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Club Homebrew: November 8, 2017

9/19/2017

Mash Head Club Homebrew 2017

Our November meeting will be taking place at Citizen Brewers (5837 Mission Gorge Rd, San Diego, CA 92120) on Wednesday the 8th. Come on down and bring some homebrew to sample as we brew another great beer together. Samples of last year's delicious Belgian Tripel will also be on hand.

We'll democratically decide which style to brew when we meet for our October Meeting so be sure to show up and have your vote counted.

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Happy 5th Birthday Party to the Mash Heads!

7/26/2016

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Celebration time!

9/28/2015

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Happy 4th Birthday Mash Heads Party!

8/1/2015

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Get ready for the 4th annual bash for the "birthday" of the Mash Heads home-brew club!

August 29th, 2015, 1-6 p.m.
Address emailed to people who have RSVPd
Free to Members
$10 donation/non-members (pay at the door)

Lots of good drink and food to be had. Raffle prizes and great auction items.

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EdUCate the Mash Heads HomeBrew Competition

6/8/2015

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We are gearing up for our homebrew competition on October 10th, 2015 in partnership with EdUCate, a local charity organization. If you brew, you should enter! For more information, check it out here! We look forward to receiving your entries!

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It's NHC Time!

6/8/2015

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It's San Diego Beer Week!!!

11/12/2014

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This is how Mash Heads celebrates Beer Week - by holding our monthly meeting at White Labs. Honestly, we're not that lame, but Beer Week is as good as time as any to get together with your friends who homebrew. If you are interested in hooking up with other home brewers, I mean brewing with other home brewers, we might be the club for you! We're laid back and fun, but serious about our beer. Think about joining us on the second Wednesday of each month, usually at White Labs.

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July Masheads Meeting

7/10/2013

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Great meeting tonight!

George Thorton, from the Homebrewer (arguably, but I'm biased, the best homebrew shoppe in San Diego county!), talked about the 35th AHA Conference in Philadelphia, inspiring us all to attend in future years. The 2014 conference will in Grand Rapids Michigan, June 12-14. Check it out!

We also heard from Peter Zien of Alesmith (arguably, but I'm biased, the best brewer around!) who encouraged our club to enter homebrew competitions and aim, as a club, to earn the number one homebrew club award. I couldn't type as fast as he could talk, but I did manage to catch some key Zienisms, the best of which I relay to you here:

"Excel in your hobby...it's not just about the glory. It's about making great beer!"

"After these two assumptions---brew clean, brew to style---it's about the numbers and you will get your metals."

"You learn from [entering competitions]. Keep your evaluations and adjust accordingly"

"Feel the joy of peer appreciation. Take that walk."

Peter also shared with us 5 tricks to competing at homebrew competitions:

Enter your beer in multiple categories; think outside the box. Just because you wanted to brew the style, it may not turn out the way. How did the beer turn out? Put yourself in the judges' seats.
Mess with the style guidelines. Brew slightly bigger or smaller to style in order to make it stand out but yet still fit in.
Nail the major parts of the style --- what do you need to add to get the flavors demanded by the style?
if you're not having fun with it, don't do it!!! Competing shouldn't be negative or aggressive.
Be a good sport! You should be happy for others, especially those in your club!

Club Homebrew: November 8, 2017

Happy 5th Birthday Party to the Mash Heads!

Celebration time!

Happy 4th Birthday Mash Heads Party!

EdUCate the Mash Heads HomeBrew Competition

It's NHC Time!

It's San Diego Beer Week!!!

July Masheads Meeting

Great Monthly Meeting at RipCurrent with Owner/Brewmaster Paul Sangster

Alesmith at GABF - as popular as ever!

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