Upcoming Events
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... And a New Year of Beer!!

Hope everyone had a great Holiday Yea, I'm sending this out almost a week late, sorry.
Thank you Everyone who came out for our Annual HoPS Club Christmas Party last Friday. We had a wonderful turnout. If things keep up like that, we'll need more chairs. TONS of great food, and plenty of great beer. Thank you again to everyone for bringing all that you did. Raffle went really well. Hopefully everyone went home with a little bit of stuff. Coriander and Keg strips at least.
If anyone took pictures of the night, send them in. We'll get them up on the site. You can send them to me at xlcranium@yahoo.com or Hopsclubtacoma@yahoo.com Also, on www.hopsclub.com we have a link to the Thank You page for everyone who donated for our Raffle.
January Meeting, Friday January 9th I know it's early to start thinking about it already. Don't worry, it's still a ways off. But, January Dues are Due. The annual amount is $15 for current renewing members. New Members are $20, and will be $15 when you renew again. Bill has started to put together newly laminated name tags for everyone. Yes Rick, You will have a name tag this time! January should also have another tasting event inspired by Bill Wolfes November Tasting. NO light american lagers this time, we promise. There is also a copy of the calender we passed out at the meeting on the site, too. We are still looking for people to help plan or come up with ideas for meeting nights. Mostly this consists of a few emails and a some photocopies. EASY STUFF. If you have ideas, let us know. We'll plan it. I think thats all I got... -Cheers, Todd

Friday, December 12, Hops Club Christmas Party, 7:00pm
The Beer Essentials - RSVP Survey. Super Easy! Click Here
Hope everyone had a great weekend! Thank you to all of those who came out Friday for our latest HoPS Club Meeting. And a SPECIAL Thank You to Bill Wolfe for putting together our tasting night. It was a lot of... different beer... but I think we all learned a lot from it! We had a great raffle, pizza, and plenty of homebrew... We've put together a quick survey for the Christmas Party. Dec 12 It's SUPER easy.. just click on the link below, and select a couple boxes. I hope it works like its suppose to... RSVP Survey. Click Here As we do every year, we should be having a couple turkeys getting deep fried and a ham on the way... As well as our Year End Raffle. Bring any ideas you have for Next Years Meetings. We'll have a calender for everyone to take and we can come up with a plan! Cheers, -Todd

We also have more Raffle stuff coming in. Almost daily. Some really
great stuff, too Even if you haven't bought a whole lot of tickets through the year, we have prizes for people who just show up.
Its that easy!
We've put up a page of THANK YOUs to for everyone who helped with raffle items for Christmas. Make sure to check them out, and say Thanks!

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We need your ideas!!!

Our website is ever growing. We constantly need new information and ideas to put up.
If you have any pictures, recipes, great brewing ideas, something to sell, or just a random question you want answered, send it in! We'll take all ideas into consideration.

We've even created a page just for stuff for Selling or Trading.
There will eventually be an actual classifieds section. But that's in the works.
As well as on online recipe database and recipe creator. So keep an eye out for those!

Don't forget to check out the ever updating www.hopsclub.com for updates, events, or just see whats been added. We have a feedback form now too, so if you have any hard to answer questions, or need info on upcoming events, just send it in.

Hops Club Website New Look!

After much research, and a little planning, we finally have our site up and running, and looking good. We've added a lot of cool new features, a few helpful links, and even a working Blog! So keep an eye out, see what we got and even drop a note if your interested in the club.

The easiest way to spot a wanker in a pub is to look around and find who's drinking a Corona with a slice of lemon in the neck." -Warwick Franks

Who we are.. "HoPS Club"

HOPS CLUB - Homebrewers of Parkland / Spanaway has been around for around 10 years now. We are a group of Homebrewers from every experience level. We meet the 2nd Friday of every month to share in beers, ideas, new techniques, and general community. Based mostly in Tacoma / Lakewood area, we have members from all over Pierce and Thurston Counties. Everyone is welcomed to join regardless of how you brew, even if you never have in your life. Mostly, we just appreciate good beer and the effort that goes into making it!

• Annual Homebrew Days and Teach a Friend to Brew Days
• In-Club, and Sanctioned Brewing Competitions
• Raffles, Styles Tastings, and much more!

Also, Don't Forget...

The "Boeing Employees Wine and Beer Makers Club" (BEWBC) Have just announced the Puget Sound Pro-Am Competition. The link below will take you to their website with all the information. The Beer Essentials is a drop-off point. So, Check the rules on turning in beers, and bring some by. We will be going into further detail at the April Meeting. Upcoming Pro-Am Brewing Competition!!!

http://www.hopsclub.com - 2007