July 2016 Meeting Minutes

ATF Homebrew Club
July 2016 Meeting Minutes
By: Chris White

Here are the meeting minutes from the July gathering held at 1:30pm on July 17, 2016 at VFW
Post 2514 in New Bern.

We would like to thank everyone in the VFW Post 2514 for allowing us to come into their
establishment and have a homebrew!

A roster of all club members/guests was taken and is as follows:
Chris White,
Rob Jones,  
Dawn Jones,
Jason Stone,
Mat Shortway,
Mike Dawson,
Dustin Schultz,
Terry Laurie’
Ryan Spruill,
Yates Millis,

If anyone was accidentally excluded or a mistake to the list noted, please let me know and I will
correct the minutes.

Brews sampled at the meeting:
Chris White – Alt (Homebrew)
Rob Jones – Alt (Homebrew)
Rob Jones – IPA (Homebrew)
Terry Laurie- Alt (Homebrew)
Dustin Schulz- Alt (Homebrew)
Mike Dawson- Saison (Homebrew)
Chris White- Saison with oranges (Homebrew)
Dustin Schulz- Red Ale (Homebrew)
Terry Laurie- Cranberry Wheat (Homebrew)
Ryan Spruill- Pale Ale (Homebrew)

*Plus some commercial examples*

July 23 is the Crystal Coast Brew Off (CCBO) this event will be held at Comfort Suits in New
Bern, followed by an awards ceremony and after party at Brutopia    

Scoring sheets were tallied for brewer of the month.  Verdict: Mike Dawson w/ Saison
Scoring sheets were tallied for best Alt beer. Verdict: Chris White

Meeting adjourned at or around 4:00.

August 2016 Meeting Agenda

ATF!

It is almost time for our August 2016 meeting.

The details:

What: Monthly meeting, style demonstration, tech talk, updates and sampling of any fermented libations available.

Where: VFW Post 2514

When: Sunday August 21, 2016 from 1:30 pm until about 4 or 5. Pre-meeting happy hour will begin at about 1:00 pm while we get set up.

Here are the items on the agenda:

-Brewer of the month.

-Crystal Coast Brew Off 2016 results.

-Officer nominations and the upcoming election.

-Octoberfest.

-Your homebrew.

If there is anything that anyone would like to put onto the agenda, please email me or bring it up at the meeting's new business call.

Notes: We strongly encourage you to bring homebrew, even if you don't think it's the best beer that you have ever made (if it is then I demand you bring it!). We’ll supply some snacks, but if you have something you’d like to share, bring it.

See you there,

Bryan