Join the fun at The Maltose Falcons Homebrew Club 45th Anniversary Party!

Date: Saturday, November 2nd, 2019

Party Time: 6:00pm - 11:30pm

Venue: The Valley Relics Museum, 7900 Balboa Blvd. C3 & C4, Van Nuys, CA 91406
(Check out their website & awesome pictures of their event space! https://valleyrelicsmuseum.org/)

March Mashness Brew With a Falcon 2019!

Sign up to brew with Scot Beidelman on Saturday, March 16th! Style to be brewed is his "Tripelfest Ale".

Start time: 10am

Location: Sunland

Brewing methods: 8 gal system

Maximum occupancy: 6 people

Location address will be emailed to those who sign up a couple days before the brew day.

Cheers!

Southern California Homebrewers Festival & Maltose Falcon Club camping is back at Vail Lake Resort in Temecula & will be held the weekend of May 4th. Come join your fellow Falcons & more than 35 other homebrew clubs! See complete list of events on the CHA site (more info coming soon!)

We have (6) sites reserved: 136 - 141. All sites have water, sewage, & 50 or 30 amp power RV hookups. Fire rings, picnic table & chairs are not guaranteed for every site. Be sure to bring your own tables & chairs just in case!

March Mashness Brew With a Falcon 2019!

Sign up to brew with Drew on Saturday, March 9th! Style to be brewed is TBD but updates coming soon!

Start time: 10am

Location: Pasadena

Brewing methods: Regular Brew Rig / PicoC / Grainfather / Mash & Boil (4 batches!), plus a new gylcol chilled Conical!

Maximum occupancy: 10 people (sign up ASAP - Drew's brew day always fills up fast!)

Location address will be emailed to those who sign up a couple days before the brew day.

Cheers!

Sunday, March 3rd - Join us for our monthly membership meeting. All are welcome!

The meeting starts at 11:00 am, with introductions and general business. The Grand Hydro - Drew - will be presenting and sharing liquid samples yet to be determined! Check back soon for an update. Remember to bring your own tasting glass and your homebrew to share and for review by your peers.

And then lunch - Burgerfrau Jenna has a yummy spread planned for us - Shepard's Pie and a green salad (with a veggie option too!) YUM!

Sunday, February 3rd, 2019 - Join us for our monthly membership meeting. All are welcome!

The meeting starts at 11:00 am, with introductions and general business. The Grand Hydro - Drew - will present the style of the month which is "Flagship February" - a throwback to classics from breweries you love & should drink - and provide liquid examples. Remember to bring your own tasting glass and your homebrew to share and for review by your peers.

Attention Falcons, as part of the club's efforts to do more charitable activities and bring beer-joy to the world, we are honored to have been invited to once again host a homebrewed beer bar to support the Volunteer Appreciation Party of the local non-profit Food Forward on Saturday, January 26, 2019. To participate, you have to commit to bringing a 5 gallon keg (or a bunch of bottles) of beer, cider, soda, cold brew coffee, or kombucha, and be there by 4:00 PM to help set up.  

Join John Aitchison, Chris Moon, and Roger Taylor in brewing this rare beer on Saturday, Jan 19 at the Home Beer and Wine Shop. Same recipe they used in Nov. 2016 and basically same recipe Figueroa Mountain used in brewing Deacon's Nightcap. See the attachment for details.

Be prepared to work--they'll be decocting over 100 pounds of grain in two kettles over two burners and they'll be using lots of burners to caramelize and concentrate wort. But you'll have fun and learn a lot and walk out with a unique beer. You will know decoctions when you leave.

Sunday, January 6th - Join us for our monthly membership meeting. All are welcome!

The meeting starts at 11:00 am, with introductions and general business. The Grand Hydro, Drew, will be presenting and sharing liquid samples of styles warming and strong for this chilly time of year! Some of these beers include: Einstok Icelandic Doppelbock, TJ’s Vintage, Ridgeway Isanely Bad Elf, Diet du ciel’s solstice d’hiver, 2014 Sami Helles, and maybe a bonus gift or two.
Remember to bring your own tasting glass and your homebrew to share & for review by your peers.

Sunday, December 2nd - Join us for our monthly membership meeting. All are welcome!

The meeting starts at 11:00 am, with introductions and general business. The Grand Hydro - Drew - will present and provide liquid examples of "Holiday" style beer (& 2 Australian beers too!) Remember to bring your own tasting glass.

Then we'll move on to our lunch - POTLUCK! If you would like to bring a dish to pass, please comment below so Burgerfrau Jenna can organize the line up.

Join Board Secretary Rick Morales as he leads the crew in brewing his Breakaway Barleywine on Sunday, November 18. Rick named this beer after Breakaway from Cancer - https://www.breakawayfromcancer.com and is dedicating this beer to his and our good friend and longtime Falcon Richard "Beanie" Webster, who has been struggling with cancer during the last year. Rick hopes to let his batch age until it can be tasted by Beanie when he's able to drink beer again.

A FEW DAYS TO GO! Get those toys you mighty Falcons!!!

The next Club meeting is Sunday, November 4, 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM, at Figueroa Mountain Brewing's Westlake Village brewpub!

They have wide range of fantastic brews, both novel and classic styles and a beautiful, fun restaurant. We have been trying to get one of our meetings into a brewery for some time now, and Fig. Mtn. has been enthusiastically trying to host us! They've been a generous friend of the Falcons, donating lots of excellent prizes and beer to sponsor our competitions, and they have offered to brew a collaboration brew for our 45th anniversary in 2019!

Calling all Falcons! You are cordially invited to a unique tasting of hard to find seasonal and vintage beers at the world famous Stuffed Sandwich in San Gabriel, CA on Saturday, December 15th, 2018!