July’s meeting put the club back out on the road with a visit to Tin Man Brewing. Some of us arrived early and enjoyed some really good grub and house beers. Sky took the rains again this meeting as Jeff was unfortunately unable to make it. After the regular scheduled meeting we were all treated to a brewery tour from the all three head honchos. If you missed this one you missed a great time!!
Dwayne DeLaney was behind the lens this year at the Indiana Brewers Cup. He was able to capture a lot of the OVHA members in attendance working REALLY hard to make the event a huge success again this year.
This years barrel brew was one of the best turn outs in club history. All told, there were 13 brewers that brewed up 105 gallons of the 2013 Big Turkey Foreign Extra Stout. We split the brews up in to two fermentors so one batch can be barrel aged while the other kegged up for comparison. All the beer will be used for upcoming 2014 events including the 2014 AHA Home Brewers Conference. And for the record, there is nothing like a fresh twinkie doused in bourbon @ 9:30 in the morning.
Here are a few pics taken and posted by world famous BIAB’er Chris N.
A special thanks to Carson’s crew for providing the space, hot water and pre-ground grain making for an unbelievably fast brew day!
The would not have been complete without the corned beef and cabbage cooked up for the club by John M.
We had over 60 members and guests in attendance at the February meeting! Another awesome turn out! This months meeting was designed to put brewers in the judging seat. The goal was to educate and inform on how the beer judging process works. Everyone was given a BJCP style guideline sheet, two score sheets and two beers to judge. Jack Fry, head brewer at Turoni’s Main Street Brewery walked everyone through how he goes about the task of scoring a beer.
We hope that by going through this process a few times this year we all get better at tasting and brewing beer. Who knows, we might even inspire a few more members to work towards becoming a certified BJCP judge.
Speaking of BJCP… we just got the word that our very own VP, Sky Buttrum, is scheduled to head to Cincinnati on July 19th and take the ever elusive BJCP tasting exam. Make sure to wish him good luck the next time you see him!
Sky and Nathan giving it the sniff test…
We had a really fun time again this year at the LHBD. There was a very good representation of brewing equipment. Extract, BIAB and a three vessel all grain structure. As usual Skip was there with his giant cooker making up burgers and brats for everyone.
If you couldn’t make it out here are a few pictures to show what you missed.
How would have ever thought that gorgonzola and chocolate would be so good together.
The morning of Wandering Owl was looking rather dreary and cold for an outdoor event. However, by equipment loading time, the sun was out with brilliant blue skies to make for a perfect fall day in the woods.
It was a complete success for Wesselman Woods Nature Society as the event again sold out. In fact, the remaining tickets sold in 15 minutes! We can’t say OVHA has all the credit for bringing in the crowds year after year, but having 17 very unique beers for craft beer lovers to choose from can’t hurt!
Thanks to all OVHA members that took the time to help make this event a success. Wesselman is always appreciative and has already sent the club a thank you note for our efforts.
Special thanks to Sky for sending in all the great photos!
A few pictures from the 2012 Brew Ha Ha at the museum.
Just a few pictures from the 2012 AHA Learn to Home Brew Day held at the Liquor Locker on Morgan Ave…
Just a few pictures from the 201 Zoo Brew.
