2008 Iowa Festival of Beers

DaveCo · Post by **DaveCo** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 2:35 pm

Need to assign styles of beers that members will brew.
Make iron on T-Shirts(Brian Anderson will check on this.)

DaveCo · Post by **DaveCo** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 2:50 pm

Teresa has sent me the sign up sheet for the Iowa Festival of Beers. Here is what I sent her last year. Let me know if I need to change anything.

Dave

Home Brew Club Name: ___CR Beer Nuts______________________________________________
Contact Name: ___David Coughlin________________________________________________
Address: __3370 Jonquil Ln________________________________________________________________
City: _Marion________________ State: _Iowa__________________ Zip: __52302_______________
Phone: _319-360-7996____________________________________________________________________
Fax: _____________________________________________________________________________________
Email: __dwcmfc@juno.com__________________________________________________________

Description of your home brew club as you would like it listed in the handouts (Check with me and I can show you what was put in last year): ___
CR Beer Nut is a Cedar Rapids based beer brewing and enthusiasts club. Members of the club have one goal and that is to consume the best beer available. We are also devoted to the advancement of home brewing throughout Iowa. It is a diverse club including professional brewers, seasoned home brewers, beginning brewers and individuals who just enjoy sampling great beer in a social setting. This is a great forumto expand your brewing knowledge, learn about brewing history, taste unique variations of common beers and most importantly meet new people in the Cedar Rapids area. The club meets the third Thursday of each month to discuss brewing techniques, review unique commercial beers as well as sample some of the finest homebrewed beers in the state. We are always looking for new members who want to learn how to brew or just learn more about the brewing process. Please visit our website www.crbeernuts.com or contact David Coughlin at dwcmfc@juno.com. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Name of home brewers that will be attending (Limit 4 free passes per home brew club):

_David Coughlin, Matt Franklin, Larry Papkin______________________________________

Do you need overnight accommodations? More information can be obtained at: www.amanacolonies.org/lodging.htm
There is a list of local Bed & Breakfasts, Hotels & Motels and other nearby lodging. Plan on booking your room early as it is Labor Day weekend and rooms fill up fast in the Amanas.

Items provided by the festival:
1 table, chairs, ice, cooler storage space, tent

Do you need electricity? No______________________________________

What will you be supplying as a door prize? (Home Brew Clubs do not need to supply a door prize, this is mainly for the breweries: _________________________________________________________________

DaveCo · Post by **DaveCo** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:08 am

I have sent an email containing the above response which is exactly the same as last year.

Dave

tompb · Post by **tompb** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:46 pm

I made a "Killer B" Imperial Honey Weiss to take. I won't make the next meeting so keep me up to date.

Tom

tony b · Post by **tony b** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:58 pm

That's 2 meetings in a row, dude. Miss ya!

I'm planning to brew a Saison de Table (Flemish) this weekend. It should be ready in time.

I will likely have some (3 liter) raspberry/peach wheat to offer up, too.

Matt F · Post by **Matt F** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:13 am

Larry and I will have a Blegian Dubbel and/or Wit to bring.

DaveCo · Post by **DaveCo** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 5:06 am

B & D Brewery will be bringing a Belgian Golden Ale.

tony b · Post by **tony b** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 2:37 pm

If we want to only use cornies at the festival, then I'll need to borrow one for the Flemish Saison that I brewed.

If we don't care how we plan to dispense, then I can keg it in the Tap-a-Drafts.

But, I'll need to know by mid-week (Aug 27th), so I have time to get them carbonated if I use the Tap-a-Drafts.

Looking forward to it.

DaveCo · Post by **DaveCo** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 4:58 am

Larry has the banner and will be bringing a beer. I will be bringing the following:
1. Pad of paper for people to sign up to join the club.
2. Pens
3. Quick plastic ties.
4. Plastic picnic tap stands like the ones Mark Rippe made. I think I have around 5 - 6 of them.
5. Picnic tap.
6. Keg of beer. Not the one that I brought to the club meeting since that was fair at best.
7. CO2
8. 4 tap regulator to hook 3 other kegs up to.
9. Easel, white board and markers.
10. Coolers

I think David Ard is bringing a porter and a barley wine. I will also post this on the event forum. All feel free to add what they

Matt F · Post by **Matt F** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:53 am

Tony,
I could get you a keg this evening, but if you want to use tap-a-draft I think that would be fine too. It may be cool for people to see another way for beer to be dispensed. Post a reply or PM me and I will check the site today.

tony b · Post by **tony b** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 4:23 pm

Thanks, Matt for the offer. I'm OK with using the Tap-a-drafts. I was just reacting to something that was said at an earlier meeting that we only wanted kegs. I agree that it's good to show options so folks don't believe that the only way to homebrew is to keg.

I have a buddy from work coming this Sunday. I just found out that he's just gotten into homebrewing. He said he's just pitched his 5th batch and he's eager to learn. I think we've hooked a live one! Ken is a great guy and we should schmooze him to join the club!

Thanks, Dave for stepping up on the inventory and planning. What time do we need to be there on Sunday to set up? If we have a hand-out flyer, pamphlet, I have Friday off from work. I'd be happy to take one to CopyWorks or Staples to make some to hand out.

tompb · Post by **tompb** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 4:31 pm

I'm bringing a keg of Imperial Honey Weiss. I have a cooler set-up for 3 taps if we need it. Let me know the keg type, ball or pin. I can help with set-up and tear-down.

See ya all there

Tom

DaveCo · Post by **DaveCo** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:10 am

I would be there no later then 11am. All the kegs I believe are ball lock. Here is what will be in kegs:

Porter
Wit
Imperial Hefe
Horny Devil Clone or Belgian Golden Ale

Please post any other beers that will be at the fest.

Dave

Mark R · Post by **Mark R** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:32 am

I'm planning to bring an extreme pale ale, belgian saison and a blueberry wit....oh wait. Wrong club.

lol!

See you all there!

Mark

Matt F · Post by **Matt F** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:04 am

I will bring a string of hops to hang somewhere in our booth.