Page 1 Brewers East End Revival March, 2017 Vol. 21, Issue 6 First Runnings—By Eric Grimm, B.E.E.R. President W e finished part 2 of our 3-part wood-aging series at our last meeting, with a rousing discussion around small barrel usage. I think everyone came away with a newfound appreciation for the art of racking your beer into a barrel, and later racking it back out and drinking it at some point. Congratulations again to David Phillips and Chris Cassatto for taking ribbons in Homebrew Alley XI! They got a first and a third, respectively, for a Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout and an American IPA. There was a lot of competition at this, um, competition with nearly 600 entries, so kudos are well -deserved! Make sure to let me know if you enter any competitions so you can earn points towards BEER Homebrewer of the Year 2017! We’ve got a TON of events coming up. I sent an email out a few days ago with links to the sign-up sheets, but here they are again. April 22 – Blue Point Real Ale Festival – we actually have a lot signed up for this, but if you need to remove yourself, or update your information, or let me know what type of beer you’re bringing, please update the sheet. May 6 – Big Brew for National Homebrew Day – location is still TBD, but it’s typically at Blue Point, so I’d expect it to be the same this year. If you don’t know what this is, information can be found here. There will be an “official recipe,” but they haven’t published that just yet. May 13 – our 21 st Annual BEER Brew-Off Homebrew Competition – we need LOTS of volunteers! Jun 15 from 6-8 PM (changed from May 18) – Whales, Ales and Salty Tales – this is a short, evening event in the middle of the week at my wife’s place of employment, the Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum. Also, there may be no “Salty Tales” - it may be just “Whales and Ales.” May 20 – Great South Bay Bayfest National Homebrewers Competition 2017 Important Dates: First Round Shipping: February 27 – March 8, 2017 First Round Judging: March 17 – April 23, 2017 Final Round Judging (if you make it through first round): June 15, 2017 Upcoming Events and Competitions: March 11: 27th Annual Hudson Valley Homebrewers Competition March 20: Club meeting at LI Pour House in Port Jefferson Station April 1: Spring Craft Beer Festival at Belmont Park Racetrack April 17: Club meeting at BrickHouse Brewery in Patchogue April 22: Blue Point Real Ale Festival Officers & Board Eric Grimm (Pres.) Steve Wynurst (V.P.) Richy Meyer (Treas.) Diane Delaney (Sec.) Kevin Basso Bob Delaney Dean Doty Susan Frank Dave Phillips Bill Ports
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Page 1 Brewers East End Revival March, 2017 Vol. 21, Issue 6
First Runnings—By Eric Grimm, B.E.E.R. President
“Don’t forget to submit your homebrew tips to the newsletter”
W e finished part 2 of our 3-part wood-aging series at our last meeting,
with a rousing discussion around small barrel usage. I think everyone
came away with a newfound appreciation for the art of racking your beer into
a barrel, and later racking it back out and drinking it at some point.
Congratulations again to David Phillips and Chris Cassatto for taking ribbons in Homebrew Alley XI! They got a first and a third, respectively, for a Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout and an American IPA. There was a lot of competition at this, um, competition with nearly 600 entries, so kudos are well-deserved! Make sure to let me know if you enter any competitions so you can earn points towards BEER Homebrewer of the Year 2017!
We’ve got a TON of events coming up. I sent an email out a few days ago with links to the sign-up sheets, but
here they are again.
April 22 – Blue Point Real Ale Festival – we actually have a lot signed up for this, but if you need to remove yourself, or update your information, or let me know what type of beer you’re bringing, please update the sheet. May 6 – Big Brew for National Homebrew Day – location is still TBD, but it’s typically at Blue Point, so I’d expect it to be the same this year. If you don’t know what this is, information can be found here. There will be an “official recipe,” but they haven’t published that just yet. May 13 – our 21st Annual BEER Brew-Off Homebrew Competition – we need LOTS of volunteers! Jun 15 from 6-8 PM (changed from May 18) – Whales, Ales and Salty Tales – this is a short, evening event in the middle of the week at my wife’s place of employment, the Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum. Also, there may be no “Salty Tales” - it may be just “Whales and Ales.” May 20 – Great South Bay Bayfest National Homebrewers Competition 2017 Important Dates:
First Round Shipping: February 27 – March 8, 2017
First Round Judging: March 17 – April 23, 2017
Final Round Judging (if you make it through first round): June 15, 2017
Upcoming Events and Competitions:
March 11: 27th Annual Hudson Valley Homebrewers Competition
March 20: Club meeting at LI Pour House in Port Jefferson Station
April 1: Spring Craft Beer Festival at Belmont Park Racetrack
April 17: Club meeting at BrickHouse Brewery in Patchogue
April 22: Blue Point Real Ale Festival
Officers & Board
Eric Grimm (Pres.) Steve Wynurst (V.P.) Richy Meyer (Treas.) Diane Delaney (Sec.)
