HPD Logo High Plains Drafters
Homebrew Club
Cheyenne, Wyoming USA

Meetings: 1st Wednesday of every month, 7:00pm at Uncle Charlie's in Cheyenne
Dues: $15/year single, $20/year per couple
Brent Wickham........President
Bill Briggs................Vice President - share Education
Brian Mertz.............Vice President - and Competitions
Orris Wickham........Treasurer
Dustin "Gus" Lee......Secretary
Paul Dey..................Historian
The info previously on this page is moving to http://www.highplainsdrafters.com


Eight Seconds of Froth and Ace of Clubs:      
This year's competition will be held May 19th at the Historic Plains Hotel in downtown Cheyenne. Lunch will be provided for Judges and Stewards. The Plains has offered a great rate on guest rooms in the past for those who want to stay over. Prize donations are coming in, the list is below.  Check the competition page http://www.bbriggs.vcn.com/8seconds.html for more info. Last year, we had 310 entries from as far away as Massachusetts.
2011 Winners list is posted at - http://www.bbriggs.vcn.com/2011Winners.html

Also, 2012 is the seventh year of our Ace of Clubs competition within a competition, this year the travelling trophy went with The Indian Peaks Alers. Congratulations to them.
Homebrew clubs are awarded points for total number of entries and judges, and for all top three finishes by their members in each category and BOS. Winning club receives a travelling trophy plus other goodies. The winning club keeps the trophy for the year and then returns it at next year's Dredhop to be made ready for the upcoming Eight Seconds of Froth and Ace of Clubs competitions.
Points are awarded as follows:
Each entry gets your club      1 Point
Each Judge gets your club     1 Point
Each Steward gets your club 1 Point
1st Place in a category gets   5 Points
2nd Place in a ctaegory gets  3 Points
3rd Place in a category gets   2 Points
Best Of Show gets                5 Points
Tell your members to be sure to list the club name on the entry. Only one club per entry. No Club=No Credit.

The following businesses have helped make 2011's Eight Seconds of Froth happen. Please support them as well.
The Historic Plains Hotel
Depot Street Merchants
Altitude Chophouse and Brewery
C & W Crate Company
Briess Malt & Ingredients Co.
Cargill Malt
L.  D. Carlson Co.
Coopersmith's Pub & Brewing
Odell Brewing Co.
Freshops
North Country Malt Supply
Great Western Malting
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
White Labs
Birko Corp.
Boston Beer Company
Sturman BG, LLC
Full Sail Brewing
Northern Brewer
Taphandles, LLC
Library Sports Grille and Brewery
Five Star Chemicals
Upstream Brewing Co.
Golden City Brewery
Funkwerks
The Brew Hut


Remember that the AHA is promoting a program in which members can get discounts at places like the Rock Bottom in Denver. You must show your AHA card to get a discount on food or beer.

Next meeting is on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 7:00 pm at Uncle Charlies.

 E-Mail listserver:
We have an e-mail list for club members to exchange ideas, recipes, or any club or brewing related information. Simply send an E-Mail message to drafters@yahoogroups.com and it will automatically be sent to everyone's mailbox. Replies also goto evreyone and anyone can reply to any message they want to. You can also go to http://www.yahoogoups.com/list/drafters/ to view all the messages on the list and/or join. You can join by sending an e-mail to: drafters-subscribe@yahoogroups.com , (drafters-unsubscribe works to get off of the list). Maybe this will stimulate more open discussion among members and generate some ideas for events and ways to improve our club. Steve Papenfuss will also be sending meeting minutes this way to those who subscribe.

 E-Mail addresses and club links:
Brent Wickham, ogre@bresnan.net
Brian Mertz,   windywy@aol.com
Paul Dey,   beerman@myxmail.net
Richard Mincer,   rmincer@hirstapplegate.com
Chris Brown,  trtbum@gmail.com
Bill Briggs,   bbriggs@vcn.com
Web Page (Home) http://www.bbriggs.vcn.com/drafters.html
  (8 Seconds)     http://www.bbriggs.vcn.com/8seconds.html
  (Judges)         http://www.bbriggs.vcn.com/8secjudg.html
  (Entry page)   http://www.bbriggs.vcn.com/8sec_ent.html
  (Winners List) http://www.bbriggs.vcn.com/2004Winners.html

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BrewLinks

American Homebrewers Association Contest calendar, style guidelines, etc...
Real Beer Page and we all like real beer, right?
Beer Judge CertificationProgram become a certified judge
WWW Virtual Libarary:Beer and Brewing a good source of info


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Questions? Comments... E-mail me at: bbriggs@vcn.com

Last updated January 10, 2011  09:38:45 MT