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Savannah’s 3.5
team “Suds & Buds” are a group of guys who know how to have fun. For
18 years they’ve been playing tennis together at Bacon Park TC. The
team was started by two guys, Tom Vaughn (current captain) and Tommy
Long (former teammate). Tommy had just gotten divorced and he and
Tom decided they’d rather spend their Monday nights playing tennis
than be couch potatoes watching Monday Night Football.
After about five
years playing every Monday night, it occurred to them that they
should play league tennis and play some different opponents. They
have an official timekeeper, Barry Hill, who is apparently the only
teammate who wears a watch, and their very own brewmaster, Chris
Stoval. It’s a team with many talents.
Thinking ahead,
they brought their own keg to the championship, an English Summer
Ale, brewed by Chris Stoval. Chris is not just a brewmaster, but
also a homebrew judge studying for his BJCP (Beer Judging
Certification Program). It’s a tough job, but somebody’s got to do
it . . .
The BJCP publishes
the guidelines for homebrew styles of beer, which include some 80
different styles, like the English Summer Ale, Belgian Wit (white),
American Pale Ale, Hefeweizen (German wheat) and Bock, to name just
a few of his favorites among the many different styles of beer.
When asked how
much beer he brews each year, Chris says he brews 50 gallons . . .
Georgia state law limits the amount of homebrew that may be made by
one head of household to that amount. Most other states allow up to
100 gallons to be homebrewed each year.
Good thing
there’s no limit to the amount of tennis these guys play, because
they play a lot. Not a couch potato among ‘em.
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