OLD BUSINESS: 1) January 2023 style will be Kellerbier.
2) Marc and Mike were the only ones able to attend Granite Run’s monthly meeting at AleCraft but they had good conversations about strengthening the relationship between our 2 homebrew clubs. There are open invitations for us and them to join monthly meetings. Their monthly style was “store-bought ingredients” and it was an interesting idea we may want to pursue ourselves.
3) Super-Bowl Squares: no club member won but we managed to sell all squares and paid out $250 while also making $250 for the club.
NEW BUSINESS: 1) For AHA members: please ensure you mark Libations as your club under the affiliation. We only have 9 listed currently. Non-AHA members, consider becoming so. You need to be an AHA member in order to go to HomeBrewCon.
2) Big Brew is coming up in May. AHA will provide recipes to brew soon. The Board will meet with AleCraft to see about logistics. There is an AHA channel on Slack, please check it out for details.
3) The board will attend a Zoom meeting of the Guild on Monday.
4) Next LABS is White Stout on 4/1 hosted by Chris, who will provide details on Slack as we draw closer. As always, one must be a valid club member and have brewed the beer in order to attend. Matt will be next hosting sometime in June/July and his style is Milds/Dark Milds.
5) HomeBrewCon is in Pittsburg this year 6/23 to 6/25: registration opens on 3/23. Start looking for lodging. We’d like to have a head-count of those who are going and those interested in helping us put on an appearance at Club Night. If considering beer submissions, registration opens this month as well. There will be more focus on feedback this year than last year and 70% of judges will be professional level. That being said, Adi and Linda have finally received their scores and they are now ranked as National Judges. If you want to submit beers for them to judge, follow directions on the table outside meeting room.
6) Christmas Beer 2022 will be a Belgian Golden Strong in honor Dave. George B has just secured the recipe.
7) Still looking for a Charity to support. Expect grain prices to go up.
8) We’ll have a social at Double Groove on 3/24. We want to reserve tables so let us know how many of you are coming. Guests are welcome.
9) March 2023 style was voted to be Cascadian Dark Ale (Black IPA).
FINANCIAL REPORT: we have around $1,036 in our account and $671 in cash with a total of 24 paying members. Looking to change banks.
MINI-TECH CORNER: plate chillers vs. counter-flow chillers.
EVENTS: AleCraft BrewHaHa on patio on 3/19: bring own equipment to brew. 5/14 is MD Beer Festival. Matt and Andy meet home-brewers in the AleCraft shop on Friday nights after 7PM to exchange homebrew.
BEERS: The style was Belgian Dark Strong. Homebrew on style (8): Marc/Mike, Adi/Linda, Art/Claire, Dave H, Steve, Joe/John, Chris, Kelly. For Homebrew off style (7): Kellerbier from Ken, Philly Sour from Ken and George H, Schwartzbier and pumpkin beers from Chris, amber from Andy, Chipotle Stout from George B, Eisbock from Matt.
Cheers!