Newsletters - October 2004
September Meeting Minutes
From: Scott Bieber [firststatebrewer@earthlink.net]
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 10:02 PM
To: firststatebrewer@earthlink.net
Subject: Wort's Hoppening
The September meeting of the First State Brewers was held at the home of Scott Bieber. Attending were Hank Keller, Garrett Sever, Jeff Ramberg, Dave Lawrence, Marty Drinan, Oliver Weatherbee (a blast from the past), Nathan Greenhut (Garrett's friend) and Scott Bieber.
The following people brought beer for our sampling pleasure:
| Marty Drinan | Brown Ale
Ommegang |
| Dave Lawrence | Imperial Stout |
| Jeff Ramberg | Brown Ale |
| Oliver Weatherbee | Brooklyn Pale Ale |
| Garrett Sever | Black Honey Ale
Red Honey Ale
Irish Red Ale
Scotch Ale |
| Hank Keller | Flying Dog Oktoberfest |
| Scott Bieber | IPA |
A Pub Crawl to Baltimore was discussed for December 4th of this year. The plans are to leave around 11:00 am and return around 8:00 pm. A return trip to The Brewers Art is in order. Other stops on the trip remain to be decided. Oliver said something about his wife driving, since she doesn't drink! That would be great if she could!
The assortment of beer and over amount of pizza kept the meeting running into the wee hours of the morning. Marty, Dave and Jeff were busy jabbering away in the kitchen when I sank into my recliner at 1:00 am. I woke up to an empty house (lights on, door open, contacts dried to my eyes) at 5:00 am. It's a good think my wife and kids were away that evening!
The October meeting will be held this Friday (10/15/2004) at the How Do You Brew? homebrew store in Newark. (
http://www.howdoyoubrew.com) The meeting will start at 7:30 pm. You may bring samples of your homebrew. If you wish to sit during the meeting, you should bring a folding chair. While you're there, be sure to stock up on your homebrew supplies! I'm sure Jan and Pete would appreciate you business.
Jan and Pete said they are out of our club flyer which they hand out at their store. I have
attached a copy of it. If you are coming to the meeting, please make some copies of the flyer and bring to the meeting to leave at the store. If we can all bring a stack of copies, they should be well stocked. Thanks!
The November meeting will be at Oliver Weatherbee's house and December will be at Marty Drinan's.
Recent Club Communications
From: Garrett
Sent: Oct 11, 2004 8:54 AM
To: Scott Bieber
Subject: Meeting this Friday
Can't wait. Are you sending out the wort's hoppening tonight? Any chance of getting me the recipe for your IPA for the website (if you're interested in sharing, of course) I'd like to start getting recipes from folks for the beers they share in the meetings so we can put them up on the site... We should say in the meeting that they can either bring the recipes with them and hand them to me in written form, or send them electronically. Also, I talked with the folks at Stewarts - Next "Brewers Dinner" is set for December 1. They will start selling tickets in November. Also, they mentioned maybe having a "homebrew night / competition" in March/April of next year - I thought that would be waaaaay cool. See you Friday - I'll be bringing more of my red honey ale and a few of my pumpkin ale. I wish the abbey ale I brewed was ready - but it'll probably be the Nov meeting before I crack into them. Do you know if HDYB will be allowing us to make purchases? I need to pick up some keg lube and PBW and I wasn't sure if I could do that at the meeting. -Garrett
From: Scott Bieber
Sent: Oct 11, 2004 10:02 AM
To: Garrett
Subject: Re: Meeting this Friday
Garrett, Yes, I plan to send out the newsletter tonight. I will also
type up my recipe for you. I will put a pitch for others to share their
recipes, as well. Yes, we will be able to make purchases at the
meeting. If you want to sit during the meeting, you should bring a folding
chair. I will include that in the newsletter. The pilsner I brewed last
week is looking good in the carboy! It's the first lager I have ever brewed! I have it in my beermeister and it has a 2 inch thick layer of yeast at the bottom! How cool is that? I will probably rack that into a
secondary tonight. It only recently occurred to me that I can use a 5
gallon carboy as the primary fermenter with a lager, because of the bottom fermentation. The primary fermentation of an ale would blow out the top of a 5 gallon carboy. I usually use the large plastic bucket, because it has the head room for a top-fermenting ale. However, the plastic bucket can't fit in my beermeister and allow me to have a keg in there as well. The 5 gallon carboy fits in there quite nicely! I guess I will be brewing some lagers from now on. I can't wait to taste it! Cheers, Scott
From: Harald Ackermann
Sent: Oct 8, 2004 12:16 AM
To: Scott Bieber
Subject: Re: 'Tax the fat' says minister
"Scott Bieber" schrieb am 08.10.04 03:32:12:
>
> Harald,
>
> Oh no! You had better start brewing lite beer! :) Check out the
> article!
