April 2017

I. Call to Order

• Welcome New Members and Guests

II. Review of Previous Minutes

 WAIVED

III. Treasure's Report (Dave Kirsten)

• Account Balance: $ 6,089.63

• Cash Flow: $ 542.93

• Paid Members: 38

• Gave out $600 in Gift Certificates ytd for medal winners

IV. Current Business

• Hurricane Blowoff 2017 Recap (Jorge Molina)

  • Matt Waldron

    • Gold Medal - British Bitter

  • Marie Waldron

    • Bronze Medal - IPA

  • John Bankston

    • Silver Medal - British Bitter

  • Geoffrey Shiedler

    • Bronze Medal - Czech Dark Lager

  • Dave Kirsten & Bob Billany

    • Silver Medal - Kolsch

    • Bronze Medal - Baltic Porter

• Florida Homebrew Circuit - 4th place

• NHC 2017 - First Round (Jorge Molina)

  •  Dave Kirsten & Bob Billany

    • Bronze  - Best Bitter

  •  Daniel Morales 

    • Silver - Sweet Stout

    • Bronze - Dark Mild

  • Alvaro Rodriguez

    • Silver - Experimental Beer

V. New Business

• Upcoming Competitions

  • Hogtown Brew-off 2017 (Gainesville)- Registration Period: May 1-15

  • Sunshine Challenge 2017 (Orlando) - Registration Period: May 1-29

• Upcoming Events

  • Brew at the Zoo - May 6. ​​ MASH will not be present.​​ 

  • Homebrew Con @ Minneapolis, MN - Jun 15-17

• AHA Big Brew - LBBC - May 6

  • Let Mo know by Friday if participating

  • MASH will purchase the ingredients and have available at Lincoln’s Beard on Saturday
    

• BJCP Tasting Exam - Scheduled for December 2017

  • First Come/First Serve - Must pass the online exam prior to securing a spot for the tasting exam

  • Open to everyone, not just MASH members
    

• Hops for a​​ group brew/project/experiment

  • Marie Waldron followed up and will let the​​ group​​ know when there is more information

• Communication

  • A slack account has been set up for MASH, so join the group.

• Call for new business

  • Marie Waldron spoke about a​​ collaboration brew she did with​​ fellow member Josh Hubner,​​ Lincolns Beard and Kat from M.I.A.​​ ​​ The beer is a pre-prohibition style Cream Ale tapping on May 14th.  ​​​​ 

VI. Education

• n/a

VI. BotY

• Apr: Dark British Beer/Irish Beer/American Porter & Stout

  • 1st​​ Place –​​ John Bankston Sr., Irish Red

  • 2nd​​ Place – Michael Moussa, Sweet Stout

  • 3rd​​ Place – Chris Lopez, Imperial Stout

• May -​​ Pale American Ales

VIII. Adjournment and Next Meeting

• Next meeting: May 25, 2017