this thursday is the deadline to enter beer in the @realbeernut homebrew comp. submissions due by noon. details here: http://bit.ly/aFcRYf

going to the moan and dove at 7 tonight. join us!

We got an email recently about a new web-based tool for brewing. I have not yet used it myself, but I think I’ll give it a shot next time I brew. It’s free to sign up for an account and there’s even an iPhone app built to work with it. Here’s all the info we received…

Dear fellow homebrewer,

I’m writing to get your feedback regarding a brewing software tool that I have been building for the last couple of years called BrewSmarts. Having kept a paper journal of my brewing data for as long as I can remember, I decided to build my own web-based brewing data collection and analysis application that anyone can join for free at www.brewsmarts.com.

The advantages of a web-based tool are great… Safe storage of data, automation of frequent calculations, ease of analysis, and sharing of data with other brewers. While I know that the market has a few competitors, none of the decent ones are free and web-based like BrewSmarts. In this age of information, I feel that free access to an exhaustive database of brewing data provided by a large community will be a valuable resource that we can all benefit from having. I also think you’ll find that BrewSmarts has a few tricks up it’s sleeve that commercial brewing software simply can’t match.

With that said, I have just opened up the website to the public and am hoping that you, as the organizer of your local homebrew club, would consider being one of the first adopters of the tool and provide me with helpful feedback so that I can make the system more useful to brewers of all types and abilities. I’ve also added a group sharing tool so that you have the option to share batch and recipe data with other brewers that you choose (such as those in your homebrew club).

If you made it this far in the email, I greatly appreciate your time and hope that you’ll visit www.brewsmarts.com to see what I’ve built. I hope to hear your thoughts!

Sincerely,

Max Montgelas

Avid Homebrewer/Do-It-Yourselfer

P.S. Also check out the free iPhone/iPod app that I built to accompany the website:

http://ax.itunes.apple.com/us/app/brewsmarts/id378431731?mt=8

going to the moan and dove after work tonight. join us for a beer!

Thursday, July 29, 2010

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This is an email we got from Michael Bernier at DIY Brewing…

We (DIY Brewing Supply)  are helping the Springfield Museums put together a homebrew tasting for the fall.  This tasting will be the second in a new series of after hours events hosted by the Museums.  We are also going to be doing a Homebrew competition for the event. The competition is only open to homebrew clubs and there is no cost to enter. The format of the competition part will be that people will come in and taste samples from the different clubs and then they get to vote as to which beer is the best. There will be several local commercial breweries on hand as well.  We are asking the clubs to bring two or more kegs for the event.  Bottles are allowed, but you will be required to open them and bring the empties home with you.  These beers will be a donation to the Springfield Museums, which will allow the brewer to write off the cost if you’d like. The event is happening on Thursday, October 7th.  Each club will be given a table where you can talk about your beer, your club, and brewing in general.

This was only a preliminary email. I imagine we should be hearing more info about this in the coming months. In the meantime, if any masholes think they would like to participate, please send an email to info@masholes.org or post something on the facebook group wall and we’ll get the discussion going.

One entry per person, needs to be hand-delivered to Metrowest Daily News, Strange Brew, or the Patriot Ledger by August 19th. Some great prizes to be had: a brew day at Haverhill Brewing Company/The Tap with your beer served at the Horseshoe Pub, $100 gift certificate from Strange Brew, $100 from Julio’s, a gift pack from the Harpoon Brewery store, or a day of brewing at Sam Adams.

The judging takes place on Sunday, August 22nd. Everyone who enters can go down to the Horeshoe Pub at 12.30pm to eat and drink while the judges taste the beer.

Check out The Beer Nut‘s article for all the details!

This is a great opportunity for us masholes to represent!

Here’s an email we got from Fantasy Brewmasters…

Hey all,

Chris here with Fantasy Brewmasters. We’re developing a line of authentic fantasy beers (dwarven ales, ogre brews, elven meads, etc.).

Monday was the release of our Dwarf Brew 2010 campaign, and our official commitment to release our first dwarven beer before the end of the year.

The EXCITING part about Dwarf Brew 2010 is that we are holding two incredible contests! One for the actual recipe for our dwarven ale, and the other for the packaging design. For these contests we’re putting up $1000 for the ultimate dwarven ale recipe and $500 for the perfect packaging design, plus the winners will see their work featured in our first product release.

If you think your members might be interested, we’d love to see what they’ve got, and appreciate your help in spreading the word. Details can be found at http://www.fantasybrewmasters.com/dwarf-brew-2010 and we have attached fliers, banners for your use. Feel free to contact me (chrisguerra@fantasybrewmasters.com) with any questions you might have.

Dwarf Brew 2010 – It’s not some fantasy character beer, it’s effing DWARVEN ALE, YO!

asheville, nc is beer city usa 2010: http://bit.ly/9olHR9