C.A.S.K.

With most of first round judging completed and second round Mini-BOS already underway, the First Coast Cup is finally Here! We are excited to welcome our members and out of town judges to the all new Ruby Beach Brewing Company downtown this Saturday, July 31st for the Banquet and Awards portions of our Competition. It’s not too late to buy your ticket, and we hope to see you there! 

Greetings everyone!  The CASK website is back up and running with full functionality after suffering some technical difficulties!  The Interklub online submission form is also working again.

Leading up to FCC on 31-July, we have the next FCC Planning Meeting on Wednesday, July 14, 6:30 pm at Seven Bridges, followed by a Pop-Up Happy Hour on Thursday, July 22, 5:30 pm at Reve Brewing.  See you there!

Thank you Aardwolf Brewing Company for hosting our Pop-up Happy Hour last night!  We absolutely enjoyed it!!

We have a very busy few months ahead of us and we are excited to inform you about some of the upcoming CASK events that you will want to mark your calendars for!

In April:

Tuesday, April 20th: Pop-Up Happy Hour
*5:30 pm hosted by Aardwolf Brewing Company

Saturday, April 24th: Session 1 Siebel Sensory Flavor Training
*1:00 – 2:30pm at Veteran’s United Craft Brewery
*$20 per person. Price covers both sessions, even if you can only make one of the two sessions.

Saturday, April 24th: Hurricane Blow-Off Competition Results

In May:

Saturday, May 1st: AHA Big Brew Day 2021
*10:00 – 3:00pm hosted by Legacy Ale Works
*Legacy will provide carbon filtered water and electric hook ups are available but limited if you have an all-in-one setup. Bring any equipment and ingredients that you would need on a normal brew day!

Tuesday, May 6th: Spearhead Hop Farm Zoom Meeting
*Zoom call begins at 6:30pm

Saturday, May 8th: Hogtown Brew-Off Competition Results

Saturday, May 8th: CASK Monthly Club Meeting
*Interklub Competition “British Invasion” (BJCP Cat. 11A-b, 12A&C, 13A-C, 16A-D, 17AB&D, 27 Pre-Prohibition)
*Location TBD

Saturday, May 22nd: Session 2 of Siebel Flavor Training
*12:00 – 1:30pm at Fishweir Brewery

Saturday, May 22nd: Kanine Social Homebrew Competition
*2:00 – 5:00pm at Kanine Social (outside under large tent)
*Winner will get to brew their Session IPA or Light Lager/Pilsner at Lemonstreet Brewing Company and have it served there and at Kanine Social! Second place will receive a $50 gift card
*Brewer will need own serving table, serving equipment, 2-5 gallons of kegged beer.
*There will be a $10 fee for public attendance and proceeds will go directly to the Humane Society.

We hope to see you at many of these upcoming CASK events!

Happy Sunday, CASK’ers!  We had a GREAT turnout last night for our April meeting and Interklub Competition.  First and foremost, THANK YOU Strings Sports Brewery for graciously hosting us and taking us on a tour of the brewhouse!  That was awesome!  The Interklub category was 21B, Haze Craze, and we had some delicious entries!  From a total of 14 entries, four came out on top!  Congratulations!

GOLD: Jesse Johnson, NEIPA Standard strength, Citra/Mosiac/Simcoe hops

SILVER: Tye Wallace, Double dry hopped with Cryo Citra, Cryo Mosaic and Cryo Columbus hops

BRONZE:  Darryl Dauphin, Apollo, Citra, Galaxy, Mosaic. Standard Strength

Honorable Mention – Ryan Wilmot, ABV: 6%, Amarillo, Huell Melon, Citra, Mosaic

Thank you to all who participated this month!  We have a busy month of May ahead:

• May 1 – Big Brew Day @ Legacy Ale Works, 10am-3pm. Members are free to brew any beer style. Besides water, please bring whatever ingredients and brewing equipment
  you would need for the day with
• May 22 – Kanine Social Homebrew Competition  Brew Styles: Session IPA’s and Pilsners, Light Lagers
  ● 2 – 5 gallon kegs per entrant
  ● Brewer will need to own serving table, keg, equipment for serving keg and
  keeping chilled
  ● Winner will get to brew their beer at Lemonstreet Brewing Company and
  have it served there and at Kanine Social, with other prizes including a $50
  gift card for 2nd place, and growler prizes
  ● There will be a $10 tasting charge for the public and proceeds will be
  donated to the Humane Society who will have a table set

Greetings!  Please join us for our next CASK meeting on Saturday, April 10, 2021 at Strings Sports Brewery!  Judging will begin at 5 pm, followed by our social hour at 6 pm, and the business meeting will start at 7 pm.  There will be a raffle, however we would prefer square payments or exact change to limit contact.    

This month’s Interklub Competition is Haze Craze: 21B. Please remember to register your entry online, print a label, and you may drop off your entries to Just Brew It by close of business Friday or bring your chilled bottles to the meeting at 5 pm. We will need two bottles of homebrew for judging.  See you there! 

Thank you, Southern Swells for hosting our happy hour on Wednesday!!

Congratulations to March’s Interklub Competition winners!  We had some outstanding meads!!

GOLD went to Lucas Kluz and his M3A – Fruit and Spice Mead with Dried fruit (plums, apples and pears) with light cinnamon

SILVER went to Travis Denmark and his M1C – Sweet Mead Wildflower Standard mead

BRONZE went to Mike Lentz and his M2C – Berry Mead Blueberry mead

HONORABLE MENTION – Jesse Johnson and his M2A – Cyser 

Thank you for participating!  We want to give a HUGE THANK YOU to Tabula Rasa for hosting us, we had a wonderful evening!

COMING UP NEXT! Pop-up happy hours are back!  Meet us at Southern Swells on March 24, 2021 at 6pm and enjoy some craft beer with us!