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NEXTnc: Your official guide to Brewfest - BREWFEST GUIDE |
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Written by NEXTnc staff reports
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Thursday, 21 June 2007 |
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Page 5 of 7
 BREW IT YOURSELF
Each month home brewers come together to share brews and news
By Erin Frustaci
Beer, rather than words, flows from the members of the Liquid Poets. The Fort Collins home-brewers club has about 60 thirsty members who meet once a month at select breweries to share their home brews. “Brewing is sort of like an art,” said Remi Bonnart, president of Liquid Poets. “It does require artistic abilities besides just brewing. Beer can be like poetry where you express what you want through it.”
The 28-year-old has been brewing for about seven years now and enjoys making creations he can’t buy in stores.
About four weeks ago, he created a concoction with Earl Grey Tea and dark grains.
“The skies the limit with spices and herbs,” he said.
Taylor Caron, 35, of Fort Collins is one of the driving forces behind Liquid Poets, which has been around for about a year and a half. Caron was active in a home-brewing club in Oregon, but he had a hard time finding one in Fort Collins.
“I started a Web site and word of mouth really spread,” Caron said. “There’s a lot of
home-brewing going on, so it’s natural a club like this would take off.”
Colin Westcott said it’s because of all the breweries in the area, which were founded by home-brewers. It’s true — people love their beer. In fact, Colorado State University offers a Brewing Science and Technology class through the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department.
“I know a lot of people move here for the beer scene,” Westcott said.
Westcott and his wife Shannon opened Hops & Berries, a home-brew and wine making supply store in Old Town, about a year and a half ago. The day they opened the store, Caron came in and told them about his idea of a home-brewers club. It turned out there was one, but it was rather small. That group joined forces
with Caron and the Liquid Poets was born.
“People need to know home-brewing is not rocket science,” Westcott said. “It’s a pretty simple process. When it comes down to it, anyone can do it and enjoy it.”
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WANNA MEET A BREWER?
Visit the “Meet Your Brewers” Tent at Brewfest. Some of the festival’s host brewers
will be there to chat with other beer connoisseurs. The tent will be on Walnut Street from Noon-2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
LIQUID POETS
You may run into a few Liquid Poets at Brewfest this weekend, though many of them will be at the 29th Annual American Homebrewers Association National Homebrewers Conference in Denver. For more information on the Liquid Poets, visit www.liquidpoets.com.
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