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7.17.06
S.B.S. Summer Picnic at Andy's House! -Wednesday, August 9, 2006-
For the August meeting we will be meeting at my house for a cook-out and meeting.
WHAT TO BRING-
The wife?, kids and or babys are welcome. I have one of each and they will be there so if you think your family would like to see the life you lead on the second Wednesdays of each month then please feel free to invite them. A dish to pass and your own grillables, if you feel like grilling. Also bring beer! Homemade or bought you can't have to much
WHEN-
Lets start earlier, say 6:00 - 9:00 or when ever you make it.
WHERE-
1300 Chapin St
Beloit WI
MAP
...........Andy
7.8.06
www.samueladams.com
Check out the Long shot Contest and the "How To Homebrew" movie. We may want these on the SBS website. (confirm age and click on Promotions for "Longshot" and Downloads for movie)..........Dave
7.1.06
How to open a bottle of beer the Scandinavian way
Thomas Madsen-Mygdal shows us how in downtown Helsinki - introduced by Arwen O'Reilly. Filmed on a Nokia N93. ..........Andy
6.27.06
June meeting log
Attendees:
Andy Friedl, Mike Lovejoy, Dave Burdick, Bruce Cawkins, Steve Potter, Ryan Cooper, Rebecca Goldberg, Chris Karstaedt, Chuck Nolen
Brews served:
Same Old Tired Brown Ale He Brings Every Month - Andy Friedl (note: Ryan must have been drunk, I brought nothing.)
American Rye - Dave Burdick ( OMG! Dave Made Beer!!!! )
American Brown Ale - Ryan Cooper
Cream Ale - Dave Burdick ( OMG! Two times!!! )
American Amber Ale - Ryan Cooper
Notes and Quotes:
- It is noted that Chuck was late and broughht no beers. Demerits to be issued later.
- "Please get back to us as soon as possiblee, preferably before the bar closes." from Rebecca to the Bishop's finger crew
- The freshmaker redux....www.eepybird.com/dcml.html --awesome!
Joke of the Month:
In Texas, what do a tornado and a divorce have in common?
- Either way, someone's gonna lose a trailerr! ..........Ryan
The next meeting date will now stay current without my help!
Boring stuff that only web geeks would like but the "next meeting" date will now update automaticly thanks to some javascript help from James Gatka. No more yelling at me for that at least. ..........andy
6.19.06
Cheap 2 & 3 Liter Kegs
Bill writes "After kegging for several months I got tired of not having a way to quickly carry a small about of beer to friend's or family gatherings. I looked at several commercially available products and none of them met all my requirements so I built my own." Thanks Pekar! ..........andy
6.14.06
May meeting log
Attendees:
Andy Friedl, Bill Freiburger, Chuck Nolen, Dave Knutson, Ryan Cooper, Rebecca (Ryan thinks its funny to use Becca), Steve Potter and Mike Lovejoy. With special guest - Dave “ Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated” Burdick.
Beers Served:
Blonde Ale spiced with Coriander – Chuck Nolen
Brown Ale – Chuck Nolen
English Bitter – Chuck Nolen
German Pilsner – Chuck Nolen
American Amber Ale – Ryan Cooper
Brown Ale – Mike Lovejoy
Rye Cream Ale – Chuck Nolen
Anchor Steam Xmas Ale 2002 – Ryan Cooper
Notables and Quotables:
“Holy Shit” – Bill Freiburger upon witnessing the arrival of the “Ball of Death”
New style proposed – “Prison Pils”
“Don’t bogart my beer round Chuck!” – Ryan Cooper
“I’m not going to lick it again.” – anon.
“Lights out bitches!”
“Just remember, we’re paying a dollar for the thrill and 50 cents for the beer” – Mike Lovejoy
Luck o’ the Irish Beer – Black Label (courtesy of Mike)
See you next month!
Notes taken by Ryan C. edited some by Andy.... Sorry Ryan ..........Ryan
5.06.06
Slow to update
If you don't get an email reminder, assume there is going to be a meeting. Ill contact everyone if I can't make it or it has been canceled. Yes it has been hard to get computer time. Ill try to update more often. ..........andy
2.26.06
It's a girl!
