We are trying to track down our club's floor corker and the discussion board thread tracking its whereabouts has gotten a little out of date. If you are currently in possession of it or know who is, please contact Jake F. Thanks for your help!

This a friendly reminder that we will be holding our monthly meeting this coming Monday, June 15th at 7pm. This month's presentation will be on Sour Ales given by Hilary S. If you have your own homebrew or commercial examples, you are more than welcome to bring them to share.

As we previously announced, we will be meeting at the Star Building, forrmer location of Kraftbrau.

For those of you who attended May's meeting at Alex's home, we had originally decided to meet at Sue's home this month.  We've actually been invited to meet at the Star Building downtown.  Many of you will remember this as the former Kraftbrau location, across the street from Bell's Eccentric Cafe and a few short steps from Water Street Coffee.  Meeting time will remain the same, 7pm with an officers' business meeting just before.

402 E Kalamazoo Ave
Kalamazoo, MI 49007
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=402+E+Kalamazoo+Ave+Kalamazoo,+MI+49007

Looking forward to seeing you all the 15th!

This is a friendly reminder that we will be having our monthly meeting this coming Monday, May 18th. This month's presentation will be on barrel and wood aging beers given by member Alex M. We will mee

ting at a DIFFERENT LOCATION this month, Alex's home at 6822 Angling Rd. in Portage.

http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&q=6822+Angling+R...

It is with great sadness that we must announce that Dick Milne died on Sunday. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family. You can read an article from the Kalamazoo Gazette below.

http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/05/dick_milne_whose_f...

Dan J has posted some photos on Picasa of the event:

http://picasaweb.google.com/dan.jeska/BigBrewDay

Thanks again to our host, Bell's General Store, and to all that attended.  If you have photos, send them our way!

Looking for a gadget that will improve your beer? Many home brewers don't pitch sufficient yeast. A stir plate will help you culture and pitch healthy yeast.

http://www.stirstarters.com/

Built by member Dan J. and available both at Bell's General store and on his eBay page. Mention that you are a KLOB member and receive a discount!

This year's National Homebrew Day (Saturday, May 2nd) is fast approaching and we are very excited. This is a final reminder that we will be holding our Big Brew event at Bell's General Store, located in downtown Kalamazoo. All members and their family, friends and co-workers are welcome and encouraged to attend. We currently have 5 members stepping up to brew that day but we could always use more. Don't be bashful if you only do extract or are still learning; this is an opportunity to both teach and learn while celebrating the joys of homebrewing. If you'd like to be a part of the "brew crew", please let Chris E know.

Brewers can arrive at 11am to start getting set up so we can have most rigs going by noon. We expect some of our all-grain brewers will be going well into the late afternoon (around 6pm), so "spectators" can stop by anytime between then. The General Store will be open at 10am if you need any last minute supplies as well. The Eccentric Cafe will be serving food, beer and other beverages throughout the day. If you'd like to bring additonal snacks, that will be fine. We recommend bringing your own chairs and such to stay comfortable. Weather forecast for Saturday (as of Tuesday evening) is for 60 and cloudy but it wouldn't hurt to bring canopies for shade or the chance of rain.

I hope all of you can attend and we are hoping for a big turn-out that day! Check out the official site and our discussion board for recipes and more details.

There will be a second KLOB Roast planning meeting at Shakespeare's Pub on Sunday, April 26th at 4pm.  All members are welcome to attend.  Please help us put together another successful Roast!

This is a reminder that we will be having our monthly meeting on Monday, April 20th. This month's presentation will be on growing hops. We have many members who either already do this or would like to learn so we'd like to hear from everyone to learn their tips and tricks.

We will actually be meeting at a DIFFERENT LOCATION this month. Due to illnesss, Dick Milne will not be able to host us at his home. We will instead be meeting at BELL'S ECCENTRIC CAFE. Meeting time will be the same (7pm) and we will try to reserve a private area just for our club. Because we will be meeting at a location that serves alcohol, we please ask that you do NOT bring any homebrew. Everything else about the meeting should stay the same.

355 East Kalamazoo Ave.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=355+east+kalamazoo+ave,+kalamazoo,+mi
http://klob.org/next-meeting

Once again we are greatful to our friends at the Madison Homebrewers and Tasters Guild for offering our club direct access to their fantastic beer festival which will take place on August 8th in the great city of Madison, WI. We have 22 tickets and will offer them to members in good standing first. If more than 22 members want tickets, we will have a lottery. If there are tickets remaining, we will allow members to have a second for a friend or significant other. If necessary, we will conduct a lottery for remaining tickets as well.

We ask that if you want to reserve one or more tickets, we will need your money up front. Each ticket is $35, same price as last year's. MHTG has changed their rules for their mail-in lottery and are only allow each household 2 tickets. This may make it easier to acquire additional tickets. If you participate in the mail-in lottery and are able to pass along any tickets to a fellow member, please let us know.

http://mhtg.org

As many of you may aware, May 2nd is National Homebrew Day. The main element of this event is of course Big Brew: a chance for fellow homebrewers to brew together, share their expertise and celebrate all things beer. This year will be no exception. We at KLOB are happy to announce we will be partnering with our good friends at the Bell's General Store to host yet another fun-filled day of homebrewing at their location in downtown Kalamazoo.

So mark your calendars, take a look at this year's recipes and get ready for what should be an enjoyable day dedicated to homebrewing. Friends and family are invited and we are hoping for a good turn-out. If you are planning on brewing, please contact Chris E so we can get a number on how many set ups to expect. We will let the brewers start to set up around 11am with the goal and having many of the brew rigs going by noon.  Be looking for more details as the day approaches on both our website and at the April 20th monthly meeting.

http://beertown.org/events/bigbrew/
http://www.klob.org/cgi-bin/discus/board-auth.cgi?lm=1239725250&file=/2/...