January 2023 monthly meeting

Our monthly meeting was held on January 17 at Burp Castle.

Announcements:

Homebrew Alley:

• Homebrew Alley is nearly here! We will be doing bottle sort on 1/28 at 11am at Wild East.

• Need more stewards - please sign up through the link at the top of the website, the competition is on February 3 and 4 at Wild East in Brooklyn

BJCP judging class:

• The Guild will be hosting a BJCP judging training class starting on March 13.

• Please contact Jon or Katie if you are interested by 1/28.

Other upcoming competitions:

• NHC starts in April – Save the date

  • The registration window opens on 1/24 at noon Eastern and is only open for one week. Don’t delay in registering!

• Other local competitions:

• Keystone Hops is hosting War of the Worts, February 17-18 in Pennsylvania

Club update:

• We are building out a database of homebrews members share at our meetings. Keep an eye out for an email as we beta-test this feature. Our hope is to create a record of what club members are brewing so they can better share their techniques and recipes with the Guild.

General Meeting 1/17/23

As some members are participating in Dry January, the NYC Homebrewers’ Guild met at Burp Castle to try some non-alcoholic beers! The members blind tasted alcoholic and non-alcoholic versions of a European lager, a wheat ale, and an IPA to see if they could spot the difference.

In general, tasters found the Athletic Hazy IPA to be the closest to a similar alcoholic beer (Bell’s Light) Hearted. Heineken made a good non-alcoholic version as well, though it lacked the body and balance of it’s full-alcohol counterpart. Finally, the Erdinger Hefeweizen was sweet and wort like - a far cry from its alcoholic counterpart.

Next month we’ll be sharing our successes and beers from Homebrew Alley. Please come ready to share your entries.