Just letting everyone know we had a girl. Name: Anna Joy Friedl. 11:59 Wednesday February 22nd. Everything went really good. Mom is doing really well and Anna is completely healthy. If you drive by our house you can see the sign I put up. Creative use of post-it-notes..... ..........andy
2.17.06
February meeting log
There were a few absent and no new guests to use the new member "BALL OF DEATH" We also had a nice snack surprise. We were offered a sample of some new variety of Kettle brand chips. We even voted on our favorites. The authors choice whould be Dirty Martini and the Spicy Mary. Thanks Alan! ..........andy
2.13.06
Brew Fest 06 -=REVIEW=-
Huge success again! 15 or 16 home brews and plenty of sample takers. We have to thank Tom from Sud's for getting us what ever we wanted. It was first class. Fun was had by all.
andy12.09.05
A Skunk Walks into a Bar . . .
The cover story of this week's issue of Science News is about the chemistry behind beer flavor. It's kind of a heavy read but good for new brewers or as a refresher. »read« Do I need a read button or do you know to just click the words? andy
12.05.05
Congratulations Ryan!
The Stateline Brewing Society's newest member is born! As quoted from Ryan "Our baby was born on November 21st. We named him Benjamin Mitchell Cooper. Mom and baby are both doing well." andy
11.20.05
November Meeting Log - unofficial
Voted the Best S.B.S. Meeting ever! We had quite the full house. Many, many beers to sample. Ryan kept notes but he may be a bit busy for a while. We also moved forward on the NEW MEMBER MUG. I also remember a shot gun contest that soaked the table. I do believe I KILLED all of you light weights! andy
11.18.05
THE BELATED HUBER-FEST REVIEW!!!!
For those that missed it it was your loss. We had the best tour/tours, Chuck and I went on two. In attendance was Bruce and family, Mike, Joe, Chuck and Me"Andy". I kind of thought we'd get more to show up!? We'd like to thank Gary for showing us around and giving us the SPECIAL tour. We also learned the "Capitol Brewery" secret. We are making this a yearly October event so plan for next year. Limburger and Huber! andy
9.02.05
HUBER-FEST!!!!
I booked a 11:00 am tour at HUBER BREWERY Oktober 22nd. The tour costs $2:00 We can figure out gas money at one of our meetings. They can take 10 to 20 people for the tour so email me, spots will be filled on a first come first serve basis. If you feel like you just want the tour or need to bail out early, drive your self (DaveB) Kidding... A stop at Baumgartner's is a must, maybe a limburger sandwich and a Huber for lunch? We'll talk at the next meeting.... andy
8.21.05
Postal Experiments
Here is some info on mailing weird items. We are still looking for a bowling ball and some newbie to send it to .....andy
8.16.05
From the Shadows - Box 5.0 - "Beer!! Science, Art, Technology"
If you have high speed internet check out this great video/"PODCAST" These guy visits Anchor Brewing and after, brew an all-grain batch of beer. Its very cool and shows the basic steps... Highly recommended!!!! .....andy
7.28.05
July Meeting Log
Official Mtg 07/13/05
Those in attendance say "I". I.
Andy, Dave, Chris, Dave, Bruce, Moe, Steve
Where's Ryan - Mr. Scribe man? Chuck?
Beverages sampled:
1. Bruce's Belgian Wit
2. Chris's Weissen
3. Andy's MaPale Ale (Maple)
4. Chris's Sam Adams Utopia @25% alcohol - many, many kudos to Chris for
letting us sample a very extraordinary (and $$$$) beer
5. Dave's [Chuck's] Pale Ale - supposed to be a side-by-side taste
challenge with Chuck testing brewing waters with same recipe.
Oh, here's Ryan..."Kiss my big white confederate a55"
6. Ryan's Coffee American Stout
Sideliners:
Newbie Hazing was discussed
Whatever happened to the bowling ball idea?
Mugs?
New SBS shirt idea - Lederhosen!
Next meeting August 10th ...... Dave
7.23.05
OK The new website is up. Im about 80% happy with it. It needs some tweaking color wise. I also tried to strip it to the basics. Im thinking of getting rid of all the other pages and just have this. No one visited those other pages much. If you want me to put a page back up let me know, not a big deal. Comments? ...... 4ndy
6.24.05
Check out this prison wine. I thought it was funny..... andy
6.1.05
May Meeting Log
Attendees:
Andy Friedl
Chuck Nolen
Dave Knutson
Ryan Cooper
- At our May meeting we saw pictures and were regaled with bold tales of Chuck's recent trip to Europe to drink beer, visit family, and drink beer with family he visited. He also shared with us some of the coaster/tapper marker card thingies he got there. Very Cool. Those will be great in my new bar. And every time he referred to a person he met named Nigel, Andy and I nearly had to giggle in fond remembrance of the outrageously funny TV show from England called "The Young Ones". They were so mean to Nigel, especially that bloody mean bastard, Vivian.
