January 2017

• Call to Order

  • Welcome to new members in attendance – Alejandro, Rocky and Victoria!

• Review of Previous Minutes

  • Waived

• Treasure's Report (Dave Kirsten)

  • Cash Flow

• • Finished 2016 with a balance of $874.48 so we have money to spend.

  • As of January 26th, the balance is $1,796.75.

• Account Balance

  • 12/31/16 - $5,546.70

  • 1/26/17 - $7,343.45 (due to Coconut Cup entries).

• Paid Members: 34 (PAY YOUR DUES!!!)    

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IV. Current Business

• Introduction of 2017 Officers

  • Geoffrey Shideler (Librarian)

    • Brought 1 box of old magazines for club members to take. ​​ Will bring a box each month.

  • Marie Waldron (Secretary)

  • Dave Kirsten (Treasurer)

  • Dan Barrett (Vice President)

  • Jorge Molina (President)

• Coconut Cup 2017 (Bob Billany)

  • Capped out entries (450) - Registration is closed

  • Need Volunteers

    • Sorting Party​​ Saturday February 4th​​ 10am. ​​ The more people sign up, the faster it goes!

    • Judging/Stewarding​​ – sign​​ up​​ here​​ on Reggie. ​​ 

    • Setup/Cleanup/Logistics/Misc

      • Keg Competition on Final Day. ​​ Sign up​​ here​​ to enter. ​​ 

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• Miami Beer Festival @ Marlin's Park - Jan 14 Geoffrey Shideler attended for the first time as an attendee. ​​ Great experience pouring homebrews, and walking around to meet other brewers there.  ​​​​ 
  

• MASHup @ 305 Brews - Josh Hubner organized. ​​ About 10-12 members​​ attended and​​ shared their homebrews. ​​ Looking to have another event in March. ​​ Great for local venues to get to know MASH, and for MASH members to get to know local venues. ​​ 

V. New Business

• Changes to Club Reimbursement Policy

• • Club will pay for up to 2 entries for ANY AHA/BJCP sanctioned competition (excluding Coconut Cup)

  • Club will provide the winners of ANY AHA/BJCP sanctioned competition a $40 gift certificate @ Urban Brewers for the purchase of ingredients.

Board voted to include Coconut Cup so any member that medals in Coconut Cup, will also receive a gift certificate to Urban Brewers.​​ 

• • Next Florida competition – Hurricane Blow-off​​ by the Palm Beach Draughtsman. Entry Window opens February 27th. ​​ Other homebrew club members come down to judge Coconut Cup so MASH members are encouraged to judge other Florida Competitions.
    

• Upcoming Competitions

  • National Homebrew Competition (NHC) - Registration Period: Jan 30 - Feb 5th.
    

• Upcoming Events

  • Veritage @ Wynwood Walls - Feb 9 (sign-up form on MASH website)

• 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

• Call for new business

  • • Home Brewers Brawl Saturday Jan 28th​​ at Tom’s NFL. For more information click​​ here.

VI. Education

• Introduction to Competition Judging  (Bob Billany & Dave Kirsten)

• • Good exam scoresheet examples

  • Bad scoresheet examples

  • Beer style guidelines

  • So You Want to Be a Beer Judge

  • Mastering the BJCP Exam

Judged 2 beers – Hefeweizen and Dopplebock. ​​ 

VI. BotY

• Jan: India Pale Ales (IPA)​​ 10 entries

  • 1st​​ Place – Chris Lopez – Double IPA

  • 2nd​​ Place – Danny Steigerwald – New England Style Double IPA w/Honey

  • 3rd​​ Place – John Bankston, Sr. – American IPA.

• Feb: British Bitters

VIII. Adjournment and Next Meeting

• Next meeting: February 23, 2017​​ @Lincoln’s Beard Brewing Company