ATF Homebrew Club
April 2014 Meeting Minutes
By Bryan Conway
Here’s the meeting minutes from the April gathering held at
7pm on April 17, 2014 at New Bern Homebrew Supply.
First of all, a thank you goes to Travis Watson for
providing the location and pizza and Bryan Conway for supplying more pizza
(there was not a shortage of 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
Joe Stewart
Luke Dobbs
Pete Frye
Rob Jones
Ben Chapman
Terry Laurie
Tim Martin
Travis Watson
Troy Robinson (Joe Stewart’s guest)
If anyone was
accidentally excluded or a mistake to the list noted, please let me know and I
will correct the minutes.
Program Speaker/Tech
Talk
Travis Watson gave us a sample as well as a discussion of
sour beers. He talked about the sour
mash process versus the fermentation route using “bugs”. Next month’s tech Talk will be presented by
Luke Dobbs.
Scheduled tech talks:
- May talk – Luke Dobbs
- June talk – Terry Laurie.
- July talk – need a volunteer
- August – need a volunteer
- September – need a volunteer
- October – need a volunteer
Treasurer's Report
Ben Chapman announced that we have some money…
Committee updates
The Crystal Coast Brew Off Committee Chairman, Ben Chapman announced that
the competition was open for entries and registration. So far there have been no entrants but it has
been open less than a week. Bryan Conway
gave a quick update of sponsors, most of which have already sent their
donations.
The Monthly Club Competition Committee Chairman,
Terry Laurie gave us an update for the next competition. The next comp. will be at the June meeting
and will be categories 6 and 15.
September will be categories 16 and 18.
It was brought up that attendees should discern at the
beginning of the meeting whether they are bringing a beer for general sampling
or whether they need some objective feedback.
If somebody really wants some discreet feedback, they should reserve
that beer to be sampled by a separate group of members/judges off to the side.
Homebrew Festival Committee Chairman Rob Jones
reported that research is still being conducted. A recent report of unfriendly activity on the
part of some State ABC and ALE Boards have given reason for concern. Until this gets hashed out, a festival may
not be feasable.
Old Business/Recent
Events
None to really speak of.
New/Ongoing Business
Rob called
for nominations for this month's "Brewer of the Month" page and Terry
Laurie was selected. Go to the website
to see a quick bio on Terry.
May 3rd is the AHA’s “Big Brew Day” and we will
be meeting at about 0900 at Brewery 99.
We will help Pete mash in a sack of 2-row on his system and the runnings
will be distributed between the participants to prepare as they see fit. Hops and yeast will be user specific and up
to each attendee. Bring a mill if you
have one. I will arrange for the grain
(1 sack) and the propane (two tanks).
Next Meeting will
be at New Bern Home Brew Supply and will be held on a Sunday to be announced,
most likely on the 18th. After
discussing the idea with numerous members, it has been decided to try holding
meetings on Sunday. The actual meeting
will begin around noon with a happy hour beginning at 11 am while we get set
up. With the meeting loosely allotted to
run until about 3 or 4, everyone should have enough time to stop in or duck out
as necessary to accommodate their schedule.
If this turns out to be unpopular, we can always revert back to the
Thursday night format.
Meeting sponsors:
·
May 2014 sponsor - Luke Dobbs
·
June 2014 sponsor - Terry Laurie
·
July 2014 sponsor - Phil Smith
·
August 2014 sponsor - Mike Dawson
·
September 2014 sponsor - need a volunteer
·
Oktoberfest 2014 sponsor - Dennis Overby
Motion passed to adjourn
the meeting, drink some beer and eat some pizza.
