| Thanks to West 6th Farm for opening up exclusively for our meeting this month. Also, thanks to Farm Manager Norm for his educational talk on growing hops. |
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Upcoming Events
- Mash Madness
- Compete for bragging rights (I would like to thank all the losers who entered, without you I couldn’t have won…) – just kidding! A competition to brew in styles TBD and brackets TBD along the lines of March Madness. Brewing to begin soon, hope you signed up. Pairings and categories will be set by next month.
- Bocktoberfest
- October 21st at Dirk Franzen’s house from early evening until late morning the following day. A seafood boil is planned, but please bring pot-luck food or beer. There may be live music and camping is welcome (and encouraged)!
- Barrel Fill
- Water Testing
- Kits are on back-order, more information to come
- Iron Mash
- November 4, 2023 at Rock House Brewery
- 8am to 2pm
- Participants will be given unusual ingredients, come up with a recipe, and brew up some unusual concoctions – let’s see what comes out!
- Learn to Homebrew Day
- November 4, 2023 at Rock House Brewery
- Starting at 2pm, we will be demonstrating 3 types of homebrew systems: Grainfather, 3-tier, and brew-in-the-bag Please come and ask questions to the experts!
- Bluegrass Cup
- February 10, 2024 at Lexington Brewing and Distilling
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BOCK University
Upcoming Educational Opportunities:
- BJCP judging class
- BOCK Learning Library
- Various brewing books available for lending from BOCK
- Books can be borrowed at monthly club meetings, we are working on setting up the system now
- We welcome donations to our library
- BOCK BEST (Brewing Educational Series Talks)
- Yeast seminar coming for our September meeting at Versailles Brewing Co. Guest speaker will be Dr. Paul Duffin – thanks in advance!
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| BOCK Officers
Contact Officers@bockbrew.com if you are interested in becoming an officer.
- Upcoming elections for President, Vice President, Scribe, Event Coordinator, and Director (at-large) in December 2023.
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BOCK t-shirts
- A survey with designs and sizes is coming soon! We really, really mean it this time (unlike last time when we only really meant it)! We are currently looking into a 30th anniversary design and plan to have the shirts by December of 2023.
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Competition Reminders
- Kentucky State Fair
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Enter by July 11th, 2023, Late entries by July 18th, 2023
- https://ksfbeer.fairwire.com/
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Entry dropoff days Wednesday, August 9th, Thursday, August 10th 10 A – 6 P.
- If desired, entries can be dropped off at Brewer Dude by Sunday, August 6th at the latest and will be delivered for you (thanks, James, Don, and brewer Dude)
- Beer & Sweat
- Lemons Mill Brewing
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BOCK Swap Shop
- Bring items to give away or trade to our meetings and we will have a table set up
- For larger items that need to be picked up or delivered, please see topics on the website: or check out our Facebook page.
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| Membership Renewals
Friendly reminder that BOCK dues are effective from January 1st – December 31st. If you have not renewed for 2023, please do so at the next meeting or here: https://www.bockbrew.com/renew-membership/. It is very important for club liability concerns that regular meeting participants are current with their dues and have an up-to-date signed waiver on file. Thanks for your help with this! |
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