TAP Beer Festival Trip The DB15 trip to the TAP New York beer festival, at Hunter Mountain, NY  was a complete sell out over a month in advance.  There was good reason for it as the festival had over 100 beers for unlimited sampling, outstanding food, a bucolic location, and no lines at any of the beer tents. Congratulations and thanks to DJ Soboti for making this such a well-organized and fun trip!

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. Ask our club treasurer Brian Lynch, or any Cask Commissioner for the full details at the next meeting.

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Next Meeting - May 18, Sunday, 3 PM

May 18th meeting will feature Home Brew Showdown - Steam Beer Steam beer, properly known as California Common beer, was originated by Anchor Brewing Company, which trademarked the name Anchor Steam Beer in 1981. The style showcases the   Northern Brewer hops (with woody, rustic or minty qualities) in moderate to high strength and is fermented with a lager yeast that can thrive at the cool end of normal ale fermentation temperatures. According to Anchor Brewing, the name "steam" came from the fact that the brewery had no way to effectively chill the boiling wort using traditional means so they pumped the hot wort up to shallow, open-top bins on the roof of the brewery so that it would be rapidly chilled by the cool air blowing in off the Pacific Ocean. Thus while brewing, the brewery had a distinct cloud of steam around the roof let off by the wort as it cooled, hence the name.   Join us on May 18, 3 PM, at the Gaslight, as some of the best home brewers in the state vie for medals.  Sample nearly a dozen versions of this truly American beer style.  Everyone at the meeting will be a judge in a blind tasting of the entries.  Be there to help the DB15 select the best brew! ----------------------------- OPA is A-OK The DB15's April meeting featured the line of OPA-OPA beers from Southhampton, MA.  Although the beers are not available in NJ, the club was able to secure an exclusive tasting thanks to member and nationally known beer write Dan Hodge.  An added bonus, Dan was able to served most of the  beers were served from growlers he personally filled at the brewery.  It was a memorable meeting as the entire OPA line received an A-OK rating from the DB15 members.