TRASH: Three Rivers Alliance of Serious Homebrewers

A quick reminder to anyone wanting to enter beers into TRASH XIX homebrew competition. The entry deadline is this Friday, July 3, 2009. Make sure to get your entries to one of the drop off locations before that date. We still have to collect and sort all of the entries before the competition on July 18, 2009. As always feel free to contact me at peter_kozlowski@fastmail.fm if you have any questions.

In case you haven't heard, TRASH XIX Homebrew Competition is set for Saturday, July 18, 2009 at the Rivertowne Pour House in Monroeville, PA. July 3 is the final date to get your entries in for judging. As always we are looking for stewards and judges. Please email questions to myself, peter_kozlowski@fastmail.fm or trashcompetition@yahoo.com. Also, you can click on the Homebrew Competition tab on the left side of the page for more info and entry packet.

Hey There!
Click the "Competition" tab in the upper right corner of this page. There's something on it finally!!
You will find all you need to know about the upcoming TRASH homebrew competition. See YOU at TRASH XIX!!!

The April Brewer's Forum will be held on Saturday April 11, 9:00am at Keith's House, 933 Rita Dr., 15221 . This month's forum will be an all-grain brewing demo. Keith and other will be brewing an American IPA using hops purchased through the club and the beer will be served at upcoming meetings. Please come and see an all grain brewing session and bring your questions as well. The brew day is just starting at 9:00 am but should be going well into the early afternoon, so even if you can't make it in the morning you can still stop by later and see how it all turned out. Contact Keith at kopake at hotmail.com or 412.901.6614 with questions or if you get lost.

The March meeting will be held on Sunday, March 15, 2009 at 2:00 pm at the Pittsburgh Bottle Shop. 3000 Washington Pike, 15017
Please plan on attending!

The first of a semi-regularly scheduled brewer's forum is approaching. We will be discuss Yeast Starters, how & why to make them. And then we will look at Bock Beer's. Information about this event is below.

Wednesday March 4, 2009, 7:00 pm
The House of Keith Kost
933 Rita Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15221

Hope to see you there!

The February meeting is going to be held Sunday, February 22. 2009 at 2pm at Piper's Pub in the South Side of Pittsburgh. Plan on attending. There will be tours of the British Cask Ale Cellar. Meeting fees are the standard $15.

January 25th, 2009 – 2pm – Church Brew Works

It couldn't have played out any better. A gambit of new members, high attendance of old members, and an awesome selection of Craft Beers all contributed to a successful January meeting. The meeting started off 2009 with a bang. Peter went over old business and new business was discussed.

We discussed destination meetings, beer stewards, and looked far into the future for a May 2, 2009 Big Brew. To get an idea of the high energy and the high productivity, please view meeting pictures at : http://picasaweb.google.com/Keith.Tarbi/TRASHJanuaryMeeting#

Happy Brewing !!!

 Keith Tarbi