About

Clinton River Association of Fermenting Trendsetters
Established in 1996, we are brewers of beer, and makers of
wine and mead. We meet monthly to share and compare our homebrew
recipes, techniques, and of course to sample each others creations.
We usually take our meetings on the road to one of the many
quality breweries in the area. Stayed tuned to our website
for upcoming meetings in your area and if interested in joining,
stop in to experience the wonders of home brewed beer as our
guest.
Mark
your calendars now:
The next club meeting will be:
Thursday, February 11th at
6:30 p.m. at
Sherwood Brewing
Company
Just
north of M-59 in the Hayes Center Shoppes Plaza


Buddy Brew/Brewing Demo
January 23rd at Mike's was a Success
We brewed over 35 gallons
News:
1/23/10 - English Brown COC Results - Thanks to all who
showed up last night and entered. We judged Cat. 11, English
Brown Ales. 12 entries from 9 entrants. 4 Milds, 7 Northerns
and 1 Southern. First place goes to Brian H. for his Mild. 2nd
goes to Jim S. for his Northern Brown. and 3rd goes to Rob M.
for his mild. We all had a great time. I'll have scoresheets
today at Mike's and at the party. All beers were really good.
Average score was in mid/upper 30s.
1/23/10 - The CRAFT Post Holiday Party is just around the
corner. It will be held on January 30th at
Gourmet Manor in
Roseville. Checkout the
forum for details.
11/17/09 - You can now support CRAFT by
signing up for or renewing your AHA membership. Sign
up by clicking the AHA icon above or the link in this.
Signing up from these links will give CRAFT $5 per person so
sign up today!
11/15/09 - We now have a new
forum!
Check it out from the link above or by going to
http://www.crafthomebrewclub.org/forum/. Sign-up now
and beginning sharing your knowledge and experience.
11/15/09 - Our new November Newsletter is now posted.
Check it out,
CRAFT
Newsletter 11-2009.
10/4/09 - Our new October Newsletter is now posted.
Check it out,
CRAFT
Newsletter 10-2009.
9/9/09 - Our new September Newsletter is now posted.
Check it out,
CRAFT
Newsletter 09-2009.
8/21/09 - The Summer/Autumn Party date has been decided.
It will be help on September 19th at the Lieblang Estate.
Thank you Phill and Michelle for agreeing to host it this
year. Look for more information about the event over the
next few weeks.
8/8/09 - Our new August Newsletter is now posted.
Check it out,
CRAFT
Newsletter 08-2009.
7/30/09 - There will be
two more Beer Festivals starting this year, Oktoberfest in
Marquette held on September 12th and Harvest Fest will held on
October 24th in Detroit's Eastern Market. Keep posted
for further details.
7/29/09 - Online registration for the 2009 Michigan
Renaissance Festival Competition (Beer
Barons Brew Brawl) is now open thru Aug. 9th. In
addition to the competition events, Hopman's Beer and Wine
Making Supply cordially invites you to come out and brew your
beers, meads and wines at the festival. All brewing
participants will be given admission to the festival and a 20%
discount on any beer, mead, and wine ingredients used to brew
during the festival.
7/29/09 - Call to all beer judges to participate in the
Renaissance Festival Homebrew Judging. This year's judging
will take place at Hopman's in Waterford, tentatively on
Saturday, 8/29. Receive a full lunch with snacks, plus
tickets for free entry into the festival -- as well as BJCP
points. Please register yourself on our
website and select "Sign In".
7/17/09 - Mead Day, August 1, 2009 • 10am - 5pm at
B. Nektar Meadery Mead
Day Schedule:
* 10:00 – Open ( Mead Tasting Starts )
* 10:30 - 11:30 – Mead Making Demo ( Ancient Orange )
* 11:30 - 1:00 – Food and Music (BBQ w/ sauces made
with mead)
* 1:30 - 2:30 – Mead Making Demo ( Spiced Cyser )
* 2:30 - 3:00 – Music
* 3:00 - 4:00 – Varietal Honey with Ken Schramm
* 4:00 – Schramm book signing begins, music
* 4:00 - 5:00 – Mead Making Demo ( Unusual Ingredients
)
* 5:00 – Close ( Tasting Ends )
7/8/09 - August 1st from 10 till 5 at
B. Nektar is Mead Day!
This event is open to all. We should get a bunch of
people to meet up at B.
Nektar and support them. Especially since they have
supported us (Winter Party).
7/7/09 - We have changed up the newsletter a bit.
Instead of releasing it before a meeting we are now going to
be releasing a new addition just after the meeting. With
that in mind check out the
CRAFT
Newsletter 07-2009.
6/29/09 - Preparations for the 2009 Michigan Renaissance
Festival Competitions are under way. Registration opens on
7/24/2009 and new details will be posted at
www.snobsbrewclub.com/renfest.
6/29/09 - Our education corner tomorrow will be on Cat 7.
Amber Hybrid beers. This includes Altbier and California
Common. If you've brewed one of these beers and its ready to
go, bring a sample to the meeting tomorrow. We'll also have 4
commercial examples we will be tasting. It'd be great to
compare these to homebrews of the same style.
6/15/09 - Find out more information about the State Fair
by visiting their website:
http://msfhomebrew.org/.
5/27/09 - Congratulations to our new officers:
President - Mike Zukowski
Vice President - Brian Hojnoski
Treasure - John Hilton
Webmaster - David Wilt
Newsletter - Bill Shadowens
Competition Coordinator - Joe Burgel
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