Posted on April 30th, 2008 by John Little
This weekend is the First Annual Auburn Brew Club Beer, Bikini and Bagpipe Bash Weekend. 3 completely free events involving beer, food and other stuff. We don’t really think there’ll be bikinis and bagpipes this year, but we decided to go ahead and include those in the name because we’re sure it’ll happen one day!
- Friday night, 7pm till ? - Cookout and Homebrewed Beer at Harold’s house.
- Saturday, 11am till ? - Cookout, Homebrewed Beer and an All-Grain Brewing demonstration by Stephen at Stephen’s house. Learn to brew your own!
- Sunday, 11am till ? - Cookout, Homebrewed Beer and an All-Grain Brewing demonstration by John at Michelle’s house. Learn to brew your own!
For directions or other details, contact us.
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Posted on April 22nd, 2008 by John Little
Scott received another 2nd place this past weekend. This time the competition was the 20th annual Bluff City Brewers & Connoisseurs Homebrew Extravaganza, and Scott placed in the English Pale Ale category with his Extra Special Bitter. There were 165 entries, and I believe he only submitted a couple of entries. Way to go Scott!
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Posted on April 20th, 2008 by John Little
From the Montgomery Advertiser, on page 12A, just opposite the continuation page of the craft beer movement article.
Trouble’s a-brewin’
Home brewers try to change state law
By Rick Harmon • April 20, 2008
John Little of Auburn was named the best home brewer in Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and Georgia.
As he examines documents in a posh east Montgomery boardroom, John Little doesn’t look like a criminal.
There are few states outside of Alabama where he would be one.
In other states, he has been honored for what he does. Last year he was recognized as the 2007 Mid South Master Brewer of the Year, which designated him as the best home brewer in Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and Georgia.
He doesn’t deny being a criminal — at least in Alabama. He does deny being the best brewer.
“There are friends of mine in Alabama, mentors of mine, who are far better than I am. They just didn’t choose to enter (the competition),” said Little, who lives in Auburn, but commutes to Montgomery to work at Kaufman Gilpin McKenzie Thomas Weiss.
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Posted on April 20th, 2008 by John Little
Here is the main article in today’s Montgomery Advertiser. It is THE front page article and carries over to page 13A.
Coming to a head
Beer drinkers make inroads
By Kym Klass • and Rick Harmon • April 20, 2008
Mike Johnson pours a sample beer during a meeting of the Auburn Brew Club.
Two years ago, a bill to raise the level of alcohol in beers sold in Alabama was so dead that the House presented it the Shroud Award for the “deadest bill” of the session.
Now, the same bill has passed the House, and proponents believe it has the votes to pass in the Senate if it can be brought up for a vote.
Sen. Larry Dixon, R-Montgomery, said he doesn’t know of any other bill that has been given the Shroud Award and “come back.”
“This would be unique in that way, if it were to pass,” he said.
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Posted on April 3rd, 2008 by John Little
April Meeting - The Auburn Brew Club will have its next regular Monthly Meeting on Tuesday, April 8, 2008, at 6:30pm at Stephen’s house. Members and visitors are encouraged to bring a couple of liters of homebrew to the meeting for tasting and discussion. But if you are new to homebrewing or it has been a while, and you don’t have any to share, that’s ok too! We welcome everyone who has an interest and would like to learn to brew. You can find out more about our monthly meetings here. Remember to bring your own tasting glass and a fold-up chair if you have one. The typical den doesn’t usually have 20 chairs, but we could have 20 people show up!
Spring 08 Big Brew - The Auburn Brew Club’s Spring Big Brew will be held on Saturday, May 3, 2008, at Jeff’s house was cancelled. This is the same day as the American Homebrewers Association’s national big brew day. We should have a dozen or more brewers with equipment set up at Jeff’s, brewing a variety of beers. This will be an all day event, beginning in the morning around 9am and lasting until late. There’ll be plenty of food and good craft beer. About 40 people came by for our Fall 07 Big Brew, and a great time was had by all. This is a perfect time to watch others brew if you’ve never seen anylne make a small batch of beer before.
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Posted on April 3rd, 2008 by John Little
Special thanks to Master Graphics of Auburn for the artwork. There’s only so much our current members know how to do in photoshop. Anyway, the tshirt were finished very quickly, and they look great. We’re calling these v2 for version 2. Hopefully, there’ll be a v3 soon. you just can’t have enough beer and brewing tshirts. We did order a few extra of every size from S to 3X, above what current members requested if anyone else in interested in purchasing one or two.
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