START TIME – 7:30
END TIME – 9:45
HEADCOUNT – 19
GUESTS IN ATTENDANCE – Sal M.
TREASURER’S REPORT
- Now accepting 2023 dues of $15; currently we have 34 paid members
PREVIOUS EVENTS
- March 4 – Zapp’s – Wonderful time; great last hurrah for LA Homebrew; congrats to Nelson B for winning the Inaugural First Floater award!
- March 18 – NOLA on Tap – Judging went well prior to the event
- March 25 – Basin Brew Fest – No participation, but Paul P attended; solid festival
UPCOMING EVENTS
- April 14th & 15th – Boot Brew Fest – Judging is complete; Paul P is finishing scanning and inputting scores
- May 7th – RSB Club Brew Off – Styles are Coffee Beer (any style) and American Pale Ale
- May 13th – Kegs and Corks in Bossier City
- June 17th – LarryFest in Mandeville
- August 19th – Clash of the Carboys – drop-off window is July 7-15; awards presented August 19
CRAFT BEER NEWS
- Agile – 1st Anniversary is May 7
- Cypress Coast –
- Gilla –
- Grain Creations –
- Istrouma –
- Le Chien –
- Rally Cap –
- Tin Roof –
- 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 –
- 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 –
- Utility –
- Zony Mash Beer Project –
HOMEBREW COMPETITIONS
Bluebonnet – Congrats to Paul P for winning First Place in British Beer for his Best Bitter and he took home a stein!
Boot Brew Fest – Awards ceremony on April 14 at 8 pm – Online link will be provided on RSB Facebook
LarryFest – Entry window open until May 18
Clash of the Carboys – Entry window will open in May
CLUB NEWS
Congratulation to David W and Paul P for passing the BJCP Tasting Exam! All participants in the 2022 class scored at least a 70%, which is the minimum to be ranked as Certified; there were two who scored over 80% and one over 90%!
First Floater Award – New award for the first keg floated at a festival; congrats to Nelson B for winning the inaugural award
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).
BrewStock Relay Team – Bruce B will be there April 22
TECHNICAL TIDBIT
- Oxygen-Free Beer Transfers by Bruce B – Covered keg-to-keg and carboy-to-carboy transfers
Yeast Experiment – By David W.
– Plisner wort brewed a month and a half ago with Motueka and Pacific Jade hops fermented at 55*
– Beer 1: Franconian yeast (TM-35)
– Beer 2: Thiolized yeast (Lunar Lager) mango & guava aroma and flavor
MONTHLY STYLE – 15B – Irish Stout
Commercial Example
– Lawnmower by Saint Arnold
Bonus Beer
– Space Ghost by Cypress Coast
– Kolsch by Reissdorf
Homebrew Examples
- Bruce B
- Kyle H
- Charlie M
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
