When: Saturday May 12th, 2PM – 6PM

Where: 3056 Roswell Street  Los Angeles, CA 90065
This Saturday is our monthly meeting at Eagle Rock Brewery.  Club co-founder and ERB employee Lee Bakofsky will be hosting us.  Around 2:30 we’ll get a tour of the brewery, and then meeting announcements at 3PM.  If you would like to contribute to the cause, snacks are always welcome!  At about 6PM, the Grilled Cheese food truck will arrive if you want to buy some grub.  In order to reduce trash, we suggest members bring their own tasting glass.  Some members of our fellow homebrew club Pacific Gravity plan to come share a beer with us around 4PM and afterwards.  We’ll be putting the pressure on all of you to attend the Brew For The Cure event in Van Nuys the next day!  See the link below for more details. The style of the month is American Ales, but feel free to bring any type of homebrew. Consider bringing a copy of your recipe, as that only helps when discussing your beer and getting feedback. If you would like to see the meeting locations and styles for the rest of this year, check the website for recent updates.

Upcoming Events
-May 13th is Brew For The Cure.  Come support member Barrett Amato as he raises $5000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

-June 2nd is the next meeting, at Haven Gastropub in Pasadena. The style of the month is German Wheat Beers.

It’s getting close to that time!  The tasting test is scheduled for July 21st which means we will be starting class on May 19th to get ready for the online test.  The class will be every Saturday for 7 weeks.  The online test covers a wide range of topics from BJCP protocols to brewing techniques, materials and theories and can be taken at any time before the seated test on July 21st.  I have contacted everyone that I had on the signup list.  If you signed up and did not get an email from me, I may have lost/messed up your contact info.  Please resend to  competitioncoordinator@yeastsidebrewers.org.

If you didn’t signup and you have found that you have the time and interest, a couple of slots have opened up so contact me ASAP to guarantee your slot.

When: Saturday April 7th, 2PM – 6PM
Where:4981 Eagle Rock Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90041

This Saturday we’ll be meeting in the Eagle Rock Homebrew Supply parking lot behind the shop.  We had a great time here in January and last year, so we’ll be here every three months.  Feel free to bring commercial examples, in addition to any homebrews.  It isn’t a bad idea to bring a folding chair if you don’t want to stand for 4 hours.  If you would like to contribute to the cause, snacks are always welcome!  In order to reduce trash, we suggest members bring their own tasting glass.
The style of the month is Scottish and Irish Ales, but feel free to bring any type of homebrew. Consider bringing a copy of your recipe, as that only helps when discussing your beer and getting feedback.  Scottish and Irish Ales are also the category for the Club Only Competition.  If you have a good example of one, please bring three 12-oz bottles to the meeting along with the recipe and bottle labels already filled out.  The best beer will be sent to represent the club, and those who were not selected can take their remaining bottles home or share with the club.  If you would like to see the meeting locations and styles for the rest of this year, check the website for recent updates.

Upcoming Events

Lots of great events are just over the horizon!
-April 9th thru 14th is the Deschutes Brewery Base Camp Week.  There are events all over LA, including a “Hats Off to Homebrewers” at Steingarten, where you can a get clone recipe book and free whole hops!
-April 12th is the deadline to drop off entries for the Mayfaire homebrew competition run by The Maltose Falcons.
-April 21st is the Pasadena Pub Crawl from 4PM to Last Call.  More info here.
-May 5th is the Southern California Homebrew Festival at Lake Castias near Ojai!  This is a weekend long event with over 30 homebrew clubs sampling beers.  Yeastsiders can camp with Pacific Gravity, who have more info on the event.
-May 12th is our monthly meeting at Eagle Rock Brewery.  The style of the month is American Ales.
-May 13th is the Brew For The Cure event we reported in the last email. Come support member Barrett Amato as he raises $5000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

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Last month we reported that the 40 homebrewer spots were full for the Stone March Madness AHA Rally. But that was before we learned that club member Ward G. Walkup IV has an entry, and Josh Jensen got accepted from the waiting list! So 2 club members will be vying for the honor of being the next homebrewer to collaborate with Stone for a beer that will be released nationally, and enter the GABF Pro-Am this fall. 40 homebrews will be available for tasting and the top 4 beers in a people’s choice vote will go to a best of show round. Stone crew picks one of those 4 as the winner. We need your support to make sure both Ward’s Wheatwine and Josh’s Rye Double IPA make it to the final four!
We’ll be organizing a bus trip to this event, leaving Union Station at 10AM on Saturday the 10th, and returning around 7 or 8PM. The event at Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens is from 1-4PM, and you must RSVP in advance and be a AHA Member to attend. The event is free to get into for AHA members, or you can renew or join at the door. But RSVP on their site NOW if you want to go, as they will cap the attendance. The bus trip will cost you $25/person. You can pay at the March meeting, or reply to this email to have a PayPal invoice sent to you. Please pay ASAP, so we have a head count for the bus. After the event we will stop by a brewpub in the area for a early dinner and more beers before heading back to LA.

