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We hope all of our club members & their family and friends will join us on Saturday, September 7, 2013 for the annual Lincoln Lagers Club Picnic. It will be hosted again at Tim T.’s house, and we will rev things up right at 5:00pm. If you are not sure where Tim’s place is at, check the Forum Thread for his address & a map link.

Yes, it’s true, the Huskers are playing vs. Southern Miss at 5:00pm. Luckily, the game will be on the big screen TV in the basement in case you identify as a Die Hard Husker Fan and don’t want to miss the action.

The picnic will be Pot-Luck, bring out your best dishes! Apps, salads, bread, cheese, sides, soups, desserts, whatever you want to bring!

As in past years, the club will buy a bunch of meat, which Tim will smoke and serve up for the main course – If you are bringing a food item that needs to be smoked, like small appetizers, etc., be sure to shoot Tim a message to coordinate when the smoker racks will be free and what time you need to be there with your food.

The picnic also marks the return of the annual Lincoln Lagers Mead Contest. Please bring at least (3) 12oz. bottles of your mead if you want to enter it!

We need all the Lady Lagers that we can get, to participate in the judging! Even if you don’t “know what makes a good mead”, this is simply a Best Tasting Mead contest. So please, jump in there and try it out, even if you’re a neophyte to the world of fermented honey.

Last, but I assure you, CERTAINLY not least — please welcome back with a hearty cheer – The Bolzen Beer Band!! Come get stuffed with great food, even better beer and mead, and have a stomping good time dancing polka!

Our July Lincoln Lagers eNewsletter has been published and is available online – click here to read it!

We hope to see you at our club meeting on Thursday, July 11th, 7:00pm at Lazlo’s Haymarket location! We will meet in the Brewhouse, so please feel free to enter through the main Lazlo’s door and the hosts will point you in our direction.

Our August club meeting & Mead Making Day will be held on Saturday, August 3rd, at 5:00pm. Click here for the forum thread – it has the address & a link to a map.

Our September club meeting, Annual Club Picnic, and Lady Lagers’ Mead Contest, will be held on Saturday, September 7th.

The Homebrewers’ Night At The Ballpark has been moved to a new date. We apologize for the last minute change on this event. Here is the new information:

Come watch the Gary South Shore Railcats vs. the Lincoln Saltdogs.
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 – 7:05 PM

Open to all interested parties – You do not have to be a Lincoln Lagers member to join us! – Family & friends are welcome.

Sign up for tickets on the Forum at: http://www.lincolnlagers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=964

July Club Meeting

We will meet at Lazlo’s in the Haymarket on Thursday, July 11th at 7:00PM.

If you are not a club member and would like to join us for our meeting, we would love to have you, but ask that you let us know you will be coming so that we have your name on our guest list. More details on the forum.

Sign Up For Beer Events Now!

Here’s your chance to donate and pour your homebrew at a Lincoln Lagers club booth this summer! As of writing this post, we have 4 spots left at our booth at Brews & Blues At The Zoo, on Saturday, July 13th, which is a benefit event to support the Lincoln Children’s Zoo. We also have 3 spots left at our booth at Great Nebraska Beer Fest in Papillion, NE on Saturday, August 24th, hosted by Nebraska Brewing Company.

Donating your 5-gallon batch of beer gets you free admission to the event! Don’t miss out, sign up now on the Lincoln Lagers Forum thread!! (Click the name of the event above to reach the corresponding thread.)

For both events, we need to know before July 1st that you will be joining us, and what kind of beer you are bringing (so that we can make it on to the printed programs this year!!).

Buffalo County Fair Needs Judges!

The 2013 Buffalo County Fair Beer/Mead/Wine AHA/BJCP Sanctioned Competition is right around the corner.  The judging will be held at 10:00am, Saturday, July 13 at Cunningham’s Journal-15 W 23rd Street, Kearney, NE. Judges and stewards are needed!

Sign up to judge or steward at: http://www.kearneyareabrewers.com/?page_id=47

Sign up to carpool with other Lagers at: http://www.lincolnlagers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=978

1551 N. Cotner Blvd. – Thursday, June 6th

Share brews & socialize from 6:30pm-9:30pm
Club meeting starts around 7:30pm

This month, the Lincoln Lagers are going to try out a new venue — the newly-opened Gratitude Cafe & Bakery, located in a former bank in the historic Bethany storefront.

