THE Northern Brewer THE NEWSLETTER OF THE GREAT NORTHERN BREWERS CLUB OCTOBER 2013 The Prez Sez by Peter Hall his is the time for changes in the sea Tson, the club, and the beer we drink. The season is starting to get a little crispy, I guess you could say. I have had to scrape my windshield a The Prez Sez few times now. On a posi- tive note, the temperatures Secratary’s Corner in my home have stabi- lized. Instead of the summer sun coming in a running the temps up to as high as 80, my furnace keeps everything at a reasonable 67. Certainly seems like a good time to 2013 Celestial Mead brew a batch to me. Good temperatures and a new GNBC membership year loom Competition ahead. It is a great time to have some fresh homebrew to share. Be a Hero The club will, hopefully, have some new blood in the leadership very soon. The only thing I need is volunteers! Elections are upon us. We will have one more regular Vintage Beer Sale meeting before our official elections in November. I intend to run again, as does my VP and membership coordinator, Ross. Not running again are Tim, the Club Treasurer, More Beer Less Effort and Kat, the Club Secretary. I am running, but that certainly does not mean that I do not welcome any challengers. All four executive positions are up for a vote, as well as two of the board member positions. I really hope that we can have a real election this Fermento’s Shameless Plug time, so set up! I need names! If you have questions, send me an email at The Beer Up Here Application [email protected] and I will help however I can. The end of September and the beginning of October means Oktoberfest. There have already been a few great events and there are more very soon. I know Humpy’s is hosting a second Oktoberfest dinner on 10/13. Humpy’s has long been great support- INSIDE ers of the GNBC. They also happen to put on some very nice beer dinners. King Street is also putting on some special events on 10/5. I’m sure both businesses would be happy to see us anytime. Keep an eye out for these and other Oktoberfest celebra- tions and get out and support our local beer community. With this new newsletter, it is now officially a new membership year. If you have not renewed your membership yet, the time is already passing you by. Renew for a whole new year to September 30, 2014. If you go to http://www.greatnorthernbrewers.org/ membership.html, you can take care of everything there. Otherwise you are welcome to talk with me or any of the board members at the next meeting. We have had competitions in the past and will the future; they are always around. We GREAT NORTHERN BREWERS CLUB very recently had the 2013 Celestial Meads Equinox Mead Competition. A big thank PMB 1204 you goes out to Breck Tostevin for working to coordinate this and to Mike Kiker for hosting. There are a number of other people that also worked to make this a great 3705 ARCTIC BOULEVARD success. There were not a ton of entries, but the competition was stiff. We have a ANCHORAGE, ALASKA 99503 number of very good mead makers in our community and we even managed to attract an entry all the way from Georgia. Coming up very soon is the Valdez homebrew competition on October 11 and 12. There is a rundown of events taking place below. GNBC WEB SITE: We officially have a date and time set for our GNBC Christmas party. We will be WWW.GREATNORTHERNBREWERS.ORG meeting up at the Alaska Zoo Gateway complex at 7pm on December 7. We still have a lot of planning to do, and I will do my best to keep everyone updated. I know that we NEWSLETTER EMAIL will be looking for volunteers in the areas such as set up and clean up. Some of the [email protected] first information I will get out will probably consist of a volunteer solicitation and party theme rundown. I will be meeting with the board shortly, so keep an eye out. PRESIDENT: PETER HALL I know that I am forgetting a ton of stuff. The beer community and all of our own [email protected] events can be a lot to keep up with. Keep an eye out for the periodic mass email to the club. I send them out any time I feel like I have pertinent and time sensitive informa- tion to share. Of course, you are also welcome to send me an email any time you VICE PRESIDENT: ROSS A LDRIDGE have a question. Otherwise, I will see everybody at our next official meeting at the [email protected] Snow Goose Basement on October 