Wow!

 
Sometimes the heat slows you down, but not for ASHers. 

We've got some great things brewing, read on. It just keeps getting better. The last item is a real blockbuster. All of these things are possible because of members just like you.

You all are doing your part by volunteering. The numbers from the Ameri-Can Canned Craft Beerfest look good, but we have a little work to do as Kat reports below. We've offered an incentive for volunteers to be announced after the fest, so make sure you read up on it. It will be a VOLUNTEER ONLY opportunity. She gives a pretty good hint at what the prize is.

At May's meeting, I'll reveal the check total from Landon at HDE for our ASHional Guard work thus far.

Member Matt Tretheway got us the cheba. He's our connection to a dope deal. No. Not the cousin (or Cousins) but Cheba Hut. read about our awesome new discount in Mesa and Tempe. Saving some coin on a 5-0 and a dank IPA is Gangnam. (OK I don't know what the kids are saying these days.) Read about the discount below.

I am also proud to announce that ASH will proudly screen, Beer Hunter-The Movie. It's a documentary on famed beer and whiskey writer, Michael Jackson. This is the Arizona debut. Thanks to the sharp eyes of Kristal Bittner, we managed to scoop the entire Arizona Beer Community on this one. 

ASH owns the license on screenings, so there will be a general public viewing at some point, but I'm inviting you to a private event.

An RSVP is required to attend and seating is limited. 

You must be an ASH member in good standing, an invited sponsor of ASH or a Crescent Crown employee. 

Beer Hunter-The Movie

Wednesday, May 29 7PM

Crescent Crown Distribution 

1640 W. Broadway Rd Mesa, AZ 

Cost is $1 

Again, this is a CLOSED to the public event. 

As such, we can bring homebrew or commercial beer.

RSVP is required. Please fill out the form here. 

As long as ASHers like you continue to work hard for all of us I will keep working harder for you and so will our Board.

See you with some cans in your hands this weekend. 

There are a lot of exciting things going on, so I will get right to it...

Homebrewer of the Year

The brewer of the winning English Brown HBOY entry will get to spend a day brewing Twin Arrows Brown Ale with the folks up at Mother Road Brewing in Flagstaff. I mentioned before that the prize would be great, so hopefully we will have a lot of entries; it is hard to beat a day at a professional brewery making great beer with great people. Entries for that competition are due at next week's general meeting.

Here are the remaining HBOY deadlines, including next week's:

5/21 - English Brown

6/18 - Fruit Beer

7/16 -Pilsner

8/20 - European Amber Lager

10/15 - Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer

11/19 - IPA

12/13 - Light Lager

The schedule is available online and will be updated through 2014 over the next few weeks. We finally added styles for October and December too, but not because the AHA finally updated its website. The AHA actually decided to discontinue the program.

Salt River Fields Oktoberfest / ASH Oktoberfest

Everything in October is still going ahead as planned. Here are the dates:

10/4 - ASH Oktoberfest Entry Deadline

10/5 - ASH Oktoberfest Judging

10/6 - ASH Oktoberfest Judging (if necessary)

10/11 - Salt River's Oktoberfest Entry Deadline

10/12 - Salt River's Oktoberfest Judging

10/19 - ASH Oktoberfest

We need as many judges as possible, so please keep 10/5, 10/6, and 10/12 free!

BJCP Class

The BJCP class is underway and meeting Monday nights at 7pm. If you want to attend, it is not too late. They are only five weeks in, so there are still 18 categories left to cover. You can join the group here, and then you will need to RSVP for each class in the discussion forum.

This is a great opportunity to learn more about beer whether you intend to take the test or not. It can also be a great opportunity for existing judges to earn CEP points. It is open to all paid ASH members and a class fee of $5 covers the cost of the commercial examples you will get to try.

Springfest Competition

We are going to have a big Springfest competition in early 2014, and we will be sorting out the details and registering it with the BJCP over the next month or two. That means the Competition Committee still needs plenty of help. Join here if you want to be involved.