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| DB15 Cask Commissioner / club treasurer Brian Lynch (left) and Fritz Maytag, founder of Anchor Brewing working at the Super Bowl. They were in charge of selecting the beers served in the owners' boxes and VIP areas. |
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| Sign up a new member, win a beer! The DB15 is the largest beer appreciation organization in New Jersey, but what about the East Coast? Well it's time to make our move. Bring a new member to the next meeting, have them officially register, and get a Gaslight beer compliments of the DB15 Cask Commissioners. -------------- |
Why sign up for the club dues full payment plan? Enjoy the many benefits available to club members on the full-payment plan. A one time fee of only $50 covers all meetings, plus discounts for DB15 special events. This year members received benefits that totaled well over the dues amount. Substantial discounts were provided for the TAP NY beer fest trip, the Newark Bears baseball outing, the NJ Brewers Festival, and the Victorian Dinner. In addition members on the full pay plan are exempt from the individual meeting beer fee. Ask club treasurer Brian Lynch, or any Cask Commissioner for the full details at the next meeting. |
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| Don't Be A Loser - Bad Bar Behavior 20 Rules to Follow -------- Read the story of the DB 15 Membership Card -------- Check out the story of the Gaslight Jukebox ----------------- |
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| New Jersey beer laws have changed. Get the story from the President of the NJ Craft Brewers Guild D.J. Soboti as seen on PBS television View HERE |
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| (L-R) Rando Needham, Dan Hodge, Livingston Hickley |
| Medal winners from a former Home Brew Challenge pose together one final time. Only Dan Hodge moved on to join Chris Johnson and Mark Ferguson in the new Trio of Brewing Honor. Pictures of this new group have mysteriously disappeared. BeerNexus is offering a reward of a t-shirt autographed by the new champs for the return of any visuals of their great victory. Until then we're stuck with this one. |
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| Notes of the January 11, 2015 Meetig by Dan Hodge Cask Commissioners met at 3:45 pm and decided that the February meeting will be a “sensory awareness” meeting with some commercial brews provided to better illustrate the tastes in the doctored samples. The meeting's purpose will be to instruct club members on how to judge and evaluate beer as the professionals do. The session will be run by DJ Soboti and Jeff Levine. Regular meeting commenced at 4:10 pm. Members present were: Dan Soboti, DJ Soboti, Vince Capano, Dan Hodge, Brian Lynch, Jeff Levine, Matt Chuchla, Brandon Einhorn, Randy Needham, Sean guarnaccio, Chris Johnson, Andrew MacKenzie, Scott Reino, Glenn de Luca, Raffi Manjeekian, and Vince Holmes. Non members attending were: Greg Needham, Bob Renshaw, Jeff Corcione, Cosmo Antonacci, Patrick Dwyer, Susie Suarez,Charles Feldman, Nancy Feldman, and Rebecca Espinal. Meeting was a presentation by Jonathan Scala, representative of Pabst Brewing Company who spoke the company. His main focus was on the creation and highly successful re-introduction of the famed Ballantine IPA . Mr. Scala poured samples of Pabst Blue Ribbon and Ballantine IPA while the club provided multiple pitchers of the Ballantine. A brief history of Pabst/Ballantine was given by Mr. Scala with a few corrections being made by older members who had a tad more knowledge on the history than did the speaker. But that’s okay. The younger set has to learn somehow!. He did explain that Greg Duhs, the brewmaster for Pabst works in Cold Spring, Mn. where a micro brewery actually brews the Ballantine IPA. He added that Ballantine XXX ale is brewed at varied facilities by the Miller/Coors conglomerate which contract brews all Pabst products. He asserted that Pabst was actively searching for a place in the Newark area to locate a brewery to specifically brew Ballantine. Several drawings were held after the meeting. Dan Soboti won the 50/50 and Raffi Manjeekian and Brian Lynch won the coveted packages go Ballantine IPA T Shirt/cap/opener. Beer sampled at CC meeting was Belo Sao Francisco Brazilian Dubbel provided by Vince Capano. Beers sampled after the meeting were: 1. Brandon Einhorn’s Irish Stout, 1and 1/2 years old homebrew 2. Andrew MacKenzies’s DB15 Competition ESB (not entered in comp) homebrew 3. Adroit Theory Coffee IPA, provided by Chris Johnson 4. Harpoon Black Forest Cherry Chocolate Porter, provided by Chris Johnson’ Meeting ended approximately 6:00 pm ========= Upcoming Meetings Feb. 8 - Sensory Awareness March 8 - March IPA Madness 32 different IPAs are matched in a bracket busting taste-off more exciting than the NCAA Tournament. April - TAP-NY Brewfest and NJ Brewers Fest More info coming soon May 10 - HOME BREW CHALLENGE Style: Maibock See Dan at U-brew for info and ingredients. ----------- Annual dues are due at the March meeting. ========= It's Ballantine IPA as seen by Dan Hodge "Hey Getcha Cold Beer" If you don't home brew you should read this: To Brew or Not to Brew ================= December Meeting Notes HERE =========== Check out member Glenn DeLuca's latest beer musings The Big G Beer Beat and |
| Read the behind the scenes story and watch the trailer for the upcoming TV series "Beer Snobs" filmed at the Gaslight HERE. |
| Did you make it to the picture booth at TAP-NY? Click HERE to see eight from our trip who did. |
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| Remember - All meetings are generally held on the second Sunday of the month, 4 PM, at the Gaslight. |
| Congratulations to club member Doug Vohden for winning the Gold Medal and "Best in Show" at the NJ State Fair Homebrew Competition |
| Beers served too cold? Use the "Katz Cradle" technique to warm thing up. Brian will be giving lessons on how to do it at our next meeting. |
| Read the latest news from the NJ Craft Brewers Guild HERE |