Minister of Propaganda

The Agitprop gets a software update

MinisterOfPropaganda@TheKGB.org — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:11:54 GMT

I’ve applied the latest DotNetNuke (Community Edition) update to the web site, so we are now up to date. In case you’re interested (and even if you’re not), we are now using version 5.4.4. Frankly, I was starting to get a bit worried when the previous version bombed like a witbier party at Donald Sajda’s house.

It looks like everything is working as it should. If you notice anything weird or unexpected, please let me know.

July KGB Files

MinisterOfPropaganda@TheKGB.org — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:35:00 GMT

"It's not much of a tail, but I am sort of attached to it."
—Eeyore

Here's the July edition of The KGB Files, such that it is.

Site-generated emails

MinisterOfPropaganda@TheKGB.org — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:38:24 GMT

It recently came to my attention (thanks, DM) that emails that are supposed to be sent by this web site (e.g., confirmation of new user registration, password changes, and possibly notifications from the forum, etc.) were not getting to the users who expected them. I have done some fiddling around and that seems to be fixed, now.

If you are a newly-registered user awaiting your confirmation code in an email, please contact me and I will fix you up. If you requested a password reminder email and never received it, please try it again.

If you ever have a question about the workings of this web site, please bring your concern to me. Sometimes, I’m the last to know these things. You can leave feedback from the home page (right margin under the blog search controls) or the (wait for it…) Feedback page.

June KGB Files

MinisterOfPropaganda@TheKGB.org — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:31:03 GMT

It’s out there, comrades. Go get it.

Chris Landis Wins Big Batch

MinisterOfPropaganda@TheKGB.org — Mon, 17 May 2010 00:12:07 GMT

The KGB fared fairly well in today’s Big Batch Brew Bash. Aside from winning the Heavy Hitters Award (which means we’ll have a half-barrel keg of St. Arnold beer at one of our future meetings), three out of the top five brews belonged to KGBers.

Place	Brewer	Club	Beer Name
1	Chris Landis	KGB	Gustav '08
2	Mark Rogerson & Donald Sajda	KGB
3	Jimmy Paige & Jeff Reilly	Foam Rangers	Old Crusty 2009-L
Honorable Mention	Susan Ayling	KGB	BW Ale - 07
Honorable Mention	Stuart West	Foam Rangers	Old Wanker

The Ken Rich Memorial Award was awarded to John Cotton of the Golden Triangle Homebrewers for having the highest scoring brew submitted by a contestant entering his first homebrew competition.

We had a great turnout. Congratulations to all the winners!

Also, remember that the styles for the next two BBBBs have been announced. BBBB 16 will be Old Ales and BBBB 17 will be Oktoberfest.

Update: The BBBB Current News & Previous Winners pages have been updated with the latest information.

Beer, TX blogger hypes Big Batch

MinisterOfPropaganda@TheKGB.org — Wed, 12 May 2010 12:39:37 GMT

Chronicle beer blogger Ronnie Crocker gave the KGB & the Big Batch Brew Bash a good mention today. Check it out!

Sixty-one entries and counting

MinisterOfPropaganda@TheKGB.org — Sun, 09 May 2010 18:51:00 GMT

Your intrepid Big Batch Brew Bash crew checked in 61 entries, yesterday afternoon, and we know there are eight to ten more that were delivered to the Commissar Brewski's house from out of towners. Seventy English barleywines means we'll need plenty of judges come next Sunday morning, so please plan to show up early and help us knock them out.

Judging will start at 9am at St. Arnold's new brewery (some call it the newery) located at 2000 Lyons Avenue, Houston 77020. You can find a map to the new place on the Events Page. For more information about the Big Batch, itself, find your way to the Big Batch page.

Hope to see you there next Sunday, comrades.

RAFFLE!

EDIT: Now that we've added those delivered to CB Don's house, the total number of entries stands at 70. Ain't that a fine, round number?

May KGB Files

MinisterOfPropaganda@TheKGB.org — Thu, 06 May 2010 19:06:00 GMT

Oh yeah. The May KGB Files is out there waiting on you to download, print, and line your bird's cage. Hop to!

Big Batch Brew Bash 15

MinisterOfPropaganda@TheKGB.org — Thu, 06 May 2010 18:24:00 GMT

The 15th annual Big Batch Brew Bash is almost upon us, folks — it's going down on May 16th —and we will need your help to judge a boatload of English barleywines. Judging will begin promptly at 9am, so please get yourself down to the St. Arnold brewery on time and ready to sit down and get to it.

If you still need to turn in your entries, just get them to one of our various drop-off points by quitting time this Friday, May 7. If you can't get that done, you have one more chance in that you can deliver them to St. Arnold on May 8th between noon and 2pm. Find the KGB contingent who will be accepting, logging and sorting the entries. The BBBB entry form has all that info on it, as well as instructions for how to label your bottles.

Speaking of instructions, please follow them to the letter. Don't use tape or glue to label your bottles. Rubber bands are the affixing agent of choice and the MOP will be a stickler about that this year since the perennially lenient CB Donald won't be around to object. MWUHahahahaha....

Note well the lack of a winking emoticon.

RAFFLE!

KGB Bottle Openers

MinisterOfPropaganda@TheKGB.org — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:27:58 GMT

Comrades, we have received our first batch of KGB bottle openers. There are a few unclaimed ones left after the officers all scrabbled to claim their own, so start lining up at the next KGB function and nag RC Phil until he sells you one for a special introductory price that only he knows at the moment. Be the first on your block to have a genuine KGB Bottle Opener and start opening bottles with genuine KGB pride.

Not available in stores. Not for sale to miscreants or associates of Al-Qaeda. Not for use on genitalia.