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SCHF is THIS weekend!!
Alright fellow brewers, its finally here, the SCHF is THIS weekend!! I just wanted to touch base with everyone before we all get up there.
We have 3 campsites reserved under my name, Todd Slater. We are going to be tight on space this year so try to car pool. There is 1 car included in each site. Any cars after that will have to pay to park. It’s $17 a car per night. Keep in mind when setting up your tents and camp that we will have a lot of people with us. The sites were about $200 total for both nights for all three. So bring some cash and we will work out how much everyone owes for the sites.
Everyone is on their own for food and preparation, so make sure you bring whatever you think you will need. Make sure you bring water as well.
On both Friday and Saturday nights after the events we will be having some commercial and homebrew back at the campsite. So bring some goodies to share.
Friday night we will be setting up our both at the fest site. Everyone who can should bring their beer to our tent so we can get everything set up. Make sure you label your kegs with all the beer info, style, ABV, and your name. It’s also a good idea to label your kegs so you can tell what’s yours. (I did have an issue last year with someone trying to steal some of my parts.)
All of our faucets in the TOaked booth will be reserved for current members only.
And finally, I received an email last night regarding this years fest. There will be some new rules for people pouring the beer at the booths. Below is the email for you guys to read as we will have to obey by the new rules.
If you have any questions please let us know. Im excited for the fest as it is always a good time!
TOaked
As many of you know, as of last year, we were required to secure an Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC) permit from the State of California in order to hold our event at Lake Casitas Recreation Area. This year, we have been given harsh permit conditions that the board believes do not apply to a homebrew festival as described in the California Code. However, in order for Fest to go on as planned, we must comply with these conditions for Fest to occur.
Here is how the conditions will affect this year’s Fest:
Persons serving homebrew cannot drink while serving. Each club is being asked to have no more than 4 people serving at any given time, and during the serving shift (length of shift to be determined by each club), the servers will be issued a vest that will distinguish them as a designated server. SERVERS ON SHIFT CANNOT CONSUME ALCOHOL until their shift is completed. Servers may have more than one shift, but CANNOT BE VISIBLY INTOXICATED WHILE SERVING. Violating this condition is grounds for having Fest shut down immediately.
We realize these are onerous conditions and should not be applied to our event, but the ABC has determined they will not remove the conditions. We will launch a legal battle to remove the conditions for future events, but there is not enough time to have the conditions removed for this year’s event. We are engaging an expert ABC Consultant with a legal team, and are launching our fight immediately, but your clubs MUST BE PREPARED TO FOLLOW THIS CONDITION FOR THIS YEAR’S EVENT. Fest can be shut down if any club is caught violating this condition.
Also please be sure your clubs cooperate fully when it is time to shut down for the night. Both Friday and Saturday night, clubs are to stop serving by 9:00, with full closure of the gates by 10:00.
There are other conditions that affect the board members who serve in a supervisory and management role, and we will follow them as required, though in protest.
Fest is in your hands. Not following the conditions jeopardizes this year’s Fest. We will keep you posted if there are any updates on this matter.
Your CHA Board is fighting for you and for the future of FEST!
Mike Sunny
President – California Homebrewers Association
Meeting #19
Alright Brewers,
The time is almost upon us, this will be our last meeting to get ready for the SCHF at Lake Casitas!! We hope everyone has been brewing and getting ready to really hold our own at the fest. if anyone needs any help with anything please reach out to your fellow club members. We are all here to help everyone brew beer and make the best beer you can. Lets do our best to be ready around 5:30 so we can get started as we have a very busy meeting this month.
The meeting on Sunday April 14th will be a very busy one. We will be holding a C.O.C. for Extract beers. This Competition covers BJCP categories 1-23 where 50% or more of fermentable sugars come from malt extract. Here is a link to the AHA site. This comp will be like all of the other club comps for the COC. Paid members only.
We will also host a short club comp for the SCHF at Lake Casitas to choose our club representative for the Bragging Rights Only comp on friday night at the SCHF. We will hold this one "Best of Show" style. This is for paid members only also, and you will need to be able to provide some beer to pour on saturday at the SCHF.
We have our spread sheet set up for the club beers. please update with what you are going to bring to the SCHF.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlmIRa5RrJYNdExrSFl1RE84Um5keG4xZjJ1U2RYMGc#gid=4
All tap spots under the TOaked booth will be reserved for paid members only.
Dues are up if you are not up to date. they are $30 for the year with a new 2013 TOaked shirts. ($34 with a taster glass)
We also have some AWESOME new official club taster glasses. these 6.75 ounce glasses have our new club logo on them as well as a 2 & 4 ounce marking on the back.we will be selling these for $5 per glass. ($4 with 2013 paid memberships)
Now back to the info,
Thousand Oaked Homebrewers Meeting #19 @ Enegren Brewing,
Sunday April 14th, 5:30PM to 8:00PM.
Lets be good guest and clean up and be out of the brewery by 8:30PM.
