Post by Alex Bullock on Oct 26, 2018 6:49:32 GMT -5
This is the official announcement for the 2018 Advent Brew event!
Basically instead of having a calendar with chocolate in it, it'll be beers in the fridge. Any paid member can join and brew a beer of their choice, then at a later date (to be determined) we will swap bottles so everyone who is participating has a bottle from everyone. If you want to join, keep in mind that we only have about 1 month to brew, ferment, condition and package this beer! At this point we've been talking about the event for a while at our meetings so I'm hoping that most people have something on the go already.. but it's possible to brew, ferment and package a beer in a month so if you forgot to brew something there is still time!
The entry window will close on Dec 1st so when all the entries are identified, we can sort them into a drinking order. I will set up threads where we talk about the beer and provide any tasting notes, comments or feedback. This is where the brewer can really describe their process for the beer.
It's optional but may be interesting if people want to design labels for their bottles.
No style restrictions. Feel free to brew a simple blonde ale or an barrel aged spiced imperial stout.. the choice is yours!
Have the beer bottled and reasonably ready to drink by the time we do the swap. If we have less than 14 members signed up by Dec 1st then we will just do the swap at the December meeting on Dec 10th, however if we have more than 14 members then we'll have to meet at another time in early December. I will post the date on Dec 1st after we've closed the entry window.
The bottles must be labelled in some legible way with your name, name/style of the beer and it's drinking order.
If 10 people sign up, then we each only need to bring 10 bottles to swap. We will also start the calendar X days before Christmas, where X is the number of people who signed up.
If you are interested, just post below! If you know what you're going to brew then let us all know as well.
Basically instead of having a calendar with chocolate in it, it'll be beers in the fridge. Any paid member can join and brew a beer of their choice, then at a later date (to be determined) we will swap bottles so everyone who is participating has a bottle from everyone. If you want to join, keep in mind that we only have about 1 month to brew, ferment, condition and package this beer! At this point we've been talking about the event for a while at our meetings so I'm hoping that most people have something on the go already.. but it's possible to brew, ferment and package a beer in a month so if you forgot to brew something there is still time!
The entry window will close on Dec 1st so when all the entries are identified, we can sort them into a drinking order. I will set up threads where we talk about the beer and provide any tasting notes, comments or feedback. This is where the brewer can really describe their process for the beer.
It's optional but may be interesting if people want to design labels for their bottles.
No style restrictions. Feel free to brew a simple blonde ale or an barrel aged spiced imperial stout.. the choice is yours!
Have the beer bottled and reasonably ready to drink by the time we do the swap. If we have less than 14 members signed up by Dec 1st then we will just do the swap at the December meeting on Dec 10th, however if we have more than 14 members then we'll have to meet at another time in early December. I will post the date on Dec 1st after we've closed the entry window.
The bottles must be labelled in some legible way with your name, name/style of the beer and it's drinking order.
If 10 people sign up, then we each only need to bring 10 bottles to swap. We will also start the calendar X days before Christmas, where X is the number of people who signed up.
If you are interested, just post below! If you know what you're going to brew then let us all know as well.