CHAOS is going to Rivers Edge Homebrew Festival on July 18th in Rock Island - Jeff brewed a vanilla cream ale to bring to the festival and I'm bringing a keg of Summer Wheat Ale (which recently took a bronze medal at the Bluegrass Cup - huzzah!).
We'll have a table, can put up a CHAOS sign and publicize the club, and because we're serving, get up to ten free admissions to the festival.
If anyone else wants to contribute beer (kegs or bottles) for me to bring, let me know. Right now, I'm going, my wife Nancy is going, and Jeff is a maybe. Does anyone else want to go, bringing beer or not? If no other CHAOSites want to go, I may start inviting some other brewing friends.
A couple of practical questions:
1) do we have a CHAOS sign I can bring?
2) do we have a jockey box and a dual regulator? I personally have only a single regulator.
It would be great to have one or two more folks join us. If you need a ride to the festival, that's not a problem, we'd be happy to drive.
We have a banner and other CHAOS stuff to pass out. I don't think the club jockey box is in serving condition, so we may have to rely on picnic taps. My beer will be bottled, so I'll just bring it in a cooler with some ice. I'll know for sure in a couple days whether or not I'm going.
I might have a rye p a ready for this.
Let me know, Chuck, I'm happy to take it with us. Bottles or keg?
Jeff, if you're bottling yours, maybe I'll bottle my summer wheat ale, just to make it simple and easy. I also kegged a porter today, which I could bring and do the ice bucket/picnic tap thing with. I only have a single regulator, though, so I can only serve one keg, using my personal equipment.
Whatever of the summer wheat ale and porter doesn't get drunk at the festival, I'll bring to the August BBQ.
Jim
www.singingboysbrewing.com
I'm glad people are into this and excited about going! Woo hoo!
Don't forget to bring a ton of CHAOS business cards!
If people who went to NHC took the entire box of cards with, please make sure the extras find their way back to the brewhouse for Jim & Co. to bring to this event.
Okay, I'm in for sure! I still have to work out how I'm getting there, but it's on my calendar.
I have a hippy small brown that will be ready and wanna go as well. Jeff you can be my co-workers pilot.
Great! So, with Jeff and Chuck, my wife Nancy and I will be going and perhaps our 21y/o Rob. I'll bring a porter in a keg and bottles of a Summer Wheat. So four or five us and four beers, which is a good representation. I'll contact the organizer and let him know how many of us, what we're bringing etc.
I've got a framed chalkboard I made that we could use as a sign for our beers, unless anyone has something better?
Here's hoping for some sunshine!
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Sounds good Jim, thanks for organizing this.
We only have the small chalk boards used for our parties, is your framed one larger?
Its maybe 2.5' x 2'. Its a picture frame that I bought at a second hand store and then used chalk board spray paint on the glass. Its not a problem to bring it, so I'll plan on that and some chalk.
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