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| DB15 Cask Commissioner / club treasurer Brian Lynch (left) and Fritz Maytag, founder of Anchor Brewing, enjoying Eisenbahn beer at the brewery in Brazil as they attend the World Cup as special "Beer Ambassadors" sponsored by the Cricket Hill Foundation. |
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| DB15 shirts are here! Choose from two different 4-color shirts. One with our Uncle Sam DB 15 logo or one with the club motto - " I'd rather die of thirst than drink from the cup of mediocrity" Order by mail HERE. Club members can order in person at the next meeting. |
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| Sign up a new member, win a beer! The DB15 is the largest beer appreciation organization in New Jersey, but what about the East Coast? Well it's time to make our move. Bring a new member to the next meeting, have them officially register, and get a Gaslight beer compliments of the DB15 Cask Commissioners. -------------- |
Why sign up for the club dues full payment plan? Enjoy the many benefits available to club members on the full-payment plan. A one time fee of only $50 covers all meetings, plus discounts for DB15 special events. This year members received benefits that totaled well over the dues amount. Substantial discounts were provided for the TAP NY beer fest trip, the Newark Bears baseball outing, the NJ Brewers Festival, and the Victorian Dinner. In addition members on the full pay plan are exempt from the individual meeting beer fee. Ask club treasurer Brian Lynch, or any Cask Commissioner for the full details at the next meeting. |
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| Don't Be A Loser - Bad Bar Behavior 20 Rules to Follow ----------------- Read the story of the DB 15 Membership Card Here Check out the story of the Gaslight Jukebox Here ----------------- |
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| New Jersey beer laws have changed. Get the story from the President of the NJ Craft Brewers Guild D.J. Soboti as seen on PBS television View HERE |
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| (L-R) Rando Needham, Dan Hodge, Livingston Hickley |
| Medal winners from our last Home Brew Challenge appearing at Hooters in Wayne to promote their new business- "Beer Jewelry" featuring items shaped like their brewing medals. Potential investors can speak with them at our next meeting. |
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| July 12 Meeting Notes by Dan Hodge Meeting commenced at 4:05 PM. Members present: Dan Hodge, Dan Soboti, DJ Soboti, Jeff Levine, Vince Capano, Brian Lynch, Livingston Hinckley, Tom Nooney, Faith Frappiano, Brandon Einhorn, Glenn DeLuca, Mike Depoy, Randy Needham, Mark Ferguson, Raffi Manjeekian, Steve Ivory Meeting was a presentation of 13 “session” beers of varying styles and quality. Each member was asked to rank order them 1 to 13 according to which they'd most likely want to drink all day. Results were: 1. Stone Levitation Ale 2. Just Beer Project Anytime IPA 3. Shipyard Summer Pale Ale 4. Abita Seersucker Summer Pils 5. Shiner White Wing Wit 6. Newcastle Brown Ale 7. Belhaven Black Scottish Stout - tie - Samuel Adams Cream Stout 9. St. John’s Virgin Island Tropical Mango Pale Ale 10.Cricket Hill East Coast Lager 11. Sly Fox Helles 12.Seadog Wild Blueberry Ale 13. Jever Pils (a distant last) Beers tried after the meeting were: Mark Fergusons Dry Pale Ale homebrew Jeff Levine’s Dirty Knickers homebrew Rinkuskai Crazy Brewski provided by Vince Capano Davidson Brothers Ryely Summer Ale provided by Tom Nooney Jack’s Abbey Hoponius Union provided by Tom Nooney Midnight Sun Sockeye Red IPA provided by Tom Nooney Highwater Hop Riot IPA provided by Tom Nooney Special thanks to Tom for all the great beer!! Forgot to check my watch as to closing tome of meeting. ================== Next Meeting August 10 Sunday, 4PM at the Gaslight A guest speaker from the area's largest importer of Belgium beers is tentatively scheduled to make an exclusive, in person, presentation on his company's highly regarded import portfolio. This promises to be a most special event! More details to follow. ---------------------- Beer Trivia 1. After he won the Nobel Prize, Niels Bohr was given a perpetual supply of beer piped into his house. 2. The Code of Hammurabi decreed that bartenders who watered down beer would be executed. 3. At the Wife Carrying World Championships, first prize is the wife's weight in beer. 4. A cloud near the constellation Aquila contains enough ethyl alcohol to fill 400 trillion trillion pints of beer. 5. Coined in the early 1900s, the word "alcoholiday" means leisure time spent drinking. 6. Winston Churchill called the concept of Prohibition "an affront to the whole history of mankind." 7. George Washington insisted his continental army be permitted a quart of beer as part of their daily rations. ----------------------- June Meeting Notes HERE Session beer info HERE =========== |
| Keep you eye out for DJ and Dan Soboti plus "three colorful gents" who all appear in the pilot episode of the forthcoming TV series "Beer Geeks." Filming atGaslight was recently completed Viewing info TBA. |
| Did you make it to the picture booth at TAP-NY? Click HERE to see eight from our trip who did. |
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| Remember - All meetings are generally held on the second Sunday of the month, 4 PM, at the Gaslight. |