>
>
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_12-9-2004_pg9_6
>
> Cheers,
> Scott
>
Don't worry it will still taste good.
Harald
PS: Plans still up ?
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-----Forwarded Message-----
From: Scott Bieber
Sent: Oct 5, 2004 9:52 AM
To: David.Jay.Lawrence
Subject: Fw: Oktoberfest at the Hill
Dave,
You will learn when we go to Germany that an Oktoberfest beer is not "a strong malty amber lager". In fact, it is light and weak. You can go to State Line and buy a number of different German Oktoberfest beers and you will see what I mean. I've noticed that an Oktoberfest brewed in American is always amber, though. Maybe you can tell your buddies at Iron Hill to get it right! Cheers, Scott
-----Forwarded Message-----
From: Iron Hill Brewery
Sent: Oct 5, 2004 2:11 AM
To: firststatebrewer@earthlink.net
Subject: Oktoberfest at the Hill
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Oktoberfest at the Hill ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Guten Tag!
Once a year, the German people celebrate their love of great food and beer. To follow in some good ol' German-fashion celebrating of the Oktoberfest beer festival, the party is coming to Iron Hill! With the famous words "O'zapft is!" ("The barrel has been tapped"), we at Iron Hill are bringing a taste of old world Germany to you! Oktoberfest at the Hill ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Every Thursday beginning October 7, each of our five area locations West Chester, Media, North Wales, Wilmington and Newark will celebrate Oktoberfest with special menus featuring German cuisine. Some German specialties arriving are: Weiner Schnitzel with Spaetzel; Sauerbraten, made by marinating roast beef in a sour-sweet sauce; Mustard Pork Loin with sauerkraut, mashed potatoes and braised cabbage; Bavarian Mixed Grill of sausages including knockwurst, bratwurst, bockwurst and wienerschnitzel; and Salmon in Riesling Sauce with braised celery root with bacon. To compliment the traditional fare, two great German style beers, Oktoberfest, specially brewed for the month, and our award-winning Lodestone Lager are being brewed. "Our Oktoberfest has become synonymous with the German festival. We brew it to be a true representation of the well-known beer style". It is a strong malty amber lager balanced by a moderate bitterness due to the use of traditional German hops - perfect match for the hearty German dishes! The Lodestone Lager is our version of a Munich Helles which is a clean tasting, pale lager with a malty sweetness and a pronounced hop character. The Lodestone Lager can be found on tap year round!
-----Forwarded Message-----
From: Scott Bieber
Sent: Sep 15, 2004 11:22 AM
To: Harald Ackermann
Subject: RE: Wort's Hoppening
Harald,
That sounds like a good plan! We'll discuss it at the meeting on Friday. Cheers, Scott
From: Harald Ackermann
Sent: Sep 15, 2004 1:26 AM
To: Scott Bieber
Subject: RE: Wort's Hoppening
Scott,
There is not a lot to read. But best is to go to Lauterbach and check out their website. They have tours for the Brewpub here. Try also www.beerguide.de, there is more information about Brewerys in Hessia. Shopping is better in Giessen. We can easily shedule that. Here are my proposals: Wednesday Visit Krombacher during the day. Thursday Lauterbach Visit with Brewery visit and Beertasting. I am sure there is time for shopping too. Friday Morning: Marburg City tour Afternoon Shopping in Giessen and Evening Dinner at the Giessen Brewery Pub. One Evening would be the opportunity to test the Beer offtaste kit I got from you all. We could do that in my place on Wednesday or Thursday. Harald
"Scott Bieber" schrieb am 15.09.04 04:47:48:
>
> Harald,
>
> I can't find too much about the Schlitz Brewery or the Lauterbacher
> Burgbrauerei. I did find a web site for this brewery, though:
>
http://www.hochstift.de Do you know anything about that one?
>
> The brewpub in Giessen looks great!
>
> I think a daytrip to the Krombacher Brewery would be great, too.
> Other
than
> that, I have no plans. (Bonnie wants to spend some time shopping in
> Marburg)
>
> The people who said they want to go are Bonnie and I, Jeff Ramberg,
> Dave Lawrence, Marty Drinan and Hank and Anjou Keller. So, my math
> says 7 people. Of course, that is subject to change. We won't know
> for sure
until
> they buy their plane tickets. I will talk with people about the trip
> this Friday.
