Tastings this time incuded some fermented non-beer items as well as craft beer:
Kombucha - fermented tea
Vienna Lager
Belgian Saison
Hazelnut Midwinter Porter
IPA
Imperial Stout
Wasmunds Award Winning Single Malt Whisky
Craft beers were served with bratwurst from sperryville market cooked with locally grown and homemade sauerkraut (cooked in a crockpot with a bottle of home brew, of course). Locally made delicious cheeses contributed to the tasting by Jim Turner and his wife.
Dan gave us an update from our international member in Spain on the growing craft beer industry there.
Rick Wasmund from the Copper Fox Distillery brought a bottle of his award winning single malt whiskey, as well as donated 50 lbs of malted barley (two-row endeavor variety), for our brewers to experiment with. He informed us of his efforts to set up a local malting operation.
Discussed the association's barley project. Jeff Jennings a local farmer talked about his test plot of 3/4 of an acre of two-row barley (charles variety). He also brought some of his delicious and locally grown pork barbeque ribs. They disappeared fast!