- We also discussed/reviewed the club's recent newspaper appearance. Interesting good cop/bad cop angles, and conspiracy theories. Small inaccuracies, but otherwise well done. We had hoped to attract some new folks, but oh well. I'll try harder next time.
Now, About the Homebrewed Beer...
We sampled:
Barleywine - Chuck Nolen
Smoked Porter - Chuck Nolen
Imperial Stout - Ryan Cooper
Scottish Ale - Ryan Cooper
Russian Imperial Smoked Porter - Chuck/Ryan ( Mmmm...)
We discussed the possible implications of new beer styles and thus were invented:
Imperial Oktoberfest
English Mild Oktoberfest ( or.. Septemberfest ( - Dave Knutson)
We'll see you in June! ... Ryan
5.5.05
How to Brew Beer in a Coffee Pot [ link ] ... 4ndy
5.5.05
Here is the story from the Rockford paper on Thursday May 5th 2005!!! If you have found our webpage from the Rockford paper story and want more info feel free to email us.... -=[Andy]=- -=[Ryan]=- ... 4ndy
3.17.05
February and March Captains Log ... Ry4n
3.8.05
Look at me I'm using the internets!!!! I just finished making the January Captains Log available. I'm just pacing myself ... 4ndy
3.2.05
I'm Back. A bit of neglect on my part. Ill try to do better... 4ndy
12.23.04
December's meeting
Good turnout for December's meeting. We even had a new face we hope we didnt scare off. Thanks for the shot of cough syrup Ryan.. andy
11.21.04
The LIVER SHIRT!!!
New Shirts for the Stateline Brewing Society!!!. andy
11.20.04
Minister of Information! OWNED!!!!
andy
11.12.04
November captains log
November meeting notes for website approval and distribution.
Attendance: Andy, Ryan, Dana (big tipper), Chuck, and the triumphant return of Bruce!!!
Dave B. has received votes of no confidence and has here by relieved of any SBS duties (i.e. scribe.)
Sampled: Andy's Brown Ale/Alt Chuck's Steam Beer Bruce's Super Excellent Dunkelweizen Dana's Vanilla Cream Ale Ryan brought some North Coast Brewing Co. "Old Rasputin" Imperial Stout
Random words and comments: The October 2004 Brewfest was agreed to be much more "funner" than last years. We aspire to make "bitch beers" to convert the public from drinking swill.
Note: Andy and Dana were assigned the task of distributing SBS promo materials to Suds, and the Beloit College.
We will get a status report at the next meeting. andy
11.07.04
Suds O'Hanahan's 2004 Fall Brew Fest!
Suds O'Hanahan's 2004 Fall Brew Fest! Very nice to see a big turn out. Even better than last year. It was also great to see an old friend from the FCB. There were tons of home brews. We definitely over powered the "professionals". It was also awesome to talk to THE professional Fred Gray from Grays brewing in Janesville WI. He's so cool for sharing his knowledge. Also want to thank Tom from suds for including us again. It was fun to taste beers from New Glarus and from Burghoff.. I know I had a hangover. Who wants to buy a brew paddle. It's worth a whole lot more now for some reason ;) More evidence. Camera Photos just blurry enough not to get people in trouble.
andy
11.07.04
Suds O'Hanahan's 2004 Fall Brew Fest INFO
Friday, Oktober 22nd from 5:00 - 9:00pm. ----== NOT A JUDGING COMPETITION! ==---- Just offering samples and talking to the public. Any homebrew is welcome, members and non-members a like. Feel free to bring bottled beer or your kegging setup. Also bring a bucket to hold you keg, ice will be available. If you want to drop off brew to have us serve it let us, or someone who you know is attending, know ahead of time. No problem.
If you would like to attend just to sample. We'll have as many homebrews as we can get and Sud's will be inviting Gray's from Janesville. Other commercial brewers are being invited but no details as of yet. Maybe Huber again! -Thank Dave K. for setting up this event!- andy
7.14.04
July meeting log
Nice turnout for a small club in the summer. Summer meetings? Are we crazy? A new feature this month is the "captains log" a brief written record of the highlights of the meeting.
the Almighty "Imperial Mild" an SBS original!
(maybe similar to an Eisbock or Old Ale but we like Imperial Mild)
Extra No-Hop Aroma Well-balanced Brown color Extra Malty & Nutty Flavors Light to medium body Extra Sweet (mucho dextrine malt?)
