February Meeting Had Record Attendance

The IPAs met last night (Tue Feb 12) at the Coney on Philadelphia Street.  In all, we had 26 people at the meeting, which included three new members (Welcome!), many 'regular' attendees, and a few old familiar faces.

Although this was to be our Stout brewing tasting, there were also a few non-stout brews shared. And two of the stouts supplied by members were commercial brews rather than homebrews. Regardless, there was a lot of great beer being passed around last night.

We sampled dry stouts, milk stouts, imperial stouts, stouts with chocolate, with coffee, and with blueberries.  We also had an American Pale Ale containing traditional root beer herbs/spices, a pilsner, and an India Pale Ale.  All in all, a nice evening.

Thanks to Carolyn and Ryan for holding the main dining room for us and for the great service.

Save the date:

• Red Cross Gala (the club donated a homebrew starter kit for auction) Thu Mar 14

February 2013 Homebrew Club Meeting

The February 2013 IPAs club meeting will be held at 8pm at The Coney on Tuesday, Feb. 12.  We will have several tables reserved for us in the main dining area to avoid the DJ and the game room.  Carolyn, veteran server at the Coney, will be our waitress for the evening.

Many thanks to those who offered alternate solutions to our meeting-place quandry. Had the Coney not acquiesced to giving us prime seating, we would be headed elsewhere for this tasting.

The meeting agenda for Tuesday will be to get updates on any beer-related news in the region (festivals, new releases, etc.), discuss upcoming events for the club, and then get to the main event: the homebrew stout tastings!

Should this not be enough beer, the Coney currently has Penn Märzen on tap and Rogue Dead Guy, Founders Breakfast Stout, and Bells Two Hearted in bottles.