>
> I plan to take another German language course in the winter. I think
> I
will
> study this time! I remember trying to talk to Ralph right after being
> dropped off at his apartment. We couldn't understand a word.
> However, I understood when he offered me a beer! :)
>
> Cheers,
> Scott
>
>
>
From: Harald Ackermann
>
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 1:20 AM
>
To: Scott Bieber
>
Subject: Re: Wort's Hoppening
>
> Scott,
>
> I heard the Schlitz Brewery in Vogelsbergkreis is supposed to be very
> good and offers next to a tour also food and drinking. I am not
> familiar with
the
> Brewery, but guess you might find more about it in the web.
>
> My candidate for a daytrip is definitely the Krombacher Brewery. I
> just
like
> the beer more than Warsteiner. I will look into it some more.
>
> Activities for other days I see as follows. It may be worth visiting
> the museum in the castle (living in the past around Marburg).
>
> I guess one night we have to try the off flavor kit I got from you all
when
> I left. It may be something to do in the evening. I am planning to
> have
two
> or three styles of home made beer available.
> Brewed last week a strong english ale and are planning a
"altwestfälisches
> Brown Ale" this weekend - yes I am getting back into brewing again.
>
> You got 3 days around Marburg (Wednesday to Friday). Any plans for the
other
> days.
>
> Whats the peoplecount so far? Do you have more details on who is
> coming?
>
> There is a Microbrewery pub in Giessen (I guess it is related to the
Giessen
> Brewery) that may be worth visiting for dinner (We may need a cab from
> the train station to the Pub).
>
> Have a good day
>
> Harald
>
>
> ____________________________________________________
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From: Garrett Sever
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 7:52 PM
To: 'Scott Bieber'
Subject: More info
Scott,
Won't keep you long - in the middle of bottling a belgian abbey ale (maybe ready for a trial at the next meeting :-D )
Was reading on a board tonight at saw the following - great LOCAL place to get kegs from - just up in Philly.
"This place has lots and lots of kegs, possibly thousands of them...
http://www.carbonatorrental.com/
They're off of Lindbergh Blvd, not too far from the Philadelphia International Airport.
I picked up two today, $20.00 each. I haven't pressure tested them yet, but they appear to be in good shape. No stickers and just the typical small dings and scratches on the exterior.
If you go or call, ask for Eric. You can also e-mail him at: eric@carbonatorrental.com
Barry"
Thought you might want to pass that on to folks.
Garrett
From: Gerald J Carney
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 2:33 PM
To: Harald Ackermann
Subject: Wheat Beer
Harald,
I recently purchased a case of German Hefe Weizen. I'm a little confused about the brewery name. On the neck label it has Privatbrauerei Höss Sonthofen/Germany. On the rear label it has Brewed And Bottled By Der Hirsch-bräu Sonthofen/Germany. My question is, what is the brewery name? Is it Höss? Or is it Der Hirsch-bräu? Help. Jerry
From: Gerald J Carney
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 8:07 AM
To: jsbstuff2@earthlink.net
Subject: RE: Stuff
Scott,
Absolutely nothing offensive about any of those.
Jerry
From: Scott Bieber
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 9:00 PM
To: Gerald J Carney
Subject: RE: Stuff
What? No comment about the album???? :)
http://www.firststatebrewers.com/gallery/Jerry
From: Garrett
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 10:58 AM
To: Scott Bieber
Subject: Jerry album
Scott,
Are you trying to get me in trouble? First you ask to remove the pic of you passed out that Jerry posted, then you upload a whole album devoted to embarrassing Jerry? What's up with that? Granted, it's funny as hell, but what are you trying to start here? -Garrett
From: Gerald J Carney
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 2:35 PM
To: Scott Bieber
Subject: Re: Stuff
Scott,
Thank you for the help. No comment about the picture????
Jerry
-----Forwarded Message-----
From: Scott Bieber
Sent: Sep 20, 2004 1:35 PM
To: Gerald J Carney
Subject: Re: Stuff
If you are using Microsoft Word, you can Click the Insert menu, choose Symbol and then select the character you want, like ä, ü or ß. If not, you could copy and past the ones I have just typed.
From: Gerald J Carney
Sent: Sep 20, 2004 9:10 AM
To: Scott Bieber
Subject: Stuff
Scott,
I thought the picture I sent to Garrett was more interesting than those bland ones you sent. Do I remember you saying that you know the secret to showing the Umlatt on German characters? If you do, let me in on the secret so I can ask Harald some questions about a brewery I got some excellent Wheat beer from..
Jerry
