January 2008

http://www.hbd.org/carboy

Mark Garwatoski (mark@food4dogs.com)

Meeting Location
CARBOY’s monthly meetings are currently held at the BB&Y Restaurant. BB&Y is located on the first floor of the Caswell Building at 3700 National Drive, in the Koger Center off Glenwood Avenue in West Raleigh. Owner Nick Jones allows CARBOY to meet monthly at his restaurant when we don’t have picnics or field trips scheduled. BB&Y is open for lunch each week-day. We encourage members to visit BB&Y for a relaxed informal meal. Please let Nick now you’re from CARBOY when you visit his restaurant.

January 2008 Meeting Minutes

Shamrock Open 2008- This years Shamrock open will be held Saturday, March 15th at the BB&Y restuarant. We are looking to have a lot of club members volunteer to help out with this event. We're looking for people to help out by judging or stewarding. This is the main event that funds all other CARBOY activities so please pitch in if you can.

AHA National Homebrewers Conference- This years conference will be held June 19th-21st in Cincinnati. CARBOY has already volunteers to serve our beer at Club Night and defend our crown as 'Best Homebrew Club' at club night. Each year our club has had a larger group attend this event and we're hoping to continue this trend. You can find more info about this event HERE. If you have any questions please feel free to email me at Mark@food4dogs.com and I can provide more info on the event itself and/or what CARBOY had planned for our participation in the event.

How to make better extract beer? Tom gave a very informative talk and discussion about making the most of extract beers. We discussed some of their limitations and how to work around them.

We then went into "TELL US ABOUT THIS BEER"!

SHARED WITH THE CLUB

NAME

BEER

HOMEBREW (Yes/No)

Brian Sico

 Chocolate Porter
 Yes

Mike Weiss

 Scotch Ale
 Yes
Dave Buning
 Ca. Common
English Pale
 Yes
Yes

Glen Waters

 ESB
 Yes

Chris Kafer

 Robust Porter
 Yes
Adam Croissant
 Coffee Stout
 Yes
Wayne Pfeiler
 Porter
 Yes
Mike Dixon
 Belgian Pale (British)

Belgian Pale (American)
 Yes

Yes
 Mark Garwatoski
 Cal. Common
 Yes
Dan Singer
 Porter

Spiced Winter Warmer
 Yes

Yes
Jim Brewer
 Saison

American Brown
 Yes

Yes
Todd Wenzel Spiced Cyser
 Yes
Michael Welch
 Pils

Raspberry Wheat
 Yes

Yes
Tom Viemont
 Oaked Rum Porter
 Yes
Rob Ascenzi
 Northern Brown
James Alarcon Dusseldorf Alt

Rye Pale

American Pils
 Yes

Yes

Yes
Jim Kinn
 Smoked Robust Porter
 Yes
Robert Masson
 Sour Wheat
 Yes
Some guy named Brian
Coffee Stout
 Yes
 
Next meeting is Wednesday, February 27, 2008.

 

 

Calendar

February, 2008
27- CARBOY meeting at BB&Y @ 7pm

March, 2008
15- Shamrock Open
26- CARBOY meeting at BB&Y @ 7pm

April, 2008
19- AHA First Round Judging (All day)
23- CARBOY meeting at BB&Y @ 7pm
26- AHA First Round Judging (AM only)

Executive Committee

President: Walt Sweeney(waltbop22@nc.rr.com)
Education VP: Tom Viemont (t_viemont@hotmail.com)
Social VP: Michael Welch(lost.shaker.of.salt@gmail.com)   
Finance Director: Mike Dixon (mpdixon@ipass.net)
Communications Director: Mark Garwatoski (Mark@Food4Dogs.com)

 

Join CARBOY!

CARBOY is a family-oriented social club that enjoys the art of brewing and drinking their own beer. We meet monthly on the 4th
Wednesday. To join, contact Mike Dixon. Our current annual dues are $15.00 for regular members, and $10.00 for associate members. Please send a check and membership application to:

CARBOY
c/o Mike Dixon
9611 Stable Point Circle
Wake Forest, NC 27587