The June Brew Session was an excellent event. You really should have been there ! ! !

     

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The 2009 Officers are :

President - Rick Benfield
VP Oktoberfest - Justin Mitchell
VP Education - Brian Beauchemin
VP Competition - Bill Lynch
VP Social - Wes Kemmerlin
VP Recruitment - Lisa Johnson
VP Communication - Michael Shomate

For job descriptions of the above offices- click here

 

 

 

Click here to see how to enter a Homebrew Competition !


 

Welcome to the Carolina BrewMasters Website


Want info on joining the Carolina BrewMasters ?

Click here to contact VP of Recruitment with your questions !


Click here to contact Mike Shomate - VP of Communication


Check out some pic's from Big Brew at Alternative Beverage on May 2nd

The Old Mecklenburg Brewery is now open serving their great Alt and their Kolsch is now available so go down and try them out at 215 Southside Drive.



The June 19th trip to the Charlotte Knights baseball game was a fun event even though the Knights had a losing effort !

Brew Session at Spencer Stubbs was a very good Session with an All Grain Belgian Specialty being brewed.  Then a Traditional Mead was made and the day finished with an extract Honey Wheat Ale being brewed. Was a good day so click here for some pic's. You really should have been there !

  • Lonerider Brewery (Raleigh) ‘Brew It Forward’ Homebrew Competition
    • Best of Show will be brewed commercially by Lonerider Brewery
    • Must be able to go ‘grain to glass’ in 4 weeks
    • Not BJCP sanctioned, they’re looking for the ‘most drinkable beer’, one without flaws; no scoresheets will be distributed, $6 per entry, maximum of 4 entries
    • Similar to the Highland Cup there are restrictions (pellet form hops only, no greater than 8% ABV etc.)
    • On line registration begins on 6/1, closes on 7/25; competition will be held on 8/1
    • Information can be found at http://lonerider.me/?p=10
    • If there’s enough interest perhaps we can get someone to deliver entries to the brewery; we’ll re-address this in future meetings
  • Pisgah Brewing (Black Mountain) Organic Pro-AM 2009 Homebrew Competition
    • Best of Show will be brewed commercially by Pisgah Brewing
    • Must go ‘grain to glass’ in 8 weeks
    • BJCP Sanctioned competition, scoresheets will be returned; $3 per entry, no maximum
    • Pisgah will substitute organic malt and hops where they are not used in the homebrewers receipe; American Rye/Wheat, sour beers and wood aged beers are not eligible to be submitted; please read the ingredient guidelines carefully
    • On line registration began on 5/1, closes on 7/3 (11:00pm); competition will be held on 7/11
    • Information can be found at http://maltsters.org/GeneralInfoPisgah2009.htm

 

Click here for some pictures of Gregory Byers MLT from the Gadet and Kegging Day


I just wanted to express my thanks to the Carolina Brewmasters for choosing to hold your monthly meeting last night in OMB’s tap room.  I had a great time, and hope you all did as well.  OMB and the Carolina Brewmasters are in essence promoting the same cause – appreciation of great beer in the Charlotte (and Carolinas) regions.  You guys have been instrumental in educating the local community about beer over the years (through your club and especially with the now famous Oktoberfest).  I believe those efforts have in large part set the stage for OMB.  In fact, I believe your efforts have made it possible for OMB to have a fighting chance at becoming a successful local microbrewery.  And of course some of your members are already our best customers.

We look forward to working together with the Brewmasters in the future

Prost!

John Marrino


215 Southside Drive
Charlotte, NC  28217
Mobile (336) 689-7700
Fax (704) 525-5645
www.oldemeckbrew.com

The US Open has been completed Here are the US Open Results


2008 4th Quarter Newsletter is now available. Click here for a pdf

January 2009  Newsletter is now out.

Click here for a pdf


June Meeting

 The June meeting had a good crowd at the Old Mecklenburg Brewery. Gary Kunes had his brats with proceeds going to the Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and sold many of them. Was an excellent evening with the great OMB Beers and there was many very good homebrews.  Click here for some good Pic's !


Member of the Month

New Member of the Month

Derek Heicken

Mason Minor

Derek got into brewing about 15 years ago when his wife got him a brew kit for Christmas and he has been brewing ever since. He found out about the Carolina BrewMasters at the 2005 Oktoberfest and joined and has had several brew sessions at his home in Huntersville. When he joined, there was not many Lagers being brewed so he decided to bring more Lagers to the club. His favorite style to brew is the "On the Edge" Black Lager and his favorite commercial beer is the Sam Smith Pale Ale. He currently has a Mexican Lager going that will be at this years Oktoberfest. When doing the interview, it was revealed that Today (May 6) was his Birthday ! When asked when he got into homebrewing, he thought and said "I liked beer back in college so we started brewing" and that was in 2008 and he has brewed 11 extract batches in a years time. His favorite style to brew is stouts and his favorite commercial beer is the Rogue IPA. He heard about the Carolina BrewMasters from friends and came to the meeting and joined.

Welcome Mason !


 

Next  Meeting will be

July 8th

at :

 Fox and Hound on North Tryon Street at 7th Street

 starts at 6:30 pm

Be there !


Next Brew Session

Host: ???

When: July ??

Where: ???

Brew: ???

Plan to attend !


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Have you seen the Quarterly Newsletters ?

Well go here to download and check them out !




CBM Homebrew Safety Announcement

Download a pdf of the CBM Code of Conduct

Click here for the Rules and Regulations for the Club Only CBM Brewer of the Year Competition

   

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