Cedar Rapids Brewing Society

Larry Papkin will be hosting the June 20th 2008 Meeting.

Club Competition style:Wheat Beer

Larry will print out BJCP guide lines

We can use this post for the sign up to bring food.

Wow, could you have got my name any more wrong!! Or is there another guy named Larry Pipken, which sounds a lot like PAPKIN, which is my name. Just curious, maybe we have another new member....cool.

I think Pipken was one of the Hobbits from Lord of the Rings.....

Wasn't he the one that said - "It comes in Pints?"

No No No--- Thats [b]Elephants[/b] that come in quarts.

A couple corrections and updates regarding the June meeting.

#1) The meeting is June 19 which is a Thursday.

#2) I believe it was decided at the previous meeting to have the wheat beers competition at Pete's July gathering. Still feel free to bring some wheat beer's to Larry's.

#3) We need to decide if we want to add the Tallgrass Festival to our plans. See Upcoming events for info posted by Mark.

#4) Final opportunity to join Wisconsin Beer trip. The vehicles leave on Saturday June 28th at 8 am sharp! Transportation is free, food beer and any other costs are on your own.

I guess there's good news/bad news in all of this.

Bad news - I planned weeks in advance to have a beer ready for the June competition, only now to be postponed. I bottled it before I got the word the competition was now July and it could have sat in the secondary a couple more weeks. That'll teach me to put my job before beer !!

Good news - I may have a second beer ready for the July meeting.

Bad news - I am on travel again on meeting day - July 17th. I should be able to make the meeting provided the airlines get me home in time (flying into Moline in the middle of the afternoon and have to drive back). If I miss the meeting and beer competion, I will be p!ss'ed.

But in the bigger scheme of things - always remember what Charlie Papazian says - "Relax, have a home brew!!"

I am actually travaling on business that day as well.
Planning on being home in time for the meeting.
However, I don't know what I will be able to bring as far as food and beer goes.

I am going to Huntington Beach, CA. Does anyone know of a really good brewery there that I could pick up something at to bring back? Larry?

Maybe I can sweet talk the wife into preparing some food for me to bring to the meeting, don't know what I can bring yet. I will have to ask her what she is willing to make.

Jeremy

There is the Huntington Beach Beer Company and a BJ's that are both good right in Huntington Beach. Belmont Brewing Company in Long Beach is better, but not in Huntington Beach.

If you want to drive a little ways there is Pizza Port in San Clemente. Pizza Port is one of my top three breweries I have ever been to as far as good beer is concerned. The have stuff in bottles too.

Hey thanks Matt.

I think I will be to busy to make any long drives, but if there are couple right there in Huntington Beach, I can probably pick up something to bring back.

Jeremy

DUDE! I've so been there!

Pizza Port in Solano Beach. Great Beers, Awesome Pizza, and way cooooool vibe . Just regular wooden picnic tables end-to-end. You just pick a spot, sit down and hang out, dude!! My buddy ended up at the end of the night arm wrestling some chick (her challenge) sitting next to us for a pitcher of beer. He won (left handed).

I have a T-shirt from there - Land Shark Ale.

Have a great time!!!