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.

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.

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.

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.

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.