Meeting Minutes – September 2016
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SEPT. 22, 2016 Meeting was begun with a live streaming of the AHA Zymurgy Live webinar - History of the Use of Wood in Beer with Peter Bouckaert, brewmaster at New Belgium Brewery. Call to order. Welcome to new members. Three new members were present at this meeting – Johnny, Carlos, and Tim. We are glad to have you! Review of Last Month’s Minutes – Waived. Treasurer’s Report We have money! – 5460.21 to be exact. This is a surplus of $787, which leads the surmise that we should have a festive Winter Solstice Party Three new paid members since last month. Competitions Commander Saaz competition has ended, and Bob Billany placed with a silver for his Pilsner. Best Florida Beer will have its final judging on Oct. 8th. Coconut Cup – (Our home competition) will be held Feb/March 2017 Start planning out your brews, and have your best ready for this. Need entries, and a good showing from MASH. Bob needs a shadow/backup for his role as competition coordinator. Can enter up to 6 beers, with 450 total beers entered into the competition. During competition weekend there will be a pub crawl, ceremony and other festivities. Entering beers can get you feedback on your brew. Judging can give you expertise on detecting good and bad traits of beers, and how to create or avoid them. BOTY Survey was sent out last month to determine 2017 styles. Will be announced by Oct. meeting Involvement in BOTY needs to increase. So – the $2.00 entry fee has been waived. BOTY has been a long standing intra.-club competition. Promoting healthy rivalry, and the exploration and brewing of a wider style of beers. To foster more involvement, participants will need to bring more bottles moving forward, so that members can try the beers of the BOTY style. BJCP - Dec. 17, 2017 Spots are being reserved initially for club members Certifies judges for tasting/judging events The process of becoming BJCP certified can help improve one’s ability to analyze beer, which is a good brewing trait to have A 1 hour long, 200 question pre-test must be completed prior to taking the BJCP exam. There are three attempts allowed to complete this pre-test. Study sessions will be held prior to this, and prior to the BJCP exam. Info is available at BJCP.org Jay Hirley will be hosting workshops Bob Billany and David Kirsten will soon have one of their batches brewed at MIA. Congrats guys! The Coconut Cup best of show will also be brewed at MIA. Bottle Share At Box Elder. Wednesday, Sept. 28, at 7:30. Previous event at The Tank was a great success. Opportunity to geek out on beer, and bring your homebrew to share. (home brew bottle share only) FB event: MASH UP, Pt. 2 Sept. BOTY Results: 1st: Matt Waldron – Wood Aged Scotch Wee Heavy 2nd: Mike Moussa – Chocolate Russian Imperial 3rd: Bob Billany – Rauchbier