Central Indiana Alliance of Beer Judges

Developing beer tasting and evaluation skills through education!

Remember to bring beer to the meeting!

Schedule

Schedule of Events

AHA scheduled events can be viewed at the AHA Homebrewing Events calendar (Scroll down the page for the homebrewing competition schedule).

Meeting Time

Monthly meetings are held from 6:45-9:45PM on the first Thursday of the month.

Meeting Location

Meetings are held on the 2nd floor of Payless Liquors located at I-69 and 96th St.  (West of I-69 behind Bob Evans) 

Event

Date

BJCP Style

Tech Topic

Facilitators

BJCP Study Group

Session 7

January 24, 2008

6. Light Hybrid Beer

15. German Wheat & Rye Beer

22. Smoke-Flavored & Wood-Aged Beer

Recipe Formulation

Off Flavors: Esters, Poor Head Retention, Phenolic

Ron Smith

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Upper Mississippi Mashout

January 26, 2008

   

Al Boyce

(952) 727-8968

alboyce@bigfoot.com

http://www.mnbrewers.com/mashout

FBI Heavy Hydrometer Competition

January 26, 2008

5 C - Doppelbock 5 D - Eisbock
9 E - Strong Scotch Ale
12 C - Baltic Porter (examples over 1.070)
13 F - Imperial Stout
15 C - Weizenbock (examples over 1.070)
19 A - Old Ale (examples over 1.070)
19 B - English Barleywine
19 C - American Barleywine

Ron Smith

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BJCP Study Group

Session 8

January 31, 2008

16. Belgian & French Ale

18. Belgian Strong Ale

Adjucts & Spices

Off Flavors: Sulfur, Yeasty, Cloudiness, Phenolic

Ron Smith

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CIA Meeting

February 6, 2008

Porter

Preparation for "Perfect Porter Challenge" Club-Only Competition

"Porters and How They Differ from Browns and Stouts"

Ron Smith

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BJCP Study Group

Session 9

February 7, 2008

7. Amber Hybrid Beer

17. Sour Ale

Packaging (Bottling & Kegging) and Conditioning

Off Flavors: Sour, Musty, Moldy, Soapy

Ron Smith

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BJCP Study Group

Session 10

February 14, 2008

Review Session Styles 1-13

Review of Water, Malt, Mashing, Hops

And...Ron's Cram Notes

Ron Smith

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BJCP Study Group

Session 11

February 21, 2008

Review Session

Styles 14-22,

Review of: Cities and Regions, Flavors and Off-Flavors, BJCP and BJCP Rankings, Boiling, Recipe Formulation, Yeast

And...Ron's Cram Notes

Ron Smith

Info@MarketWiseSolutions.com

BJCP Exam

 

March 1, 2008

 

 

 

CIA Meeting

March 6, 2008

Porter

Porters and How They Differ from Browns and Stouts

Ron Smith

Andrew Korty

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AHA Club Competition

Hosted By FBI

March 29, 2008

Porter

"Perfect Porter Challenge"

AHA Club-Only Competition

Ron Smith

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CIA Meeting

April 3, 2008

TBD

TBD

TBD

Deadline for NHC first Round entries

April 11, 2008

 

 

Contact Ron Smith for possible hand carried entries.

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AHA Conference

Cincinatti, OH

June 19-21, 2008

 

 

Ron Smith

Info@MarketWiseSolutions.com

TBD

TBD

TBD

TBD

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