Well, here I am sitting with an IPA in hand get ting ready to ski the Tour of Anchorage. We all know how important Carbo-loading is to endurance athletic events. March is going to be a great month for Home Brewers. It is getting warmer (hopefully not warm enough to melt the snow just yet), the sun is staying above the horizon longer each day (it is actually light when I get to work and when I get home), and all those beers I have been aging in the crawl space are coming into their prime. Since I am busy in the winter with all my Nordic skiing and don’t get to brew too often outside of the Spring, Summer and Fall, I am looking
forward to revving up my brew schedule to get ready for the busy summer season.
Now is the time to make plans. There are Hop Rhizomes to order from Arctic Brewing
(or online if they don’t stock the variety you want), you have brew related gardening to
plan for, there is planning on what you want to drink in the back yard this summer, and
and what you want to bring with you to the GNBC summer camp out. I am all for
spontaneous brew sessions with whatever I have left on-hand, but sometimes you
have to make the extra effort and PLAN things a little...Now is the time to start! 

The Club is in Full swing planning for hosting the PNW judging of the First round of the National Homebrew Competition in April and Hopefully this will turn into an annual event that we can be proud of.  I know it is supposed to be on a rotation between the different PNW venues, but I hope we can puton such a good show that everyone will want to keep the GNBC as the hos club.  Not too hard to do a good job, and we have some top notch organizers…Read up on the website or details as they emerge as well as this and future newsletters.  Mark the date as April 12th and 13th, 2008 as a time not to miss. And remember to work on your Taxes before that weekend, and not afterwards…
Well, that's it for this month.  I'll see you at the meeting!  Enjoy your Beers, Meads, and Ciders responsibly this month and remember to stay safe out there.

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