F.O.R.D Crest Ye Olde Brew News F.E.R.A. Crest
September 2004
Fermental Order of Renaissance Draughtsmen Volume 12 Number 9
In this issue:

 September's Meeting

I guess I messed up by not putting the date of the meeting in the request for articles.  Evidently some members showed up on the 21st.  Sorry...The Editor.

The next meeting will be held back at Bailey's Pub 'N Grille in Dearborn on Tuesday, September 28. Bailey's is located on the southeast corner of Michigan and Mason. Their address is 22091 Michigan Avenue and their phone number is 313-277-3212. As usual, the thirsty hardcore who want dinner will start arriving around 5PM, people will drift in for an hour or so, and we will start our meeting around 6PM.

We will be in the upstairs lounge again due to a conflict with the downstairs area.  We will be downstairs in October.

Speaking of October, since the editor might be away on business,  October's meeting will be on October 26 at Bailey's.


Competition Results


Kathy Loftus

August Lawnmower Beer competition is tabulated below.

Lawnmower Competition
Place Brewer Style Points
1st Tyler Barber German Pilsner
42/50
2nd
Bob Zolkowski IPA
33.6/50
3rd
Tony Tantillo
APA (It was supposed to
be a Cream Ale
26.5/50


This month's competition is an AHA - Club Only Competition Style - IPA BJCP Category 7 and a Local Club Competition Style - APA BJCP Category 6 .

October's competition is Porter and Stout - BJCP Category 15 & 16 .

Please note that a new set of guidelines has been issued effective July 1, 2004.  However they will not take effect until January 1, 2005.  In the words of the BJCP, "Although the BJCP doesn't want to dictate policy to competition organizers, we expect that virtually all competitions for the rest of 2004 will use the 1999 guidelines. It will be much simpler for entrants, and far easier on judges if that happens. "



Next Month's Competition

October's competition is Porter and Stout - BJCP Category 15 & 16 .  November's Competition is Holiday's Ales. 



Five Years Ago in Ye Olde Brew News.

I couldn't find the September 1999 newsletter on the website, so since the meeting is only two days from October, I used the October newsletter.  Here is the 1999 Beer-B-Q review by Rich Byrnes...

Well, what can I say... this years Beer-B-Q was one of the best! Kathy Loftus, Doug Geiss, Tyler & Connie Barber, Mike Arend, Jim Racine, Chris Frey, Gabrielle Palmer and myself met at Jim Racine's house in August to plan the event. Jim and Marie Racine made us dinner and we worked out all the details for the Beer-B-Q. The weather was perfect, no heatwaves or rainstorms, it was just right! Once again this was a freebie to club members, but unfortunately many people RSVP'd that didn't show up and we overbought and over spent on food and such.

The food this year was top notch! Tyler Barber went to Dearborn Sausage and bought several different types of brautwursts and sausages to go along with our Octoberfest theme. Rich Byrnes brought a whole mess of soft pretzels and different mustards to sample as well. Doug Geiss manned the grill while several other people helped out as well.

Thanks to all who donated for the raffle and thanks to Sue Merritt for actually running the raffle. Thanks to Jim Racine for organizing the whole event, booking Janni Anni the clown to entertain the kids for an hour or so. Thanks to all who brought kegs of beer to share and stocked our bar, Jim Racine even brought a half barrel of Greektown Red (more details to follow on Jim's new business venture). Gabi made another outstanding rootbeer this year that was a hit with everyone. The food that everyone brought was outstanding, from Marla's famous Jambayala to Pat Babcock's Hummus (too bad Pat was sick and couldn't be there to see it disappear). Pat was kind enough to forward his recipe after so many people asked him for it (recipe to follow).

Anyways, I hope I didn't forget anyone, it's not intentional, trust me. Thanks to all who participated this year and we look forward to your ideas






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Bob Barrett



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Hyperlinks  

Doug Geiss

Here are some interesting links I found while doing some surfing today, as well as some beer label "warnings."  Take a look, and if they have not been
posted in the past, you may want to share the links and the "warnings" next month.

-Doug

http://www.realbeer.com/news/articles/news-000767.php
http://byo.com/feature/496.html
http://www.beerhunter.com/documents/19133-001407.html
http://www.maltinfusers.org/runoff/2003/July03.pdf


Due to increasing product liability litigation, American beer brewers have accepted the FDA's suggestion that the following warning labels be placed
immediately on all beer containers :

WARNING :
The consumption of alcohol may make you think you are whispering when you are not.

WARNING :
The consumption of alcohol is a major factor in dancing like an a______.

WARNING :
The consumption of alcohol may cause you to tell the same boring story over and over again until your friends want to SMASH YOUR HEAD IN !!!

WARNING :
The consumption of alcohol may cause you to thay shings like thish.

WARNING :
The consumption of alcohol may lead you to believe that ex-lovers are really dying for you to telephone them at four in the morning.

WARNING :
The consumption of alcohol may leave you wondering what the hell happened to your pants.

WARNING :
The consumption of alcohol may make your think you can logically converse with other members of the opposite sex without spitting.

WARNING :
The consumption of alcohol may make you think you have mystical Kung Fu powers, resulting in you getting your ass kicked.

WARNING :
The consumption of alcohol may cause you to roll over in the morning and see something really scary (whose species and or name you can't remember).

WARNING :
The consumption of alcohol is the leading cause of inexplicable rug burns on the forehead.

WARNING :
The consumption of alcohol may lead you to believe you are invisible.

WARNING :
The consumption of alcohol may lead you to think people are laughing WITH you.

WARNING :
The consumption of alcohol may cause a disturbance in the time-space continuum, whereby small (and sometimes large) gaps of time may seem to literally disappear.







Ye Olde Brew News
published by the F.O.R.D. Homebrew Club
Editor:
Tony Tantillo

Contributors:
Bob Barrett
Kathy Loftus
Rich Byrnes
Doug Geiss


Club Officers:
Chris Frey,President
Kathy Loftus, Vice President
Howard Klix Jr., Secretary
Doug Geiss, Treasurer
Tony Tantillo, Newsletter Editor
Mark Stavenga , Webmaster
Sue Merritt, Photographer/Historian/Beer Mooch
Kathy Loftus, Photographer
Mike Arend, Librarian
Jim Rice & Tyler Barber, Special Events Coordinators
Tyler Barber, Equipment Manager
Rich Byrnes, Business Manager

F.O.R.D. is a private, non-profit organization of homebrewers. The main goal of this club is to promote awareness and appreciation of the quality and variety of beer; to share information regarding technique, equipment and skill required to brew quality homemade beer; and to encourage responsible use of beer as an alcohol-containing beverage.
Howard Klix Jr.
24737 Cushing Ave
Eastpointe, MI 48021

Phone: (586) 779-1445
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