ATF
Homebrew Club
November
2014 Meeting Minutes
By Tim Dryden
Here are the meeting minutes from the November gathering held
at 1pm on November 23, 2014 at the New Bern Homebrew Supply store.
First of all, a thank you goes out to Megan for opening their
great shop and providing us a location to get together.
Introduction of
Officers and Guests
A roster of all club members/ guests was taken and is as
follows:
Dick Weiss
Bryan Conway - President
Terry Laurie - Vice President
Rob Jones - Webmeister
Dawn Jones - Treasurer
Tim Dryden Secretary
Dennis Overby
Megan Henslick
Pete Frey
Tim Martin
JoEllen Essex
Joe Bratcher
If anyone was
accidentally excluded or a mistake to the list noted, please let me know and I
will correct the minutes.
Brews Available for
Sampling at the Meeting
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Rob J. - Stein
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Rob J. – B.U.C.K.
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Tim D. - Oktoberfest (homebrew)
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Tim D. - Pils (homebrew)
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Bryan C. - American Pale Ale (homebrew)
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Bryan C. - Robust Porter (homebrew)
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Terry L. - Stein Brew (homebrew)
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Terry L. - Brown Ale (homebrew)
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Dennis O - Scottish (commercial)
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Tim M, - IPA (Modus Hoperandi)
Monthly Club
Competition
None
Program Speaker/Tech
Talk
Tim D gave a class and guided a discussion on fermentation.
Scheduled tech talks:
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February – Tim D
Treasurer's Report
Dawn provided a detailed treasurer’s report to all that were
on hand. The report showed that we have
$1383.84 in the account and $66.04 in the cash box.
Old Business/Recent
Events
-The Crystal Coast Hop Fest and Brew Durham festivals were a
complete success. A special thank you
goes out to each brewer that participated. We truly were that talk of the
festivals.
-Stein Brew Sampling: Each
member that took a portion of the stein brew and brought one to this meeting
discussed the yeast and fermentation technique that each had used to this point. We sampled each version and compared each of
the different styles.
Committee updates
Crystal Coast Brew Off Committee - It was decided that the
primary and secondary chairpersons will be selected and named during the
January meeting.
Homebrew Festival Committee Chairman, Rob Jones,
reported that we are in full swing scheduling and planning our homebrew
festival with Habitat for Humanity. This
charity was started by President Jimmy Carter, who is also responsible for
approving the legislation that allows us to legally enjoy our great hobby, so
it is a fitting combination. The
chairman from Habitat for Humanity has already given us a hearty “yes” as to
sponsoring our festival and we need to nail down a date and begin hammering out
the details. We are tentatively looking
at September/ October 2015.
Judging Committee Chairman, Dennis Overby had a very
detailed discussion about category 9C.
He offered a commercial Scottish Export 80/ and guided us through the
process that a judge would use in scoring this beer.
New/Ongoing Business
-The elected officers met and agreed that the club would set a
minimum checking account balance of $250.
The decision was also made to allow the officers to vote on and spend no
more than $250 for any club needs without tabling a vote and receiving authorization
from the club members at the next meeting.
-It was discussed that the club president needs to talk with a
tax attorney/ CPA concerning establishing a 501c status. Tim D agreed to head this up. His wife is a bookkeeper in New Bern and had
agreed to ask the CPA’s that she works with for guidance.
-There were two possible membership drives discussed. Rob J and Tim D will be working to get a
booth at the Farmers Market and sell items for the homebrew shop. Bryan C discussed the possibility of hosting
one or two (New Bern and Morehead City) beer tasting events. Both of these events would get the club a lot
of public exposure prior to the Homebrew Festival.
-The Christmas party was discussed. Two possible dates were discussed, December 7
and 14th.
-It was decided that the monthly meetings would now be held on
the third Sunday of each month. The
venue and date may shift due to non-availability/ holidays.
-Next years stein brew will be held in March/ April
-Brewers needed for the Jolly Skull Brew Fest, Saturday
January 24th
Next Meeting: Christmas Party
Meeting sponsors:
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December 2014 - Tim D or the Home Brew Store
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January 2015 - Tim M
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February 2015 - Terry Laurie
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March 2015 – Rob and Dawn Jones (Stein Brew)
Motion passed to adjourn
the meeting and drink some beer!
