START TIME – 7:30
END TIME – 8:44
HEADCOUNT – 18
GUESTS IN ATTENDANCE – Julius, Dana, & Michael
TREASURER’S REPORT
- Now accepting 2023 dues of $15
- Purchased supplies to install new CO2 system for serving boards
PREVIOUS EVENTS
- December 10 – RSB Gumbo Cook Off – Congrats to Bruce B. for 1st place Seafood Gumbo!
UPCOMING EVENTS
- Remember to check the Upcoming Events page on the Redstick Website to see what we have
- planned for 2023
- Looking to order new performance shirts and replace the festival gas line connections for the
- 2023 year
- February 4th – Chili Cookoff @4pm at LA Homebrew
- February 25th – Bottle Share at The Duffy’s
- March 4th – Zapp’s International Beerfest
- March 18th – NOLA on Tap
- March 25th – Basin Brew Fest
- April 14th & 15th – Boot Brew Fest
CRAFT BEER NEWS
- Agile –
- Agile – Fast Paste 16oz cans have hit the market and will start showing up around town later this week. Fast Paste is a 9.3% West Coast inspired DIPA that drinks dangerously smooth. Both Lemon Buffer and Overclocked IRA 16oz cans are spread all around Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Hammond and New Orleans already. Or you can swing by our taproom to grab 4 packs to go. One of our taproom favorite beers Classic Version English Brown ale returns this week as our beer release for this week. A 5.7% smooth, brown ale with tons of chocolate and light roast character. Our Gnarly Barley collab beer release is set for Friday Jan 20th. Cans and draft available in the taproom only. No distro available for this beer (thanks Mockler!) The beer is called Keyboard Grinder and is a Cold IPA brewed with El Dorado and Pacific Sunrise hops and fermented with Mexican Lager yeast for a hoppy, crisp finish. Around 7% ABV. We have a soon-to-be named Imperial chocolate milk stout that will be hitting distro in the next week. Draft only release so check your favorite beer bars and our taproom for this beer. It’s a 7% Imperial sweet stout dosed with tons of vanilla and chocolate. Our new DDH hazy pale ale Ready Cloud 1 will be hitting distro soon. Kegs only first batch but 16oz cans coming soon afterwards. We also have slated for release later this month is a Belgian Single, Belgian Dubbel and Foreign Export Stout.
- Cypress Coast – Stout Side of the Moon – a 7% roasty, dark brew
- Gilla – Gilla Warfare is back! 7% NEIPA A long anticipated return of our original house IPA. We madea special edition of this tasty brew and bade the batch more Mosaic heavy and dry hopped with Citra, Mosaic and amped it up with Citra and Mosaic hop hash. Expect flavors and aromas of stonefurit, berry and an abundance of citrus.
- Grain Creations –
- Istrouma –
- Le Chien – Opening back up on Friday, January 6th to start off the new year
- Rally Cap – Three – This 10.1% ABV Triple West Coast IPA was brewed with generous amounts of Simcoe, Strata, Mosaic and HBC 586 Experimental Hops
- Tin Roof – Cry Baby Cream Ale (king cake inspired) out now
- Adopted Dog –
- Abita –
- Bayou Teche –
- Brieux Carre –
- Broken Wheel –
- Chafunkta –
- Courtyard –
- Crescent City Brewhouse –
- Crying Eagle –
- Faubourg –
- Fighting Hand –
- Flying Heart –
- Flying Tiger –
- Gnarly Barley – 1/5 Bad Seed Gose; 1/14 Happy! Smile! Hey! American IPA, 1/19 Belgian Pilsner (Brieux Carre collab); 1/26 HiFi Hefeweizen; Also, a new eatery called the DineGnar to be opening this spring. Stay tuned and keep guzzling the juice!
- Great Raft –
- Huckleberry –
- Kingfish Cider –
- Low Road –
- Miel –
- Mudbug –
- NOLA –
- Oak Street Brewery –
- Old Rail –
- Parish –
- Parleaux Beer Lab –
- Port Orleans –
- Red River –
- Second Line –
- Seventh Tap –
- Skeeta Hawk –
- Urban South – Friday, 1/6 we are dropping THREE signature beers brewed with real Dong Phuong king cakes. As an OFFICIAL RETAILER, we’ll have a daily, fresh supply of Dong Phuong king cakes for sale in the taproom all season
- Utility –
- Zony Mash Beer Project –
HOMEBREW COMPETITIONS
Battaille des Bieres – CLOSED. Click here for details. Entries capped at 65. Currently at 65 paid entries. Entries due by 1/20/2023 at LA Homebrew. Help needed for judging on 2/4/2023 so please sign up if you can!
Bluebonnet Brew-Off – Now accepting entries. Click here for details. Entries capped at 1500. Currently at 980 paid entries. Entries due by 1/30/2023. We will be delivering entries the week of January 16th to save on shipping.
Boot Brew Fest – Accepting entries starting January 16th. Click here for details. Entries capped at 300. Currently at 0 paid entries. Entries due by 2/25/2023. Help needed for judging, so please sign up if you can!
CLUB NEWS
Upcoming order for new, performance club shirts
Upgrading the festival serving gear’s gas side equipment
Overwhelming interest in a BrewBus-type brewery tour; details to come
All water reports are posted on the RSB Website
Master Homebrewer Program for the club is active – Click HERE for more info and to sign up.
Master Homebrewer Program has a homebrew competition ranking survey. Please fill out the survey for any competitions you have participated in. Click here to fill out the survey.
RSB strongly encourages membership in the American Homebrewers Association. Not only does this provide the club with additional clout, and a potential discount on club insurance through AHA, membership comes with Zymurgy Magazine (great resource), loads of recipes, loads of recipes, technical articles and discounts at many establishments (including 15% off beer and food at The Bulldog and 10% off food and merchandise at BJ’s Brewhouse).
Raffle Winners: Steve R and Bruce B
TECHNICAL TIDBIT
- NONE
MONTHLY STYLE – 20A: FLAVORED American Porter
Commercial Example
– Yuengling Chocolate Porter
Bonus Beer –
Ken D – Lexington Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Peppermint Porter
Homebrew Examples
- Paul P – Coconut
- Bruce B. – Salted Caramel
- Lloyd A – Smoked
- Kevin C – Serrano Chili Peppers & Raspberries
2023 Styles
January: 20A – FLAVORED American Porter
February: 24B – Belgian Pale Ale
March: 15B – Irish Stout
April: 5B – Kölsch
May: 4C – Helles Bock
June: 23C – Gose
July: 5A – German Leichtbier
August: 22A – Double IPA
September: 8B – Schwarzbier
October: 4B – Festbier
November: 17B – Wee Heavy
December: 30C – Winter Seasonal Beer
Club Brew-Off styles are COFFEE BEER (any style) and AMERICAN PALE ALE
