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June Club Meeting at Barnshed Brewing Company!

The next meeting with be on Tuesday, June 15th at Barnshed Brewing – 100 Lauman Ln, Hicksville, NY 11801.
  • Entries are due for the **Summer Club Competition **and Secondary Round of the Last Brewer Standing. If you’ve entered and will not be able to attend the meeting, please connect with a board member to make other arrangements.
  • Plenty of space remaining for those who wish to enter the Summer Club Competition! Register at https://www.hhcbc.org/competition/ – Top Prize is a $50 Gift Card to a local brewery. (For past winners, your prizes will be available at the June meeting).
  • For anyone who can, please bring two bottles of homebrew that they would like to donate in benefit to the Bay Ridge Center and Meals on Wheels, we’re collecting for Gregory Wright‘s wife, who is on the coordinating board for the event.
  • The Chairman will be revealing the ‘Summer Breeze’ edition of The Iron Brewer Team Challenge. Anyone wishing to host or join a challenge team can sign up at https://docs.google.com/…/1OtpaazNoTalo…/viewform… Ken Dalton
  • If anyone has updates or samples to share for the 45 Challenge, or any homebrew, we’ll have the feedback table open at the beginning of the meeting.
  • For anyone that signed up for the WA Meadwerks Session Mead Challenge, honey will be distributed at the meeting. Bring your own vessel to collect your honey in…If you are unable to attend, please send me a DM.
  • The raffle table will be open. Donations are welcome. We’ll have some swag and beer up for grabs.

May Club Meeting at Small Craft Brewing Co!

The fine folks of Small Craft Brewing Co. [66 Merrick Rd, Amityville, NY 11701] are hosting our next club meeting, Tuesday, May 18, 2020 from 7:30pm to 9:30pm. 

We’ll be recapping the latest homebrew competition winner and hoping to discuss upcoming events and club happenings, as restrictions permit. All guests must be wearing masks, unless otherwise seated at a table. The outdoor tent will be open for seating as well.

Bring homebrew to share, sample, discuss or gain feedback.

Beer related items for the club raffle are always welcome.

Club Memberships are available. $25/Individual | $40 Family | Add $10 per person for access to the Tri-Club Benefits

April Club Meeting at Sand City South!

Join us on Tuesday, April 20th, 2021, at Sand City South (150 S Wellwood Ave, Lindenhurst, NY 11757) for our next club meeting. The meeting will be from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM. 

This is limited capacity event due to social distancing and seating capacity restrictions. HHCBC and AssLIHC members may sign up to reserve their seat by clicking here.

The highly anticipated opening of Sand City’s southern Long Island location took place in early March and the club is fortunate to be able to attend a limited capacity event at the brewery. We’ll be awarding the winners of the Spring Club Competition, discussing progress of the ’45 Challenge’ teams and Last Brewer Standing: Clone Wars entrants, along with some other special announcements. Bring any homebrew-related questions with you! 

Feedback Table will be open for anyone that wants to bring homebrewed samples to discuss. 

The monthly club raffle is open for donations. Some tasty beverages are up for grabs in this month’s raffle.

All attendees must follow Sand City’s guidelines, remain seated for service during the meeting and wear a mask when not seated. If you have contracted any illness, have cold symptoms or have been in contact with anyone who has been sick over the two weeks prior to the meeting, please stay home. Meetings are optional attendance and open to anyone 21 years and over.

2021 Club Memberships are Open:

$25/Individual | $40/Family | Add $10/person for Tri-Club Membership

 

March Club Meeting at Noble Savage Brewing Co.

Thank You Noble Savage Brewing Co (Glen Cove) for hosting our March Club meeting! Special Thanks to Frank and Lauren for holding down the taps, serving awesome beer and providing a safe socially distanced place for us to meet. While the attendance was limited due to pandemic capacity restrictions, everyone enjoyed the evening.

We caught up on some of the members’ progress with their ’45 Challenge’ recipes—an attempt to create a winning homebrew recipe that can earn a score of 45+ in a BJCP sanctioned homebrew competition. [No easy feat!]

A few of members dropped off entries to the Spring Club Competition, with the top three entries getting a chance to have their recipe brewed at South Shore Craft Brewery, joining John DiSpirito’s Belgian Blonde in South Shore’s Homebrew Excellence Series of special releases.

The Primary Round entries of the Last Brewer Standing: Clone Wars competition were collected at the meeting, as well. 24 Entrants were split up into pairs, assigned commercial beers and challenged to recreate the commercial recipe in a homebrewed example. Winners of each paring move onto the Secondary Round in June.

 

January Club Meeting at South Shore Craft Brewery!

Join Us on Tuesday, January 19th for the first club meeting of the year at South Shore Craft Brewery (3505 Hampton Rd, Oceanside, NY 11572).
  • We’ll get to enjoy South Shore’s Homebrew Excellence Series’ first release, a Belgian Blonde Ale–by John DiSpirito
  • Awards & Prizes will be handed out for the Winter Club Competition
  • The winners of the Holiday Calendar Vote will be announced
  • Club Raffle and Homebrew Feedback Tables will be open
  • Post below if anyone has any topics, questions or educational content they would like to share during the meeting…
All attendees must follow South Shore’s guidelines, remain seated for the meeting and wear a mask. If you have contracted any illness or have been in contact with anyone who has been sick over the past two weeks, please stay home. Meetings are optional attendance and open to anyone 21 years and over.

