September 2003

Editors Note: [Please submit any beer related information or articles to the newsletter editor at m@ttjarvis.com or call me at 342-2203. The ‘deadline’ is the 3^rd Sunday of the month.]

Last Meeting:

Many thanks to Mark & Rose for again hosting the annual Chili Cook Off! Much beer, mucho chili and great kinship graced yet another terrific club event. Special Congrats to John Wilson for being crowned Grand Champion for the second year in a row!

Next Meeting:

Oct 4th (Saturday) - Bus Trip

Meet at Amazon Community Center at 9:30am. There is still room on the bus so contact Robin Chitwood ASAP if you would like to be in on all the fun! The trip has scheduled stops at

Saturday: Florence- Double Barrel Brewery; Newport- Rogue; Siletz- Siletz Brewing Co; Pacific City- Pelican Brewery and Pub. Stay in Pacific City for the night. Sunday: Cannon Beach - Bills Tavern; Astoria - Pacific Rim; Back to Eugene - maybe something else on the way home ?

Oct 17th (Friday) - Jubelale Night at Mark & Rose's, 1232 Dalton Drive

Oct 19th (Sunday) - 4pm - Brat Fest at Robin & Karen's. 2656 Potter Street. Come learn how to make delicious BratWurst and enjoy some delicious homebrew! These Brats will be served at the OctoberFest party on the 25th!

Oct 25 (Saturday) - 7pm - OctoberFest & Halloween Party Hosted by Christine Jump, 425 22nd St., Springfield. Costume is mandatory (if you don't wear one, drunken party goers will choose one for you - you've been warned!).

And Now a Word from President Robin Chitwood:

September 24, 2003

The Willamette Valley hop harvest is pretty much complete for this year. You can see across the fields again, through the poles and wires. Next year’s vines are hugging the ground. The Willamette Valley is the biggest hop producer in the United States, with Washington’s Yakima Valley running a close second. A home brewer could easily collect enough hops to brew for a year just by picking up those that fall off the trucks around the hop yards.

The Hop Madness Festival was a huge success. Club members from Cascade Brewers, Oregon Brew Crew, Strange Brew, Heart of the Valley and others made up most of the eighty some hop lovers who joined the festivities. A good time was had by all; such a good time in fact that only a couple of cyclists emerged from their tents Sunday morning for the planned bike tour. Beer was brewed, beer was consumed and a mystery remains unsolved. A hop truck rolled into camp sometime during the night, borrowed from one of the local hop yards. It sat there the next morning, empty, surrounded by policemen. The homebrew clubs had nothing to do with this. That’s our story and we’re sticking to it. Thanks to Denny Conn, Matt Jarvis, Rob Hudson, Dan Schultz and others who helped to make this year’s festival a success.

Election of officers for 2004 will be held in December this year. If you want to nominate someone or run for office yourself, please tell one of the current officers. We need to find a diligent and responsible person to replace Janie as club treasurer. She has served dutifully for a long time but would like to get back to her gardening. If you have some bookkeeping skills please consider giving the club a hand for a while.

I expect to taste a some very good homebrew at the Oktoberfest party. See you all there. Cheers, RC.

Other News:

From Allen Hall:

James McCrorie, who was at our last meeting, gave to me a copy of "Old British Beers and How To Make Them" For the CBS library (if there is such a thing, if not there is now). It is as of yet the new unreleased 3rd edition dedicated to CBS. If you put my contact info in the next newsletter I'll act as custodian if necessary (First bribe, first served). Allen Hall, 344-9493, email: Luddite_b1@pacinfo.com.

Brew Competition and call for judges! The Oregon Brew Crew's 3rd annual "Fall Classic" is November 15th from 9am - 5pm at Laurelwood Public House in Portland. Contact Matt Jarvis for more info.

BJCP #2 - Several club members are gearing up for the BJCP exam on Oct 12 - wish us luck!

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.