this weekend to get ready for the Snowmass Beer and Chili Fest. I'll be starting about noon each day. Swing by 939 Wheel Circle in Bonedale and say "Hi" and help clean carboys. (Just kidding)
I have 3 beers on tap at the moment - some leftover DIPA, a nice easy-drinking Amber, and the monster "Darth Cheney's Imperial Stout" which clocks in at about 14.5% and pushed with nitrogen.
Jeffe
UPDATE: Brewing went well - kinda. Did 5 gallons of Quick and Easy Lemon Wheat on Saturday. Had some issues with volumes again, but think it'll turn out OK. I was hurting a bit on Sunday but was able to get 10 gallons of APA out. Used Summit and Amarillo - yummy!
I'm regestering for the Beer and Chili fest today.
I will be brewing Saturday and Sunday this weekend to get ready for the Snowmass Beer and Chili Fest. I'll be starting about noon each day. Swing by 939 Wheel Circle in Bonedale and say "Hi" and help clean carboys. (Just kidding)
I have 3 beers on tap at the moment - some leftover DIPA, a nice easy-drinking Amber, and the monster "Darth Cheney's Imperial Stout" which clocks in at about 14.5% and pushed with nitrogen.
Jeffe
UPDATE: Brewing went well - kinda. Did 5 gallons of Quick and Easy Lemon Wheat on Saturday. Had some issues with volumes again, but think it'll turn out OK. I was hurting a bit on Sunday but was able to get 10 gallons of APA out. Used Summit and Amarillo - yummy!
I'm regestering for the Beer and Chili fest today.
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