At the monthly meeting of the Heart River Homebrewers last night we collected all the members beer for the next filling of our Cabernet barrel. Although it was slightly after several members left for the evening we did tap into the current offerings to make sure they were worthy. The Read more…
Present: Michael Kreitinger, Alan Church, Ryan Jilek, Jeremiah Thorpe, Dale Sattler, Rocky Stoltz and Jon Stika. Discussed barrel beers. Shares of current barrel beer (Imperial Stout) will be distributed at a date to be determined near the end of January or beginning of February. Shares are as follows: Jeremiah Thorpe Read more…
Empty bottles, yeast slant, tubing for sampling barrel beer… just another typical meeting of the Heart River Home Brewers.
Present: Chip Ford, Rocky Stoltz, Jerry Ford, Dale Sattler, Alan Church, Ryan Jilek, Paul Ellerkamp, Jeremiah Thorpe and Jon Stika. Discussed the wild yeast (La Plante) captured by Alan and cultured by Ryan. Several good slants with what appear to be pure colonies have been produced by Ryan. Discussed ciders Read more…
Present: Jerry Ford, Chip Ford, Rocky Stoltz, Ryan Jilek, Alan Church, Jeremiah Thorpe and Jon Stika. Received $50 prize money from Hawk’s Point Brews & Blues event. Ryan has 10 ounce pub shaped beer glasses for sale to members for $2.60 each. Discussed and decided to conduct apple pressing on Read more…
Present: Ryan Jilek, Rocky Stoltz, Jerry Ford, Michael Kreitinger, Dale Sattler and Jon Stika. Discussed Alan Church harvesting wild yeast. It was reported that he has had some success. Discussed Knight’s Brew event and competition results, hard cider production, Oktoberfest in Bismarck and Hoppy Halloween in Fargo. Rocky provided a Read more…
The Heart River Home Brewers held their annual potluck on September 8th at the Stika’s. In conjunction with the potluck, the first ever Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) sanctioned club only homebrew competition was held. Ryan Jilek took Best of Show for his English Barleywine. Congratulations to Ryan on winning Read more…
Ryan, Rocky and Jon racked several batches of Imperial Stout into the used wine barrel. The beer will age until the desired barrel flavor is achieved.
Present: Chip Ford, Ryan Jilek, Rocky Stoltz, Jerry Ford, Alan Church, Dale Sattler and Jon Stika. Discussed K of C Beer Taste and Homebrew Competition set for September 20th. Discussed HRHB picnic set for September 8th. Ryan, Rocky and Jon will plan to fill the used wine barrel with the Read more…