November 2020 BIER Meeting
Nov. 11, 2020
8 Attendees on ZOOM;
Dave King Josh Sember George Cerny
Jeff Pontin Dave Scheel Steve Morrow
Bernie & Donna Kordula
Discussion;
We were sent a bunch of swag from White
Labs and 10 free yeast packs, for taking their survey. Participants were given a bag of goodies, and
we divided up the yeast. Thanks to Doc’s
for handing them out.
Speaking of Doc’s, Kevin gave us a
bunch of Riverview pellet hops, Willamette, Fuggle and Perle. They were divided up among those who
requested them. Thanks, Kevin!
Our shipment of fresh NW hops should be
arriving soon. Thanks, Rich & Ted!
Our
Annual Christmas dinner and our January BIER Bus Tour are cancelled,
sorry.
The charity for our Spring Homebrew Fest will be Habitat for Humanity. This assumes we get back to normal by then.
Next year’s AHA National Convention will be in San Diego, CA, June 17 – 19 next June. Don’t miss the biggest 3 days in Homebrewing, for the year! We’re betting on effective COVID vaccines before then.
We talked about Tilt SG temperature correction error, use of amylase enzyme to dry beer out, and how to use oak chips.
The Beers;
Josh – Blackberry Mead
George – Static NEIPA
Dave King – English
IPA, OK, but wimpy Centennial
hops and fermented a bit too warm with WLP007, caused the English ale yeast
esters to steal the show, not to this brewer’s liking. The yeast did a good job, using a Shaken
No Stirred starter, just threw too much ester flavor for me. Next time, back to Chico yeast. The hops were bought on-line, and later, lot
analysis showed they were from the 2015 crop, way old. I wondered why they were a yellow brown
color. They smelled OK, just not much. The rest of them have been thrown out. Live and learn.
Steven – Pandemic Porter
Jeff – Oktoberfest
ZOOM again for our Dec. meeting, on the 9th. Tell us about your homebrew adventures and what you’re drinking. Stay warm, hoppy holidays to all.