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I will drive entries down to Houston on Saturday, the 21st. If you are dropping entries at one of the home brew shops, send me an email. I want to make sure I get everyone's entries picked up.

Just a reminder, if you are entering the Lunar Rendezbrew, I am driving the club's entries down this weekend. Get them dropped off by about noon this Saturday, at HBHQ or WMTS, and I will pick them up and get them down to Houston. Just make sure they have all the necessary paperwork, and preferably,...

The Cactus Challenge , hosted by The Ale-ian Society, in Lubbock, is coming up in a couple of months. This competition covers all BJCP categories, and includes a special Area 51 category, for most unusual ingredient. The following dates have been announced. Entry Date: Aug 1 - Aug 24 1st Round Judg...

We had a planning meeting at Jack Mac's, on Monday, and here is what was discussed. Attendees : Einar Jonsson, Tom Garner, Walter Hodges, Don Trotter, Barrett Tillman, Fred David, Kelly Harris Login and judging will be held at Fred and Sue David's house again this year. We settled on the following d...

The Lunar Rendezbrew is next up on The Lonestar Circuit. Registration is now open, and will close on July 3rd. I plan to drive the club's entries down to Houston on Sunday June 30th. I plan on picking up entries from the homebew shops on Saturday, July 29th, in the afternoon. If you are planning on...

Congrats to Bill Neumann, Winning 2nd Place in Other Mead. Way to go Bill!

I hope everyone has recovered from last weekend's festivities. We had another great showing at this year's Bluebonnet! Not only did we successfully defend the Bluebonnet Trophy, we have given ourselves an early lead in the Lonestar Circuit. We didn't have very many entries for the Alamo City Cerveza...

The "Tasting Glass Evaluation Clinic" is just another name for the commercial tasting. Beers from many breweries will be available to sample. Tickets will be available at the registration desk, but they are limited. Your best bet is to get there earlier, say 6:00-6:30.

No TABC cert is needed.

We're still looking for volunteers to serve. We are lagging behind the other local clubs for volunteers. The commercial tasting lasts 2.5 hours. The ideal arrangement would be 3 shifts per table, roughly 45 minutes per shift. If anyone can handle a 45 minute shift, please consider helping out. And b...

Update : For the Hospitality Suite, AKA The Big Thirsty, the remaining time slots that need to be filled are: ON SATURDAY, 2 servers for 2-4 pm, and 2 servers for 6-8 pm. That's 4 servers needed for a 2-hour shift in the Big Thirsty. Do we have 4 people to fill those slots?

We need volunteers to serve beer during the commercial tasting and hospitality suite. Please post here if you are interested. I will post more information as I receive it.

There will be a packing party on Thursday March 14th at Winemakers Toy Store starting at 6:00pm. Bring your entries and we will get them packed and shipped to the correct judging center. If you can't make it, then you can drop them off at WMTS, already packed, and we will add the shipping label and ...

Reminder, entries for ACCF are due this weekend. I will be driving club entries down to San Antonio this weekend. If you can drop them off at HBHQ or WMTS by noon on Friday, I will get them dropped off in San Antonio on Saturday.

I would like to try to get the first COC of the year judged at the meeting this evening, so I am looking for some judges. I have 17 entries, so I am looking for 2 to 3 pairs of judges to help with this. I would like to start judging between 6:00 and 6:30, if I can get enough judges. I need at least ...