Better late than never!  Sorry for the late newsletter, comrades.  The July meeting snuck up on some of us.  Here’s your link.

There’s gonna be a Steak Out, comrades, so get yourselves comfy and settle in for the long haul.  “Wait a minute!” you say.  “Typo alert!” you exclaim, haughtily.  Wrong again, autolysis-breath, I did mean to spell steak like that. 

For those new to the concept, the KGB Steak Out is the meeting in June when you cook your own steak (or chop, or burger, or tofu) on the grill.  The General Secretary will fill out the rest of your plate with salad and whatnot (don’t ask), and the Commissar Brewski will, of course, shellac your palate with all manner of whatever beer he’s favoring this month (APA, ESB & Bitter).

Find out the when and where of it all (among other things) in this month’s KGB Files.

Once again, the upgrade fairy has come and gone and left things in a shambles.  I tried updating the web site to the new and improved version of our software, but it won't let people log in afterwards, so I've set things back like they were.  I'm not sure how to proceed, but I'll keep thinking about it.

Big Batch Brew Bash 17 has come and gone, and despite the record number of 144 entries, the day was surprisingly calm and worry-free.  Thanks to longtime BBBB coordinator, Donald Sajda’s extensive preparation, we had the first flight seated at around 8:30 in the morning.  No Wheaties required for these guys!

Jeffery Lind took away the Ken Rich Memorial Award for having the highest score among the 38 beers entered by first-timers of a homebrew competition.

The coveted Heavy Hitters Award was, once again, taken by the KGB.  This time, however, we only won by one entry.  Let’s definitely step it up for next year, comrades.

Finally, Pete Garza of the Bay Area Mashtronauts went home with best of show honors for a concoction he named “Black Hops.”  The complete list of winners is shown below.

HM = Honorable Mention

The style for BBBB 18 (next year) is Witbier, and the style for BBBB 19 (2014) is Belgian Pale Ale.  Start your mashes!

A brand new KGB Files awaits your eager clickity-clicking.  Wait no longer!

Here’s a link to said newsletter.  It’s a PDF file.  I hope you can handle that.

Howdy, comrades.  Here’s this month’s KGB Files.  Don’t spend it all in one place.

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Happy New Year, comrades (and all you other heathens, too)!  A new year brings with it a (partially) new slate of KGB officers and with that, you get (not eggroll), fresh homebrew.  Yep, just see any new officer and ask him for your free glass of whatever creation he has on hand.  He is statutorily obliged to hand it over.  Really!

Get a look at these fresh new patsies faces by perusing 2012’s first KGB Files.  It’s just sitting there waiting on you.  What are you waiting for?  What, you think it’s going to wait there forever?  Get real.  You’re on a deadline.  Act now or be cursed for the entire year.  It’s just that important.

Guess what.  "What?" you say.  The December KGB Files is ready.  You know what that means, right?  "What?" you say.  Don't be a dumb ass, comrade.  You know what that means.