BIG BREW – MAY 6, 2017

Where: The Food Park in Downtown Abilene | 1089 S. 1st Street, Abilene, Texas 79602
When: May 6, 2017 – 11:00AM – 4:00PM

Join us on May 6 to see how craft beer is made and how easy it is to brew your own beer.

Taste, touch and smell some of the main ingredients of beer, which are water, grains, hops and yeast.
See how milled barley is turned into a sweet hot liquid (wort) and then how this wort is prepared (through boiling, hop additions and cooling) for yeast to be added later to ferment the wort into beer.
We will demontrate various methods of brewing: Extract, Brew in a Bag, traditonal All Grain, and an ‘all-in-one’ Electric System.

SPONSORS:
Big Country Homebrewers Association (http://bigcountryhomebrewers.com/)
Pappy Slokum Brewing Co. (http://www.pappyslokum.com/)
Brick & Forge Brew Works – inside Brick Oven Pizza (https://www.facebook.com/brickandforge)
Sockdolager Brewing Co. (http://sockdolagerbrewery.com/)
Filo Liquor (http://www.filoliquors.com/)
The Food Park (http://www.abi-foodpark.com/)

Sponsors will provide PRIZES & GIVEAWAYS

Big Brew is promoted by the American Homebrewers Association (https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/)

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TIPS AND BEERSOURCES

America’s largest craft beer festival is coming to Austin! This summer, Beer Camp on Tour takes over Carson Creek Ranch with hundreds of craft beers, the city’s best food trucks, live music and good times. Every craft brewer in the nation is invited and you are, too!

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CLUB MEETING LOCATION CHANGE!! – APRIL 8TH, 2017

Host: David Kasselman
Where: 2133 Continental Ave, Abilene
Time: 7:00PM – 9:00PM

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT BIG BREW WILL BE REVEALED!! SO DON’T MISS THIS ONE!

CLUB COMPETITION ENTRIES WILL BE DUE! don’t forget to bring your entries for our first club competition of the year to this meeting. Remember this is an open competition, so bring your best brews (2 entry limit) and lets try to have a good showing for this one.

You can download the bottle labels and entry forms from our website here.

Points will be awarded for the top 3 plus points for every entry. Max 2 entries each. $2 per entry!

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TIPS AND BEERSOURCES

The Effect of Gelatin on Beer Clarity

Some people seem to take pride in the fact their homebrew is hazy, usually alluding to the idea that the haze contributes greatly to the overall character of the beer, that it’s something all homebrewers should be proud of, as it symbolizes it was made by hand.

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