[Guest post by Andy Cox.]
First off, a huge thank you to our host Peter Cowles the Founder/CEO/Chief Beer Scientist at Aspetuck Brew Lab. Not only did he open up for us on his night off and joined in on all the fun, he also provided fresh glassware for each tasting – such luxury!
Next up, Andy Tipler and Pierre brought us up to date on their experimentation in CO2 dispensing for home brewers. If you haven’t already seen it, Andy and Pierre have already published two articles in Zymurgy and are working on the third article of the series. As a proof of concept, they have modified wine or plastic bags to slide in a normal corny key to hold the beer and then applied a bicycle pump to demo a CO2 free way to pour beer while keeping oxygen out. Super cool!
Ok, on to the tasting notes. Hmm… I really should pack some paper in case Paul H. isn’t able to make it, I’m scoring my prep a 0 out of 5. So yes, we tasted and discussed homebrew but no scoring was attempted. Examples included a 2021 Beardsley cider on local CT honey, a ginger cider, coffee blossom hydromel, brown ale, a SNERHC award winning Biere de Garde, table mixed fermentation on grape skins, and a 2015 Braggot.
Upcoming:
Sat Dec 2nd: Twelve Percent Home Brew Competition
Thurs Dec 14th: December Club Party with Brew Haven at Armada
January: Club elections
Full schedule of upcoming events up on the website or available as a calendar link so you never miss out.
Reminders:
We will be placing a club shirt and cap order at the end of November so get your order in!
Results of the club survey are up on the Facebook group page, so check it out.