Wed., March 24th, 2009

7:00 p.m., Kerrigan Brothers Winery. Because of St. Patricks Day festivities at we are moving the meeting to the next week at Kerrigan Brothers
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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...

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Tip of the Day...
Avoid malt extracts that contain sugars from corn, rice, cane or beets. Look for 100% malt.
SOB Seal of Approval...
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!

SOB Poll...
Favorite beer to drink during football games...
IPA or Pale Ale
Weissbier
Stout or Porter
Belgian Ales
Budweiser or Coors
Beer Wit & Wisdom...
A's and B's, the Dean confesses
Guarantees no sure successes.
All too often lesser scholars
Gather C's and D's and dollars.

-- C. Stuart Minck
Competition Corner...
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.

Tee Shirts:

Heavy, 100% cotton tee-shirts with the SOB logo are available in three colors. Click on the thumbnails below to view larger images. Shirts are $15 each. Quantities of each color and size are limited.

Ash

Sand

Prairie Dust


Pub-Style Glasses:

Serve your best homebrew in style. These pub-style glasses are top quality and have large, red SOB logo on the front and words to live by on the back. On our newest printing, the red logo is over a white background.

This makes a great gift! Quantities may be limited. Price is $3.50 each.

(Thomas Hardy's Ale NOT included!)

How to Order:

Order on-line (Yeah, right! Who do we look like, Amazon.com?). No, but you can simply contact Mike Engel to place your order. He'll tell you where to send your check and how to pick your SOB merchandise.

Upcoming Events...

February 17th, 2010
SOB Members-only Beer Dinner
Stone Cellar Brewpub, Appleton

March 24th, 2010
SOB Meeting
Kerrigan Brothers Winery
Members...
Member-only features are in work. Look for brewing tools, recipe archiving, and forms for updating your membership information and communicating with other members.
Brewing Tools...
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 >>
One Beer, Please...
Khor Beer Neung Khoud, Krup
-- Thai
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