Gratitude offers homespun baked goods, vegetarian food and a comfortable atmosphere, and focus on offering local, seasonal and Fair Traded products. For our meeting, they will offer a selection of local beers  as well as a selection of desserts and snacks for purchase — and club members are encouraged to bring some of their own brew to sample as well! Your Editor recommends trying the Drunk Blondie or the Male Brownie with walnuts.

We hope you’ll join us for a fun night of good beer, good food, and good conversation at Gratitude on Thursday, June 6th. Thanks to the owner, Kat, for hosting us!

Bigger than ever! Hosted by Blue Blood Brewing!

The annual Lincoln Lagers Big Brew Day is upon us! This year, we will brew on Saturday, May 4th – and we’re being hosted at the Blue Blood Brewing Co. brewhouse! Mash-in is at 9AM, we will have a pot-luck luncheon and there may be a local food truck present that day, and we will hold the May club meeting sometime later in the afternoon.

For the low-down on what’s going on, visit the Lincoln Lagers Big Brew information page. Final cost per 5 gallons of wort isn’t yet available, but as soon as we calculate it, we’ll post it on that page.

The Big Brew Wort is the basis for the 2013 Lincoln Lagers Challenge contest — meaning, if you want to enter a beer into the Challenge, you need to get wort from the Big Brew! There is no substitution! For more details on the Challenge, click through to the Big Brew info page.

2013 Dues-paid members, please sign up to reserve your wort on the forum at: http://www.lincolnlagers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=935

If you plan to bring a guest to the Big Brew, we ask that you give us a heads-up by posting on the Forum Thread or emailing Chris at lincoln.lagers.beer.club@gmail.com — We ask that all guests who are not current 2013 Lagers Members please register in advance. If you have not registered in advance and still want to observe the Big Brew, we would ask that you join us as a public guest during Blue Blood’s official tap room hours, but also please respect any rules or boundaries that BB puts into place in order to keep the tap room business and Lagers Brew Day separated.

Thursday, April 11, 2013Sam And Louie's New York Pizzeria
7:00PM

Sam And Louie’s New York Pizzeria
1332 P Street

Business starts at 7:30PM – But be sure to come early to grab some dinner and a drink before the meeting begins!

Firemans BrewEXCLUSIVE TAP SPECIAL

Completely new to Lincoln – our featured beer on tap for this meeting is Fireman’s Brew Redhead amber ale from California. A portion of each sale goes to the Fallen Firefighter’s Fund.

We’ll be getting tailored pizza specials including a club discount, plus our choice of an excellent keg selection and draft specials – Pints are $3 and Fireman’s Brewing Co. Pints are $4.

Beers on tap:

Beer Quest – Bill and Aaron’s Green Tea Ale
Fireman’s Redhead Amber Ale (this will be the first on tap of this anywhere in Lincoln!)
Blue Blood 1327 Pod’s ESB
Blue Blood 467 Ethan’s Stout
Hopluia
Empyrean Burning Skye

If everything is still on schedule, the 2013 Lincoln Lagers Club T-Shirts will be distributed starting at the April meeting!!

Plus, we’re unveiling the 2013 Event Calendar and taking initial sign-ups for brewing beer for and serving at our various club events.

Huge thanks to Cory Beach for hosting us at Sam And Louie’s New York Pizzeria! Everyone else, make sure to bring some extra bills for the 50/50 drawing!

Forum Thread for discussion: http://www.lincolnlagers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=922
Facebook Event Page: http://www.facebook.com/events/443676399034214/
Join the Lincoln Lagers on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/178146652221881/

Blue Blood Brewing Co. LogoWe will be heading back to Blue Blood Brewing next month for our club meeting, on Thursday March 7th. We’ll get to find out how Paul Breitkreutz‘s challenge-winning India Brown Ale came out after we brewed a full scale batch. Plus, we’ve heard that the BB brewers have a special announcement for us… Intriguing… Guess you’ll have to come to the meeting to find out what’s going on!

Read more on our Forum thread: http://www.lincolnlagers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=906

Last chance for bus tickets!

