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May 9, 2018 34 people attended Next Meeting: June 13, 2018
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BIG BREW WAS A HUGE SUCCESS!
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110 ATTENDEES
20 BEERS ON TAP
6 BATCHES BREWED
$729 DOLLARS RAISED FOR THE CLUB
A huge thank you to Brendan for hosting the event and another huge thank you to Ming's Asian Street food for keeping our bellies full of treats other than beer.
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HOMEBREW CON 2019
PROVIDENCE, RI
MUST BE AN AHA MEMBER TO ATTEND
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MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL
Please consider becoming a member of RIBS. You have access to all the club resources like the Jockey Boxes and intro brewing equipment. You have an open invitation to all the meetings and great club events like April Sours and Breakfast Day. Also, when HOMEBREW CON come around you will be a part of the biggest and most noteworthy club in Rhode Island.
JOIN TODAY - FILL OUT THE APPLICATION AND SEND IN YOUR DUES!
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PSA: If 75% of our members are AHA members we get free club liability insurance! Join RIBS and Join AHA and list RIBS as your affiliation!
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MEMBER OF THE MONTH
This month it's Brendan Kennedy - Brendan has been an integral part of the success of many club events haled on his property. This paired with his awesome dedication to all things RIBS garnered him the Member of the Month notoriety. Click on the pic for the full write up! Congrats Brendan!
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NEW FACES
CHARLES: Loves to brew, 62 batches down and a new member of RIBS
JOSH AND KORN: Owners of Ming's Asian Street Food, both love to brew and are also new members of RIBS
DAVE: Has completed (5) batches and is looking forward to many more
WAYNE: Brews with dave and is excited to be involved
EMILY: Hailing from Clan Macintosh! Alex says its all her fault, but anyways, we are so glad to have her aboard as a new member and to share her great knowledge of Beer history
WELCOME TO OUR NEW GUESTS!
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APPAREL ORDER
- The first order of 2018 is complete
- Check out the catalogues here for next time
- List your item here on the next signup sheet
- Lets shoot for another order by the July 11th meeting.
- Apparel would be ready for the September meeting
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GROUP HONEY BUY
- Raspberry Bucket is full
- Still some room in the Orange Blosson Bucket though
- Typical mead batch is 10-15#'s
- Typical 1 gallon batch is 3#'s
- Cost is around $4/#
- Contact Jamie via email or slack to get in on it!
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GIRLS PINT OUT
- Tell all your lady friends - Woman Only Beer Club
- Come on out and learn about craft beer
- Check em out FB, Instagram, and Twitter
- Next event on May 21st - clothing swap to benefit Big Brothers / Big Sisters
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DON'T BE A SLACKER!
- IF YOU USE SLACK USE DELETRON
- CLICK THE LINK AND DELETE YOUR OLD SLACK JUNK
- FREE UP SPACE FOR OUR AWESOME FREE MESSAGING SERVICE
- THANKS FOR HELPING OUT!
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GOSE - STYLE TALK
- Brendan (our Member of the Month) gave an excellent talk on the Gose style
- A tart slightly salty low ABV wheat beer of German decent great for the upcoming hot weather
- Give Brendan a shout out or download his notes here
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INTRA-CLUB RECIPE CHALLENGE
- Brew your batch for the June 13th meeting.
- Brewing Classic Styles Blonde Ale
- Everyone do the exact same recipe so we can evaluate differences in techniques, water, fermenting, packaging etc...
- Click the image for BYO Blonde Ale style specifics but use the recipe listed below
- BJCP Style Category 18A (page 32 of the guidelines)
- Feel free to ask any of us if you have questions
- We will do a BJCP judging tutorial as well
ALL-GRAIN
10 lb. (4.53 kg) US 2-row malt (2 °L)
0..25 lb. (114 g) Crystal 10
0..25 lb. (114 g) Crystal 20
4.1 AAU Willamette hops (60 min) (0.82 oz./23 g of 5% alpha acids) or
substitute with Willamette, Glacier, U.S. Fuggle, U.S. Tettnang or
Styrian Golding hops
Wyeast 1056 (American Ale), White Labs WLP001 (California Ale) or
Fermentis Safale US-05 yeast
EXTRACT
6.3 lb. (2.85 kg) Light liquid malt extract (2 °L),
or substitute 5.1 lbs. (2.3 kg) fresh, light dried malt extract
0..25 lb. (114 g) Crystal 10 (Steep)
0..25 lb. (114 g) Crystal 20 (Steep)
4.1 AAU Willamette hops (60 min) (0.82 oz./23 g of 5% alpha acids)
or substitute with Willamette, Glacier, U.S. Fuggle, U.S. Tettnang,
or Styrian Golding hops
Wyeast 1056 (American Ale), White Labs WLP001 (California Ale) or
Fermentis Safale US-05 yeast
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WARPED POURS HOMEBREW FESTIVAL
- June 2nd at KOA Campground
- We have a 10x20 tent reserved
- $25 per tickets (no freedies this time)
- Supports Home Base and LEO Supoprt Foundation
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WATER CHEMISTRY TALK
DETAILS TO BE ANNOUNCED
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SUGGEST A COMP
- Have a favorite competition you like entering
- Get invited to comps because of your BJCP status
- Hear about one from a friend....
-LET US KNOW! We'll post, We'll enter, We'll WIN!
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RIBS ACROSS THE US
We are going to work on an interactive"ish" map representing RIBS winning competition medals across the US. This will show our national presence and hopefully encourage the group to put themselves out there and target competitions in empty states. Obviously the goal will be to fill in the map!
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DON'T FORGET THOSE HOUSE FAVORITES
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RIBS RUNNING GROUP
- Somewhat spontaneous
- Run, jog, walk, crawl,...
- C'mon out and have a good time and have a few brews after burning off a few calories
- Follow on Slack and FB for up to date info
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SNACK COMMITTEE
- Thanks to all who brought snacks for the last meeting.
- Check out Fred's awesome Tumeric and Ginger Hummus by clinking on Homer!
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GET YOUR SLACK ON!
- SLACK is a great way to stay connected
- If you're not on it you should be
- Recipe design, events, problem solving, etc...
- RIBS Slack URL
- RIBS Slack Signup
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CLOTHING OPTIONAL? SCANDALOUS!
- RIBS apprael is a great way to show your club support!
- The current order is open
- Add your items to the next order form below
- As soon as limits are met we will place the next order
- Pick anything you want, just fill out the order form
- We use J. Mack Studios in Westerly: here are the Catalogues
- Here is the order form
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RIBS FACEBOOK GROUP
- Post about your brewday!
- Post about your location!
- Post about your mom!
- OK well don't do that.
- Just POST!
- Be active and give RIBS a larger social media footprint!
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