ATF Homebrew Club
May 2014 Meeting Minutes
By Bryan Conway
Here’s the meeting minutes from the May gathering held at 12pm
on May 18, 2014 at New Bern Homebrew Supply.
First of all, a thank you goes to Travis Watson for
providing the location and Bryan Conway for supplying the pizza.
Introduction of
Officers and Guests
We introduced the officers, held a roll call and the
following members and guests were present:
Bryan Conway
Jeremy Davis
Pete Frye
Rob Jones
Tim Martin
Mike Dawson
Dennis Overby
Guests: (actually
opened the shop to us in Travis’ absence)
Luke Henslick
Megan Henslick
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
·
Bryan – Rob’s Partigyle,
·
Rob – Berlinerweisse,
·
Bryan – Irish Red,
·
Jeremy – Irish Stout,
·
Mike – Oatmeal Stout,
·
Rob – Resurrection Rye,
·
Luke – Pale Ale,
·
Megan – Cider,
·
Brian – Sorachi Ace SMASH,
·
Dennis – 2X Black IPA,
·
Pete – Imperial Pale Lager
·
Tim – Sam Adams Rebel IPA.
Program Speaker/Tech
Talk
Rob Jones touched back on the stir plates that he is
building. His newest model is remote
controlled! Next month’s tech Talk will
be presented by Terry Laurie.
Scheduled tech talks:
- June
talk – Terry Laurie.
- July
talk – need a volunteer
- August
– Mike Dawson
- September
– need a volunteer
- October
– need a volunteer
Treasurer's Report
Ben Chapman was unavailable due to illness. Concern was noted by some of the membership
about the lack of information on the club’s finances. Questions were posed to the President as to
his oversight of the finances. Efforts
will be made to gather more detailed information as to the disposition of last
year’s entry fees and the current balance in the club’s accounts.
Committee updates
The Crystal Coast Brew Off Committee Chairman, Ben Chapman was unavailable
for an update.
The Monthly Club Competition Committee Chairman,
Terry Laurie was unavailable for comment but the next comp will be held at next
month’s meeting.
Homebrew Festival Committee Chairman Rob Jones
reported that the Farmer’s Market in New Bern was contacted in regards to the
possibility of having a Homebrewer’s Festival at that location. The costs breakdown as $700 up front, this
includes a $50 non-refundable deposit and a 300 cleaning deposit that will be
refunded if the market is cleaned to the satisfaction of the management. This would result in a total cost of $400 if
the market can be cleaned properly and we would have Friday to have the
event. The market would have to be ready
for the vendors to arrive by 6:00 am. A
conversation with the local authorities has yielded a positive note thus far as
to whether or not the festival would be allowed.
Old Business/Recent
Events
May 3rd “Big Brew Day” – Everybody participating
had a great time. Thanks to Pete for accommodating
the event with his equipment and location.
We will be sampling the results of the brew for months to come.
New/Ongoing Business
Rob
called for nominations for this month's "Brewer of the Month" page
and Pete Frey was selected. Go to the
website to see a quick bio on Pete.
Joe’s
homebrew demonstration at Coastal Beverage was postponed until the fall. A lack of interest by the target employees at
the company prompted management to reevaluate their approach.
Bryan
discusses the progress of the incorporation project. One thing that is needed is a modification of
the clubs by-laws to add the necessary language and clauses. Following the current by-laws, a committee
was formed. Rob Jones, Jeremy Davis and
Dennis Overby volunteered to join the committee.
Brew Bern 2014 is almost here (June 28th). Dustin has invited and we have graciously accepted. The following members volunteered to attend
with beer to serve:
·
New Bern Homebrew Supply – 2 beers
·
Dennis Overby – Dixie Hill Pale Ale
·
Pete Frey – Brewery 99 – 1 beer
·
Bryan Conway – 1 beer
·
Rob Jones – Resurrection Rye
·
Tim Martin – Little Dog Pale Ale
Also discussed was the possibility of selling pretzel
necklaces and some of our t-shirts at events, approved. Also approved was a motion to order more
business cards to hand out at the festival as our current supply quickly
disappeared.
Tim showed everyone a rendering of a nice serving
station/tap tower he is willing to build for the club to use at such events. All that would need to be procured by the
club is the necessary plumbing and connectors.
Purchase of the necessary parts were put up to a vote and passed.
Reapproached was the idea of purchasing a new, larger banner
for the club to display. After a small
amount of discussion and pointing out the fact that Travis donated toward that
specific cause, it was agreed to go ahead with a new banner.
A Camping trip/Homebrew Party was proposed based on what the
Maltose Falcons Club in San Francisco does three times a year. The Falcons have three major homebrew parties
each year and camp out as a group. The members
walk from camp site to camp site sharing homebrew and enjoying each other’s
company. A couple of members agree to
look into some local camp grounds to see if they would allow such an
event. Tentative date is likely to be in
October.
Next Meeting will
be at New Bern Home Brew Supply and will be held on Sunday, June 22nd
at 12:00 noon and will be sponsored by Ben Chapman. The relaxed atmosphere of the Sunday format
was nice and members present agreed to continue. With only 9 attendees, a slight drop in
attendance was expected for the first month or two. Compared to past attendance though (April had
11 in attendance, March had 11 and February had 13), the difference was not
earth shattering but we’ll see what the future
brings.
Meeting sponsors:
·
June 2014 sponsor - Ben Chapman
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July 2014 sponsor - Phil Smith
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August 2014 sponsor - Mike Dawson
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September 2014 sponsor - need a volunteer
·
Oktoberfest 2014 sponsor - Dennis Overby
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November 2014 sponsor – need a volunteer
Motion made to adjourn
the meeting, drink some beer and eat some pizza….PASSED!
