Kalamazoo Kup 2013

In an effort to help those brewers who are new to competitions and improve the quality and diversity beer brewed by the club, we are pleased to announce a new annual event: THE KALAMAZOO KUP. For this inaugural year, this competition will be exclusively for KLOB members. You can submit 1 entry to any of the 23 major BJCP beer categories with a maximum to 3 total entries. You will need to submit two 12 ounce bottles for each entry.

http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/catdex.php

There will be a cap of 80 entries for the entire competition so you'll want to submit yours as soon as possible. We will be accepting entries starting at the November 18th meeting. After that, you can drop off your entries to Tempo Vino until December 2nd. We will select one winner from each major category based on score as well as a "Best in Show". We will announce winners at the December 16th meeting.

Entries will be evaluated by BJCP-certified judges. If you are a certified judge or know someone who is and would like to volunteer, please contact us. If we are short judges, we will nominate honorary judges to assist with the evaluations. When you submit your entries, we please ask that you complete both an entry/recipe as well as bottle ID forms.

http://www.bjcp.org/docs/SCP_BottleID.pdf
http://www.bjcp.org/docs/SCP_EntryRecipe.pdf

If you have any questions or would like to help volunteer, please please let us know. We look forward to all of your entries and a lively competition!

Iron Brewer 2013

Our good friends at the Red Ledge Brewers homebrew club have invited our members to participate in an exciting event. Similar to the popular TV show "Iron Chef", teams will brew a beer featuring a secret ingredient only known to the host until it is unveiled. If you are interested in representing our club, please let us know.

http://www.klob.org/club-event/2013/iron-brewer-2013

IPA Presentation for October

We are seeking a volunteer for this month's presentation on IPAs. If you are interested in helping, please get in touch with the officers.

Roast Follow-Up

Member Andy Grindel shared some photos from the event that we have shared on our Facebook page. If you have some of your own, please send them our way.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.571446612902399.1073741827.258...

If you hadn't had a chance to do so, please fill out our survey for the event so we can know all the ways we can continue to make this a successful event.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FW8XL7Z

Lastly, if you are interested in ordering a shirt, we are collecting requests for our second running. Please contact us if you are interested.