15 at 7pm. Keep your brews hot and beers cold. Prez Peter TREASURER: TIM BISSON [email protected] SECRETARY: KAT KARABELNIKOFF [email protected] BOARD OF DIRECTORS JIM LAMB [email protected] Secretary’s Corner ANDREW SCHMITT [email protected] Kat Karabelnikoff SEAN O’DOWD es, it is official. Fall has arrived here in Anchorage and the trees are golden and CONTACTS [email protected] the other day it snowed at my house but melted (thank goodness) so I quickly Yfinish putting the yard and the greenhouse to bed for the season before it does that again, and with this season come out some great fall festive beers and ciders to KEVIN SOBOLESKY enjoy and maybe even brew while the nights are crisp and the days are still slightly [email protected] warm. I even think I may have found a pumpkin beer I really like but I’m still ponder- ing, I may need a second tasting to confirm or maybe it is an excuse to drink another MATT WALLACE bottle. Anyways, let’s get down to business and check out what is to come. [email protected] New Business: We had over 45 members in attendance at the September meeting with around 10 NEWSLETTER EDITOR NEW members, which was great to see new and familiar faces. Take time to catch up DEBBIE GRECCO from the summer break and in some cases exchange stories of the happenings at the summer GNBC events. We thank all of our members that hosted events and the [email protected] members that help set up or clean up some of these events and allow these summer events to happen. Page 2 Rules of Conduct: All GNBC Members have been asked to sign an updated Rules of Conduct form. Please contact Ross/Membership Coordinator for a form or you can obtain a Rules of Conduct form at our next GNBC meeting. This implementation will continue at each meeting for the current year/ annual membership. EVENTS Every First Thursday We will have some new procedures for our events and meetings. Our monthly Moose’s Tooth First Tap meeting will now have a designated start and ending time, as well as a last call to serve homebrew at 9pm. Lights out, closed up and a final walk through will be Every Friday conducted at 9:45pm by a GNBC officer/ board member. Midnight Sun Brewery Tours and Brew Debut: 6:00 PM 344-1179 -GNBC Glasses for sale – Glasses are available for purchase for $5 each, contact us and we will get you some! Events: Eagle River Brew Fest - Eagle River, Alaska 5..............Great Alaska Beer Train October 11, 2013 Alaska Railroad Location: The Eagle River Lions Club (16630 Eagle River Road) which is in Eagle 4-8:30 pm: $159 pp River on the corner of Eagle River Road and Eagle River Loop Road. Time: 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. 11...........Eagle River Brew Fest Cost: $50.00 and may be purchased at the Boys and Girls Club in Eagle River Lions Club - Eagle River (11700 Old Glenn Highway). One should call 694-5437 to make sure somebody is 6:30-9:30 PM: $50 pp there before making the trip to Eagle River. This is a fun raise for the Eagle River Boys and Girls Club. The sole purpuse of the evening’s festivities is to raise money 11-12......Valdez Beer Festival and for them. Homebrew Competition $10 per entry Valdez Brew Fest - Valdez, Alaska 18-19.....ValdezOCT Brew Fest October 11-12, 2013 Valdez, AK...See Article This is BJCP sanctioned competition. The following categories will be judged: Oktoberfest (3B), American Pale Ale (10A), 18-19.....Mighty Matanuska Brewfest Stout (13A-F), IPA (14A-C), Specialty Beer (23). Alaska State Fairgrounds Entry Fee: $10.00 per entry (Entry drop off in Anchorage is at Arctic Brewing Raven Hall Supply by 10/10) Judging will take place on Friday, October 11th & Saturday, Octo- 6-10 PM: $30 pop ber 12th. Prizes: The prize for Best of Show is $1,000.00! First places in each of the BJCP categories (i.e. Oktoberfest, American Pale Ale, Stout, IPA, and Speciality 26............Southeast Alaska Autumn Pour Beer) will receive $500.00! Second places in each of those categories will receive Juneau, Alaska $250.00! Additional information regarding the competition and Valdez in general may be found at: http://www.valdezalaska.org. If you have any questions please contact Brian Noonan at [email protected] or (781) 856-5811. Mighty Matanuska Brewfest - Palmer, Alaska October 18 & 19, 2013 Location: Ravens Hall at the Alaska State Fair grounds Time: 6:00-10:00 p.m.