Welcome to Dunedin Brewers Guild!

Club meetings
Dunedin Brewers Guild meets every 3rd Thursday of the month from 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm.
Join us for beer sharing, judging, fabulous raffles, and club announcements. New brewers and guests are always WELCOME!

 The next meeting will be 16 September 2010 at Brew Garden (904 McMullen Booth Road, Clearwater)
Beer Education (starting at 7:00pm): TBA
Intra-club competition style is: Belgian and French Ale (16) and Belgian Strong Ale (18)

Monthly club meetings (proposed locations - check back to make sure!):
January - Brew Garden - Stout (13) and Porter (12), Education: Gadgets
February - Dunedin Brewery - Scottish and Irish Ale (9), Education: All Grain
March - Cajun Cafe - English Brown Ale (11)
April - Dunedin Brewery - English Pale Ale (8)
May - Skips - Light Hybrid (6) and Amber Hybrid (7) beers
June - House Of Beer - American Ale (10)
July - Dunedin Brewery - German Wheat and Rye Beer (15), Education: Introduction to Mead
August - Dunedin Brewery - India Pale Ale (14)
September - Brew Garden - Belgian and French Ale (16) and Belgian Strong Ale (18)
October - Cajun Cafe - Lagers: Light Lager (1), Pilsner (2), European Amber Lager (3), Dark Lager (4), Bock (5)
November - House Of Beer - Flavored Beers: Fruit Beer (20), Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer (21), Smoke/Wood Aged Beer (22)
December - Dunedin Brewery - Strong Ale (19) OR Mead (24, 25, 26) (can only enter beer or mead, not both)
Upcoming events
12 September 2010 - Annual Dunedin Brewers Guild Canoe/Kayak Trip
Trace and Teri will be leading the trip again this year at the Chasssahowitzka River north of Spring Hill. Check back for more info.

25 September 2010 - Great Bay Distributors hosts Home Brewing Competition
Join 97x's "Shark" and Great Bay Distributors for a Home Brewing competition. There will be prizes for the winner of each beer style category, and the best in show wins a trip for two to the Victory Brewing Company in Downingtown, PA.

Location: Old Palm Harbor Center, 11900 Georgia Ave, Palm Harbor

Beer styles to be judged:
    1. German-Style Hefeweizen
    2. American-Style India Pale Ale
    3. Irish-Style Dry Stout

To enter a style, you must bring two bottles. There is no fee to enter. Entries will be taken from 9am to Noon the day of the event. From Noon to 4pm there will be a VIP party with food and craft beers for the contestants while the beers are being judged. Entries may also be submitted the week before the event at the Beer&Winemakers Pantry.

After the contest there will be a beerfest from 4-9pm in the parking lot where the winners will be announced. Home brewers submitting beers will be admitted for free into the beerfest.

More info: Lane Justen (727) 224-3417

8-9 October 2010 - Commander SAAZ homebrew competition
The Commander Wants You!
To enter your homebrew in the 16th annual Commander SAAZ Interplanetary Homebrew Blastoff

The entry window opens on September 1st and slams shut on September 15th. As in years past we will be conducting two weekends of pre-judging at Chet Spark’s home in Titusville on September 25-26 and October 2-3 (if needed).
Final judging, the Splashdown Party and awards ceremony will be held the weekend of October 8-9 at the International Palms Resort and Conference Center in Cocoa Beach (formerly the Holiday Inn Cocoa Beach). Rooms are available Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights for $79.99 (a really great rate for a beach front hotel!) Just call the reservation line at 321-392-1647 and mention code HBC.
This rate is only good until September 15th so don’t wait too long!
Winners receive not only intergalactic recognition but the coveted Commander SAAZ Medal and a fabulous prize from one of our generous sponsors. The best of show beer and mead/cider winners will also be awarded the Commander’s Cosmic Trophy and the acclaim of the known brewing universe. Whoever sends the Commander into orbit with their Rocket Fuel (10% abv and above) will also receive the coveted Rocket trophy that doubles as the coolest tap handle in the solar system!!!
CSIHB is the second to last completion in the Florida circuit.
As a qualifier for the Masters Championship of Amateur Brewing first place winners in MCAB categories (details) will be eligible for the MCAB XIII competition. Additionally this year Commander SAAZ is a qualifying event for the 2011 Mazer Cup International Home Mead Makers Competition (details). This means that the gold medal winning meads from Commander SAAZ will be inserted directly into the second round at the MCI! So now Commander SAAZ is a qualifying competition to both the most prestigious beer and mead events in the country!
So, all you mild mannered homebrewers out there get your kettles boiling and unearth those bottles you’ve got stashed in the back of the fridge! Engineers, rocket scientists, and other cosmic creatures are ready and waiting to judge your brew.
For entry details, rules, regulations, and other minutia check out the SAAZ webpage.

