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Henry's Tavern, at shops at Legacy, is doing penny draft beers all this week. 100 beers on tap, I went the last 2 nights, its very busy, you may wait in line to get in, but unlimited penny drafts could be worth it. No real rare beers, but a very solid list of craft brews.

Octoberfests seem very popular in the club, that could make a fun august/september comp. A lof ot people just got barrels so maybe a wood aged specialty sometime next year? I think it would be smart to have an early in the year comp for Belgian Pale Ale so we can get a little feedback on this style ...

Why are we getting these bots posting here? Seems weird. That message right before mine is almost a carbon copy of the one above from last year, very strange.

Results are posted now: http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/pages/competitions/national-homebrew-competition/winners/2013-nhc-first-round-winners Anyone in our club going to round 2? We got a 38.5 on our S'mores stout and it went to Mini-BOS but didn't advance. Schwarzbier got a 32.5 and good judg...

Can I bring my entries to the brewday Saturday? I don't think mine will be fully carbed up until Friday night, just kegged it last night.

I'll be brewing, just not sure what yet.

I know we tried it and I know a pro brewer in town with a great IPA really likes first wort hops for IPA's, gives you some hop flavor depth that is hard to describe or explain, but its worth a shot.

I would also like to see what people are using. I just moved to Plano and the water is disgusting here, so I will be buying water from those big jug filling stations and needing to add salts/minerals I am sure.

Oh, even a blind squirel finds an acorn once in a while. Thing is, the nasty stuff never sees the light of day. :shock: I'm picturing a basement full of nasty bottles, full of bacteria and off flavors, built up over years and years of brewing, guarded by a small hunchback. If only we had basements ...

Bill Lawrence wrote:Well if you guys want some vile tasting swill, I can always accomodate you.

haha, I think your new Bluebonnet Stein and medal would disagree.

This is a new one, didn't enter it in bluebonnet.

I do have a bottle of the Schwarzbier for you to try again, I'll see if I can have some fresh from teh keg too to see if the oxidation is from bottling or if you get it off the keg. Maybe club meeting next week.

I entered a Special Bitter, if it doesn't score better than some of my Bluebonnet entries I am going to have to sit down with someone and figure out what is going on. This thing is almost indistinguishable from the Fuller's London Porter on visual, and the taste is great, not a clone at all but turn...

Chuck mentioned at the Craft & Growler meeting that he would be getting the off flavor kit from the BJCP people. Is there already a sign up for this class or an estimated date?

I would love to get 3-4 cases of new clean label free bottles!

As a quick update I reached out to the website that sells them and they weren't interested in a group discount, so I have contacted Balcones directly. They responded and got me to the right contact, so I am just waiting to hear back from him. I'll let you all know what I find out.