TRASH 23: Post-Competition Banquet

Submitted by mikebeattie on Sun, 05/12/2013 - 18:39
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Once all the entries have been judged and all the scores have been tabulated, it's time for us to gather for a chance to honor the best beers, enjoy each other's company, and of course: finish all that left-over beer. It's also a great opportunity for you to pick up your score sheets just 24 hours after we wrap up the competition.

Post-Competition Banquet

  • Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery (map)
  • Sunday, May 19 @ 4:00pm
  • Tickets can be purchased for $35 here.

Additional Details

  • Pick up your competition score sheets.
  • Dinner includes salad and a chose of entree from a subset of Rock Bottom's menu.
  • Sample all the left-over 2nd bottles.

Buy Tickets Now!

Whether you entered the competition or not, you're more than welcome to join us for the event. Tickets include a side salad plus a choice of entree from a subset of Rock Bottom's menu. You also get a chance to try all those 2nd and 3rd place beers that didn't advance to the best of show round. If you're looking to have a full pint of something, you can also buy a beer from Rock Bottom.

We'll be in the Sing-Sing side of the restaurant, so there will be plenty of space to bring along your friends and show off what the homebrew community is all about.

May Club Meeting

Submitted by mikebeattie on Tue, 05/07/2013 - 05:53
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For our May club meeting, we'll get a chance to visit one of the region's only commercial hop farms — right up in Wexford on a piece of land owned by Soergel Orchards. In addition to our typical meeting schedule, we'll get a chance to tour the farm and hear about The Hop Project: founder Noah Petronic's vision of bringing commercial hop yards back to Pennsylvania.

May Meeting

  • The Hop Farm at Soergel Orchard's (directions forthcoming)
  • Saturday, May 25 @ 2:00pm

Additional Notes

  • Bring bottles/kegs of homebrew for some real time feedback.
  • No meeting fee – just share some beer with our host.

RSVP Today!

The hop farm is actually a little ways up the road from the primary Soergel's property. To keep things simple, we're hold both parts of our meeting at the farm. Directions to the hop farm from the Soergel's market and garden center will be provided a little closer to the meeting.

Questions? Comments? Feel free to contact the the officers.

TRASH 23 is full!

Submitted by jagoffbrewer on Fri, 05/03/2013 - 22:36
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Thank you to everyone who has entered our 23rd annual competition. We have met our entry limit for this year. Please make sure to drop off your bottles by the end of business tomorrow at any of our acceptable drop off locations. You can view our drop off locations below, we look forward to judging your brews on May 18th!

South Hills Brewing Supply
2212 Noblestown Road
Greentree, PA 15205
412.937.0773 / web

South Hills Brewing Supply
2526 Mosside Blvd (Rt. 48)
Monroeville, PA 15146
412.372.8119 / web

Country Wines
3333 Babcock Blvd
Pittsburgh, PA 15237
412.366.0151 / web

Ruffled Wine & Brewing Supplies
616 Allegheny River Blvd.
Oakmont PA, 15139
412.828.7412 / web

Porter House Brew Shop
1284 Perry Hwy
Portersville, PA 16051
724.368.9771 / web
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Sharp Edge Beer Fest

Submitted by mikebeattie on Sun, 04/21/2013 - 14:34
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The club has been invited once again to participate in the annual Sharp Edge Beer Fest. The event is scheduled to take place the same weekend as the National Homebrew Conference in Philadelphia, so we're looking to see if there is enough interest from people who won't be able to make it out to Philly.

Some Details

  • The Great European Beer Fest (details)
  • Sharp Edge Beer Emporium (directions)
  • June 29 & 30, 2013 (Saturday and Sunday)
  • Contact Bill Caraway to participate.

Available Sessions

  • Saturday, June 29 from 3:00-6:00pm
  • Saturday, June 29 from 7:00-10:00pm
  • Sunday, June 30 from 2:00-5:00pm

If you serve your beer at one of the sessions, you get tickets for you and a guest to attend some other session. Also keep in mind that the Sharp Edge encourages brewers to bring European beer styles. That's not a strict requirement, but it's something to aim for.

Homebrew Showcase at Bocktown

Submitted by mikebeattie on Tue, 04/16/2013 - 07:31
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In addition to featuring beer from some local homebrewers throughout craft beer week, Bocktown is giving the club an opportunity to promote homebrew at the Robinson on the final Saturday afternoon of craft beer week. We'll be handing out homebrew samples and passing out TRASH postcards with information on what we're all about.

Event Details

  • Homebrew Showcase at Bocktown (details)
  • Bocktown Robsinson (map)
  • Saturday, April 27 @ 1:00pm
  • Contact Mike Beattie to participate.

This is another great opportunity introduce a wider audience to homebrew. If you're interested in bringing a keg or otherwise helping out, we'd love to hear from you. Even if you can't make it, you can help us spread the word and get some beer enthusiasts to stop by!

Rivertowne's PCBW Pro-Am Rendezvous

Submitted by mikebeattie on Tue, 04/16/2013 - 05:36
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Rivertowne's new production brewery is hosting the first ever PCBW Pro-Am Rendezvous. They're planning for an beer fest featuring both homebrew and commercial beer. TRASH members are invited to bring a keg of homebrew and serve samples to event participants. The best beer of the night, as voted by the combined votes of homebrewers and commercial brewers will be brewed commercially at the Rivertowne Pour House in Monroeville. With only a handful of homebrewers currently signed up, there's a pretty good chance that any given homebrewer could bring the winning beer.

