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Contents:
  Re: Gruit Beer Recipes ("Lawrence H. Smith")
  SKAcomp GABF Pro/Am Qualifier (Dion Hollenbeck)


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Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:25:44 -0500
From: "Lawrence H. Smith" <lsmith at sover.net>
Subject: Re: Gruit Beer Recipes


There may simply be no middle ground if the other guy just does not 
like bitter. You could presumably bitter with dandelion roots or 
something, but that's still going to be bitter.

I've been toying around with some "gruit-ish" things, but none are 
really complete - however, rather than seeking an alternate bitter, 
(ie, bitter herbs rather than bitter hops) I've been looking at 
"different balance" - balancing malty with ginger-hot, for instance. 
The cranberry concept sounds possible, in this line - balancing sweet 
with sour.

I'm definitely not looking for historical accuracy of some form of 
pre-hopped beer (which I sort of doubt are really all that well 
documented anyway), just fiddling with things that I might actually 
like.

Personally I dislike IPAs and the like, but enjoy stouts, porters and 
milds, if reasonably balanced - but I have been looking at things not 
quite on the beer spectrum, at least in part to see if I can make 
some stuff for some folks that are just not that into beer.

 -Lawrence


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Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:52:39 -0700
From: Dion Hollenbeck <hollen at woodsprite.com>
Subject: SKAcomp GABF Pro/Am Qualifier

Judges and Homebrewers,

There is a new AHA/BJCP sanctioned homebrewing competition that is a
preliminary for the Great American Beer Festival's Pro/Am competition.  It
is a preliminary in pairing with the SKA brewing company in Durango,
Colorado.  The homebrew competition itself will be held during a local
Durango tradition of Snowdown, which is basically a week long party in
downtown Durango.  The online entry for the brewer's entry opens on
December 15th, 2008 and closes on January 15, 2009.  The online entry for
the Judges opens on November 9th, 2008.  The actual competition will be
held on January 31st, 2009 in Durango, Colorado at the SKA brewery.

Judges Save the date: January 31st, 2009

For questions contact Matt Morrow at Memorrow at fortlewis.edu or call me at
(970)764-7128.

The website is http://hstrial-cmorrow8.homestead.com/index.html





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Dion Hollenbeck
Email: hollen at woodsprite.com    Home Page: http://www.woodsprite.com
Brewing Page: http://hbd.org/hollen   Toys: 98 4Runner, 86 4x4 PU



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