Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:13:18 -0500 http://www.ale-iansociety.org/ Ale-ian Society :: Global Domination Through Homebrewing en-us http://www.ale-iansociety.org/images/logo.gif http://www.ale-iansociety.org/ webmaster@ale-iansociety.org http://www.ale-iansociety.org/Article48.html Attention all Ale-ians: We will be checking in all the entries for the Cactus Challenge on Friday, August 22nd, at 7pm at Heath's house, located at 2917 84th St.. We will need as much help as we can get, so if you can attend, please do. Also we are in desperate need of beer case boxes, so anyone who can bring so please bring all you can. Longneck 24 bottle cases are what we need, but if you have short-neck cases bring them as well. Anyone that has a chance to go by a beer store, ask them and take all that they have, just don't wait until Friday or we may not have enough. Ale-ian Entries: Ale-ian's coming to help with check-in may bring there entries with them. Please have all your forms filled out and entries ready to go before hand. Ale-ian's who will not be at check in must bring your entries to either Matt or Heath's house BEFORE Friday's check-in begins. Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:13:18 -0500 http://www.ale-iansociety.org/Article47.html The August monthly meeting will be held on August 8th, at 7pm. It will be held at Matt & Amanda's house located at 4901 40th St. The style of the month is Belgium Ales, so there should be lots of good beers to try. Bring any homebrew you have or bring a commercial example of this months style and join us for a good time as we taste beers and talk about brewing and club activities. As always new people are always welcome to attend. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:47:32 -0500 http://www.ale-iansociety.org/Article46.html The July monthly meeting will be held on July 11th at 7pm at Heath's house. Heath's house is located at 2917 84th St. The style of the month is Pale Ales, Amber Ales, & Patriotic Beers. We will have lots to discuss and it should be a good time, so please join us. Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:58:46 -0500 http://www.ale-iansociety.org/Article45.html The annual Male-ian vs. Female-ian Brew-off will be held on June 21st, starting at 10am. It will be held at Matt & Amanda's house located at 4901 40th St. This is our annual Guys vs. Girls brewing competition which both teams must brew a beer that we choose randomly from entries placed in a hat at a club meeting. This year Fruit Beer was chosen. We then decided to specify what type of fruit must be used rather than the base style and leave the bast style up to each team to decide. The fruit that was drawn was strawberry, so both teams must make a strawberry beer, both beers will be judges at the Cactus Challenge and the highest scoring beer will win the competition. Since the style was chosen, secret planning by both teams has been underway. We welcome everyone the help join in the fun and help out their gender win, so hop on the forums and join us for the brewing. The Male-ains won it for the first time ever last year, can they repeat or will the girls take it back? We shall see... Oh, and don't forget about the Monthly meeting on June 13th. Thu, 22 May 2008 10:00:20 -0500 http://www.ale-iansociety.org/Article44.html The June monthly meeting will be held on June 13th at 7pm at Donn and Diane’s house again,. Their house is located at 5210 15th St. The style of the month is Wheat Beers, Hefeweisen, etc. We will have lots to discuss and it should be a good time, so please join us, and don't forget about the Male-ian vs. Female-ian brewoff coming on June 21st. Thu, 22 May 2008 09:41:10 -0500 http://www.ale-iansociety.org/Article43.html The May monthly meeting will be held on May 9th at 7pm at Donn and Diane’s house, located at 5210 15th St. The style of the month is Light and Hybrid Ales. We will have lots to discuss and it should be a good time, so please join us. Also don't forget about Big Brew on May 3rd! Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:56:42 -0500 http://www.ale-iansociety.org/Article42.html Once again, the Ale-ian Society will be hosting a local site for the American Homebrew Association's Big Brew Day/National Homebrew Day. It will be held at Heath's house located at 2917 84th St. The start time is 11AM. There will be lots of us brewing and we encourage everyone to come and brew or just hang out and have a good time. UPDATE: Start time is now set for 11am. UPDATE: Pizza will be provided for lunch and feel free to bring your own beer and/or homebrew to drink. Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:50:38 -0500 http://www.ale-iansociety.org/Article40.html The April Meeting will be held on April 11th at 7pm at Matt and Amanda's house located at 4901 40th St.. The style of the month is Brown Ales. We will also be discussing things for the Catcus Challenge, the Male-ian vs. Female-ian brew-off, Big Brew Day, and much more. Should be fun and interesting, so everyone be sure to attend! Update: Minutes Posted. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:06:12 -0500 http://www.ale-iansociety.org/Article37.html Correction: The date was originally posted wrong. The meeting will be held on March 14th The March Ale-ian Society Meeting will be held at Dan and Karen's house located at 1713 76th St. on Friday, March 14th at 7pm. The style of the month is Stout & Porter. We will also be drawing for the style of our annual Male-ians vs. Female-ians brew-off, so be thinking about which style you want to place into the hat. Update: Minutes Posted. Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:32:30 -0600 http://www.ale-iansociety.org/Article36.html The February Meeting will be held on Feb. 8th at 7pm at Heath's house, located at 2917 84th St. The style of the month is Mead and Cider, and we will have lots to discuss as well. Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:40:12 -0600 http://www.ale-iansociety.org/Article35.html We are please to announce that the Cactus Challenge, the annual homebrew competition that the Ale-ian Society host every year, has rejoined the Lone Star Circuit. The Lone Star Circuit is a statewide series of homebrew competitions in which points are earned for placing at each one. This year Cactus Challenge entries will earn Circuit points once again. Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:37:40 -0600 http://www.ale-iansociety.org/Article34.html The Annual Chilean Stout Party will be held at 1pm on January 26th, at Matt and Amanda's house located at 4901 40th St. What is "Chilean Stout" you ask? Can't seem to find any stouts made in Chili? Well, Chilean Stout is a play on words meaning "Chili and Stout", that's the Chili you eat and not the country in South America. Basically Chilean Stout is a party in which people bring beer and/or Chili and we all eat drink and be merry. All are welcome to attend, so please join us for for a great time. Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:00:00 -0600 http://www.ale-iansociety.org/Article32.html The January Meeting will be held at Melissa's house located at 2609 47th St, we will be holding officer elections and conduction other important club business, so please attend if you can. Also the style of the month is Barleywine and Old Ales. Sun, 30 Dec 2007 11:43:41 -0600 http://www.ale-iansociety.org/Article31.html The December Ale-ian Society Meeting will also be our Christmas Party. It will be held at Dan and Karen's house located at 1713 76th St. on December 14th at 7pm. The style of the month is Winter and Holiday Beers, so bring some Christmas cheer and come join us for a good time. Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:55:39 -0600 http://www.ale-iansociety.org/Article29.html Donn Warner will be hosting a Social Brew day at his house on Sunday, November 18th, starting at 11AM. The Address is 5210 15th Street. Come and brew or hang out and watch, it's always fun! Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:33:37 -0600 http://www.ale-iansociety.org/Article25.html The Ale-ian Society November monthly meeting will be held on November 9th at 7pm, at Dennis and Jenny's House, located at 4909 61st St. The style of the month is Scottish Ales. Update 11/16/07: Minutes Posted Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:00:00 -0500 http://www.ale-iansociety.org/Article28.html Social Brew at Dennis and Jenny's House. Come and brew or just hang out and enjoy the fun! If you plan on coming please RSVP here or email president@ale-iansociety.org. Sun, 28 Oct 2007 11:00:00 -0500 http://www.ale-iansociety.org/Article24.html Dennis will be hosting a social brew at his house at 4909 61st St on October 28th, starting at 1pm. So bring your stuff and brew, or just come hang out and watch. Update (11/1/07): Minutes Posted Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:09:29 -0500 http://www.ale-iansociety.org/Article23.html The Ale-ian Society October Meeting will be held on Friday, October 12th, at 7pm at Heath's house, located at 2917 84th St. The style of them month is Oktoberfest & Lagers. Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:04:57 -0500 http://www.ale-iansociety.org/Article21.html The September Meeting will be held at 7pm on, Friday, September 14th at 4901 40th St. Your Cactus Challenge score sheets will be available to all Club members to pick up at this time. Also if you wish to bring a growler or other vessel to fill with Male-ian or Female-ian Witbier you may do so as well. Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:37:55 -0500 http://www.ale-iansociety.org/Article20.html The Ale-ian Society is proud to present the 10th Annual Cactus Challenge, the premier homebrew competition on the south plains. We invite all beer lovers to join us for the greatest beer event in Lubbock. Friday August 24 - The Ale-ian Society will host a free social gathering at the Ashmore Inn. Come meet and greet other homebrewers and craftbrewers from all around, play some games, relax, and have a homebrew. The Ale-ian's will furnish beer and snacks, so we ask all Ale-ian's to bring a snack dish if they can. Saturday August 25 The judging of the homebrew will begin at approximately 9 A.M., followed by the best of show judging which willl determine the who will win the Cactus Challenge Buckle. At 4pm a bus will arrive at the Ashmore to take us on a pub crawl to bars around Lubbock so that we may enjoy some great beers. Then at 7:30 P.M, there will be excellent dinner severed at the Ashmore, and afterwards the winners will be announced along with the raffle prizes of great beer and homebrew merchandise. More information can be fount on the Cactus Challenge Website. If you're a homebrewer or a beer lover, don't miss this opportunity! Sat, 18 Aug 2007 03:01:21 -0500 http://www.ale-iansociety.org/Article19.html We will be having what should be the final Cactus Challenge planning meeting on Friday, August 17th, at 6pm at Triple J's Brew Pub. This meeting should allow us to make the final decisions on all the Cactus related in preparation for next week's main event. Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:52:51 -0500 http://www.ale-iansociety.org/Article18.html If you plan on attending the Cactus Challenge and purchasing a Pub Crawl, Awards Dinner, T-Shirts, etc. Please let us know by sending and email to webmaster@ale-iansociety.org. Due to lack of interest for them during preregistration, we may scale back these unless we find there is enough interest from people who plan on attending. Please let us know so that we will have enough food, pub crawl space, and t-shirts for everyone who wants them. Sun, 05 Aug 2007 20:39:41 -0500 http://www.ale-iansociety.org/Article17.html We are now taking entries for the 10th Annual Cactus Challenge from now until August 3rd, so don't forget to get your entires in. More information can be found on the Cactus Challenge website. Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:49:11 -0500 http://www.ale-iansociety.org/Article16.html We will be having a Cactus Challenge planning meeting on Wednesday, July 18 at 6:30pm at Triple J's. Anyone wishing to help out with the Cactus Challenge, or provide ideas is welcome to come. Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:00:00 -0500