OG 1.060-1.070 FG 1.030 IBU 30-40 SRM 15-25
12# Xtra-Light LME English Mild Malt English Brown Malt English Pale Malt a little Dark Malt lots of Dextrine Malt English Hops
"Tree Sap Ale"
Club Event in the spring Tap a Birch or Maple Tree Need 10 gallons of sap for approximately 1 qt of syrup
Porter or Stout "Jack-o-Lantern Fermented Ale" Club Event in the fall Get a huge pumpkin and clean out the guts but save the seeds Toast or smoke the seeds make an ale and ferment it inside the pumpkin Consider: Airlock, fermentation time, style
[Oh Ryan....] Picture Andy with Boobs. Study question.
Malt Powder versus Barley Malt. What's the difference? A pair of banana hammocks. New Member torture initiation rites.
Get a 16 pound bowling ball and mail it to the next new member.
Apparently the US Post Office will mail anything with an address and correct postage. Book title Idea
"The Ale for what Cures Ya"
Thanks for another one Ryan...
Thus endeth our July meeting for 2004. andy
5.19.04
Beloit Art Walk 2004
"The Art of Beer Making," at Suds O'Hanahan's. The Stateline Brewing Society has been invited to share our knowledge of homebrewing and show off our brews this Saturday, May 22nd, at the Beloit Art Walk from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Suds. This is a great opportunity for our club to outreach to the community and share our knowledge and skills about brewing with others (and of course some of our brews).
? We need your assistance in getting this event geared up with your brews. If you're a little gunshy, don't worry. Just drop your brews off at the table and the other club members will dispense to the thirsty and inquisitive patrons. As long as you fermented it, we'll take it!
? We'll start setting up at approximately 10 a.m.
? Please come out and help our club get the message out to others about the joys and fun of brewing. Hope to see you there.
The Stateline Brewing Society
SBS (DaveB,Andy,DaveK,Bruce,Ryan..the regulars) andy
5.13.04
May meeting log FUNness!!!!
Hamm's $2.00 Only one taker... ME!!! I'll take five please.... We also had the sperm-a-CIDER.... kidding... A cider experiment gone right. Dry yeast vs. California Ale yeast Winner? You had to be there. We also had a pitcher of "beer" at the end of the night that we were giving away, compliments of the F.C.B. Cough cough.. snicker. As a closing I offer these words.... Butt tuba, Bung sniper and Mouth Punch! andy
4.17.04
April meeting log
Stomach workout meeting. I'm forgetting all the beverages we had but we had alot. Eight, nine or ten to choose from. We even had Pro-brewed beers to try. How about the $1.00 bottle of wine. Dave had a nice beer dry-hopped with cardboard. There were also some heavy banana beers. What else......uhhhhh....hmmmmm CARDBOARD!!!. Send me your recipes and Ill post them. Whatever you want, I can archive them here. . Recipes? andy
4.05.04
Submit
Send in your brewing stories, tips, beer reviews and bar/pub reviews. Also send me photos of your home bar or what you use, liquor cabinet/shelf. Also send me a photo of your brewing sent up or when your brewing. I don't care if your sloppy, messy, extract or all grain. its just fun to see whose out there. andy
3.10.04
March meeting log
Big turn out for us. Chris, Dave K, Dave B, Ryan, Chuck, (NEW GUY Steve). Thanks to Chuck for driving from Pecatonica and for driving me home. Yawn! What time is it Dave B. 8:00pm? Ryan's Belgian Saison and Oatmeal Stout. Spot on. Dave's Whiskey stout and Chucks many beers were also awesome. Recipes? andy
2.29.04
ACHTUNG! Fellow Brewers!
Good News and Bad News...First the Bad News.
Our only local brew supply store in Rockford, ALL THE BREW HA, will be closing its doors forever on March 26th. This is very disappointing but also good for the owners, Mike & Mary Kay Teefey, because Mike has found a very good job opportunity outside of the area. For several years they have provided superior products and tremendous professional service to all types of brewers, and we are grateful for that.
I understand that the business is for sale to anyone is eager and forthright enough to take on such a wonderful opportunity. On behalf of the Stateline Brewing Society we salute Mike and Mary Kay for all that they have done and wish them well.
Now for the Good News!....ALL THE BREW HA is having a close-out sale where everything in the store is 10% off the sticker price. This is great! Get that beer or wine kit you've been itching to get. I was there yesterday and found everything I needed to brew a Scottish Ale this morning. Don't miss this opportunity to save some money on your brew supplies.
