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Present: Ryan Jilek, Dean Byrd, Jerry Ford, Rocky Stoltz, Jon Stika, Virginia Lloyd (Jon’s daughter), Dale Sattler, Alan Church and Dave Lehman. Rocky reported on his experimental batch of beer utilizing wild hops picked near his home east of Dickinson.  He said the flavor and aroma of the wort seemed Read more…

Present: Ryan Jilek, Jerry Ford, Jon Stika, Dustin Burrows, Alan Church, Paul Ellerkamp, Mike Anderson, Dean Byrd, Rocky Stoltz. Ryan brought the Kolsch that was brewed at the KC event .  The beer was very clear and balanced, though not as hoppy as the same kit brewed and served at Read more…

Well guys with this years hop harvest on the near horizon I thought I better list some of the inventory I have and hopefully get some of them on your fall brewing schedule so that they can get used up.  I really don’t want to wast any of these.  Here Read more…

Present: Ryan Jilek, Jerry Ford, Rocky Stoltz, Jon Stika, David Lehman and his friend Kira. Town and Country beer of the month was Samuel Adams Coastal Wheat.  This was a light American style wheat beer with lemon.  The Coastal Wheat was a light wheat ale with good malt body and Read more…

Present: Rocky Stoltz, Dale Sattler, Paul Ellerkamp and Ryan Jilek Beer of the Month was a Schell Maifest from Town & Country Liquors. This beer was a very nice golden color with excellent clarity. Malty and subtle hops on the nose with a good balance of hops and bready malt Read more…

Present: Ryan Jilek, Rocky Stoltz, Dale Sattler, Jerry Ford and Jon Stika. No Beer of the Month. Rocky provided a brief Treasurers report and discussed the issue regarding filing federal tax return for non-profit status.  Since our non-profit designation is with the state of North Dakota, it was decided that Read more…

Ryan, Rocky and Jon bottled the batch of Kolsch that was brewed at the KC Beer Taste.  We bottled it in 50 – 12 ounce brown bottles secured with crown caps.  We also sampled the beers Ryan had on tap: Chokecherry Stout, IPA and Belgian Wit.  Cheers!

I thought many of you might like to see what our fellow homebrewers are up to in the Fargo area. http://www.wday.com/event/article/id/32466/publisher_ID/29/ “On Saturday April 17th, several members of the Prairie Homebrewing Companions spent the day together brewing a bunch of beer to go into a Jack Daniels barrel.  That evening, Read more…