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Our club has just the right mix of fun, technical stuff, and brewing. And joining is easy. Just contact the SOB's or come to our next meeting. You can try us out before you make a decision.
Member Benefits...
Contact the SOB's...
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Avoid malt extracts that contain sugars from corn, rice, cane or beets. Look for 100% malt.
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The Bruery
Orange County, CA

The Bruery is a small, family run brewery founded by Patrick Rue and run by Patrick and his family. They currently distribute in Arizona, California, Colorado (lucky me), Oregon, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. Influenced by flavor rather than beer styles, their beers are 100% bottle conditioned, unfiltered and unpasteurized.
While most of the beers are Belgian-inspired, and the packaging has a Belgian look, the Bruery uses a number of American or non-traditional ingredients that to achieve a distinct style of their own. Sweet potatoes, Thai seasonings, cocoa nibs, pecans, maple syrup and lavender are used in their seasonal offerings. The year round collection is more style-concious, but includes a Wit, a Saison made with rye and a Berliner Weisse. Not exactly ambers and pale ales
I've tried the Orchard White, Saison Rue, Saison de Lente (wonderful!!), Two Turtle Doves (unbelievable!) and Trade Winds Tripel. All would receive my rating of 4 or 5 glasses, not for being true to style but for being great tasting beers.
The Bruery will soon be distributing in other eastern states, including Wisconsin, so keep an eye out for the 25 oz brown bottles and colorful labels. [ more...]
O'Marro's Publik House in Oshkosh is the new home of the Society Of Oshkosh Brewers! 8 good beers on tap and many, many more in the cooler. A good music selection and live bands! Stop in and say hi to Shawn and Brandy!
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Life, alas, Is very drear. Up with the glass; Down with the Beer!
-- Louis Untermeyer
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Club-Only Competitions:
[more information]
January/February 2010
The Session Challenge English Brown Ales
March/April 2010 American Ales, Charlotte, NC
May 2010 Extract Beers, Buffalo, NY
August 2010 Mead, Boulder, CO
September/October 2010 Sour Ale, Woodland Hills, CA
November/December 2010 Strong Ale, Everette, WA
January/February 2011 English Pale Ales, Pleasanton, CA
March/April 2011 Bock, Tulsa, OK
May 2011 Angel's Share - Wood-Aged Beer, Pasadena, CA
August 2011 Mead, Fargo, ND
September/October 2011 Specialty/Experimental/Historic Beers, West Chester, PA
November/December 2011 Hail to Hefeweizen, Zionville, IN
Upcoming Competitions:
Send competition information to the SOBs at srehfeldt@realsob.org.
General Competition Info:
Visit these sites for competition information and beer style guides.
http://www.bjcp.org/
http://www.hbd.org/
http://www.beertown.org/
Member News:
Let us know how your beers do in competition! Send your scores or photos to the SOBs and we'll include it here.
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Contact the SOB's at:
Society of Oshkosh Brewers
c/o Mike Engel/Innovisions 917 Oregon Street Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54902
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Primary Fermenter
(Coordinator)
Mike Engel |
920-236-9080
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Secondary Fermenters
(Co-coordinators)
Sandy McClaine
Andy McClaine
Bryce Hinsch |
920-579-2270
920-428-1497
920-667-5337
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Hydrometers
(Secretary/Treasurer) Scott Westphal/Larry Carlin |
920-303-0184
920-232-1084
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Wort Chiller
(Newsletter Editor)
Randy Bauer |
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Webmaster
Steve Rehfeldt
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February 17th, 2010
SOB Members-only Beer Dinner
Stone Cellar Brewpub, Appleton
March 24th, 2010
SOB Meeting
Kerrigan Brothers Winery
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Member-only features are in work. Look for brewing tools, recipe archiving, and forms for updating your membership information and communicating with other members.
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CO2 Volumes - How much pressure do you need for draft beer to achieve the right amount of carbonation? This tool will tell you! Try it >>
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Una birra, per favore -- Italian
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