Once again, Jeff Griffith, head brewer at Golden City Brewery, will be offering second runnings from Centurion Barley Wine and we have the chance to brew and compete in a special homebrew competition.

This annual event is truly special:
>>Watch (and help!) with the brewing of this special beer.
>>Come in the morning to claim you place in line and receive 5 gal of wort that you can brew with (numbers will be handed out randomly--the better the number, the higher the gravity as the wort drops off with longer sparging).

I tapped the 2nd 5 gallon keg of my Southern Brown tonight. It has been conditioning in my fridge at around 45 for a few weeks now.

I primed this keg to reach about 1 CO2 volume, just as I did for the keg I brought to the December meeting. At 45 degrees, there wasn't enough pressure to push it through the tap line so I added a little extra gas. I will not pull this one through the beer engine as I don't think I can consume it in a short amount of time, and would like to have it on tap for a few weeks.

December 2009 - Ourayle House

On my annual homage to Ouray, CO for New Years with the family I got a chance to visit the Ourayle House brewery.

Ourayle House is the tap room for Mr. Grumpy Pants Brewing Company owned and operated by Jim Hutchinson, or Hutch. On the days I visited, they opened around 4 pm and I could tell the wood stove had just been fired up from the frost my breath made as I asked for a beer. It had warmed up to the high 50s by my second beer.

Click here for the newsletter: http://hopbarley.org/files/newsletter09Jan.pdf

Style of the month: Belgian and French Ales
Recipe: Biere de Garde

Click here for the newsletter: http://hopbarley.org/files/newsletter09Oct.pdf

Style of the month: Belgian Strong Ales
Recipe: Belgian Trippel