Mad Zymurgists

Club Meeting at Pennyweight Brewing
2023-01-12 18:30 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Pennyweight Brewing, 2455 Railroad Avenue, Livermore, CA, 94550, United States
Our first meeting of 2023 will be held TONIGHT Thursday 1/12 at Pennyweight Brewing in Livermore. Hoppy hour starts at 6:30, upstairs lounge area, with the official meeting starting at 7pm.
Agenda includes:
– Brewing Style (Stouts) Sample and discussion
– 2023 Club Officer nominations
– HomebrewCon (June, San Diego)
– Club Glassware (available at the meeting)

Other topics:

Officer Nominations for the March vote. All positions are open!!! Lets get a new team going
Club shirts are on order. We ordered extra for folks who see those awesome shirts and want to buy one.
Morgan Cup is coming up in Feb. Peter and Brian will discuss at the meeting.
Beer Judging 101 coming up in Feb. Brian to discuss
SF Beer Week is in Feb. Meet ups any interest?
Double IPA Fest at the Bistro is in Feb. Easy way to taste Pliny…and many other great triple and double IPAs. Uber home!
Club Brew Competition starts up again in March meeting. Club members only
2023 Club annual dues remain $25. Pay Tony or go only on the club website to pay

HomebrewCon will be in San Diego this year. A few of us are headed down there to sample the local breweries and pour some taps of our own Mad Z creations.

Club Meeting at Shadow Puppet Brewery
2023-02-09 18:30 - 20:30 | Shadow Puppet Brewery, 4771 Arroyo Vista, Suite B, Livermore, CA, 94551, United States
Our February club meeting will be held at Shadow Puppet Brewery in Livermore. Thursday 2/9, 6:30pm Social Hour, 7pm official start.
Agenda includes:

Welcome & Intros
Brewing Gadgets
What are folks brewing?
Club Business – Call for Officer Nominations,
Club Glasses and New Club Shirts
Blended Style Tasting

Club Meeting @ Shadow Puppet Brewery
2023-04-13 18:30 - 20:00 | Shadow Puppet Brewery, 4771 Arroyo Vista, Suite B, Livermore, CA, 94551, United States
April Club Meeting 4/13 will be held at Shadow Puppet Brewery. Brian Cooper will be comparing a Cold IPA style.
The Bay Area Brew Off (BABO) Comp is open for entries. This is the comp that displays winning bottles at the Alameda County Fair. It would be great to see some Mad Zs with winning ribbons on their bottles. Entries are only $3!. Due 4/13 at Morebeer San Leandro or 4/15 if you drop off at the Alameda County Fair building while they do the sort.
Entry Guide
If you’re available to sort bottles on 4/15 I’m sure the Draught Board Club would appreciate the help. If you’re a beer judge they will need help in early May.
BABO also has a label competition. Show off those graphic skills creating a fun label for your brew. Brew is not required for the label comp. You can submit an empty bottle with your label. This is only $3 entry fee too.
The Livermore Valley Craft Brew Festival is on 5/13. Our club will be hosting a pouring station at the event. This year we’re out on the Las Positas College sports field. If you donate a keg, you get in for free. This is a great event that we’ve participated in for the last 6 years (every year) This is also an opportunity to see many of our friends and neighbors sharing our awesome brews. We have honestly been a festival favorite and we want to keep it going! Preliminary Googlesheet tracking keg signups.
New officers have officially been elected! Congratulations!!
President – Eric Wall
Vice President – Brian Cooper
Treasurer – Tony DeAndrade
Secretary – Jason Engelbertson
Club Brew Competition Results :
1st Place – tie – Brian Cooper & Ron Kraft
2nd Place – tie – Jon Koerber, Richard Roehl & Don Tupper
3rd Place – new club member Bill Moore
Our NEXT series of club comps will kick off in May/Aug/Nov/Feb. Plan your brews now. I expect many more entries from folks like Sean Munkner, Jason Engelbertson etc !! We will have an incredible prize next year!!!
HomeBrewCon is in San Diego 6/22 – 6/24. A few of us are headed down there to represent! Join us for a fun time. This conference isn’t always so close and San Diego is a great beer town. HomeBrewCon site.

May Club Meeting @ BottleTaps
2023-05-11 18:30 - 20:00 | BottleTaps, 3020 Bernal Ave, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA, 94566, United States
Looking forward to enjoying the spring weather at BottleTaps. We will be meeting outside on the side patio. We may need seats, so bring a folding chair If you got em. This meeting will host our first club competition of the new year. The meeting topic will be about the new club officers and the focus on the club in the coming year.
Club brew competition at this 5/11 meeting. This is the first one for this new year’s series, so we reset all previous scores. Everyone has 0. Even an entry gets you a point..so enter something. This is still an open category, so IPA, Stout, Kettle Sour…whatever. New officers will announce how future comps will go.

October Club Meeting @ BottleTaps
2023-10-12 18:30 - 20:00 | BottleTaps, 3020 Bernal Ave, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA, 94566, United States
Hello Mad Zs, It seems like forever since we’ve officially met. We hope to see many of you at our next meeting on Thursday Oct 12th at BottleTaps in Pleasanton. We will be meeting in the 2nd outdoor patio. Might want to throw a chair in your trunk in case we run out of chairs. Share your latest brew, share a brewing gadget, bring a friend!
We will be doing a presentation on malty beer styles in anticipation of our November in-club comp of this style. We will also share some info on our recent NCHF event.

January Club Meeting
2024-01-11 18:30 - 20:00 | BottleTaps, 3020 Bernal Ave, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA, 94566, United States
Our first club meeting of 2024 will be Thursday January 11th at BottleTaps in Pleasanton. We will have a presentation on yeast forward beers. We will also discuss some minor updates to the 16 year old club charter, which requires a vote to approve. We will collect annual dues, which we’re proposing at $35 to cover insurance, meeting cups and tastings, and other club sponsored events.
The next inner club completion, for yeast forward style brews, will be in the MARCH meeting. You have time!

March Club Meeting: Thursday 3/14 at Shadow Puppet Brewing
2024-03-14 18:30 - 20:30
Please join us for our March Club meeting on Thursday 3/14 at Shadow Puppet Brewing in Livermore. Social hour starts at 6:30pm and official club meeting starts at 7pm. We will have our member-only homebrew competition for yeast forward style brews. We will also have our officer elections. See you there!