When: Saturday March 3rd, 2PM – 5PM
Where: 2141 W. Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles

This month’s meeting has been moved from Haven Gastropub to Mohawk Bend. Haven’s brewpub is not up and running yet, so we’ll plan to go there in June when we can try their house brews. Tony Yanow and his staff are excited to have our club visit their restaurant and bar. If you have never been there, you are in for a treat. They have around 70 taps of mostly California Microbrews. There is great food, with lots of vegan and carnivore options, plus amazing pizza. Show up hungry and enjoy lunch with your beers. Since they sell beer here, only bring homebrews to share with your fellow club members, not commercial examples. At 5PM they will need to get ready for existing dinner reservations, so we can move to the bar area around that time.

The style of the month is Stout, but feel free to bring any type of homebrew. Consider bringing a copy of your recipe, as that only helps when discussing your beer and getting feedback.
If you would like to see the meeting locations and styles for the rest of this year, check the website for recent updates.

When: Saturday February 4th, 11AM – 5PM
Where: 2456 Sundown Drive, Glassell Park, 90065

This Saturday we’ll be meeting at Scott’s house while he brews up a batch of Amber Ale in his garage. If you would like to learn about all-grain to make the jump from extract, this is a great chance to do so. Parking may be tricky, so check the link at the beginning of this paragraph for a helpful map that Scott made explaining how to get there, and where to park. If you can’t make it for the whole brew day, we’ll be having meeting announcements around 2pm. Scott is looking to improve his brewing system, so would like ideas and input.
We recommend bringing a folding chair, and a tasting glass to prevent plastic waste. Also bring lots of beer/homebrew! Scott has a fridge in the garage to keep your beers well chilled.
The style of the month is English Pale Ales, but feel free to bring any type of homebrew to share and discuss with your fellow brewers. Consider bringing a copy of your recipe for any homebrews, as that only helps when discussing your beer and getting feedback.
If you would like to see the meeting locations and styles for the rest of this year, check the website for recent updates.

When: Saturday January 7th, 2PM – 6PM
Where:
4981 Eagle Rock Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90041

This meeting is the first anniversary of our first official club meeting! We had many folks attend that brew day in the Bakofsky garage, and we got a great start to our club. This month we’ll be returning to the Eagle Rock Homebrew Supply shop, where we had our April and July club brew meeting. If you don’t like to stand for 4 hours, you should bring your own chair. Also bring lots of beer/homebrew!
The style of the month is Holiday Ales, but feel free to bring any type of homebrew to share and discuss with your fellow brewers. It would be a great idea to bring a copy of your recipe for any homebrews, as that only helps when discussing your beer.

Club Elections
The results are in, and the people have spoken (i.e. voted for the one person that ran for each position). The club board for 2012 is:

President: Josh Jensen
Vice President: Jerl Leutz
Treasurer: Danny Exum
Activities Director: Kyle Hertler
Competition Cooridinator: Jeff Koehler
Beer Ninja: Joey Espinosa (Board appointed position)

Upcoming Competition: Doug King Memorial
The Doug King Memorial is coming up soon, hosted by the Maltose Falcons. Entry due date is Jan. 12th, and the cost is $6 per entry. The Best Of Show beer will be brewed by Eagle Rock Brewery as the 2012 GABF Pro-Am entry! More info available here, check it out as not all categories will be judged. The focus is on Lagers, Experimental/Specialty, Imperial anything, and Session beers.

Hope to see you Saturday at the Eagle Rock Homebrew Supply!

When: Saturday November 5th, 2PM start or 9AM if you sign up for the demo
Where: 3056 Roswell Street, Los Angeles, CA 90065-2214

November 5th is the American Homebrewer’s Association “Learn To Homebrew Day.” You’ll have a chance to learn about all-grain brewing if you are thinking about making the jump from extract. Steve Raub from Eagle Rock Brewery will be brewing his Full Moon Bock as a pilot batch. It begins at 9AM, and the cost is $10. You get a simple lunch and a pint of ERB beer as well. Find more info and sign up here. If you don’t want to attend the entire brew day, we’ll be starting the normal meeting at 2PM. Our fellow Yeastside Brewer and ERB Taproom manager Lee Bakofsky will be giving a tour of the brewery around 2:30. We can share homebrews until the taproom opens for the public at 4PM.

The style of the month is Dark Lagers, but feel free to bring any type of homebrew to share and discuss with your fellow brewers. You can bring commercial beer examples to this meeting.

We will be picking the club entry for the Club Only Competition in German Wheat beers. This covers categories 15A, B, C, and D. If you have one of these, bring 3 (12oz.) bottles and we’ll have a judging panel pick the brew to represent our club.

If you would like to visit Island Brewing, Surf Brewing, and Ladyface to the North of LA, consider joining Pacific Gravity on their November 12th road trip. Cost is $30, and the bus leaves at 9:30AM from the Culver City Homebrew Shop.