December 2017 Meeting By r3dunlopDecember 15, 2017May 21, 2018 Categories: Meeting recap Tags: 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.
November 2017 meeting By jangevaareNovember 10, 2017July 11, 2018 Categories: Meeting recap On November 8th, Matt F. in Cambridge hosted the club for it’s monthly meeting. We had a great showing at this meeting, and had Matt’s basement brewery at capacity.
True Grist Showing at 2017 Royal Finger Competition By r3dunlopOctober 31, 2017March 22, 2018 Categories: Competition Tags: BJCP, Competition results, Royal City, Shortfinger Brewing Congratulations to the True Grist members who medalled at the 2017 Royal Finger Homebrew competition!
Quick turnaround homebrewing By r3dunlopOctober 24, 2017April 2, 2018 Categories: Educational, Member article Tags: Fermentation, Process, Yeast Have you ever needed to have beer ready for a get-together on short notice? Or you run out of homebrew, and itch to have more on tap ASAP?
Cider bulk buy 2017 By jangevaareOctober 16, 2017September 17, 2018 Categories: Bulk buy Tags: Bulk Buy, Cider, Frank E, Kamil Juices, Wild Yeast This year True Grist ran a group buy again for a cider blend for hard cider production from Frank E’s in Vanessa, ON. This delicious juice is cold pressed, UV-pasteurized, and non-sulphited. With the growth of the club, and positive results from last year buy, it was not a huge surprise when our order came…
October 2017 meeting By r3dunlopOctober 15, 2017March 22, 2018 Categories: Meeting recap This month’s meeting was held at Pat F’s house in Kitchener. At this meeting, we continued to experiment with our meeting format. We started with some announcements from our executive, including introductions for the new executive members. During this time, we got to enjoy some of Pat’s deliciously hoppy Kveik IPA, as well as his tasty…
A Brew Day With… TRUE GRIST By r3dunlopSeptember 25, 2017April 17, 2018 Categories: A brew day with..., Recipe, Special event recap Tags: Barn Cat Artisan Ales, Beer Festival, Belgian Dubbel, Brewing, Cask ale, Club Event, Collaboration, Kviek What was this? At the beginning of August, the True Grist homebrew club was invited to brew a cask for Cask Days in Toronto… Naturally, we said yes! This was the beginning of a collaboration brew between Barncat Artisan Ales, Escarpment Labs and True Grist Homebrew club.
September 2017 meeting By jangevaareSeptember 17, 2017March 22, 2018 Categories: Meeting recap Tags: Homebrew, Meeting September’s meeting marked the 1 year anniversary of the first official True Grist gathering. We’ve grown so much from our humble beginnings.
August 2017 meeting By jangevaareAugust 11, 2017March 22, 2018 Categories: Meeting recap This month around a dozen True Grist members met in Kitchener-Waterloo on Doug B.’s lovely backyard patio. The club discussed upcoming events including a cider bulk buy in the Fall (details developing on the forum here), and the potential of the club having a presence at some upcoming Fall beer festivals (those details are developing…
July 2017 meeting By jangevaareJuly 13, 2017March 22, 2018 Categories: Meeting recap This month we returned to Guelph’s East side for a meeting of True Grist homebrewers. Josh V was our gracious host. We moved through many samples and styles of beer – blondes, lagers, various wheat beers, a (delicious) dry hopped sour, IPAs, and more. We finally got to try Andrew A’s brown with homemade caraquinoa…
