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    LAGERS October 2018 Newsletter

    Upcoming Events November 4 — Apocalypse Brew-in, Bulk Grain Buy & Fall Competition November 19 — November Monthly Meeting: Style Guide Brut IPA December 10-12 — Entries Due for Tailspin Ale Winter Warmer Brew Off December 13 — Judging for Tailspin Ale Winter Warmer Brew Off December 17 — December Monthly Meeting:  Dirty Santa Party December 17 — Brut IPA Tasting & Cumberland Pro-Am Judging January 4th — Gordon Biersch Pro-Am Entries Due January 5th — Gordon Biersch Pro-Am Judging Annual LAGERS holiday party — TBD Yappy Hour Keg Pickup & Can Sale If you brewed for Yappy Hour, your kegs…

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    December 17th Meeting – Dirty Santa Party

    This month is the Dirty Santa Party! To participate in the Dirty Santa exchange, bring a wrapped, bagged, or otherwise disguised gift. The cost/value should be around $10-$20. Generally it should be something beer or brewing related. More info on how the game works will be provided at the meeting– but it involves substantial amounts of treachery and deception! Hope to see you there! We will also be tasting your Brut IPAs where the winner will get to brew with Justin Vasher at Cumberland Brewery. Be sure to bring 2 unmarked 12 or 22 oz bottles for a blind judging.…

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    2018 Tailspin Ale Winter Warmer Brew-Off

    We are having our 5th annual Tailspin Brew-Off. The spirit of the competition is to brew some variation on the Winter Warmer theme. This years winning beer will be brewed as the signature beer for the 6th Anniversary Tailspin Festival Ale . Here are the rules: Entry Rules Entries must be brewed to a gravity limit of 1.090 Entries may not be brewed using: Syrups (Belgian, treacle, molasses, honey, maple syrup, etc.) Fruit (fresh, canned or flavoring) Wood (barrel, chips or spirals) Anything funky or farmhousy (Brett, Lacto, Pedio, etc.) Entries may be brewed using: Dry hops Chocolate Spices Herbs…

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    Yappy Hour Keg Pickup and Can Sale

    Hey LAGERS! If you brewed for Yappy Hour, your kegs are ready for pickup at Apocalypse Brew Works. ABW will also be running a can sale on all of the yappy hour beers. $10 gets your 3 crowler cans of your choice and the proceeds go towards the Kentucky Humane Society. Get them while they last!

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    November 19th Meeting – Style Guide: Brut IPA

    On Monday November 19th, we will start our quarterly/seasonal style guide series where we describe the history, process, and ingredients of a particular style with a beer to try. Brewers are encouraged to brew the style for the next meeting and taste/compare the different beers. The winner of a blind competition will go on to brew at Cumberland with Justin Vasher, former LAGERS vice president and now head brewer.  This November we will be covering Brut IPA. This up and coming but relatively unknown style is a pale, dry, champagne-like, hoppy IPA. One of the key ingredients, amyloglucosidase, will be…