P.A.L.E Project Winners for 2012

January 2012 Winner – Ray Krueger – Porters

We judged about 12 different porters, most were Robust Porters with a couple special ones mixed in.

March 2012 Winner – John Marlovits – Stouts
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May 2012 Winner – Art Golk – IPA
Nine IPA entries by 6 judges.

July 2012 Winner – N/A
All three entries tied; content to be re-conducted in September

September 2012 Winner – Mike Uchima – 2012 PALE House Recipe (Pale Ale)

October 2012 – 1st place Art Golk (Pumpkin Ale) – Spiced Beer
2nd place – David Christensen (Cucumber Sassion),
3rd place – Chris Shabert (Spiced Porter)

December 2012 – TBD – Barley Wine
Moved to January 2013

Midwest Brewers Fest Board of Directors Election Update

The results are in, and P.A.L.E swept the election!

The Midwest Brewers Fest board is now comprised of the following members:

  • Ken McMullen
  • Kevin Herbst
  • Dave Stoiber – Newly Elected
  • Jamnes Cameron - Newly Elected
  • Jon Proulx - Newly Elected

Congratulations to the new members as well as the Ken and Kevin who retained their seats, the MWBF is in great hands!

Midwest Brewers Fest Board of Directors Election

If you were a Midwest Brewers Fest volunteer this past year you are probably aware that you are eligible to vote for candidates to be elected to the MWBF Board of Directors. Of the five positions on the board, two of them are held by PALE members Kevin Herbst and Ken McMullen. The other three are open and to be filled via election this coming Wednesday (December 12) 7:15pm at Plainfield Village Hall (24401 W. Lockport Street, Plainfield IL 60544 – across from Tap House Grill).

We strongly encourage you to support our fellow PALE members at this election. The only way to do this is to attend and vote for them. So if at all possible, please show up and vote!

As we have discussed multiple times over the past months, this is PALE’s fest to a great degree. We have had the greatest investment in the fest (in terms of shear people power) out any organization since its inception. If we are to be effective in our efforts to direct the fest, it’s crucial that we have as many PALE members on the MWBF Board as possible.The following people are running for the three vacant seats:

Dan Barton (PALE)
Jamnes Cameron (PALE)
Dale Lewis
Katie Long
Jeff Peck (PALE)
Jon Proulx (PALE)
Dave Stoiber (PALE)

Please remember that you are eligible to vote only if you were a volunteer at MWBF this year.

The meeting will start at 7:15 with speeches to begin around 7:30. We hope to adjourn to Tap House Grill for a post-election beer between 8:30 and 8:45.
Cheers!

PALE Elections 2012

Election results:

  • President: Mike Zuro
  • Vice President: Ed Malnar
  • Treasurer: Rod Wiberg
  • Secretary: Neil Hoffman

The following positions have been appointed:

  • Social Chair/Grain Czar: Chris Heinen
  • Competition Officer: Jamnes Cameron
  • Technology Chair: Peter J. Rzeminski II
  • Industry Liaison: Ken McMullen
  • Tech Talk Coordinator: John Lawlor

PALE Holiday Bash

The PALE Holiday Bash will be held at Gordon Biersch on December 7th. at 7pm.

$31 per person – 60 max.

Must pre-pay by November 16th, please get your money to Rod Wiberg via check or Chase QuickPay. Dinner will be included with appetizer and desert. At least 1 drink per person – provided by PALE.

You can bring up to a growler full of homebrew per person – PLEASE no commercial beer, support our hosts.

Brewery tour and a special Winter Bock tasting by Brewmaster John Wyzkiewicz.

Learn to Homebrew Day

Saturday, November 3rd. Location: Brewmaster Ken McMullen’s house. We had 5 people brewing beer for a total of 40 gallons. About 12-14 people stopped by and shared in the experience. Had some great beers, including FFF Baller Stout, World Wide Stout, Surly Darkness and a 2009 Krusher .. it was a great time! A big thanks to our host Ken McMullen.

Update: The bacon wrapped smoked chicken breasts ROCKED!