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Thank you to all our participants in Michigan Cider Madness!
June
Hop Craft & Pride Pint
Reminder that both our local homebrew shops will be closed on July 4th & 5th!
BIG NEWS
Exciting news from our clubs resident cider expert...Jeff Cottrell has passed his Pommelier exam! So now he really is a highfalutin cider nerd! Congratulations Jeff !
State Fair Beer Drop Off
The Kulas with be delivering any entries for the State Fair for Club Members on Tuesday July 8th. Please have your registered, paid for, and correctly labeled entries to them by Monday evening. State Fair is 3 bottles.
Missing Linck Competition
It was a CRHC Sweep! Our Club had 5 of the 8 beers in the Best of Show Round! Larry came out on top with his California Common - California Squatchin'; Lee Bentley took 2nd place BOS with his American IPA - To Be Continued; and Lori Kula earned 3rd place BOS with a Wee Heavy - Wee Little Linck. Bill Drake went to the BOS with his Altbier as did Larry's second entry - a Braggot. Congratulations to all the CRHC members who entered!
Michigan Homebrew Festival Registration
Registration for Membership and Camping is open on the MHF website
Michigan Homebrew Festival – The best beer festival you've never heard of!
THIRSTY THURSDAY - 7/17
Come meet up with your CRHC friends at Frankenmuth Brewery - the place we were founded in 1988!!
Just a casual get-together during the summer when we are all so busy!
SHE DRAGON FESTIVAL
The CRHC lady brewers have been invited to pour their beers at the Thumb Brewery again this year!
On Saturday June 14th the Thumb Brewery celebrates women in brewing, arts and music with a day on the patio! Stop in and support the Brewery and the Ladies who brew!
May
JUNE EDUCATION MESSAGE - from Jeff
I wanted to give everyone a heads up about my educational portion of the June 6th meeting.
We are going to walk through the American Cider Association Structured Sensory Analysis worksheet and talk about what we can see, smell, and taste. I only have 21 cans. Get there early so you get your own can, or you will have to split it with someone else!
GLINTCAP RESULTS
Congratulations to our resident cider expert Jeffrey Cottrell for his amazing 3rd place Best of Show in the Rosé Cider category at GLINTCAP with ‘Love River’! I do believe Jeff got beer of the night with that cider in March at the Club meeting! Way to Go!
BOTTLE SALE
The Club got a GREAT deal on some cases of 12oz bottles so of course that means MEMBERS get a GREAT deal too! We have 20+ cases for $5each so enough for everyone! We will have these at the June meeting, but if you need them sooner get a hold of the Kula’s.
MICHIGAN BEER CUP REGISTERATION
Today’s the day! Registration starts for the biggest homebrew competition in the State!
Beer Cider Mead Categories
Enter 5/15 - 7-9 5 entries per person
2 bottles per entry $12 per entry
Drop off at Hop Craft by 7/10
Judging Sat 7/19 in Kalamazoo
Awards announced at MHF 8/16
Dont Miss Out!
https://comp.michiganbeercup.com/
Gilded Santa Competition results
Congratulations to our 8th Gilded Santa Champion- Denny Stinehart!
Hot on his heals were Lori Drake -Silver & Josh Dugger - Bronze! Our judges Aaron, Jeff and Tyler from Loggers Brewing Company along with mug club member Russ- said there wasn’t a bad beer in the 13 beers they judged! Everyone had a great time and we are all looking forward to what Denny adds to the Gilded Santa Trophy!
CONGRATULATIONS
Lots of winners to announce from this first weekend in May -
Lori Drake earned a Bronze in the Pacific Women Brewer's Cup!
Josh Dugger earned our Club's lone medal in the Celebrity Deathmash Competition - a Bronze and Will Moreau got and Honorable Mention.
Sicilicano's announced their medal winners too! CRHC Members Bill and Lori Drake both earned a Bronze Medal and Larry Kula brought home a Gold and moved on to the Best of Show Round!
BIG BREW DAY -Reminder
The Club will be setting up at 11 am on Saturday for Big Brew Day.
Hop Craft does not get the big tent for this event. The Club will set up our canopies that will hold a couple of brewers and our sample table. Lee usually brings his and I’m pretty sure the shop has a tent too. Plenty of room! Come brew and/or hang out!
The Club will be brewing our Gang Brew (one of the rules is you must have 3 members) and the Brewsters of CRHC are brewing together too!
Missing Linck Yeast Notes
This yeast does not have the enzyme to break down Maltotriose.
It is top fermenting ale yeast, but we have used past versions at 55ish if you want a lager type ferment.
My brew is currently fermenting. I would suggest making a starter for this year’s version of the yeast. Mine is going very slowly (I did not make a starter).
Remember you can co-pitch if you want.
The Judging is June 6th and the BOS will be announced on June 7th at the Missing Linck Festival at Urban Artifact in Cincinnati.
As soon as I have the registration info I will get it to you. Categories You can enter are the Missing Linck, Falk, and Ancient/Historic Missing Linck.(brews made for past ML contests if you have any left).