November 2020 Meeting Notes

Thank You to Paul and Ghost Brewing Company for hosting our November Club Meeting! Spaced out seating and permitting a safe and clean environment to host our annual board elections, announcements and Iron Brewer Team Challenge made for a very comfortable and easy evening.

Brewmaster, Paul Komsic, thanked the club for attending, was appreciative of the positive feedback for the tasty and unique beers he had on tap and talked about his upcoming beer release and barrel program. 

Thank You to all who attended and participated, especially to the new members and . . . 

  • Kevin McKenna for hauling the club gear
  • ‘The Chairman,’ Ken Dalton, for moderating the Iron Brewer Challenge
  • Martin Scott for collecting raffle tickets
  • Mike Murphy, Peter Muscat, Jason Scott and all those who donated to the club raffle
  • All those who brought donations for the ‘Turkey’s Against Cancer’ event, coordinated by Greg Wright and collected by Kevin McKenna
  • All those who brought bottles for the Holiday Calendar Share
  • And to the Iron Brewer Teams . . . 

IRON BREWER TEAM CHALLENGE | The Chairman mailed mystery ingredients to the homes of random club members in a challenge to brew a beer of any style using all of the mystery items. The emerging teams ended up creating the following beverages which were sampled during this meeting. . . (The Chairman showed no mercy)

  • Wheat Beer with Cranberries, Oats and Bay Leaves
  • Witbier with Raspberries, Lemon and Candied Bacon Jerky
  • Cream Ale with Mint Leaves, Powdered Blueberries and Corn Muffin Mix
  • Rye Porter with Black Peppercorns, Powdered Rosemary and Hostess Apple Pies

Congratulations to Team McKenna|Tovar|Smith for earning the title as the NEW Iron Brewer Team Champions! Finally unseating the reign of Team Dalton|Murphy|Elmore. Homebrewers Kevin McKenna, Gabe Tovar and John Smith took on the mystery ingredient challenge and created a tasty and balanced wheat beer with cranberry, oats and bay leaves. All four teams were within five votes of each other, from first to last, so the competition was very close! Well done everyone!

2021 BOARD ELECTIONS |

No new nominations were received for the 2021 HHCBC Board, so the following will start their new terms in December:

President | Bernard R.

Vice President | Ken Dalton

Treasurer | Danielle Malone

Secretary | Peter Tripp

Events & Marketing | Kevin McKenna

Membership | Claudia Chavez

Education | Mike Murphy

 

November Club Meeting at Ghost Brewing Co.

Tuesday, November 17th, 2020 @ 7:30 PM

Join us for an eventful event at Ghost Brewing Company (25 Drexel Dr, Bay Shore, NY 11706 [Behind Great South Bay Brewery]). All in attendance must adhere to proper Covid-19 precautions and any regulations implemented by the host/venue. Be prepared to remain seated at a table for the duration of the meeting.

‘Iron Brewer’ Team Challenge Judging – All in attendance will be served tasters of each team entry and a winning ‘Iron Brewer’ will be named.

  • Several members were mailed secret ingredients and the names of other homebrewers to partner with. All secret ingredients must be used to create a unique beer that will be sampled and judged by those in attendance. The winning team is seeking to overthrow the reigning Iron Brewers: Team Dalton, Murphy & Elmore – Will The Chairman crown a new Iron Brewer? 

 We will also be . . .

. . . voting on the 2021 Club Board of Directors.

. . . collecting bottled donations for the Turkey’s Against Cancer fundraiser with the Barbeque Brethren (w/Greg Wright)

. . . collecting bottled entries for the holiday calendar (w/Kevin McKenna)

. . . announcing and signing up for future challenges and happenings

. . . celebrating the medal-winners of the LIBME Homebrew Competition

 

October Club Meeting at The Black Sheep Ale House

Join Us on Tuesday, October 20th at 7:30 PM for our next Club Meeting at The Black Sheep Ale House [78 2nd St Mineola, NY 11501]. As per current pandemic rules, all attendees must be wearing masks and following the house rules for safe distancing and dinner service, including remaining seated for the duration of the meeting and must order one food item per beverage ticket. (If you’re gonna drink, you gotta eat). There will be table service for food and beverages. Lucky for us, The Black Sheep now serves dinner; and what a tasty menu they have!

We’ll be celebrating the recent club competition winners, discussing brewing German beer styles, and accepting nominations for the 2021 Club Board Positions. Space is limited to the quantity of seats available. Please note, we may be outdoors/indoors depending on the weather. 

September Club Meeting at Bright Eye Beer Company!

Join us on Tuesday, September 15th at 7:30 PM at Bright Eye Beer Company, 50 W Park Ave, Long Beach, NY 11561. Co-Owners, Luke, Molly and Keira opened the brewery earlier this year and have some excellent beverages on tap. Luke teamed up with head brewer Brendan Maxim,  who brewed for Laguna Beach Beer Company in California and Crazy Mountain Brewing in Colorado before joining the Bright Eye team. 

Entries for the Fall Club Competition and Last Brewer Standing Secondary Round will be collected at this meeting!