DC Homebrewers

Dear Brewers,

The bad news is that Oktoberfest is over [sigh]. The good news is October’s DC Homebrewers Club meeting is just around the corner [insert applause].

Our host this month is The District Chophouse & Brewery, and their head brewer, Barrett Lauer. They are located in Chinatown, 509 7^th St N.W. in between the Crime and Punishment museum and Iron Horse Taproom. Check out Barrett’s bio here: http://districtchophouse.com/view/our-story/index.html. You can also find him on twitter @ChopHouseBrew.

THE DETAILS:

The meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 7pm. Barrett will be on hand to give tours of the brewery, and we’ll have the upstairs loft to ourselves to share our homebrew (bring homebrew if you can, if you don’t have any to share, don’t let that stop you!)

NOTE: Because we are meeting at a restaurant, please do not bring commercial beers or food to the Chophouse. They have great beers on tap as well as food available for purchase at the bar. Thanks!

Hope to see you all there. We had a number of new faces last month at Martin’s, so if you’ve been on the fence about coming to a meeting, this is a great opportunity to check us out.

OTHER NEWS:

Mark your calendars for Saturday November 3, 2012 for National “Learn to Homebrew Day” which we will be hosting at 3 Stars Brewing Co. & Homebrew Store at 10am. We’ll brew an all grain beer and an extract beer from start to finish with plenty of step-by-step detail. Interested? More details are coming soon.

Also, DCHB will hold it’s annual organizational meeting early this year (later this month or early November). If you’ve wanted to get more involved with the club’s events and intricate workings, keep your ears open, date to be announced shortly…

Cheers,

Joshua Hubner

@DCHomebrewers

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Dear Brewers,

This is a reminder that this month’s meeting is Thursday the 27th at 7pm (see below for the details).

If you have not yet picked up your pre-ordered DCHB t-shirts, I’ll bring them to the meeting. We’ll have a few extras for sale too, $15/per, men’s and women’s sizes available.

Call for Volunteers: Meridian Pint is hosting it’s Oktoberfest block party on Saturday, October 6, and they’re looking for volunteers to help pour beer from 12-6pm. DCHB is also going to have a booth at the shindig to get the word out about the club and homebrewing. Please let me know asap at joshua *punto* hub ner at gmail *punto* com if you can help out. Thanks!

Now, on to the good stuff…

Oktoberfest is upon us yet again, so get ready for beers and lederhosen, because September is lager month!  Martin and Kristen will host this September meeting in honor of Germany’s Oktoberfest with some homemade hirschentewurst (deer & duck sausage), some German beer, roasted chicken, sauerkraut, and shennanagins! There may also be hot, hot pretzels…

The meeting is scheduled for Thursday, September 27, 2012, at 7:00PM. Martin & Kristen live in Arlington just off the Orange line, two blocks from the Ballston Metro stop.

****YOU MUST BE A REGISTERED MEMBER OF DCHB TO RECEIVE MEETING DETAILS – WE DO NOT PUBLISH PERSONAL INFORMATION ON THE WEB. BECOMING A MEMBER IS FREE, JUST FOLLOW THE PROMPTS IN THE BOX ON THE UPPER RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN.****

Remember to bring some homebrew to share (lagers and German style beers if you can), if you can’t, bring some craft beer, or maybe a snack – Contact Raine at raine 196 7 @ com cast. n et to coordinate food-stuffs.

Prost!

Joshua Hubner

Dear Brewers,

Just a friendly reminder about this Thursday’s meeting, with some more details and tidbits.

Back in May we learned that D.C. was getting it’s very own homebrew shop, courtesy of the good folks at 3 Stars Brewing Co., Dave Coleman and Mike McGarvey. Since then, they’ve crossed all the t’s and dotted all the i’s, and have fired up their brew kettles, making them the third production brewery to open in D.C. in the past 15 months. Check them out at www.3StarsBrewing.com

Dave and Mike have invited you all to share in the excitement by volunteering to host this month’s DCHB meeting at their brewery in Takoma!

The meeting will be held on Thursday July, 19, 2012 at 7pm.

3 Stars Brewing Co. & Homebrew Shop is located at 6400 Chillum Pl. NW, Washington, D.C. The closest Metro station is Takoma Park on the Red Line.

*From the Metro, exit towards Cedar St. NW, then turn right (walking underneath the Metro tracks). This will take you to the intersection of Cedar, Blair and 4^th St. Turn left to walk south on Blair Rd. NW. Follow Blair Rd. south until you intersect with Kansas Ave. NW (approximately 7 minutes). Turn left on Kansas and then make your first left onto Chillum Pl. NW. 3 Stars is a 3 minute walk up Chillum Pl. on the left side.

*DONT FORGET TO BRING YOUR BOTTLES OF HOMEBREWED PORTER FOR THE COMPETITION

*If you are not competing, just bring whatever homebrew you can spare, some snack to go with the BBQ, or some craft beer to share. Of course, you are not required to bring anything, just a desire to enjoy and share in the spirit of homebrew!

*There is street parking near the brewery, but it is limited. Look for this: http://twitpic.com/9×5e1x

We’ll have an opportunity to check out their operation first hand, and the homebrew shop will be open for all those last minute purchases for weekend brewing.

*Dave and Mike will extend a 10% discount on all purchases made at the store (they are open starting at 4pm).

All the other meeting details are the same, with a Porter demonstration and brief lecture at 7:15pm followed by introduction and enjoyment of everyone’s home brewed beers. For more details about meetings, check out:http://www.dchomebrewers.com/?page_id=2

*Bonus: Logan from Smoke & Barrel will be manning the grills out front and will have tasty grilled meats for purchase! http://smokeandbarreldc.com/

*We’ll also have announcements about the Pig Roast (8-4-12), the Oliver Ale’s upcoming homebrew competition (http://www.prattstreetalehouse.com/2012/06/the-fall-homebrew-competition/), the DC “State” Fair Competition, and more!

This should be a great meeting, many thanks to Dave and Mike for their hospitality!

Cheers,

Joshua Hubner, el presidente

Dear Brewers,

The next DC Homebrewers Club meeting will be Wednesday June 20^th at 7pm. Our host this month is Rafi B., who lives in Bethesda, MD (check your email or sign up for address details).

BEER:  For those new to our meetings: attendees bring homebrew to share, and we socialize and discuss all things brewing and beer. If you don’t have any homebrew to bring, or are new to brewing, no worries, please come and see what we are about!

 FOOD: We appreciate homemade food as much as homebrewed beers.  If you’d like to bring some food instead of beer, please get in touch with Raine to coordinate (raine1967 at comcast.net).

STYLE TASTING: If you can’t bring homebrew or food, consider bringing some craft beer in the HEFEWEIZEN style. At 7:15pm Sam W. will lead a brief discussion about hefeweizen beers, as well as a tasting with several traditional examples he’ll provide. Prost!

EDUCATIONAL EVENT: Josh P. & Co. will be hosting another All Grain tutorial at Smith Commons on Saturday, June 23 from 1-7pm. He’ll be holding court and brewing a basic IPA, and the saison from the last Smith Commons demo will be available on tap for sampling! There will also be food specials and some rare beers available at the bar. See you there.

 ALSO: The July meeting will return DCHB to the District, and will be an all out bonanza – Saturday meeting complete with pig roast…details to come soon.

Cheers!

 Joshua Hubner 

@DCHomebrewers

www.DCHomebrewers.com

www.facebook.com/groups/DCHomebrewers