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| Former DB15 Cask Commissioner Brian Lynch (left) and Fritz Maytag, founder of Anchor Brewing have been named honorary hosts at this year's TAP-NY Festival. They will lead the "Oath To Beer" salute on opening day. |
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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 $65 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 which is now $10 per person. Ask 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 Draughtboard 15 Membership Card -------- Check out the story of the Gaslight Jukebox ----------------- |
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Meeting Notes by Dan Hodge Sunday, April 14,2019 Bottle Share Due to lack of a better idea, the meeting was simply a “bottle exchange” where attendees brought bottles or cans of different brews to share with each other. Members present were: Dan Soboti, DJ Soboti, Dan Hodge, vince capano, Jeff Levine, Glenn deLuca, Livingston Hinckley, Tim Terhune, Leo Porter-Lee, Neil Mukharjee and Neil’s friend , Sean. In all 39 different beers were sampled as follows: Rising Tide Zephyr IPA Two Rivers Sadie Greene’s Peach Juice Jeff Levine’s Low & Slow Munich Lager home-brew Flying Bison Polonia Pils Shebeen-Onyx Golden Imperial Honey IPA Saranac Clouded Dream IPA Beer’d Dogs and Boats Imperial IPA Tired Hands Moments of Ballooned Psychic Progress Double IPA Livingston Hinckley’s Eisbock home brew Bent Water Sluice Juice NE IPA Newburgh Litmus Test Sour Ale (Yeeccchh) Livingston Hinckley’s Ghost Pepper Stout home brew Dan Hodge’s Fubar Bock home brew West Brook Imperial Stout Victory Sour Monkey (Yeecchh, again) Royal Castle Friedenfelsen Czig Meister blacksmith Stout Livingston Hinckley’s Chicha Morada Dan Hodge’s 4/19 Helles homebrew Firestone Helldorado 2017 barleywine Firestone Luponic Distortion #10 Carton Sam I The Bruery Bakery Stone Espresso Totalitarian Imperial Stout Icarus Touching the Sun Triple IPA Carton 0077XX Double IPA Spring House The Martians Kidnap Santa Egg Nog Stout (horrible) Separatist Beer Project Good Double IPA Separatist Beer Project Citra Nero Yard’s Brawler 4 Mile Allegheny IPA Ommegang Neon Rainbows NE IPA (might sell pretty well in Maplewood) Flying Dog Blood Line Blood Orange Ale Yard’s Philadelphia Pale Ale Bolero Snort Snickermoodle jack’s Abbey House Lager Scuttlebutt Weizenbock Samichlaus 2002 Samichlaus 2016. ------------ An informal vote was taken after the meeting for: Best Beer……….Jacl\k’s Abbey Worst Beer………Martians Kidnap Santa Best Label……….Tired Hands Moments, etc. (in my humble opinion this also could have easily won worst label, although no vote was taken for worst) -------------------------- Club Dues Now Payable Our fiscal year will change to a “calendar year”. As such, dues for 2019 will only be $50 payable at the next (May) meeting. Starting Jan. 2020 the fee will be the regular $65... --------------------- TAP-NY Beer Festival - 4/28/19 The 2019 NY TAP trip fee will be $120. Paid members will receive a $35 discount. The package price of 2019 dues and Tap-NY trip will be only $135. Call or stop in to Gaslight ASAP! Tap-NY trip includes coffee/bagels before leaving, luxury bus, beer on the bus, festival ticket, all food at the festival. Bus leaves 9 AM returns 7 PM More about TAP-NY ===================== Past Meeting Notes March 2019 Meeting Notes February 2019 Meeting Notes January 2019 Meeting Notes November 2018 Meeting Notes September 2018 Meeting Notes March 2018 Meeting Notes May 2018 Meeting Notes November 2017 Meeting Notes October 2017 Meeting Notes September 2017Meeting Notes August 2017 Meeting Notes July 2017 Meeting Notes June 2017 Meeting Notes May 2017 Meeting Notes TAP-NY Fest - Trip Notes April 2017 Meeting Notes March 2017 Meeting Notes February 2017 Meeting Notes January 2017 Meeting Notes 2016 Meeting Notes (No Dec. Meeting - Victorian Dinner) November Meeting Notes October Meeting Notes September Meeting Notes July Meeting Notes (No August Meeting) June Meeting Notes May Meeting NotesFeb (No April Meeting) March Meeting Notes February Meeting Notes January Meeting Notes ---------- Yearly dues includes all club meetings and all event discounts. The total savings equals much MORE than the amount of the dues! NOTE - Non-members now pay $10 per meeting and $20 for a special meeting. ========= Great Beer Articles How To Be A Fake Beer Geek The History of Happy Hour and More! Ten things Dan Hodge Hates About Beer A Trip To The Grocery Store To Brew or Not to Brew The Tasting Room ================= Check out member Glenn DeLuca's latest beer musings in The Big G's Beer Beat ================ |
| Read the behind the scenes story and watch the trailer for the upcoming TV series"Beer Snobs" filmed at the Gaslight HERE. |
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| DB 15 Member Discount! The Finest Executive Gifts featuring items for beer lovers Use coupon code "BEER" for 20% discount |
| 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 |
| Read the latest news from the NJ Craft Brewers Guild HERE |
| .Best wishes to long time DB15 members and TAP-NY regulars Tom Nooney and Faith Franzino, who have move to Washington to be closer to hop farms. |
| Gaslight Wins Title of Best Beer in NJ in the Scoutology.com's JERSEY BEER BRAWL |
| Congratulations to Head Brewer D.J. Soboti and the entire Gaslight Team! |
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| Club Members at last year's TAP-NY Festival |
| Silver Medal winner Dan Hodge |
| Bronze Medal Winner Jeff Levine |
| Winners of the "Sing a Beer Jingle" contest at our last meeting. |
| Congratulations to club member LIVINGSTON HINCKLEY for passing the BJCP test to become a fullyCertified Beer Judge.He has also passed the Mead Judge exam! |
| Best wishes to long time DB15 members and Tap-NY regulars Jay and Kathy Eichberge who have just moved to Michigan to be closer to Founders. |
| MEMBERS ON THE MOVE |
Robert Burns Night at the Gaslight 2019 event video HERE produced and directed by Livingston Hinckley |
| Upcoming ------- April 28 - TAP-NY Trip --------------- May 19 Home Brew Challenge See Dan for details. |
| May 19 Meeting (note the date change) Home Brew Competition DOUBLE IPA see Dan at Gaslight for information. Free entry to all. |
| Judge Like A Pro the style guidelines for IPAs HERE |
| Club Dues and TAP-NY fees payable now. Yearly dues $50 --------- The April 28 2019 NY TAP trip fee will be $120. Paid members will receive a $35 discount. The package price of 2019 dues and Tap-NY trip will be only $135. Call or stop in at Gaslight to reserve your spot. |