Kevin Basso Bob Delaney Dean Doty Susan Frank Dave Phillips Bill Ports
H ow cool is this! A Belgian astronomer, using a telescope named TRAPPIST, finds an “ultra
cool dwarf star” located 39.5 light-years away from earth which has seven possibly earth-like planets or-biting around it. The star, named TRAPPIST-1, and its seven planets are located in the constellation Aquarius. (Almost makes me want to break out sing-ing the 1960s tune about the dawning of the age of Aquarius.) In 2015, astronomers discovered three Earth-sized planets orbiting the “ultra cool dwarf”star (yes, it’s a technical term). The team, led by Michael Gillon at the Univerity of Liege in Belgium, detected the planets using the “Transiting Planets and Planetesi-mals Small Telescope (TRAPPIST) in Chile. Two years later, using various other telescopes, astrono-mers announced four more exoplanets orbiting around TRAPPIST-1 bringing the total number of planets in that solar system to seven, of which at least three and possibly all are in its habitable zone. The planets are designated b, c, d, e, f, g and h.
Surely we can do better than that! When Jean and I did our series of European beer tours with Ale Street News way back near the turn of this century, there were six Trappist breweries in Belgium and one in the Netherlands. Now there are at least 11 in various countries (including one in Mas-sachusetts: Spencer). I propose naming the seven planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1 after the seven Trappist beers we grew to be so fond of: “Planet Chimay,” “Planet Orval,” “Planet Westmalle,” “Planet Rochefort,” “Planet Westvleteren,” “Planet Achel,” “Planet La Trappe.” However, being a patriotic American, I would also submit the name Planet Spencer after the relatively new Trappist brewery in Spencer, Massachusetts. I leave it to the Planetary Naming Committee to decide. Below is a graphic showing my suggestions for the seven newly discovered planets. Maybe an eighth planet will be discovered orbiting TRAPPIST-1 and little Spencer can join his brethren in the naming game in the heavens.
Trappist beers, Trappist planets: —by Jim Thoms
After-note: I may be the first to suggest naming new planets after beers, but Bell Brewery in Michigan, in 2014, named
seven of its beers after planets in our solar system (minus Earth and poor little Pluto, of course).
Mars, The Bringer of War: (Double IPA) Venus, The Bringer of Peace: (a Blonde Ale brewed with honey, apricot, vanilla and cardamon Mercury, The Winged Messenger: (A Belgian Single) Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity: (A malt forward Brown Ale) Saturn, The Bringer of Old Age: (a Bourbon Barrel-aged Barleywine) Uranus, The Magician: (Black Double IPA) Neptune, The Mystic: (A beer inspired by Dr. Bell’s Medicinal Stout…)
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Next Club Meetings:
March 20 at L.I. Pour House in
Port Jeff. Station;
April 17 at BrickHouse
Bring a friend!
Events Calendar:
National Homebrewers Competition 2017 Important Dates:
First Round Shipping: February 27 – March 8, 2017
First Round Judging: March 17 – April 23, 2017
Final Round Judging (if you make it through first round):
June 15, 2017
Upcoming Events and Competitions:
March 11: 27th Annual Hudson Valley Homebrewers Competi-
tion
March 20: Club meeting at LI Pour House in Port Jefferson Sta-
tion
April 1: Spring Craft Beer Festival at Belmont Park Racetrack
April 17: Club meeting at BrickHouse Brewery in Patchogue