MHF Gang Beer & Theme
Here are the rules for the Michigan Homebrew Festival's Gang Brew Competition. Wood Aged! Minimum of 8% and must be a newly brewed beer - no previously aged beers. The Club will be brewing on May 3rd at Bog Brew Day at Hop Craft. The Club Officers & anyone interested in MHF met in April and decided on our Theme and our Gang Brew.
April
NHC First Round Winner
Congratulations to our VP Will who earned a first-place finish in the first round of the National Homebrew Competition!
Will gets to send his Roggenbier on to Kansas City for the final round!
State Fair Competition Open
The Michigan State Fair Homebrew Competition is open for MICHIGAN RESIDENTS ONLY!
300 entry limit, 3 entries per person, $10 per entry, 3 bottles per entry.
LETS FILL IT UP!
Home Brewing Competition | michiganstatefairllc
Gilded Santa Judging
We are so excited to announce that Loggers Brewing Company will be hosting our Gilded Santa Exchange Ingredient Competition this year! Brewer Chris along with special guest Brewer Aaron from Maple Grill will be sampling all the ‘exchange ingredient’ beers and picking the top three!
Everyone is welcome to attend and enjoy some Loggers brews. Club will bring some snacks too!
If you have an entry made with your ingredient from the HolidayParty you can bring your entry that day by 12:30 so that judging can start promptly at 1pm. OR get it to the Kula’s by Big Brew Day on 5/3 and we will take it with us if you cannot attend.
This is a blind judging event. Judges will only know your beer style, ABV & special ingredient. Beers will be judged according to style but with emphasis on the use of your ingredient.
Winner gets the coveted Gilded Santa trophy for the next year and you get to add a personal touch to the trophy! BOTY points are awarded too!
No Homebrew samples that day please.
You are encouraged to bring your Holiday Brews to the meeting on May 9th
Big Brew Day
Bring your gear and make a beer!
CRHC will be meeting at Hop Craft Supply on Saturday May 3rd 11am-6pm! Come join in the FUN
March
Lori is Recovering
As most of you know our President, Lori Kula had spinal surgery in Mid-March. She is recovering well. VP Will and the Officers are keeping up with everything. Feel free to contact them or Lori if you have questions or needs.
Michigan Tap Room Special Event
Lori is very excited to bring the Siciliano's Market Trophy to the Michigan Tap Room at Stardust this Thursday! They are tapping one of the very last kegs in the State of her Belgian Dark Strong, “Dangerous Weekend”!
Come have some with us!
Kegs for Sale
Brett Volz posted: Realized I have 9 kegs.... Looking to downsize a tad. I got 3 extra 5gal corny kegs for $40/EA if interested. Figured I'd offer here before marketplace yahoos. Reach out to Brett on Facebook if interested.
Maple Sap
Hello, friends. The maple sap is flowing well this week. If anyone wants sap for brewing or for a refreshing drink, please let me know. I’ll be happy to hook you up. Cheers! - Ryon Grant
Michigan Cider Madness Results
We want to Congratulate our CRHC members who medaled at the Michigan Cider Madness competition!
Lori K took the Silver Medal in Cider with Fruit for 'Crangerine', and Pete P took Bronze in New World Cider with 'Pete’s Spark'! Lori was also awarded Best Name for 'Crangerine' by our Professional Cider Makers who were there to Judge. See the Full Results at: https://reggiebeer.com/ReggieWeb.php?Web=1000913
Special Day for our Lady Brewers
Happy International Women in Brewing Day to our CRHC Brewsters!
Our ladies do it all- they brew beer, cider & wine too! AND they have won some pretty prestigious awards! So raise a glass to these ladies today: Lori D, Heather B, Lori K, Holly D, Kylie K, Agnieszka L & Carlene D!
Welcome New Member
Welcome Derek to the CRHC! and Congrats to Jeff, Lori & Lee for their 3-way tie for Brew of the Night at the March meeting.
***CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT LINK***
Link to Register for Celebrity Deathmash: Reggie Competition Software
St. Patrick's Day Breakfast
Are you ready to kick off the St. Patrick’s Day weekend?! The Club was invited to serve a pancake & sausage breakfast on Saturday March 15th to kickoff St. Paddy’s Weekend at Tri City Brewery! The last time we did this we took donations and made a good amount. TriCity is paying for everything. We just need people to serve & clean up.
Holly is in charge of this event again this year so SIGN up on Facebook or just show up!
9am Set up.
NHC DELIVERY
If you chose Chicago as your judging center Mike Houlihan (from Hop Craft) is delivering the Club beers! Thanks Mike!!
Entries need 2 bottles for the first round, and you would need to get them to Mike by March 20th!
January - February
MEDAL WINNERS ANNOUNCED for DEJA BRU
The results from Deja Bru Historic Beer Competition are in and our VP Will Moreau is bringing home a Gold Medal for his Roggenbier! Congratulations Will!! Will Moreau, Larry Kula & Lee Bentley were among the 80+ entrants from the USA, Canada & Norway! https://dejabru.org/
***CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT***
SICILIANO'S HOMEBREW COMPETITION 2025
All the details are out for the 2025 Siciliano's Homebrew Competition! You could be the next big winner!
