Previous meetings
April 2013 meeting:
Held at Rudy’s Sports Bar, Hartsdale. Guest speaker was Rich Buceta from Single Cut Beersmiths
March 2013 meeting:
Held at Craftsman Ale House. Guest speakers from Rushing Duck Brewing Company, Chester NY
February 2013 meeting:
Held at Lazy Boy Saloon
January 2013 meeting:
Held at Captain Lawrence Brewing Company. Michael Katz led a discussion on brewing all grain versus extract.
December 2012 meeting:
Holiday Party, held at Growler Beer Bistro on Dec 17.
November 2012 meeting:
Held at Captain Lawrence Brewing Company. Noah gave a presentation on electrical brewing systems.
October 2012 meeting:
Held at Craftsman Ale House. Staff from Bronx Brewery was on hand.
September 2012 meeting:
Took place at the future location of Peekskill Brewery.
August 2012 meeting:
Welcome to the Westchester Homebrewers Organization 8-27-12 meeting. Thank you to (host) Captain Lawrence for hosting our meeting this evening.
President of the WHO Ken Hettinger
Club Vice President Ed Goldberg
Secretary Sarah Hettinger
Treasurer Chris Kulk
B. Committee Chairs:
Special Events Eric Freberg
Brewing Purchases Noah Pearce
Webmaster Matt Freifeld
Fund Raising Bobby Slanz
Past President Phil Clarke
C. Alcohol Announcement: By staying at this meeting, all members and guests here tonight understand and agree that because alcohol consumption is part of our meetings you will at no time leave the meeting and drive a car “under the influence” of alcohol as described by state law. If any member or guest becomes “under the influence” you will bring to the attention of fellow members that you need a ride and will not drive a car.
-Announced and Members Signed Waiver
D. Welcome new members
-David Bowers
-John Park
-Timothy Banach
-Nissim Karpenstein
-Clifton Galvin
-Brian Shanly
E. Tonight’s Topic Guest Speaker announced:
-Ed Goldberg, Vice President, from Westchester Homebrewers Organization
• Tonights BJCP topic is Light Hybrids – Category 6: Cream Ale, Blonde Ale, Kölsch, American Wheat or Rye Beer.
Beer contributed by Beer Necessities in New Rochelle, NY featuring:
-6A. Cream Ales: Narragansett Cream Ale and Six Point’s Sweet Action
-6B. Blonde Ales: Hooker Blonde Ale and Harlem Brewing Co’s Sugar Hill Golden Ale
-6C. Kölsch: Captain Lawrence Kölsch and Reissdorf Kölsch
-6D. American What or Rye Beer: Widmer Brothers Hefeweizen
• Please see BJCP Style Guidelines for more information http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style06.php
• For more information on the beers we sampled, see following links
http://www.narragansettbeer.com/products/cream
http://sixpoint.com/beers/core/sweetaction
http://hookerbeer.com/beers/#blonde-ale
http://www.harlembrewingcompany.com/about.html
http://www.captainlawrencebrewing.com/the-beers/
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/288/2040
http://widmerbrothers.com/beer/#hefeweizen
F. New business:
• September/October CoC is Light Hybrids. Entries must be submitted by September 24th meeting, as well as $7 entry fee. Please note that the winner of the Club only Competition will be responsible for forwarding their winning beer to the host judges
• The WHO will be hosting the February Porter Club Only Competition
• Tentatively on October 14th there will be a Brew Day and Introduction to Homebrew at Hilltop Hanover Farms, more information can be found at http://www.hilltophanoverfarm.org
G. Introduce Guest Speaker: Reminder to be quiet and do not open homebrews till speaker is finished. By the end of the guest speaker presentation we will announce the contribution required go pay for the sample beers. See Chris Kulk, Treasurer
July 2012 meeting:
Highlights of July 23 meeting.
•The meeting was held at Captain Lawrence Brewing Company in Elmsford.
•A panel of judges from the club selected the winning entry for the WHO submission for AHA CoC Porter competition.
•A brief discussion took place about miscellaneous club business.
•Special guest speaker Jeremy Cowan talked to the club about Schmaltz Brewing Company
June 2012 meeting:
Highlights of June 25 meeting.
•The meeting was held at Captain Lawrence Brewing Company in Elmsford.
•Club member Kevin Winn led a discussion about Old Ales.
May 2012 meeting:
Highlights of April 23 meeting.
•The meeting was held at Captain Lawrence Brewing Company in Elmsford.
•A brief discussion took place about miscellaneous club business.
•Club member Richie De Palma led a discussion about the Porter beer style.
April 2012 meeting:
Highlights of April 23 meeting.
•The meeting was held at Beer Necessities in New Rochelle.
•Vice President Ed Goldberg ran the meeting (Ken out due to illness).
•Scottish/Irish Ale competition was held, submission was selected for the AHA Club-only-Competition.
March 2012 meeting:
Highlights of March 26 meeting at Captain Lawrence Brewery at 444 Saw Mill River Road, Elmsford, New York.
•Club officers and committee chairs in attendance. Ken Hettinger, President; Ed Goldberg, Vice President; Sarah Hettinger, Secretary; Chris Kulk, Treasurer; Eric Freberg, Special Events; Noah Pearce, Brewing Purchases; Matt Freifeld, Webmaster; Bobby Slanz, Fund Raising; Phil Clarke, Past President.
•New members. Elise Deming; Bill DeLorenzo; Chase Planson
•Beers contributed and provided by Beer Necessities, 11 Quaker Ridge Road, Quaker Ridge Shopping Center, New Rochelle, NY.
•Chris Kulk discussed Club’s account balance. Talk of possibility of doing a Bar Crawl with some of the available funds.
•Guest Speaker – Roger Savoy from Homebrew Emporium. Four locations in NY and Massachusetts
His conversation was on Italian Breweries that he visited while in Italy. Samples:
~Extra ReAle, Brewed by Birra del Borgo. Style: India Pale Ale from Borgorose, Italy
~Baladin Nora, Brewed by Birrificio Le Baladin. Style: Herbed/Spiced Beer from Piozzo, Italy
~Isaac, Brewed by Birrificio Le Baladin. Style: Witbier from Piozzo, Italy
~Pink IPA, Brewed by Almond ’22. Style: Pink Pepper Italian Pale Ale from Pescara, Italy
~Birra Menabrea, from Biella, Piedmont, Italy.
•For more information regarding the Italian Beer scene is Evan Rail’s New York Times article, describing what is happening in the north as well as the beer/food connection in Italy. http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/travel/02Beer.html
-Charlie Papazian, the author of The Complete Joy of Homebrewing, founder of the Great American Beer festival as well as the American Homebrewers Association, offers a whole series of posts on Italian Beers. http://www.examiner.com/beer-in-national/charlie-papazian?page=57
-Want a list of Birra del Borgo’s beers, check out Beer Advocate: http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/14046
-This website is great for complete breweries as well as being a beer directory for the Italian beer scene: http://www.microbirrifici.org/beer_english.aspx