The Worts of Wisdom is planning a Yeast Analysis Brewing in which a large batch of low hopped/low gravity wort will be divided up and inoculated with a different culture of yeast from our yeast bank. We performed this test a few years ago and it resulted in the biggest meeting we've ever had. People LOVED this meeting and it is still revered today.
This year the tour started at Tied House-San Jose. The first two stops were microbrewery tours at El Toro in Morgan Hill and Coast Range in Gilroy. The three Santa Cruz brewpubs finished things off: Seabright, Live Soup, and Front St./Santa Cruz Brewing Co. All of these places kicked in prizes for the "raffle" (everyone won something, no purchase required), as did Microbrew Express, Beermakers -- the new brew-on-premises in Mountain View -- and others. The trip was sponsored by the Tied House.
The club Summer Camping Trip is always a fun time when a little excess is okay. Nobody is going anywhere, so we kick back, cook up our best recipes and keep the cool stuff pouring. Our members always look forward to this event. This year this may become the summer boating trip.
We have a booth at Small Brewers Festival where we talk to the public about homebrewing and beer. The response we get is fantastic! Last year we had over three hundred people sign up on our mailing list.
The club held our first Oktoberfest held at Hochburg Von Germania Restaurant in San Jose. We had our monthly meeting while sampling a great selection of German beers. The consensus was to make this an annual event.
An annual "Holiday Cheer" Party is held every December. The club buys a ham and a turkey and members bring side dishes. We have a gift exchange and last year we added a raffle which included a Grand Prize of a two-day Advanced Homebrewers course from the American Brewers Guild.
Brewpub meetings consist of a brief run through of club business, followed by a tour, talk, or other site-specific event. After this formal part of the meeting there is an informal networking time.
Home meetings also start off with club business. This is followed by an educational talk. These are usually either "tech" talks on subjects like yeast culturing, kegging, and mashing, or style talks on a particular style or styles of beer, with tasting of commercial and/or homebrewed versions. The last order of business is a tasting/judging education activity, like beer doctoring sessions or a beer round table where people can take part in either side of a semi-formal judging of members' beers. Networking and sharing of beers takes place during and after this activity.
You may also look at our Articles of Association.