CARBOY – Cary Apex Raleigh Brewers of Yore

NC Brewers Cup (Commercial Competition)

Posted on July 28, 2020 by andypinz

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

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July’s virtual meeting and Mead day info

Posted on July 13, 2020 by andypinz

A couple club updates:

First, the next meeting will be virtual and take place on July 22nd. We’ll be trying something new to encourage tasting the same beer as a group as well as helping support a fantastic brewery that has always supported us in the past. Clouds brewing set aside 4 packs of specific beer with a special price of $2 per beer ($8 for the 4 pack) for us to taste through as a group. To purchase them, just visit during their taproom hours of Thursday thru Sunday 2pm to 8pm. Just mention that you’re buying the CARBOY tasting beers to get the discount. The beers are Bock to the Future, Midnight delight, Wolkenbrau, and Blood Orange Hop Jam. John will also be joining us on the 22nd to talk about these beers as we taste through them. The beers aren’t a requirement to attend the meeting, just a way for us to support the community, so pick them up if you can! Also on this front, we’re going to attempt to send the meeting link out via email this month. Our email list is likely incomplete, so if you’d like to be included on that communication please send your name and email address to carboypresident@carboyclub.com

Second, Mead day is approaching. Todd asked me to pass on a message to everyone, and so I’ll post it below. The meeting will be held in person at Todd’s house, so please use your best judgement on whether you should attend, and take all possible precautions if you do. See the message below, and the CARBOY forum for Todd’s address:

LAST CHANCE TO ORDER FOR MEAD DAY
It’s coming up sooner than you think. Our honey order for the MEAD DAY BREW-IN will go in Tuesday, July 21st, BEFORE the Carboy meeting. Cost: orange blossom = $55/15# or blended wildflower = $35/15#(enough for a 5-6 gal. batch). Again, please contact me for guidance on recipes at wenzelt@netzero.net This year’s event will be Saturday, Aug. 1st, 9:00am. I’ll set up early for those who want to get a head start on any heat. Our sponsor, the CARBOY Homebrew club will again provide yeasts, yeast nutrients, brats, burgers AND SIDES. Please remember to bring a lawn chair and a carboy if you’re brewing. Also, there will be plenty of good mead and beer to sample while we’re brewing. Feel free to bring some of your favorite beverages to share BUT NO SIDE DISHES THIS TIME! WE’LL TAKE CARE OF THAT, TO MINIMIZE P2P CONTACT.

Location: Todd Wenzel’s Home

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Wednesday’s Virtual Meeting

Posted on June 22, 2020 by andypinz

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!

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A CARBOY update

Posted on June 5, 2020 by andypinz

Hey everyone! I wanted to reach out and try to answer some questions you may have about CARBOY and our plans to resume club activities. After some discussion among the club leadership, we’ve decided that a June meeting is just too soon to resume normal meeting. If only from a logistical point of view, most of the venues that normally host our meeting need every inch of space as they try to space out seating 6ft. It would be unfair to even ask them to accommodate our normal 25+ member meetings where they could be using that space to drive badly needed revenue. In addition, the health and safety of the members of CARBOY are front and center, and so we need to work out the logistics of what a meeting even looks like.

All of this being said, there are a few things we can do. First, we will be organizing a CARBOY group zoom (video chat) on what would be our normal meeting day this month, June 24. More details regarding this will follow on both the website and Facebook. Second, I would ask anyone that has a LARGE backyard/outdoor meeting space/farm/etc that would be willing to host a well spaced meeting in July to please reach out to us. It is one of the possible avenues we are looking into. Finally, if you are out of beer, please consider visiting one of our many club sponsors to refill. Most if not all of them have contact free shopping and pickup, and some have even opened their doors to a limited crowd for service on-site. They are all dealing with a large revenue loss and are hurting. Lets support them as they have supported us over the years. A full list of sponsors is to follow in a later message.

Finally, There are a number of great online resources for continuing homebrewing education, and I encourage everyone to take advantage of them. Below are some of my favorite, and if you have others I encourage you to share them in the comments below.

https://www.whitelabs.com/news/white-labs-wednesday-webcast-series

https://www.escarpmentlabs.com/webinars

https://www.crowdcast.io/gourmet_brewing

Stay tuned for more information.

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CARBOY Club Meeting – March 2020 – Cancelled

Posted on March 19, 2020 by carboy.pres

In support of Social Distancing and the fact that none of our meeting sponsors are able to host us, this month’s meeting has been cancelled.

Support those in your community that are more at risk when out & about for daily requirements, wash your hands and brew good beer.

Cheers

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CARBOY Club Meeting – February 26th – Neuse River Brewing Company 6:30-8:30 PM

Posted on February 17, 2020 by andypinz

Monthly Meeting: Wednesday February 26th 6:30 – 8:30 PM

Neuse River Brewing Company
518 Pershing Rd
Raleigh, North Carolina 27608
(984) 232-8479
www.neuseriverbrewing.com

CARBOY Homebrew Club monthly membership meeting for members and guests.

This month’s educational talk is on non-enzymatic (cold) mashing. If you have an idea for a future presentation or a desire to give one yourself, please reach out to Andy at the meeting. We have a couple more lined up but are always looking for ideas and volunteers!

As a reminder, if anyone is looking for feedback on one of their beers from a BJCP certified judge, we’ll have a way to identify existing judges within the club so you can seek them out and ask for feedback. This will be on a volunteer basis so the number of judges may fluctuate from month to month.

Looking forward to seeing everyone out at Neuse!

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CARBOY Club Meeting – January 22nd – Bond Brothers Beer Company 6:30-8:30 PM

Posted on January 5, 2020 by andypinz

BOND BROTHERS BEER COMPANY
202 EAST CEDAR STREET
CARY, NC, 27511
919.459.2670
https://www.bondbrothersbeer.com/

CARBOY Homebrew Club monthly membership meeting for members and guests.

We’re going to try a couple new things this month. Both are designed to expand on brewing education and feedback within the club.

First, one of our members is going to give short educational talk on Kveik, an exciting new yeast option for both new and seasoned homebrewers. If you have an idea for a future presentation or a desire to give one yourself, please reach out to Andy at the meeting. We have a couple more lined up but are always looking for ideas and volunteers!

Second, if anyone is looking for feedback on one of their beers from a BJCP certified judge, we’ll have a way to identify existing judges within the club so you can seek them out and ask for feedback. This will be on a volunteer basis so the number of judges may fluctuate from month to month.

Finally, the 25th Anniversary Shamrock Homebrew Competition is right around the corner. It would be great to get a good showing from the club, so if you’re interested start thinking about what you’d like to enter now!

Looking forward to seeing everyone out at Bond Brothers!

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