Registration opens on March 1st- April 7th Beers are due April 13th Judging is April 19th
3 bottles per entry $15 per entry Not sure on the per brewer limit
Siciliano's Homebrew Competition - Brew Competition Online Entry & Management
GREAT FEBRUARY MEETING
What a GREAT meeting last night! Thanks to Zack for sharing and MAKING a beer AT our meeting with More Beers new Flash Brewing Kit! Makes 5gallons in 10 mins! We should get to taste this at the March Meeting.
Beer of the Night with 5 votes went to Marc for his Belgian Triple! Hot on his heals were Johnny, Holly & Will with 4 votes each! Thanks to the Kula's for the Meatballs & Noodles for dinner.
Next Month is an Irish Stew Competition (message Lee to sign up) for our Food and Education is Fruit Beer by Josh.
***CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT***
Here are the details for the National Homebrew Competition
Registration has opened for the National Homebrew Competition! All the judging dates & info is available through the link.
You must be an American Homebrewing Association Member to enter this competition.
Michigan Mead Coalition BJCP Exam
If you are interested in learning more about tasting & evaluating mead the Michigan Mead Coalition is going to set up the BJCP Exam and run some classes. Contact them or Tony Greening for more information.
***Barrel Brewers***
We have a date to do the switch on our New Holland Bourbon/Maple Syrup Barrel at Paul’s house.
Saturday February 15th at 2pm looks like it will work for most. Please let us know if you can or cannot make this date
If picking up a beer: please bring a clean empty keg to avoid oxidation.
If dropping off: please have your beer racked off the trub into a keg or bucket. We will need to pull a sample to evaluate.
Doppelbock Brewers: Paul, Larry, Pete, Lee, Dave, Denny, Jon, Josh, Tony, Ryon, and Will
Breakfast Stout Brewers: Johnny, Lee, Zack, Trevor, Josh, Will, Pete, Jon, Dave, Paul, and Larry
***CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT***
Here are the details for the Celebrity Deathmash!
Judging: April 26th at Brewery Becker warehouse. Registration opens: March 1st thru April 6th. Registration will be through Reggie Beer.
Cost: $100 per Club plus $5 per entry.
Entry Limits: 150 total. 3 entries per person.
They do ask that each Club provide a Judge if possible.
Larry won a couple medals at last years comp, and they are very nice! We hope that we could have entries in each of the 5 categories this year.
Here are the official categories
1. Rational Belgians: 24B Belgian Pale, 25A Belgian Blonde, 26A Single, 26B Dubbel, 26C Tripel
2. Unamerican Lagers: 2a International Pale, 2b International Amber, 2c International Dark, 4a Munich Helles 4b Festbier 4c Helles Bock, 6a Märzen 6b Rauchbier, 6cDunkles Bock, 8a Munich Dunkel 8b Schwarzbier
3. Sour Patch Kids: 23 Berliner Weisse, 23b Flanders Red, 23c Oud Brun, 23d Lambic, 23e Gueuze, 23f Fruit Lambic, 23g Gose, 28a Brett, 28b Mixed fermentation, 28c Wild Specialty, 28d Straight Sour
4. Tales from the Darkside: 13c English Porter 15b Irish Stout, 15c Irish Extra Stout, 16a Sweet Stout, 16b Oatmeal Stout, 16c Tropical Stout, 16d Foreign Extra Stout, 20a American Porter, 20b American Stout, 20c Imperial Stout
5. King Charles: 11a Ordinary Bitter (new), 11b Best Bitter (new), 11c Strong Bitter (new), 12a British Golden, 12b Australian Sparkling, 12c English IPA
This is the first Official Notice of changes proposed to the CRHC By-Laws & Constitution:
Voting will take place at the March Meeting
Article TWO Section 2 Dues Add:
New Membership dues paid any time after September 30th of each year shall be $10.00per person through the month of December.
Guests are free for 2 meetings at the discretion of the Officer Board
Article FOUR Section 4
Addition:
Section 4. CRHC Brewer of the Year Competition
Members in good standing may choose to participate in the Brewer of the Year Competition held at the Club Officers discretion. Rules to the evaluated and established each year by the Officer Board. The intent of the competition and honorary award is to acknowledge extraordinary brewers in the CRHC and promote the Club in general to the public by this award. The Officer Board may dedicate up to $100 towards a jacket/shirt of the honorees choosing and they will be acknowledged on the Brewer of the Year plaque that is on display currently at TriCity Brewing Company.
***BREWER OF THE YEAR RULES***
Here are the updated BOTY Rules for 2025
The Officers put a lot of thought into the additions this year. We added a few opportunities for brew day points.
The intent of the BOTY award has always been to honor the brewer who has great beer and knowledge. We want it to be about the quality of beer and not a membership award for attendance.
We will have printed copies at the meeting on Friday.
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