The next Grain Trust homebrew club meeting will be 7:00PM Friday, November 19.

In the back room of Clandestine Brewing.

Please be aware Clandestine Brewing has instituted a “Proof of Vaccination” policy in order to gain inside seating.
You can bring your physical card, a photo of same, or use the QR code generated by the California Department of Public Health.
To get the latter downloaded to your phone, visit the California Department of Public Health website for Digital Vaccine Records.

Howard sent the following email to Grain Trust membership November 7, 2021.

Hello Fellow Trustees:
November is here!
And we’ve already had rain! But being stout brewers and beer aficionados, it can’t dampen our spirits.
So, we’ll be gathering again this month for our usual meeting. The date is Friday, November 19th and we’ll be meeting at 7 PM at Clandestine Brewing in SJ.

Feel free to show up anytime after they open at 4, and remember that proof of vaccination is required for inside seating.

As usual, we’ll be focusing on beers that we bring–be sure to get your descriptions to Harry Graham a day or so ahead of the meeting.

Looking ahead to December, we plan to hold to our usual schedule, which would place us on Friday the 17th.
That one will be more of a holiday event with a theme centered on beer and food pairings.
Bonus points (maybe ‘bonus esteem’) will be granted to those who pair food with their own homebrew, but it’s not a requirement.
So, put your taste buds to work and start getting some ideas.
It will be very interesting to see what people bring.

See you on the 19th!

The next Grain Trust homebrew club meeting will be 7:00PM Friday, October 15.

In the back room of Clandestine Brewing.

Please be aware Clandestine Brewing has instituted a “Proof of Vaccination” policy in order to gain inside seating.
You can bring your physical card, a photo of same, or use the QR code generated by the California Department of Public Health.
To get the latter downloaded to your phone, visit the California Department of Public Health website for Digital Vaccine Records.

Howard chronicled the following from the September 2021 Grain Trust meeting.

• One thing we decided concretely is that we’ll move the strong beer challenge out to February, 2022. This will coincide with “Strong Beer Month”.

• Several of us have wanted to do a cask ale style/challenge this year, and our stake in the ground is to do it in November. For this meeting, you brew a beer that would be appropriate to serve on a beer engine at cellar temperature. Ideally, you rack it into a collapsible water bottle (the 1.3 gallon version) for conditioning, then bring it to the meeting location a day or so ahead of time. Harry and Kim have volunteered their patio on which to hold the meeting (with a patio heater). They have a beer engine set up in their basement, which will be at the perfect serving temperature.

The next Grain Trust homebrew club meeting will be 7:00PM Friday, September 17.

In the back room of Clandestine Brewing.

Howard suggests we discuss any brewing challenges or other activities we want to pursue in the Fall and upcoming Winter.

Currently we’re considering a “big beer” club challenge for November/December, and a cask ale challenge with a date TBD.