Greetings fellow fish! COHO needs your feed back! In light of the recent situation the American ales competition was postponed and never resumed. There is still an opportunity to have the IPA competition in November on private property(I have two locations secured and Tonia from BBC would be more than willing to judge as she was lined up for the American ales comp). What we need from you is your input, How do you feel about holding competitions in light of the situation? There are many arguments for and against this issue! If you ask me I will tell you where I stand on the issue,that does not mean I am right, I am one opinion of many. As a home brew club I think competitions are a good learning platform for making great beers to style. I also think it's important we stay focused and not let the little stuff get in the way of the club functioning as a whole. On another note COHO has been offered the use of "the white house" behind the Les schwab amphitheater in the off season for Club meetings and events, I propose we move the meetings there,anyone like to second that?We will be voting on competitions and moving the meeting at Septembers meeting, so be sure to come on down to the meeting and make your vote count! And don't forget.....Relax, Have A Home brew! Cheers Aaron

Greetings fellow fish.. Aaron here back from Hop Madness....WOW! What a blast I want to thank everyone who came out! I also would like to thank Dave from Freshhops and Chris with the Oregon Brew Crew for organizing the event! COHO Dominated this event with 11 taps of "commercialy sponsored beer" and the best food for miles. Brett Thank you for cooking all day, we will be taking donations for the wonderful food between now and the meeting for those of you that were there! There was a bountiful harvest of Hops and Blackberries, So not only will I have some fresh hop beers I managed to make 5 gallon of Blackberry wine (O.G.1.094). All that and all I had to do was show up! How Fun! I hope to see everyone at Hop Madness 2011!!! Cheers Aaron

Good Morning Fellow Fish........Bend Brewfest 2010 was a huge success!!!
I want to thank Lee, Lloyd, Brian, Muara, Chana, Bruce and everyone else that made it out this weekend, I got alot of positive feedback.Marney and the guys at bend brewfest were very happy with our participation and invited us to come back next year. They have also offered COHO the use of the white house behind the amphitheatre for coho meetings and some events during their off season. The white house has ample parking, two rest rooms, fridges and I think a mini kitchen, OH and did I mention it's on Private Property!
The brew demonstration went very well! We were brewing a Belgian wit that was Projected at a 1.050 we shot a 1.055 and about 15bu. Here is the recipe we used
10 gal batch Calculated eff 70% Actual eff 75% Mashed @ 152 70min
50% Pilsner malt
40% White wheat
5% Munich
5% Flaked Oats
1 oz Tettnanger 60min
1 oz Tettnanger 30min
Wyeast 3944 Belgian Wit
We plan on picking blackberries at Hop Madness for the secondary and it will be called Black & Wit. So I encourage COHO to pick some blackberries and get creative!
Also Hop Madness is coming!!!.......Hope to see you there! CHEERS!! Aaron

Thanks to everyone who came to the meeting last night!
Deschutes donated two 5 gallon kegs of some experimental beer, thanks.

We talked about some upcoming events, first being Bend Brewfest August 20-21 Friday & Saturday.
COHO & The Brew Shop will be hosting the brewers lounge, there will be profesional brewers from the diffrent breweries coming and going during the event.
This is a great opportunity to get tips from the pros!
COHO booth will be open 4-7 on friday and 12-7 on saturday! COHO will be brewing @ brewfest we decide to brew a blonde fruit beer around 5%abv fruit=TBD.
I hope to see everyone there! We could use some help, friday load in is around noon and saturday load out is around 7, It would also be nice to round up an assistant brewer for saturday that shift is 11-till done.
I encourage as many of you as possible to come out, our participation in this event may lead to some very cool thing in years to come! See You There!

Next Hop Madness August 28-29 2010 @ Willamette Mision State Park
advance tickets avaliable @ hopmadness.com
A few of us are going over Friday you'll want to bring what ever make you comfortable camping, brewing equipment if your interested in the harvest brew!
Everyone says this is one of the greatest events of the year! Don't miss out!!!

Last but not least Group Brews, James has a sign up sheet! If you would like to host a group brew just let us know we would be happy to help set that up.
Group brews are a great way for us to gather and enjoy homebrew and maybe learn a new trick to brewing!

Cheers fellow fish
Aaron Hofferber