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Contents:
  2007 Great Lakes Old World Syder Competition ("Jeff Carlson")
  Plastics and Hot water (Richard Lynch)
  Chicago Homebrewer ("Troy A. Wilson")
  Split Rock Homebrew Competition ("Al Hazan")
  Making new hop rhizomes ("Kevin Kowalczyk")


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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:21:24 -0400
From: "Jeff Carlson" <carlsonj at gvsu.edu>
Subject: 2007 Great Lakes Old World Syder Competition

This years GLOWS will take place December 8 and 9 at 
Schmohz Brewing Company in Grand Rapids Michigan.
Cider, Beer and Mead made with Apples or Pears are
welcome in this unique competition.
Complete information and registration packet can be found at
http://www.michiganbeerguide.com/pdf/2007GLOWSEntry.pdf 

Jeff Carlson
PrimeTime Brewers President
and Lead Registrar
carlsonj at gvsu.edu




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Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:59:22 -0700 (PDT)
From: Richard Lynch <rlny7575 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Plastics and Hot water

I'm curious what the consensus is about (potentially)
harmful chemical leeching from plastics being used
during brewing.  Does anyone here feel it is, or isn't
a valid concern? Or am I reading too much tree-hugger
authored propaganda about "endocrine disrupting
chemicals" found in plastic?  My sincere apologies for
injecting such an un-fun topic, into a forum about an
otherwise fun hobbby, but sometimes the thought of
steeping acidic, 155F water in a plastic container
makes me worry.
I'm trying to come up with a one-pot, stovetop
mini-mash solution to my dilemma, if anyone knows of
one, btw!

Being-a-bigger-downer-than-my-beginner-status-warrants,
(Sorry!)
Rich



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Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:48:27 -0500
From: "Troy A. Wilson" <twilson at spotbuyspot.com>
Subject: Chicago Homebrewer

I just moved to the Chicago area, Glenview to be exact,
and I'm looking for homebrew supply stores and a new
homebrew club to join.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Troy A. Wilson Sr.
Twin Geeks Brewing - Cardiac Brewery



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Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 07:17:25 -0400
From: "Al Hazan" <hazan at ptd.net>
Subject: Split Rock Homebrew Competition

This is the third and last announcement for the Homebrew Competition to be
held on Saturday, November 17th, at the Split Rock Resort in Pennsylvania's
Pocono Mountains. This competition is held in conjunction with their annual
Micro Brew Festival. 

This is a sanctioned competition judging all beer, mead and cider styles.
Entries should be shipped to the Resort at Split Rock, One Lake Drive, Lake
Harmony, PA 18624, and Attention: Shelly Kalins Lutz, for receipt from
November 3rd to November 15th.

Entry fees of $5 per entry will be donated to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
By simply entering, you will be helping this charitable organization help
others.  Checks should be made out to The Resort at Split Rock.  

Two (2) brown or green bottles with no markings are required. Please use
rubber bands to attach bottle labels.  No tape please.  Any standard entry
forms identifying the brewer and the appropriate entry category/subcategory
are acceptable.  The 2004 BJCP Style Guidelines will be used for this
competition.  Get this from the BJCP web site at www.bjcp.org.

Judges are still very, very much needed and they should contact me to secure
a position. 

Judges and Stewards can hand carry their entries if they pre-register with
payment.  All judges and stewards are required to be present by 8:30 so we
can get started promptly at 9am.  Judges will receive an entry to the beer
festival or entry to the beer dinner for their efforts and need to indicate
which they wish when they commit to participate.  

The BOS winner will receive a complementary weekend for two at next year's
Split Rock Beer Fest as well.  

More information will be available at the Split Rock web site: 
http://www.splitrockresort.com/beerfest/.   Or contact them at: spevents at
splitrockresort.com.

Al Hazan
Competition Organizer
hazan at ptd.net





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Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 11:41:40 -0500
From: "Kevin Kowalczyk" <kevinkowalczyk at gmail.com>
Subject: Making new hop rhizomes

I read somewhere that you can make new hop rhizomes by burying the
bines in a trench in the fall.  You just have to mark the trench so
you know where dig them up in the sping.  I can't find the original
article that discussed this, but I remember it did not make clear
whether or not you cut the bine from the existing stem and root system
when you bury them.  Has anybody here done this?  Do you cut the bine
off or not?  I want to get mine in the ground before we freeze here.

Kevin Kowalczyk

Chicago, Illinois


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