Apologies for the later-than usual communication. As you may have guessed, the brewery I had planned to work with this month fell through, meaning no mixed pack of beer to pick up this month. We’ll pick this back up in January since next month we have the holiday homebrew to share. More details on that in this months meeting.

In lieu of the local brewery this month, I’d like to encourage everyone to go out and pick up their favorite seasonal beer, and we can talk it over/review it during the meeting. I’ve already grabbed a few bottles of my favorite, Troegs Mad Elf. I’m interested to see what everyone else has!

And of course, in normal years this would be our cheese meeting. While we can’t share it this year, grab some cheese (stinky or not) and enjoy it along with the tasting.

The meeting date is this Wednesday, November 25th at 7pm. The meeting link can be found in the email sent out late this afternoon, or in the CARBOY forums.

Follow-up with meeting link for tomorrow, lambic presentation slides, and czech pils recipe have been sent out via email and are also available in the club webpage forum!

I hope this message finds everyone well. Our next virtual club meeting is next Wednesday, September 23, at 7pm. This is going to be a great meeting so I hope everyone can make it!

Club member George Forte is going to give a presentation on wild ales/lambics. He is an excellent brewer of both styles so you’re not going to want to miss this. If you have an idea for a future educational presentation, please reach out to us at CarboyPresident@CarboyClub.com

Also, as a continuation of our support of local breweries and education, Trophy brewing has put together a 4 pack of cans for purchase that we can taste through as a group. The beers will be Trophy Husband Witbier, Cloud Surfer IPA, This is a Movement not a Moment IPA, and Slingshot Coffee Porter. The pack will cost $11.99 and will be available for pickup at their brewery and taproom located at 656 Maywood Ave, Raleigh, NC 27603 starting tomorrow (Friday the 18th). They have multiple locations so be sure to go to address above. Just mention you’re picking up the CARBOY 4 pack. Chief Brewing Officer Les Steward from Trophy will be joining us to talk through the beers and answer any questions we might have. Trophy is an excellent brewery and has been a great supporter of the club, so if you can go pick up a pack and get it in the fridge for the meeting!

Finally, please see the forums, under ‘events’, for the link to the September Virtual Meeting. In addition, if you are not on the club email list and would like to be, email us at CarboyPresident@CarboyClub.com

Please see the forums, under ‘events’, for the link to the August Virtual Meeting.

August virtual meeting update!

The next meeting is Wednesday, August 26th at 7pm. Similar to last month with Clouds Brewing, Bond Brothers Beer Company has put together a pack of 3 beers for CARBOY to purchase for our August meeting. The beers are Local (IPA – can), Gussenbrau (lager -can), and Better With Bugs (mixed ferm – bottle). They are offering the 3 pack at a very generous price of $15. Given the pricing, there are limited quantities of this pack available (around 15-20, I believe). Please do not abuse this – if you’re planning on attending by all means grab a pack, but please no more than 1 so there is plenty for everyone. They are currently available to pickup at Bond Brothers Beer Company – just mention you are grabbing the beers for the CARBOY meeting and you should be good to go. They will be available until the day of the meeting or until they sellout, whatever comes first. Whit and Cam from Bond Bros will both be attending the meeting to talk about mixed fermentation, as well!

Hey all! I’m just passing this on from the NC Brewers Guild:

Greetings from the NC Craft Brewers Guild!

The 2020 NC Brewers Cup Competition, sponsored by ABS Commercial and Pro Refrigeration, Inc., will be held this August 15-16. Because of the unusual circumstances we find ourselves in this year due to COVID, the competition will look a little different this year …

Competition judging will be distributed across three locations on the same weekend in order to 1) reduce the density of participants in any one location & facilitate social distancing, and 2) remove the need for hotel stays.

Judging will be held at the following three locations on August 15 & 16 (Saturday & Sunday):

Triangle Region – The Cookery, Durham
Charlotte Region – NoDa Brewing Company, Charlotte
Asheville Region – Highland Brewing Company, Asheville

We are seeking volunteers to serve as judges and stewards for all three locations. Participants should register for the site that is most convenient to their home.

In exchange for your time, we’ll provide an individually packaged lunch, tasty beer, and competition fun (including great NCBeer merch giveaways!)

The schedule:

August 12 (Wednesday): Entry Inventory (Durham location only)
August 15 and 16 (Saturday and Sunday): Competition Judging (Durham, Charlotte, Asheville)

CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINK TO VOLUNTEER AS A JUDGE OR COMPETITION STEWARD – https://www.memberleap.com/members/evr/reg_event.php?orgcode=NCCB&evid=19543125

In addition to reducing the number of people at each location, and removing the need for hotel stays, we will be observing the following safety guidelines:

Face covering requirement when not seated at judging tables, or eating lunch.

All volunteers will observe social distancing of 6′ feet.

Symptom screening at start of each volunteer shift

Lunch will be individually packaged (no buffet or shared food/utensils)

1 pair of judges per table (4 judging tables per location)

Judges will be paired for the entirety of the day in order to minimize contact. (Can’t stay all-day? Contact Kevin Thorngren at kevin.thorngren@gmail.com)

The Final Best of Show (BOS) judging round will be held on Saturday, August 22nd at the Pro Refrigeration location in Mocksville, NC. (Registration for the Final BOS judging round will be held separately.)

Questions??? Please contact Kevin Thorngren at kevinthorngren@gmail.com or Lisa Parker at lisa@ncbeer.org

Just a reminder to everyone that we’ll be hosting a virtual meetup this Wednesday at 7pm. We don’t have a good way to share the link that is secure, so in order to keep the chance of unwanted guests to a minimum I will be posting the link to the meeting both here and on the Facebook page about 15-30 minutes before the actual meeting. So install the zoom client, chill some homebrew, and I look forward to seeing everyone’s face this Wednesday!