Member Profile: Ryan Dunlop

By r3dunlopSeptember 26, 2018September 26, 2018 Member Profile Member profile, Ryan Dunlop

Ryan is the webmaster and a member of the executive for the True Grist homebrew club. He’s been brewing for over 3 years, with most of that time spent as an all-grain brewer.

September 2018 Meeting

By r3dunlopSeptember 18, 2018October 15, 2018 Meeting recap Barrel, Guelph, Meeting, Royal City, Tequila, Tour

The September 2018 meeting was held at the Royal City Brewing warehouse in Guelph. This month marks our official 2-year anniversary as a club!

August 2018 Meeting

By r3dunlopAugust 20, 2018August 21, 2018 Meeting recap Announcements, Meeting recap, North Works, Water Chemistry

The August 2018 meeting was held at North Works Brewing in Cambridge. At this meeting, we ran our usual Troubleshooting Corner before starting club announcements. It was our first meeting with a full presentation setup including a screen, projector and PA system.

Club Showing at Niagara College Brewing Competition

By r3dunlopAugust 12, 2018August 13, 2018 Competition Competition results, Niagara College

True Grist members had an amazing showing at the Niagara College Brewing competition. As a club, we took home 12 medals including best-of-show by Jamie Fowler! Congratulations to everyone on doing such a great job. Click through for a list of all medalling True Grist members.

July 2018 Meeting

By r3dunlopJuly 17, 2018July 18, 2018 Meeting recap Hops, Innocente, Tavistock Hops

The July 2018 meeting was held at Innocente Brewing Company in Waterloo. This was our first meeting with formal education talks as well as a projector.

Escarpment Labs Visit 2018

By r3dunlopMay 14, 2018May 14, 2018 Special event recap Escarpment Labs, Fermentation, Process, Tour, Wild Yeast, Yeast

This month instead of our usual club meeting, we had a very special tour from Richard Preiss of Guelph’s own Escarpment Labs.

April 2018 Meeting

By r3dunlopApril 12, 2018April 12, 2018 Meeting recap BJCP, Meeting, Rhythm and Brews

This month, we travelled back to Rhythm and Brews brewing co. They are hard at work getting the brewery ready to open. Andrew gave us a run-down on his crazy three brews per day brewing schedule. Their space is looking awesome!

Making a Yeast Starter

By r3dunlopApril 9, 2018April 16, 2018 Educational, Member article Escarpment Labs, Fermentation, Process, Starter, Yeast

Making a yeast starter was a daunting task to me as a new brewer, and it took me over a year to really start tackling that aspect of brewing. Hopefully this post helps anyone starting to get into liquid yeast, or hasn’t made the leap yet because they think propagating yeast is an advanced skill. If you can make a beer, you can make a yeast starter. Trust me, it’s super easy!

February 2018 Meeting

By r3dunlopFebruary 20, 2018November 21, 2018 Meeting recap Homebrew, Rhythm and Brews, Tour

True Grist held it’s February meeting at Rhythm and Brews Brewing Company in Cambridge. We were hosted by Rhythm and Brews co-owner, Andrew Byer.

December 2017 Meeting

By r3dunlopDecember 15, 2017May 21, 2018 Meeting recap Stonehammer, Tour

Our meeting this month was hosted by Phil Woodhouse, co-owner of Stonehammer brewing in Guelph. We had a great turnout with many new members participating in their first meeting.