Event Details

  • PCBW Pro-Am Rendezvous (details)
  • Wednesday, April 24 @ 6:00pm
  • Rivertowne Brewing Company (map)
  • Contact Mike Beattie if you want to participate. (no need to buy a ticket)

Beer Details

  • We need to tell Rivertowne which beer we're bringing by 4/19.
  • Rivertowne will supply ice, but we need to supply CO2 and serving hardware.
  • Feel free to invite your friends! Participants can bring a few guests each.

The event has a max capacity of 20 homebrewers, so be sure to let me know if you plan on bringing a keg.

The Club's PCBW Homebrew Demo at Soergels

Submitted by mikebeattie on Mon, 04/15/2013 - 07:40
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As part of Pittsburgh Craft Beer Week, the club is sponsoring a homebrew demo at Soergel Orchards in Wexford, PA. We're targeting anyone in the community who is interested in homebrew but doesn't know where to start. In addition to brewing a relatively simple extract batch, we'll be serving samples of the finished product, and talking through each of the steps in the brewing process.

The Details

  • Soergel Orchards in Wexford (map)
  • Tuesday, April 23 @ 6:30pm
  • Have your friends sign up today!

If you want to come along and represent the club, contact Mike Beattie. If you have friends who might be interested in learning to brew, you can direct them at the event page we're using to track RSVPs.

TRASH 23: The Club's 23rd Annual Homebrew Competition

Submitted by mikebeattie on Tue, 04/02/2013 - 21:14
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Registration for the 23rd Annual TRASH Homebrew Competition ("TRASH 23") is now open!

As of sometime Sunday night, we have been accepting brewer registrations and homebrew entries. For the second year in a row, both judging and the subsequent banquet will be held over the course of a single weekend at Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery (Pittsburgh location). The date is a little later than previous years (May 18), but we think that provides some comfortable distance between our competition, NHC first round, and Pittsburgh's Craft Beer Week (PCBW).

TRASH 23 Details

  • Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery (map)
  • Banquet: May 19, 2013 (event starts at 4:00pm)
  • Judging: May 18, 2013 (judging starts at 9:00am)
  • Entry Deadline: May 4, 2013

This year's awards include two different opportunities to see your beer scaled up to a commercial scale. East End Brewing Co. is sponsoring the East End Sessionable Award for the most highly ranked beer under 4.5% ABV. Rock Bottom is sponsoring a similar prize for the best of show beer (give or take a few minor restrictions). We're also rounding up a long list of sponsors looking to contribute prizes for flight winners.

Next Steps

We're capping entries at 500, so be sure to register soon!

April Club Meeting

Submitted by mikebeattie on Wed, 03/20/2013 - 05:21
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For our April club meeting, we'll be headed out to Carson Street Deli: a great source of quality beer and another good friend of the local beer community. Not all that long ago, the deli was purchased by a fellow homebrewer: Mike Murphy. At the time of the sale, Mike also acquired a liquor license and started selling beer right along side the sandwiches the shop has always been known for. Just this past summer, he expanded from an existing 4-tap kegerator to about 20 taps of excellent (and often local) beer.

April Meeting

  • Carson Street Deli (map)
  • Sunday, April 28 @ 1:00pm
  • No Meeting Fee!

Other Details

  • Bring bottles/kegs of homebrew for some real time feedback.
  • No meeting fee. Buy a sandwich or a beer to support our host.
  • Please RSVP on the anyvite page so we know you're coming.

RSVP Today!

As with the last few meetings, we will not be assigning official stewards. You're more than welcome to bring a keg, but any other vessel will work just as well. When we've taken this approach in the past, it has encouraged a wide variety of homebrew and increased brewer-to-brewer engagement. We see no need to mess with a policy that's working.

Questions? Comments? Feel free to contact the the officers.

March Club Meeting

Submitted by mikebeattie on Sun, 03/03/2013 - 21:36
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For our March meeting, the club will make its way to the new brewing facilities of East End Brewing Company. East End has been a friend of the club for a long time — supporting our annual competition each year with the the East End Sessionable Award. Scott Smith, who I would call the "founding brewer" and owner, even has his roots in homebrew.

Our meeting coincides with the second half of Sunday Growler hours; but traffic beyond just the club should be fairly sparse. We'll start with our normal meeting activities in the growler fill area but will eventually take a guided tour of the brewery. We're all brewers, so I'm sure the tour will include much more detail than what the average public tends to see. This is definitely a meeting you don't want to miss!

March Meeting

  • East End Brewing Company
  • Sunday, March 10 @ 1:00pm
  • No Meeting Fee!

Other Details

  • As usual, bring bottles/kegs of homebrew for some real time feedback.
  • Bring a growler if you want to fill it up while you're there.
  • The club won't be providing food, so you may want to eat beforehand.
  • Please RSVP on the Anyvite site so we can predict the head count.

RSVP Today!

As has become the tradition, we won't have any official stewards for this meeting. If you want to bring a keg, go for it; otherwise, you can bring beer in any vessel you like. What's important here is that we share homebrew and offer constructive feedback.

Questions? Concerns? Feel free to contact the officers.

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