HHCBC December 2014 Meeting Notes

Queens/Bronx Brewery Bus Trip

• January 24, 2015
• Single Cut Brewery, Bronx Brewery, & Gun Hill Brewery
• Spots still available on the first bus.
• Expected trip cost will be $53/person.
• $25 deposit required to secure your spot. Contact Danielle Malone to lock in your spot.
• If there’s enough interest we will get a second bus.

Taste of RVC

• HHCBC will be pouring beer at this event.
• Contact Erik Albrecht if you’ve got interest.
• January 23, 2015 in Rockville Centre.

 Homebrew Alley Competition

• Registration now open.
• H&H is a drop-off location. Can drop off anytime until January 22, 2015
• $7/entry.
• Visit homebrewalley.com to register

Tasting Class

• January 25, 2015 we will have a tasting class at H&H.
• Class is full, but there is a waiting list on Eventbrite.
• If people drop, next on waitlist is added automatically. If there is enough people on the wait list, we will look at opening another class.
• Go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hhcbc-beer-tastingevaluation-class-tickets-14740022805 for more info

Chopped Brew-Off

• By now most of the participants have brewed for the chopped brew off. If you haven’t, start getting busy.
• Bring at least a couple of growlers to next month’s meeting for the club to taste.
• Club will be voting on the best of each group; then we will have a head to head to determine best overall beer.

 Next Meeting

• The next meeting will be at EAT Gastropub in Oceanside on Tuesday, December 20.
• More info to follow soon on the speaker.

 Club Raffle

• Thanks to Anne Marie Becker for donating four different bombers as raffle prizes.

New York Best Wings Festival

• Matt Kourie announced the upcoming New York Best Wings Festival on June 7, 2015 at NYCB Theatre in Westbury.
• HHCBC Club Members can use promo code “HHCBC” when ordering tickets to get 20% off.
• VIP tickets are $75 (before discount), and entitle holders to have unlimited wings, open bar, unlimited craft brewery tastings, souvenir cup and much more. Non VIP tickets available as well.
• HHCBC will have one beer being poured at the event. We will be holding a competition next year to determine who the winning brewer will be.  More detail to follow on this.
• Go to http://www.nybestwingsfestival.com/Home.html for more info.

1940’s Brewing Company

• Charlie Becker from 1940’s Brewing Company spoke about being up and running.
• 1940’s has four beers available at various locations on Long Island & Queens.
• Go to http://1940sbrewingcompany.com/ for more info.

Thanks to Barrier

• Thanks again to Evan, Craig and the great staff at Barrier for opening up for us and hosting us again!
• We had a great time, at a great place, with great people, and great beer!