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The results of the TRASH XX homebrew competition have been posted here. We are stilling working out the East End Award and hope to announce its winner within the next week. Thank you for all of your entries and thanks to all of the judges for helping with the judging. We hope to get results mailed out to entrants within the next few weeks. Thanks Again!

Peter Kozlowski
TRASH XX Organizer

Information about this year's homebrew competition has been posted to the website. Check the competition page of the website, or copy and paste the link directly into your broser: www.trashhomebrewers.org/trashxx Deadline for entry drop off is July 3. Please contact myself if you would like to steward and/or judge at the competition. More information is available on the competition page. Cheers!

Peter K
TRASH XX Organizer

The TRASH XX Homebrew competition will take place on Saturday, July 17, 2010 at the Sharp Edge Brasserie in Peter's Township, PA. The details of the competition are still being worked out, but we hope to have everything worked out soon. Entry deadline will likely be in early July. Judges, stewards and volunteers will definetley be needed. Look for more info soon. Cheers!

Peter K
TRASH President / Competition Organizer

A small group of homebrewers / beer geeks with an idea to bring the National Homebrew Conference to Pittsburgh in 2012 is currently being formed. In case you are unaware, the NHC is the largest gathering of homebrewers in one location ever at any one time during the year. Check out this website http://www.ahaconference.org/ to see what this years conference has to offer. This is an open call to any active/inactive/never-active TRASH members and/or affiliates that would like to join in the effort to bring the conference to Pittsburgh. The idea is still in the planning phase but we are hopping to have a formal proposal to the American Homebrew Association by the end of February. If you have interest in joining this group or questions about what is needed, please contact me at peter_kozlowski@fastmail.fm.

Cheers!

Peter K

Thanks to everyone who endured the wet weather to come out and tailgate before the Pirate's game. It was a good time for all in attendance. Please join us for our next meeting ath Armand Houle's House on October 10, and/or at Blue Dust in Homestead on Sunday, November 8 (don't worry Steelers are playing Monday night that week). Also, don't forget to sign up for the Cider Press. Look for more info about all of these events in the newsletter. Cheers!

Peter K
TRASH President

The votes are in, and it wasn't even close! TRASH was voted by by attendees at the Steel City Big Pour as "Best of Fest". Congratulations to all the TRASH members whose hard work and awesome homebrew made this honor possible!

This is a final call to all people that are TRASH and/or beer geeks. We need more judges and stewards for this Saturday's competition out at the Rivertowne Pour House. Please contact me at peter_kozlowski@fastmail.fm or call me at 412-952-9474 if you would like to help out. Even if you feel like you may not know enough about brewing to help out, please volunteer. We need help on all levels to make this event a success. And finally, thanks to everyone who entered, we have over 190 entries to judge this Saturday. I hope to see you all there.

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 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 January meeting is set for 2:00pm on Sunday, January 25, 2009. The location is the Church Brew Works in Lawrenceville, PA. And if you need to map it, its 3525 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh PA 15201. Also please note the meeting fees will be at the new $15 level.
Please plan on attending this very special meeting for the installation of the new officers, to renew your membership, and to discuss brewing problems and successes.

Another great CiderFest! OK, it was a little soggy but we still had fun! We pressed 191 gallons of cider with an original gravity of 1.052. 50 bushels of apples were pressed and varieties included were Cortland, Jonagold, Gala, Empire, Stayman winesap, Macintosh, Red Delicious and Golden Delicious. My daughter said the sweet cider was "Awesome" so I'm sure it will make a great hard cider.

We had a few no-shows I'm kind of ticked about but I would like to thank all those who did participate and take up the slack. A special Thank You goes out to David Pittman and Ted & Debbie Woycio for their help in transporting the apples to the press.

See you all next year!

Tim

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