Thousand Oaked Homebrewers meeting at
Enegren Brewery 680 Flinn Ave Unit 31 Moorpark, CA 93021 Sunday April 14th, 5:30PM to 8:30PM
What to bring:
Dues for 2013 $30 (or $34 with a glass)
A glass for tasting Homebrew or commercial beer to share
A snack that goes well with beer
Your Enegren growler to buy a fill
A pen for taking tasting notes
Any questions can be posted here or emailed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
See you there!
Cheers
TOaked
Meeting #18
Alright Brewers, thanks to everyone for entering, and volunteering for the first ever Romancing the Homebrew Competition. we have our first competition under our belts and will now move the next couple months to preparing for the Southern California Homebrew fest at Lake Casitas. we will once again be using our club spread sheet for the list of beers people plan to bring to the SCHF, you will find a link here.
we had a really strong showing last year at the SCHF and really turned some heads, lets keep it up and have some wonderful beers to show our peers some great brews!!
all tap spots under the TOaked booth will be reserved for paid members only. that brings us to the dues again, they will once again be $30 for a year membership. this $30 will include a brand new 2013 edition shirt. we will be handing out shirts and taking dues at this meeting.
we also have some AWESOME new official club taster glasses. these 6.75 ounce glasses have our new club logo on them as well as a 2 & 4 ounce marking on the back.we will be selling these for $5 per glass. ($4 with 2013 paid memberships)
keep in mind that next month (April) we will be judging the next Club only Competition witch will be extract beers. this will cover BJCP categories 1-23 where 50% of the fermentable sugars come from the use of malt extract.
Anyways back to meeting at hand,
Thousand Oaked Homebrewers Meeting #18 @ Enegren Brewing,
Sunday March 10th, 5:30PM to 8:00PM.
The Enegren crew is going the extra mile to accomodate us this month. For that reason we're shortening the meeting to 8:00. We'll start cleaning up around 7:45pm to be out by 8:00 sharp.
As always this is a 21+ meeting.
Thousand Oaked Homebrewers meeting at
Enegren Brewery 680 Flinn Ave Unit 31 Moorpark, CA 93021 Sunday March 10th, 5:30PM to 8:30PM
What to bring:
Dues for 2013 $30 (or $34 with a glass)
A glass for tasting Homebrew or commercial beer to share
A snack that goes well with beer
Your Enegren growler to buy a fill
A pen for taking tasting notes
Any questions can be posted here or emailed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
See you there!
Cheers
TOaked
Competition results
I would like to announce the winners of the Thousand Oaked Homebrewers Inaugural “Romancing the Beer Homebrew Contest”. We had quite the successful first run with 67 entries across 14 style categories. Before I list the winners I would like to thank all of you who helped to make this event possible: to the judges for your many beers judged and professional demeanor, the stewards for your sage advice and excellent service, our staff who helped to make this day run smoothly, Wades Wines for providing our stellar location, and to all the entrants for contributing their labors of love! Thank you all I hope you enjoyed your time. See you next year!
Sincerely,
Tim Kazules
Organizer: Romancing the Beer Homebrew Contest
Please find below our list of winners. Some style categories were merged due to the number of entries. To place, each beer was required to obtain at least 30 points.
Best of Show
1st Randy Hays, Cream Ale (6A)
2nd Ryan Smith, American Brown Ale (10C)
3rd Page Duperry, Tripel (18C)
Honorable Mention: Ryan Smith, American Barleywine (19C)
Category 2&3: Lagers
1st Kevin Kowalczyk (German Pilsner)
2nd (tied) Kevin Kowalczk (Oktoberfest) & Paul Salinas III (Vienna Lager)
Category 6&15: Light Hybrid and Bavarian Wheat/Rye
1st Randy Hays (Cream Ale)
2nd Wade Anderson (Cream Ale)
Category 8&9: British Isles
1st None
Category 10: American Ale
1st Ryan Smith (Brown Ale)
2nd John Duckett (Amber Ale)
3rd Al Trevisan (Amber Ale)
Honorable Mention: Drew Sams (Pale Ale)
Category 12: Porters
1st None
Category 13: Stout
1st Stephen Galvin (RIS)
2nd Rodger Smith (RIS)
3rd John Duckett (Oatmeal Stout)
Category 14: IPA
1st Brett Gent (American IPA)
2nd Jason Baker (Imperial IPA)
3rd Ryan Smith (American IPA)
Category 16: Belgian and French Ale
1st Israel Arrieta (Belgian Specialty Ale)
2nd Rick Krone (Saison)
3rd Arturo Calisto (Saison)
Category 17: Sours
1st Israel Arrieta (Straight (Unblended) Lambic)
2nd Andrew Carter (Fruit Lambic)
3rd Israel Arrieta (Fruit Lambic)
Category 19: Strong Ales
1st Ryan Smith (American Barleywine)
2nd Jeremy Hynd (Old Ale)
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