Has announced that there is a new homebrew supply store in Rigby. Check them out at:

Rocky Mountain Homebrew Supply
218 N 4000 E
Rigby, Idaho 83442
208-745-0866
Open evenings and weekends

Sorry we have been gone so long.  It took longer to recover from the beer fest this year.  The fest was great this year and we would like to thank all of you who helped out.  It is always a worthwhile effort; raising money for charity.  I hope you all feel good for your efforts.

We have a number of things up coming this summer.  The annual trip to the ball park to watch the Chukars will come up soon. August 15^th is the date we are planning on.  We are also trying to get a picnic and /or golf outing together for the end of July.  Please watch the web site for details.

The Eastern Idaho State Fair homebrew competition is also coming up.  This year we are not only judging beer but homemade wine as well.  I know many of you also make wine and we encourage you to participate in the competition as a competitor and a judge.  We will need a number of judges with some wine experience to work with us to pull this out.  If you are interested in the homemade wine competition contact us.

The homebrew competition will be judged differently this year.  We hope to do the bulk of the judging the week before the fair and only do the best of show judging and the wine judging at the fair.  This will allow us to have most of our judges participate and still take off the long weekend.  We need an organizer to run the competition. If you are a new judge and need some extra points, this is a good opportunity.

GABF??? The Great American Beer Fest is September 16-18 this year.  There have been more and more people expressing interest in bussing down to Denver to see this spectacle.  We need to get on this ASAP if we want to find good accommodations and get a bus AND the tickets are fast being sold out.  We don’t know the cost but it would be in the neighborhood of $500+ per person for the bus, tickets, and hotel assuming we get 25 people or more.  Let us know by July 16^th (that’s this Friday!) If we don’t get at least 20 serious people we won’t be able to do it this year.

Judge Class:  If you would like to take a judge class send an email to bob@northamericanbrewers.org

Stay tuned,
Cheers,

The Board

We have some very fine brewers in our organization and I hope they will all show up. The last time we did this it was great fun.

Oh, BTW, we have beer to consume for those who participate, donated by the fine fellows at Snake River Brewing.

The time is not yet carved in stone but it should start around 9 AM so we can clear out before the tasting room opens. The time will be in the reminder!

Cheers,
The Board

This is a good event to bring along friends who would like to join our group.

Upcoming events:

Wolf and Robin have graciously agreed to host us at the brewery for a “brew day” in April. This is a good opportunity to learn how to brew at home. Those of us who brew will haul our equipment to the brewery and brew up a batch. All you have to do is show up and jump in.

We would like to put those of you who are home brewers (or were) that have equipment that you are no longer using together with people who are getting started to help them along. Send us a note if you have things to list. We have one request for bottles! We can all help with that one.

It seems that as soon as the Christmas displays are taken down on Dec. 26, shops are suddenly filled with the red hearts and cupids of Valentine’s Day. Stuffed bears, flower displays, jewelry store sales and offers for romantic island getaways seem to be everywhere.

One item, however, seems to trump all others on the national day of love.

Chocolate.

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The next event will be the St. Patrick’s Day Party.  This is always one of the best.  This is a good function to bring new members and for you to renew your membership.  The party will be at the River Dale Grange / New Sweden Hall on Sunday afternoon, March 14th.  Watch the web site for details.

Many of you have asked about a beer judging class.  There will be an exam given in Boise on July 24th.  If you are interested in the exam let us know and we will put together a class to get you ready.  We need to know if you are serious about the exam very soon so that we can hold a spot for you.  If you are interested email bob@northamericanbrewers.org with your contact information.

At the time of this post more than half the slots are taken. Hurry!

We will post the details of the event soon.