As our name says, we are a group of homebrewers based in State College, but our members come from all around the area. Our group is made up of a wide array of skill sets and has a very diverse set of tastes. You will be sure to learn a lot at our meetings. We participate in many community events and host an annual competition. Our meetings are usually the last Tuesday of the month so make sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram, links are at the top of the page.
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# Officer Elections 2023![]()
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We will be holding our annual officer elections at the March 28 club meeting. Below are the board positions, current holders of each post and nominations to date. Any club member can nominate someone or themselves for positions:![]()
## President![]()
* Currently: Phil Gowling![]()
* Nominations: Philip Jensen![]()
## Vice President![]()
* Currently: Philip Jensen![]()
* Nominations: Katie Legenski![]()
## Secretary![]()
* Currently: Denny Bannon![]()
* Nominations: Sam Sholtis![]()
## Treasurer![]()
* Currently: Paul Demmert![]()
* Nominations: Paul Demmert![]()
## Events Coordinator![]()
* Currently: Phil Gowling![]()
* Nominations: Phil Gowling![]()
## Competition Coordinator![]()
* Currently: Erik Fuls![]()
* Nominations: Erik Fuls![]()
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At February’s club meeting we agreed to add 2 new positions:![]()
## Assistant Treasurer![]()
* Role: to support the Treasurer and shadow the role with a view to becoming Treasurer in 2024.![]()
* Nominations: ?![]()
## Assistant Competition Coordinator![]()
* Role: To support the Competition Coordinator with the competition website, club website and social media.![]()
* Nominations: Aaron Hunt![]()
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For job descriptions of the President, VP, Secretary & Treasurer please see Article 3 in the club By Laws linked within this post.![]()
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If you have any questions then feel free to message myself or comment on this post.
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I overbuilt my yeast starter using the Brewfather calculator, putting .5L in a sanitized mason jar prior to pitching the 1L of Pacific Ale test into the 90 Minute IPA I just brewed. Two days later I am at a stand still at a gravity of around 1.053. Temperature is steady with the heat blanket (~66F), so I don’t think that is the issue.![]()
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My question is, is the yeast that was pitched potentially not enough? Should I just pitch what I saved to try and save it or should I give it another day or two first to see if there is some kind of stall?![]()
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Thanks in advance!
Belgian Triple I made a few weeks ago. A few things were interesting about this brew. OG 1.090 FG 1.010 ![]()
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1. It was boiled down from the leftover second runnings from work. I captured 8 gallons of wort and reduced down to 5 gallons at home. I wasn’t sure how the color would change from the extended boil, but it is lighter than I expected. ![]()
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2. I made the Candi syrup myself. This was interesting, and it worked perfectly, but next time I will just buy it. It isn’t worth the labor unless you are just really into the process. ![]()
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3. It was an open fermentation until the krausen dropped. I can’t believe the esters this produced! It is so incredibly fruity and full of banana. I am definitely going to play with open ferment more. I was tempted to toss it on my Brett cake until I tried it. No way now.![]()
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I am excited to see how this evolves in the coming weeks as it ages, more fully carbonates, and yeast drops out!
I’ve been hearing a lot about hop survivables based on work done by Yakima Chief. It is data they used to develop their Cryo-pop blend.![]()
Basically, some hops are good for hot side uses and others are best saved for dry hopping. A homebrewer took this chart (tools.yakimachief.com/docs/Survivable-Compounds-Poster.pdf) and converted all the bars (pixels) to numbers and put it in a spread sheet.![]()
One nice thing about the YCH data is it gives a breakdown of the major volatiles for each of the hop varieties and it is suggested that to maximize hop complexity to NOT use two hops that are high in the same volatiles. On the homebrewer’s webpage he had it set up so you could sort by each of the major volatiles. The drawback is you have to remember which hops were at the top when you sorted for a new volatile.![]()
I sorted the data for each of the volatiles and then copied the top ones into a spreadsheet so one can easily scan and compare on volatile to the other![]()
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Ok, have the competition section complete: www.statecollegehomebrewclub.com/phoc/![]()
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There is a link to the prior years winners as well, for the records I have.
P.H.O.C. – State College Homebrew Club
www.statecollegehomebrewclub.com
For more information on style and possible specific entry requirements, please visit this list on the official site here.