Our next club meeting will be on July 1st at 7:30.
We will try out a mixed format for this club meeting. For those that feel comfortable doing so, we will try to have some small groups (5 or less) getting together and joining in a Zoom meeting. If you are willing to host, or would like to meet up at a brewery, post it and how many seats you have available. You can also check with individual club members to join you if that more fits your comfort levels.
TLDR, get together if you want, do what’s comfortable, but still join online.
Duels have largely been on hold, but I want everyone to be thinking about their Ultimate Summer Crusher beer, for August (maybe just maybe we can meet then, we’ll see). This can be any style, but should be something refreshing and crushable on a hot summer day. Think dry saisons, fruited Berliner Weiss, American Lagers, Helles, Session Pales, etc
We’ll run through some announcements per usual.
Our educational speaker will be John from Lowercase Brewing who will be joining us to talk about the Italian Pilsner beer style, or at least the growing American take on it. The brewer from Chainline Brewing was a part of the lager panel at Virtual Homebrew Con and highly credited John on the information he had on the style. Other examples of this style include Pivo Pils from Firestone, Terrifica from Wayfinder and Oxbow Brewing’s Luppolo. I highly recommend you try to grab the one from Lowercase or another example to drink as we talk.
From Lowercase Brewing’s website:
Crisp, floral, and refreshing- like zooming though Tuscany on a Vespa.
YEAR-ROUND OFFERING | 4.9% ABV | Modeled after Italian brewery Birrificio Italiano’s Tipopils, this beer is light and crisp with unique floral undertones. Multiple dry-hop additions as well as a careful attention to water input and fermentation temperature set this new-world pilsner apart from the rest of the world’s favorite beer style.
After we hear from John, we will move on to talk about what we are each drinking and/or brewing.
Andrew will post a Zoom invite in Slack and Facebook on the day of the event, so be sure to join us there if you haven't already. Details can be found on the Contact page.