13 November 2010 - Cajun Cafe Fall Beer Fest
Cajun Café on the Bayou’s 6th CRAFT BEER TASTING FESTIVAL
Saturday, November 13, 2010, 2-6pm
Admission: TBA
A celebration of craft beer!
Join us for a lovely, beer-garden atmosphere, where you can sample, savor and discuss the merits of some of the finest brews in the world.
100 different beers available for tasting, on draught and in bottles. Wine is also available.
Live Jazz Band — Bobby Tess
Free Souvenir Beer Glass
Includes a sampling of Cajun Café on the Bayou’s Authentic Cajun food.
Participants:
JJ Taylor Distributing
Great Bay Distributors
Dunedin Brewer's Guild - Members - brew up a keg and get reimbursed up to $25 by the club!
Cigar City Brewing
Unibroue, Microman Distributors
Dunedin Brewery
Republic National Distributing Company
Saint Somewhere
Blue Point Brewing
The Beer and Winemaker's Pantry
Homebrewer Mike Gyramathy
more info

19-20 November 2010 - Sunshine Challenge homebrew competition
The Orlando CFHB's annual homebrew competition, with lots of special events and judging opportunities.
The entry window 11 October to 7 November. Enter online or get more info

4 December 2010 - Ninth Annual Walk The Line On Barleywine Homebrew Competition
Dunedin Brewers Guild's famous Walk The Line competition is for strong beers of all kinds: Barleywines, strong Scotch ales, Imperial anything, Double anything - any "strong" beers. Entry deadline is 27 November - and be sure to stay tuned to register online, and to come out and help with the judging!

Past events
30-31 July 2010 - First Coast Cup homebrew competition
The Jacksonville CASK's annual homebrew competition will be held 30-31 July, 2010.
The entry window is 5-16 July. Entry fee is $6 per entry. Enter online or get more info

7 August 2010 - 15th Annual Lowry Park Zoo WaZoo Beer Festival
7:30pm-10:30pm for the festival, with additional judging opportunities available. More info about the festival.

14 August 2010 - Dunedin Brewers Guild celebration of American Homebrewers Association National Mead Day
Brewers (Mazers) all over the country make mead on the same day (7 August). This will be Dunedin Brewers Guild's 6th annual Mead Day! DBG is doing Mead Day a week later due to conflicts with WaZoo. Mike C has again agreed to host Mead Day at his Dunedin house - thanks Mike!

DBG Class Handouts


Competitions hosted by Dunedin Brewers Guild
Walk the Line on Barleywine
Click here for a List Of 2009 Winners
Click here for a List Of 2008 Winners
Click here for a List Of 2007 Winners
Click here for a List Of 2006 Winners
 Pepper Extravaganza
Click here for a List Of 2009 Winners
Click here for a List Of 2008 Winners
Click here for a List Of 2007 Winners
Best Florida Beer Competition
Click here for a List Of 2010 Winners
Click here for a List Of 2008 Winners
Click here for a List Of 2006 Winners
 AHA Club Only Competition
Click here for a Strong Belgian 2009 Winners