A group of F.O.R.D.members meet on Tuesday, January 11th to discuss a variety of topics. We meet at the Tenny Street Roadhouse (http://www.tennystreet.com/).

Among topics discussed was the offer we have to use the Tenny Street facility, so it made sense for us to meet here and check it out. And we all agreed, let's try a meeting here.

Tenny Street Roadhouse is located at 22361 West Village Drive in Dearborn, Michigan. The building is a former post office, located one block south of Michigan Avenue and one block east of Military. Phone. It is about two blocks west of Baileys.

The pluses are several. First, on Tuesday's their back room which can hold hundreds of people is basically empty, as they have no bands (currently) scheduled on this evening. So we can actually hold meetings and not have to jostle with everyone coming through. Also, they have a decent menu of food. Beer selection is a little light, but they did have Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Bell's, Anchor Steam and a few other very high quality brews. No brews from Belgium : - (

So plan on coming by around 5:30 - 6:00pm this coming Tuesday, January 25th. As this is our first meeting there, we should be discrete with our homebrews. You have to come in the front and walk through the restaurant to the back, so let's ease the owners into this potential long-term relationship by bagging our samples, buying one or two of their brews and enjoying some of their food. As it has been in the past, as owners begin to see our club members as friendly, courteous and paying customers, they will in turn be gladder to see us in the future and may be more receptive to stocking a few more "specialty" brews that we may request.

We will then go over some of the thinking and discussions that were covered at the January 11th meeting - see you there (OK, I won't be there, but share the new years with everyone else)!

November's Barleywine competition results are...
1st place Tyler Barber Barleywine 41/50
2nd place Tony Tantillo Barleywine 40/50

December's Holiday Ales competition results are...
1st place Mike A & Kathy L Pumpkin Ale 38.5/50
2nd place Steve Close Spiced Ale 37/50

The January competition is Category 24 - 28, mead and cider. Please bring your entries to the Meeting this Tuesday, January 25 at Tenny Street Roadhouse. Please see www.bjcp.org for more details

Homebrew Competition (sent in to F.O.R.D. mailing list by Howard Klix, Jr.)

From: John C.Tull [mailto:jctull@biodiversity.unr.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 12:16 AM
To: John C.Tull
Subject: Washoe Zephyr Zymurgists Homebrew Comp

Hello,

As the organizer of the 2005 WZZ Homebrew Competition on 27 February 2005, I wanted to ask if you could provide details on our event to your homebrew club members. I got your email from the AHA website.

This is a BJCP certified and AHA sanctioned competition. Our grand prize is the opportunity to brew your beer at Great Basin Brewing Company here in Reno, NV along with $50 gift certificates from the Reno Homebrewer and Beer, Beer & More Beer. We have a highly skilled base of BJCP judges both in Reno and northern California that will be participating at this event. This event will be helpful for anyone wanting feedback prior to the AHA NHC. Entries are due from 5-19 February 2005, and fees are $6 for first entry, $4 each additional beer entered.

Our web page has all the details, including links for online registration, and a pdf flyer for offline reading. Please consider including this in your club newsletter or by email if possible. Potential judges or stewards that may be in Reno are encouraged to register online and join us.

http://washoezz.net/competition.html

If you have questions, feel free to contact me.

Cheers,
John C. Tull

Next month's competition style is sour beers ! This is BJCP category 17.

Five years ago was January 2000. The AHA was coming to Livonia and Al Czajkowski was our president....

Well we're on our way through the last year of the millennium (yes, I'm a stickler for this kind of thing). The year does have some interesting things coming our way. The AHA is coming to Livonia! I've started reading the info. I'll pass on all the details when I get up to date. National homebrew day - it would be nice to get into another public demo, any thoughts on locations? The annual Beer-B-Que, I guess I have to attend this one, need to get the date set so I can block my calendar. And we haven't had a road trip in a while - about time for another one. What else? What do you want to see the club do this year? Fresh ideas are always welcome. Falling back on how things have run in the past, we are going to be holding board of directors meetings again. I plan to have them two weeks before the regular meeting, on the same day as the meeting for the month. Not trying to hide anything here, just a smaller working meeting, everyone is invited to come and toss in ideas and or just observe, but you will be more likely to get volunteered to help on stuff if you attend - which may well be goodness. Any thoughts on equipment we should be adding to the club locker? Well, this is all probably more than you really wanted to read anyway, so go pour yourself the best beer in the world, the one you brewed yourself. Looking forward to a great 2000

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