Newsletters
The Strange Brew Review
Please send articles or ideas for the newsletter to Chuck Golueke or Ryan Loock.
Newsletters Online As of August 2003, the newsletters will be posted in PDF format. All newsletters contain the minutes from the previous business meetings, plus the following topics:
- February 2007: Hop growing, sour Belgians, December minutes, "boosting" beers, new member welcome, Party Star tap system for sale.
- October 2006: Apologies, new Titletown brewer, hop crop burns, custom labels, new member welcome.
- March 2006: The bad news barrel, Steinbier, Titletown Open preparations, February minutes, Chilton Beer Fest info.
- January 2006: November club brew, barrel o' porter, diacetyl, Christmas party, whiskey tasting.
- May 2005: Titletown Open XI results, club picnic, May club brew, minutes of April meeting.
- October 2004: SOB contest info, House of Homebrew opens, hazards of smoking.
- September 2004: Rackers win the Fox Valley Cup for Keggers!, Mike's cigar column on the perfect light.
- March 2004: Lallemand scholarship, competition news, all about humidors, filling bottles from kegs.
- August 2003: State Fair winners, home tap systems, head retention.
- May 2003 (PDF): Minutes from April, Down with Diacetyl!
- Summer 2000: Club Picnic, Contest Issues, Titletown VI BoS Recipe, Classified Ads.
- Spring 2000: Dues, Multi-Club Meeting A Success, Regional Brewer's Group Needed, Cornelius Kegs Care, Faux Chimay, Club Contest.
- January 2000: Club Dues!, Multi-Club Meeting, New Meeting Place?, Technical Brewing, Light Beligian Ale Recipe, Club Competition, Screaming Corny Deal.
- September 1999: Club Picnic, BT RIP, July Club Brew, Styles and Evaluation: Real Düsseldorfer Altbier.
- June 1999: New Members, Titletown Open Winners, Tasting Session: Legend's Restaurant, Problem Solving: Making a Yeast Starter, Recipes and Techniques: Yeast Culture Recipe.
- February 1999: New Members, Club Contest, BJCP Levels, Rebuttal to Last Issue's Article on Chlorine / Chloramine Removal, Recipe for a Holiday Ale (extract)
- November 1998: New Club Discounts, Briess Tour, Club Elections, BJCP Exam, Problem Solving: Chlorine / Chloramine Removal, Recipe for German Pilsner (all-grain)
- September 1998: Software Review: Promash, Taking the BJCP Exam, More on Oxidation, Recipe for Altbier (extract/specialty grains)
- July 1998: Brewing at LifeTools Street Fair, Styles and Evaluation, Problem Solving: Oxidation, Recipe for Rauchbier (all-grain).
- May 1998: Pub and Suds Review: J.T. Whitney's in Madison, Brewing Dopplebock, Competition Help Needed.
- March 1998: Dues!, First Club Brew, Elections, Club Info.