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Homebrew Clubs / Re: Problem with club growth in VA

« on: May 14, 2013, 02:36:24 PM »

I certainly do appreciate everyone's feedback.  I read the exact same section of the code of virginia and I interpreted it the same way.  I sent an email to Virginia ABC today to get clarification.  The problem is that the same ABC agent allowed us to serve homebrew in the VIP tent of the local beer festival, so we are treading lightly so we don't rock the boat and ruin that opportunity.  If any of you saw the moonshiners show on the discovery channel, our ABC agent is the same one on season 1 of that show(Jesse Tate), so you can draw your own conclusions.

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Homebrew Clubs / Re: Problem with club growth in VA

« on: May 14, 2013, 07:26:17 AM »

My club is in the Northern VA area and we meet in a room at a local bar.  There's no problem bringing and tasting homebrew as long as we limit each pour to 2 oz.  We've visited other local bars for the occasional meeting and have been able to pour at those places as well.

I wish someone would talk to our ABC representation down here.  That is the way I interpreted the law as well, but in conversations with people who have talked to him, he will not allow sampling of homebrew in a local bar even if the samples are kept to two ounces.

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Homebrew Clubs / Re: Problem with club growth in VA

« on: May 13, 2013, 11:37:28 AM »

Thanks for your responses.

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Beer Recipes / Re: APA w/Galaxy and ?

« on: May 13, 2013, 07:46:41 AM »

Served the Citra and Galaxy APA at my wedding and it was a hit.  It was far and away the favorite of my wife and I out of the 3 we had at the wedding.  15 gallons of homebrew was gone in about 4.5 hours.

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Homebrew Clubs / Problem with club growth in VA

« on: May 13, 2013, 07:42:56 AM »

We have a small homebrew club named the Trainwreck Brewers in Danville, VA.  We were experiencing decent growth with our involvement in the local beer festival, discounts at the local craft beer shops, and a permanent meeting location in a building next door to one of the craft beer shops in town.  The building was also owned by the owner of a craft beer shop and actually had an open entrance into the shop itself, but because of the seperate address, it didn't affect their ABC license.  We had about 15-20 active members and seemed to be getting a new person about every month.  Since that time, the craft beer store has changed owners and the current ownership has other plans for the meeting spot.  We haven't been able to secure a new permanent meeting spot despite interest from many local merchants and businesses in the area. The Virginia ABC has told them it would affect their current ABC license.  Because of this, we meet at different members houses each month.  Active membership has dropped down to about 6-8 and we haven't seen a new member in a long time. I have heard this is a common problem, but I sent out an email to all of the listed homebrew clubs in VA with only 1 response.  I was wondering if anyone had any insight into this issue, especially in VA.

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Beer Recipes / Re: APA w/Galaxy and ?

« on: April 05, 2013, 01:14:49 PM »

I just did an APA with 1 ounce of Citra for bittering, Galaxy at flameout, and 2 ounces of Galaxy dry hopped.  The passionfruit notes really came through with the aroma and the flavor out of primary fermentation.  I can't wait to try it next week before I keg it.

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Events / Re: NHC 2013 Hotel?

« on: February 11, 2013, 10:45:08 AM »

If anyone is looking for a hotel near the Marriott, try the Loews across the street - its close (a stumble across Market St) and they have some rooms available at reasonable rates (I found a room as cheap as the Conference hotel)- I suspect the lower rates will be unavailable soon though.

I concur. I booked a room at the Loews through Priceline for 127 a night.