NHC 2012 - Seattle

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This is a group for ASH members that plan to attend NHC in Seattle.

Website: http://www.ahaconference.org/
Members: 22
Latest Activity: May 16

The AHA National Homebrewers Conference is a fun, educational gathering designed to enhance homebrewers’ brewing skills and knowledge and increase homebrewing camaraderie. Special seminars and events cater to beer enthusiasts and amateur brewers of every level. If you can only attend one out-of-town beer event this year, this is the one not to miss!

ASH had a great showing at last years conference and we are looking to carry that momentum forward with an even bigger presence in Seattle.

Registration for the AHA National Homebrewers Conference opens February 1, 2012. Registration ends March 31, 2012, or earlier if an event reaches capacity. More information on the conference is available here.

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Comment by Jon Warren on May 16, 2012 at 2:56pm: Alaskan Airlines . I arrive June 20th 2:10 pm

I have a case of Vanilla chocolate oatmeal imperial Porter I'll bottle for this event. I need to use a beer gun

Comment by Jon Warren on May 15, 2012 at 7:38pm: Next nhc meeting Jun 12 6:30 pm

Comment by Jon Warren on May 5, 2012 at 11:16am: I think Larry and Keevin are the only ones driving to NHC this year.

2012 Board Comment by Jon Badalamenti on April 24, 2012 at 11:34am: I am reserving space for our booth at club night. Info pasted below.

I need everyone to reply to this thread on these 3 questions:

1) are we willing to share space with another small club (they have space restrictions this year)

2) are we serving at the hospitality suite. My vote is no because we simply have not yet found an economical way of getting enough kegs to Seattle.

3) how much beer are we bringing to club night? Can we get 4-5 kegs sent up with those who are driving?

Follow up question: who is driving and can transport a few kegs?

Info from AHA:

Each club will be provided with a 6 foot x 30 inch table. Each table will have a dark colored tablecloth, probably brown. The hotel will provide you with one dump bucket.

Store bottles in your cooler in your room so that you can regulate the ice needed. Kegs will be stored in the hotel walk-in cooler. Cellar drop off and tagging information will be sent to you at a later date. Your kegs will be brought to your booth during set-up, so it’ll be important to carefully follow the tagging instructions we will send you in the future. Untagged kegs will be drunk by the cellar crew. ha ha

Club Night begins at at 8:00pm on Friday night.
We are assuming you’ll be able to start setting up in the Grand Ballroom at 5:00pm prior to the opening. If this changes, we will let you know.
Plan your booth set up so that you’ll be able to finish within this timeframe and still give you time to grab some dinner.

As stated previously, no open flames or fog machines will be permitted. T-shirt cannons and such, are also not allowed because of the fragile, glass chandeliers that hang from the ceiling all over the Grand Ballroom. We have been informed that due to the fact that the room has a sprinkler system, the top of your booth cannot be covered with something that would stop the sprinkler from dousing any fires. We estimate that 12 feet is the maximum height your booth decorations can go. Make sure all parts to your booth can pass through a standard double door. Keep in mind that the Grand Ballroom is on the 2nd floor. You’ll need to transport all decorations up stairs or in an elevator.

We are going to give an award for the best decorated booth & costumes during Club Night.

If you are needing electricity, it will be near your booth. We suggest bringing a grounded extension cord and tape to tape down the cord so that it won’t be tripped on.

Things to consider:
-tool box with misc. items you might need, just in case, something happens in shipping
-an easy to read sign showing a list of your beers
-an easy to read sign showing the name of your club

Worried about carrying Co2 on the plane?
Co2 rentals are available at the NHC for those who are traveling from out of town: One of our wonderful, local homebrewers, Jim Trimble, can rent Co2 tanks or systems for those that can't bring their equipment. To arrange Co2 rental, contact Jim at jim_trimble@hotmail or call 425-334-2746 to coordinate your needs.

Please share this information with your club members who are attending.

Comment by Larry Laing on April 10, 2012 at 4:37pm: In regards to Keevin's comment earlier I don't believe we will have space for kegs in my car (we will be taking 2 or 3 kegs to Keevin's nephew's wedding in Sacramento). In addition we are taking the better part of a week to get up there. If ASH has some miscellaneous items that we can put in the back seat that would be fine. I don't know if the law is the same as it was in the late 1990's in Washington state but at that time we technically could not transport beer or any alcoholic beverage within reach of the driver or passengers (had to be in the trunk or similar place). Something to be aware of. Hopefully I can make the next meeting.

Comment by Jon Warren on April 10, 2012 at 3:43pm: Thank you Kevin please let us know what is going on with the shipping with QUAFF. Getting the our kegs to Seattle is a key to having a booth at club night. No kegs = no club booth and no hospitality suite. Who would visit a club booth with out beer ?

Comment by Kevin Masaryk on April 10, 2012 at 3:19pm: Krystal or JonB or whoever needs to work with me on QUAFF since I'm a member. I went to the board meeting last week and it sounds like they're trying to get an NHC committee together. So, they don't have any details yet but they are aware that ASH and possibly other AZ clubs may join in if a solution with an economy of scale emerges. I believe they're working on talking to Stone right now since they're also a distributor.

Comment by Keevin Simpson on April 10, 2012 at 1:04pm: It depends what we can fit in Larry's hybrid, but we can probably take at least a couple... Is there another NHC meeting scheduled?

Jon W. and I were talking about the tinctures again and I know Dennis has some Everclear that he was wanting to do something with, so why don't we do some tinctures again, but more native? I can do a chapparal tincture (the green bushes with yellow flowers in the desert and what it smells like when it rains), maybe some hopbush (has been used in the past in beer) and maybe even a mesquite one. I also still have the hot pepper tinctures that we did last year... Just some thoughts!

Competition Committee Comment by Matthew Jonathan Elliott on April 10, 2012 at 11:28am: Some things were decided at board meeting last week.

Theme is Hop-upy NHC (Soper was vetoed). For Arizona Centennial, we can bring teabags of centennial hops to hopupy beers at the conference.

No funds for bringing up beer. Krystal is going to speak with QUAFF to see if they are shipping (they had members judging at Mead Cup with us). Keevin is driving up, so we might be able to bring a couple kegs.

Comment by John Rudolph on April 10, 2012 at 11:00am: Where do we stand? Two months out and need to get some decisions made. When is the next meeting?