Cedar Rapids Brewing Society

Just a reminder that turn-ins for the first style competition are at the monthly meeting on the 16th. The style this time around is Irish Extra Stout (15C). I've attached a form you can use for your entries. I'm going to attempt to email out result sheets this year so please make sure you include an email address on the form. It would also be useful to have your forum user ID in case I need to send them as a PM.

Please attach your bottle labels with rubber bands. Do not tape them or glue them on bottles. A pro tip is to put the label in a small plastic bag and then attach with a rubber band. That helps protect them from condensation, especially in the summer months.

We need volunteers to help with judging and stewarding. This is a great opportunity to learn about beers are judged and to develop important beer making skills. You are welcome to join us even if you don't have any experience. Everyone has to start somewhere. We generally do not allow folks to be judges if they have a beer entry. Stewarding is fine though. Being a steward is a great way to learn about the process. Basically a steward just keeps the entries straight and puts the finished score sheets together. Stewards also get to try all of the beers!

I'm shooting for either Tuesday the 21st or Wednesday the 22nd. If that doesn't work out then the following week: the 28th or 29th. Please let me know as soon as possible if you can help and what dates work. We generally try to get started around 7pm. Location to be determined.

Thursday the 23rd has opened up as another potential judging evening. If you can help any if the dates I've listed please say so Thanks!

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Any of those dates work for me. I’ll gladly steward.


Tattoo Travis

Ok we're going to do the judging this Tuesday, the 21st at 7pm. Thew Brewing. If you can come and help us out it would be appreciated.

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I'll swing by and drop off the replacement entry bottle before the judging.

If you want them, I have a bottle of Guinness Extra Stout and a bottle of their 200 yr Anniversary Export Stout that would be a good style references. Let me know and I'll bring them along, too.

Thanks Tony, if you'd be willing to part with the Guinness we could use a calibration. I was going to try and get some.

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Just taking up space in my beer fridge. Glad to donate them.

Thanks again, Tony, for the calibration beer! Also thanks to Travis, Karl, and Shane for judging. I'll be scanning the scoresheets and emailing them out in the next couple of days. I'll also be announcing the top 3 soon.

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The results for the first competition of 2020 are as follows:

1st place: Mark Jensen
2nd place: Joel Null
3rd place: Logan Loeb & Andrew Muxen

Congrats!


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