Next Meeting:
River Road Cruise at Mark and Lisa Dillions on June 8, 2002 and Eugene Pub Crawl on June 15, 2002 at 3PM (see below for more info).
And Now a Word from President Robin Chitwood:
We are all invited to Mark and Lisa Dillon's, 2959 River Road, for
the annual River RoadCruise-In on June 8th. Be there at 5 PM with
beer and a pot-luck dish. Bring your folding chair, sit on the sidewalk
and watch the hot rods go by.
The annual Eugene Pub Crawl will commence at 3 PM on June 15th. Come
support your local brew pubs. We start out at Steel Head Brewery.
An itinerary will be posted prior to the event.
Dust off your camping gear, the summer barbeque and camp-out is coming
up July 5th, 6th and 7th at Clark Creek Camp Ground. The grounds
will open at 2 PM on Friday the 5th. Bring Beer, friends and whatever you
will need to be self-sufficient in the woods for the weekend. Saturday
night we will have a pot-luck so bring a dish to share if you're staying
that night. Shelter is available for those without tents and a large
wood-fired cooking surface is there to warm hot dishes.
There will be games for everyone and a raffle will be held to help
defray costs. Contact Karen French, 342-2397, if you can donate raffle
articles.
Other July events coming up: Kolsch style night at Robin & Karen's,
2656 Potter, at 6:30 PM on July 20th; and the Oregon Brewer's Festival
in Portland on July 26th, 27th and 28th.
Cheers RC
Glen, My Friend
By Scott Weech
Glen was my friend, and we all grieve his tragic and untimely loss.
I met Glen shortly after he came to town in 1988. None of you
would recognize him, as he was a tall, thin, clean cut, short haired, clean
shaven corporate looking guy. Someone referred him to me, and he
made an appointment to go look at houses. As we were driving around
I started to ask him questions to get to know him. Glen was doing
asbestos abatement then, and explianed he had to be cleanshaven to wear
the gasmask.
Glen told of his childhood, being raised in exotic locales around the
world, of his parents, education, languages he spoke, and his scuba experiences.
I was impressed, and decided we would be friends. I told him about
Eugene, and mentioned that I was in a brewing club. He said he had
homebrewed before, so I invited him to a meeting. Overtime his brewing
skills improved and he won a couple contests.
Eventually Glen became interested in brewing professionally.
We wrote him a letter of recommendation, and he got hired at Steelhead.
Things went well until he contaminated a tank with something. Glen
then hooked up with John Maier, and the rest is history.
Some things I'll always admire about Glen:
1) He never forgot his roots. Some brewers let the fame
and
beer groupies go to their heads, not Glen.
2) He always gave credit to his mentor, John.
3) He always supported the club (see #1).
4) His bizarre sense of humor. He was always ready to party,
and put on a ridiculous hat. Who can forget the metamorphic costume
changes on halloween? or forest pump, or
southern gentleman?
5) He made good beer, and loved his work.
Glen went before his time, life is not fair. we'll always remember him.
Shirts for Sale:
If you are interested in a club T-shirt ($10 each), please contact Steve
McCornack at 689-1181.
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Upcoming Club Meetings and Other Events:
June 8, 2002 River Road Cruise at Mark & Lisas House. Start
at 5PM.
June 15, 2002 Eugene Pub Crawl. Start at Steelhead at 3PM.
July 5, 6, & 7, 2002 Clark Creek Campout and Annual Club
BBQ (start brewing for this fest). Directions to be provided in next
months newsletter.
July 20, 2001 Robin & Karens House: Kolsch Club Brew
Tasting Night
July 26, 27, and 28th Oregon Brewers Festival
Editors Note:
The newsletter will no longer be emailed to club members. An electronic copy of the newsletter is available for viewing or printing at the clubs website located at www.hbd.org/cascade/.
If you would like more content in the newsletter than meeting dates
and a review of the last meeting please submit any beer related innformation
or articles to the newsletter at russkaz@eudoramail.com. Newsletter
submittals are due by the third Sunday of the month, prior to the next
months meeting
Club Information:
For over 20 years, Cascade Brewers Society is a sometimes formal, but mostly informal club devoted to the appreciation and art of creating fine alcoholic beverages (you know; beer, mead, cider, and wine).
For more information regarding the Cascade Brewers Society, please contact Kent MacDonald at 935-5711 or Robin Chitwood at 342-2397.
You can be placed on the electronic mailing list or receive copies of
the newsletter by sending your email address to russkaz@eudoramail.com.
Yeast Dregs
>From the Real Beer Page
Three guys in a bar; a Texan, a Californian, and a Seattlite. They drink, They get crazy. The Texan grabs a bottle of Tequila, unscrews the top, takes a good swig, and throws the bottle into the air. He then pulls out a .45 caliber pistol and shoots the bottle, spraying Tequila all over everything.
The other patrons at the bar shout "Hey, why'd you waste that?!" The Texan says, "Heck, it's just Tequila, where I come from, we got lotsa Tequila."
The Californian whips out a corkscrew and opens a bottle of wine, pours some into a glass, swirls the glass, and sips it, then throws the bottle in the air, and shoots it with a little silver pistol.
The patrons again express their displeasure and astonishment at such a waste of a bottle of wine. The Californian says, "Napa Valley, we got lots of great wine down there."
The Seattlite borrows the opener, pops the top off a bottle of Pyramid
and downs the whole bottle. He throws the empty bottle into the air, shoots
the Californian and simultaneously catches the falling bottle. Now the
people are screaming, "Why'd you do that?!" The Seattlite replies, "We
got lots of Californians, but I got to recycle this bottle."
One More
A man ordered four expensive 30-year-old single malts and had the bartender
line them up in front of him. Then, without pausing, he downed each one.
"Whew," the barkeep remarked, "you seem to be in a hurry."
The man replied, "You would be too, if you had what I have." "What
do you have?" the bartender sympathetically asked. The man says, "Fifty
cents."