We will miss them dearly and wish them well in their upcoming endeavors.! andy
1.15.04
February meeting log
A fine hemp ale brought in by members of Beloit College's brew club and a very excellent brown ale brought in by Bruce. Awesome job for his first batch!! andy
1.15.04
January meeting log
A very nice turnout. One new face, "Bruce" Thanks for stopping by. Also thanks to Ryan for the really good home brews!! The Complex Porter and the APA. andy
12.19.03
December meeting log
Crickets! ................Crickets! ..............Crickets! .....Hello?....Anyone?.... Me, by myself waiting for an hour. Cool, an early night! and no hangover tomorrow. andy
11.13.03
November meeting log
New members and they brought beer! Very cool. Shortened meeting this week. Much going on andy
10.12.03
Oktober meeting log
New faces and new beers to try. Thanks for sharing and also thanks for tasting. Why brew if you cant share it. Remember January is Beard month!! andy
9.24.03
Thanks
SBS would like to thank all those who attended BEER FEST 2003 and thanks to those who brought beverages. A special thanks to Gray's Brewing Co., Tom from Suds O'Hanahans and Huber Brewing. andy
08.12.03
August meeting log
Very nice turn out... Thanks to Dave B..... A bit of a late start but all went well. 4 or 5 beers to sample. Thanks Chuck, Mark, Dave K., Ryan and friend. andy
07.16.03
"Farmers Market"
The SBS will be brewing at the "Farmers Market" in downtown Beloit this Saturday the 19th of July. Located in the 300 block of State St. TIME : 8:00am - 1:00pm Stop by and critique us, we can take it, or just stare and shake your head. andy
05.06.03
"Teach a newbie to brew"
We had a great time helping Dave Knutson brew his new startup brewing kit donated from ALL THE BREWHA.. Everything went fine. No boil-overs! We all tried many styles of beer to help us increase our knowledge of, ahh..... brewing! yeah.... We bottled on 5.6.03. and had to taste the brew. It was very "yummy" . andy
05.03.03
"Saturday, May 3, 2003 BIG BREW!
Each year on the first Saturday in May, homebrewers unite non-brewing and brewing friends and family to celebrate National Homebrew Day, joining with thousands of homebrewers from around the world in brewing the same recipes and sharing a simultaneous toast at noon Central Time. It was a perfect day. We had many guests stop by through out the day. Thanks everyone. Next year we want to have other brewers show up and brew with us. andy
04.10.03
April meeting log
Wow, a really productive meeting. Step 1. Set around table. Step 2. Pour beer. Step 3. Taste beer. Step 4. Listen and learn. Many excellent styles were on hand. Thanks Chuck, Mark, Mike and Ryan for there samples. Also thanks to the several guests we had who witnessed the chaos we called a meeting. andy
03.02.03
Brew pics
Wow,
andy
03.19.03
March meeting log
Thanks To Ryan and Chuck for bringing beers to sample and critique. andy
03.02.03
Sunday, March 2nd at 9 am 20 degrees with a major wind.
What were you doing? What did we do? Lets see frozen hoses, frozen fingers, frozen face, frozen beers i.e. Rogue chocolate stout and Rouge stout, some sort of Weizenbock, a Helles from Capitol brewery, real black and tans with 12oz cans of Bass and pub draft cans of Guinness. Of course we had to shot gun a Guinness and 2 cans of Bass, each. See pics above. We did actually brew, Dave brewed a Helles I brewed a Stout. No major problems. I was 5 points below my target gravity and Dave nailed his with 1.066 Nothing else happened really exciting like last time. (Cop chasing a hit and run suspect though the neighborhood). Thanks to those that braved the cold weather with us. Hope you guys had fun also. andy
02.21.03
Forest City Brewers
Anyone who's serious about brewing should check out the areas oldest brew club. "Forest City Brewers" Think you brewed a good beer? Enter it in the monthly competition and find out what others think. The club has many veteran brewers and has various activities planned all year. andy
02.09.03
Inaugural meeting of the Stateline Brewing Society (SBS)
W O W! This is fantastic! Because of the great turnout we had at the Inaugural meeting of the Stateline Brewing Society (SBS), ALL THE BREWHA! (the Homebrew Supply Store in Rockford) has just informed the Club that they will donate a Start-Up Brew Kit (includes all the basic equipment you need to brew your first beer) at tomorrow night's meeting. If you haven't decided yet, this should clinch it for you!
But WAIT! That's not all!
Tomorrow night's topic of conversation (not formal) will be an introduction to Zymurgy (the science of fermentation) with hand-outs on brewing. I'll bring books and magazines to show what's out there in the brewing world. Please feel free to bring your own info/knowledge for conversational purposes.
Don't forget: "Bring 'em if you got 'em!" We don't care what it tastes like, as long as you brewed it.
We hope to see you tomorrow night!
andy
01.04.03
In the news!
Read the first SBS article in the Beloit Daily News! andy
