Santa Barbeerians

http://www.quadrupelbrasserie.com/beer/quadrupelbeer.html

Bob G, Jerry M and Aubrey H represented the Barbeerians at the Toronado judging this year in fine fashion (ie, by drinking all their beer and arguing for the best beers to move forward)

I had an excellent flight of beers, including Abacus which went on to earn second place overall. Rounding out the top 3 with honorable mention were:

HM: Oskar Blues - ODB
3: Lagunitas - Gnarleywine 2008
2: Firestone Walker - Abacus Blend
1: Glacier Brewhouse - Big Woody

Here is a quick update of our upcoming events:-
 
- we are extending our Belgian Festival till  Sunday, 7th March 2010
 
- Friday March  5 - Hair of the dog

The 2010 Mazer Cup International Commercial and Home Mead Competition will be held March 26 & 27, 2010 at the Boulder Outlook Hotel
The entry deadline for the Mazer Cup International 2010 Commercial and Home competition is March 15, 2010
International Meaderies should ship now in order to ensure that your entries arrive
in time for the specified cut-off date.Please do not delay. THE 2010 MAZER CUP INTERNATIONAL

Switching from a pilsner to a stout can push you to a richer, more substantive life .....

Above, Santa Barbeerians president Bob G returns the empty Anchor trophy box to unsuspecting Bay Area mashers, who moments before were blissfully drinking from the coveted copper chalice.

Fellow Barbeerians! What are you doing reading this when you should be at the meeting! Today, Sunday, Feb 22, 2010, now, at Bob's house....

from the independent:

Alcohol Agency Jumping Gun?

San Roque Residents Say Their Protests Have Been Silenced by ABC
Thursday, February 18, 2010
By Barney Brantingham (Contact)

BOOZE PROTEST: Two Santa Barbara men say a California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) licensing agent jumped the gun and decided that a proposed mega-liquor store was a good idea, even though the period for protests hadn’t even ended.

On the Beat

from KEYT.com:

Christina Heller

Story Created: Feb 18, 2010 at 4:30 PM PST

Santa Barbara, CA-- A big box beverage store proposed for an Upper State Street neighborhood, has some residents over flowing with concerns.

Depending on who you talk to, the opening of a BevMo beverage store, is either good for the area, or it will cause traffic problems and be a risky business for the area.

The site where the store has applied for an alcohol beverage control sales license is on State Street and De La Vina.

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/17-08/ff_primordial_yeast

An aroma like bread dough permeates Raul Cano's lab. He has just removed the cover from a petri dish, and the odor wafts up from several gooey yellow clumps of microorganisms that have been feeding and reproducing in a dark cabinet for the past few days. Cano, a 63-year-old microbiologist at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, inspects the smelly little mounds lovingly. "These are my babies," he says, beaming. "My yeasty beasties."