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 January, 2009 meeting

  
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Things that we do for fun; and we have the pictures to prove it!

le Tour de Brew-a 12 mile bicycle ride, with stops at local Brew Pubs.

Golf Outings-best ball, of course.

How Do You Brew?- a get-together at a member's house to observe their techniques.

Attend Beer Fests and Tastings-a busman's holiday; a real learning experience.

 

Want the MUGZ logo embroidered on something? 

Visit Precision Embroidery at the corner of Brady St &   E 29th St in Davenport  563-323-5156

 

Contact us: mail@mugzhomebrew.org

or snail mail @ MUGZ

5702 Appomattox Rd

Davenport, IA 52806

or 563-326-9113

 

 

The “Mississippi Unquenchable Grail Zymurgists”,

better known as MUGZ, was founded in the early 1990’s.

MUGZ is the Quad Cities’ area homebrew club focused simply

on enjoying good homebrew with good people. MUGZ members

are as diverse as the Quad Cities, but we share one common love-

BREWING GOOD BEER

 

Whether you enjoy a cool Bohemian Pilsener, a fine German Lager,

or a creamy Irish Stout, you can find someone to share it with in MUGZ.

Regardless if you are just beginning with extract brewing,

are in between with partial mashing, or an all-grain brewer;

you will find fellow members to talk with and learn from. 

 

Each year, MUGZ participates in AHA sanctioned events,

as well as a few of our own design.  MUGZ  sponsors

our very own annual homebrewing competition each November

called Land of the Muddy Waters.

 

Monthly meetings are generally at 2pm on the last Sunday

of every month; check the home page for location, and any changes.

Each meeting entails club business, an educational segment,

camaraderie and sampling.

Dues are $24/person or $36/couple yearly, and are prorated,

and payable by cash or check at any meeting. 

New members are always welcome. 

 

Our Bylaws:

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Zymurgy

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 Zymurgy or zymology is the study of fermentation. The word was originally used to describe the science involved in these processes but it has since become more broadly used to describe the brewing of alcoholic beverages. A zymurgist (or zymologist) is one who studies zymurgy.
 
 

History

Louis Pasteur is considered to have been the first zymologist when, in 1857, he connected yeast to fermentation. Pasteur originally defined fermentation as "respiration without air". The German Eduard Buchner, winner of the 1907 Nobel Prize in chemistry, later determined that fermentation was actually caused by the yeast's secretion of an enzyme that he called zymase.[1]

Trivia

Zymurgy is the last word in most English-language dictionaries, excluding proper nouns and onomatopoetic words.

   "Sometimes when I reflect back on all the beer I drink I feel ashamed - Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn't drink this beer, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, 'It is better that I drink this beer and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver.'"

-Deep Thought, Jack Handy