Next meeting topic: Tropical Stouts
Bring your home brew and taste the commercial examples of the stout of the tropics.
Time: 7:30-10 pm
Norwood Community Center
1810 Courtland Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45212
What a year so far!
Hi CMI members,
2017 has met it’s halfway point for meetings, and what a great 6 months it has been. Here’s a quick recap of the year so far:
Jan 2017 we discussed Barrel Aging and have filled the barrel at Woodburn Brewery with a KBS clone.
Feb 2017 we discussed Bock Beers and went on to win 4 medals at the Bockfest competition.
Mar 2017 we had a Sweet 16 of beers with homebrews going up against commercial beer: Mike Florez came in second to the Rhinegeist beer Knowledge.
Apr 2017 we discussed short turn around time beers.
May 2017 we had our annual meeting at Mt. Carmel with a pot luck and food truck event.
Jun 2017 we paired beer and cheese.
On the competition front there were many success stories:
Winter Brew Competition in Chicago Eric Carmen won 4 medals.
FOAM Cup in Oklahoma Mike Florez won one medal.
All American Competition CMI took 16 medals including 1st BOS: Eric Carmen and 3rd BOS: Brian Ezell
Bockfest: CMI took 4 medals
Saison Fest: CMI took one medal
Hammer Down: CMI took 12 medals
National Level Competition:
Regional medals: 3 total medals in Indy – Will, Eric and Rick
National Finals: Eric was second in Category 19 German Wheat and Rye with his famous Roggenbier!
Looking forward to the rest of the year we have meeting topics outlined:
July: Tropical Stouts and discussion of Hop Experimentation
August: Hot Fermentation
September: Hop Experimentation
October: Fest Beers
November: Historical Beers
December: Christmas Party
4th of July Parade- Northside
Northside Parade: for those interested in participating in the annually 4th of July Parade
Meet between 11:00am and noon at Greater Bethlehem Temple Apostolic Church parking lot at 4781 Hamilton Ave. Cincinnati,OH 45223
Ohio State Fair Competition Winners
Congratulations to CMI!!!
Eric Carman
Best of Show – Roggenbier
Gold Medal – Historical Beer: Roggenbier
Gold Medal – Amber Malty European Lager: Dunkels Bock
Gold Medal – Belgian Ale: Witbier
Silver Medal – Strong British Ale: Wee Heavy
Fourth Place – Amber Bitter European Beer: Vienna Lager
Michael Florez
Runner Up Best of Show – English Porter
Gold Medal – Brown British Beer: English Porter
Gold Medal – Spiced Beer: English Porter with Vanilla
Silver Medal – Scottish Ale: Scottish Light
Tim McKee
Gold Medal – Czech Lager: Czech Pale Lager
Way to Brew!
June 8, 2017 meeting: Beer and Cheese pairing
Learn about pairing at June 2017 meeting
Meeting time is 7:30 pm at Norwood Community Center.
Topic is beer and cheese pairings.
We will taste 5 different styles of cheeses and each cheese will be paired with 2 different styles of beer that compliment the flavors of the beers and the cheese.
As always: eye popping raffle will conclude the meeting.