We have about 12 tickets left – Claim your spot now before they’re all gone! Here’s the Bus Trip Page with all of the relevant information – email us at lincoln.lagers.beer.club@gmail.com if you’re interested, and if you want to handle things digitally, we’ll tell you how you can pay us using PayPal.

Beer Quest Results & KC Bier Meisters Results

A huge congratulations is in order for all the Lagers who did an amazing job at Beer Quest last weekend! Jason Davis‘ beer earned Best of Show in the initial BJCP judging round. At Beer Quest, Co-brewers Bill Luhman and Aaron Carnes won the public vote (This makes Aaron’s 5th Beer Quest win!!), with Brian Hoesing not far behind, finishing in 2nd place.  Thanks to all of our members who represented the Lincoln Lagers quite well!!

In Kansas City, Tim Thomssen earned two First Place finishes (4B Munich Dunkel and 21A Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer ) and also nabbed three Third Place spots (19C American Barleywine, 24B Semi-Sweet Mead, & 30A XXX American Awesome) in the KC Bier Meisters 2013 competition – Way to go, Tim!

Lee's Chicken LogoWe’re going back to Oz & Jan’s Famous Lee’s Restaurant for the FeBREWary meeting on Thursday, Feb. 7th!

Come early for some tasty chicken! Then, we’ll have our meeting once everyone has gotten their fill.

We will start getting together around 6:30pm or so – The first hour will be set aside to order food & chow down – then we will begin the proper Meeting at or shortly after 7:30pm.

Lagers member Aaron Carnes will be giving us an introduction to brewing with electricity, and will have a couple of his pieces of brew gear to Show’n’Tell with the club!

Also, this will be your last chance (in person at a meeting, at least!) to buy your tickets for the Lincoln Lagers 2013 Beer Bus Trip! Don’t miss out on this awesome excursion featuring Tallgrass Brewing, Liquid Bread and Gella’s Diner, and our friends at Thunderhead Brewery!

Forum thread here for discussion: http://www.lincolnlagers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=870  –  We can’t wait to see you at Lee’s Restaurant!

The Annual Holiday Party and Monthly Meeting

Saturday, January 5, 2013
6 p.m. at Brian & Janet Allison’s Home

Bring a pot luck item, your favorite brew(s), and plan to enjoy an evening of socializing with fellow home-brewers. Spouses, children, and interested guests are welcome.

For address, link to Google Maps, and full details, click here for forum thread.

Please join us Thursday, December 6th at 7:00pm for our December Club Meeting. We will be visiting the brand-new Zipline Brewing Co., where our host, Zipline head brewer and Lagers member Marcus Powers, will offer us a tour of their facility. Plus, we get to try some of Zipline’s beer!

Click here for the Lagers’ Forum Thread, including address & directions: http://www.lincolnlagers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=698

Agenda items for December include…

– Tour of the Zipline brew house
– 2013 Lagers Bus Trip announcement & ticket sales
– Last Call for Volunteers to donate beer & pour at Winterfest Ales & Auction, sign up by 12/25! Contact Chris E. for more info.
– Registration opens in late Dec. for the Upper Mississippi Mash-Out Homebrew Comp.
– The next AHA Club Only Comp. for Jan./Feb. 2013 is the theme “Un-Session Beers” – beers over 1.040. List of acceptable styles on the Lagers’ Forum.
– KC Biermeisters 30th Annual Comp. is coming soon, held on Feb. 15 & 16, 2013.

Huge Congratulations to Lagers member & Beer Quest Winner Tim Thomssen!

Tim has been a very busy braumeister this year: First, he brewed all of those single-hop IPAs for the Hop Tasting early on in 2012, and then cranked out batches of Cheech & Chong Pale Ale like it was going out of style. He also hosted numerous Lagers’ events at his house, and spent his time crafting the super-swanky Lagers Beer Tap Tower that has already seen a lot of action this year… The list goes on, and on!

But somehow, Superman Tim still managed to find enough time to brew a wicked “Smashed Out Of Your Gourd Pumpkin Ale” which cleaned up the competition at Lazlo’s Beer Quest on Sunday, November 11, 2013. Job well done, Tim, and thanks for representing the Lagers at the event! You rock!


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