Join us on March 8th @ 6pm at Brix for the Lager Tasting which is being done in preparation for the Club Competition in April.  As the Irish Beer Competition is on March 26th, there's no doubt we'll be consuming some Irish style beers as well.

Thanks again to Goldeez Food Fun & Spirits for hosting this event!  For those that have not been there yet, make it a point to go... especially on Thursday for the $5 any burger special!  A huge thanks also goes out to Terry, Dusty, Chad, Tom, Lee, Chris, Kyle, Tyler, and Don for bringing awesome beers all of us to drink and judge!  The top three for the night were:

  1.  Oak Aged Imperial Stout -- Chris & Kyle
  2.  Vegas by Morning IIPA -- Terry Duke
  3.  Honey Badger (don't give a sh!t) Steam Lager -- Lee Smith

Goldeez donated a shirt which was awarded to Terry.  Chris & Kyle were awarded one of Tom's uber top secret ingredient kits!  We all look forward to drinking that soon!  Head over to the event page for the full results.

Bill broke out his video camera during EBF and interviewed some brewers, reps, volunteers, and attendees.  RRBC is featured in it of course!  Be sure to check it out when you have 25 minutes to spare.  I have to say that I especially like the intermission elevator music!

Extreme Beerfest 2012 - Billdozer and Kentucky's Excellent Beer Adventure

For those of you going to 6th Annual Beertopia Extreme Beerfest, here's what RRBC has in store for you!

The Dude	-	11.5% Barleywine
Soiled Dove	-	12% Braggot
Heavy Garage Porter	-	8% Porter
Skid Mark Stout	-	7.5% Imperial Stout
Double Trouble IPA	-	7.4% IIPA
Peanut Butter Jelly Time	-	7.5% Strawberry Wheat/Peanut Butter Nut Brown
The Belgian Pantry	-	7.2% Belgian Dubbel

The Kansas City Bier Meisters 29th Annual Homebrew Competition is coming up on Feb 17/18, 2012.  The theme this year is HOPS!   Tom Malowski has offered to drive any club entries down to KC on Friday, February 3rd, so he will need your entries by Thursday, February 2nd.  If you would like to compete; fill out the online entry form, pay the fee, and if you need Tom to deliver your entry, shoot him or Dustin an email.    Thanks to Tom for offering to deliver!  If he totes your beers to KC, buy him a beer the next time you see him...

Thanks to those that came out for the competition last night and especially to William, Steve, Terry, Bill, John, Pat, and Tom for providing great beers to judge!  The top three for the night were:

    1.  Hoppy Black Ale -- Tom Malowski
    2.  Rasberry Wheat -- William Rozman
    3.  (Tie) Caribou Slobber & Black Dog Ale -- Terry Duke

Tom was awarded a recipe kit for an Irish Red which he immediately passed on to William.  A home-brew starter kit was also awarded as a door prize.  Head over to the event page to check out the full results.

If you have any great beer recipes you've come up with that you're willing to share with the rest of the club, email the recipes to me and I'll post them on a secure page that only RRBC members will have access to.

Congrats to Steve Moore, his Bourbon Porter won the Lucky Bucket porter competition! It will be released at Lucky Bucket in March!  Stay tuned for the precise release date!