October 2014 Meeting Minutes

ATF Homebrew Club

October 2014 Meeting Minutes

By Tim Dryden

Here’s the meeting minutes from the October gathering held at 1pm on October 18th, 2014 at Dennis Overby’s house.

First of all, a thank you goes to Dennis and his wife for opening their beautiful home and providing some wonderful food (and beer).

Introduction of Officers and Guests

This was an informal meeting/ social event.  A roster of all club members was taken and is as follows:

Terry Laurie - Vice President (elect)

Rob Jones - interim Webmeister

Dawn Jones - interim Treasurer

Pete Frey

Tim Dryden (secretary elect)

Dennis Overby

Greg Berqquist

Jeremy Davis

Tim Martin

Bob Shek

If anyone was accidentally excluded or a mistake to the list noted, please let me know and I will correct the minutes.  There were also several guests that were in attendance.  If anyone can send me the names I will add them.

Brews Available for Sampling at the Meeting

●     Rob J. - Troegs Scratch 161  (commercial)

●     Rob J. - Troegs Scratch 157  (commercial)

●     Tim D. - Oktoberfest (homebrew)

●     Tim D. - Cider (homebrew)

●     Greg B. - Pink Hard Lemonade (homebrew)

●     Greg B. - End of Summer Ale (homebrew)

●     Terry L. - Stein Brew (homebrew)

●     Terry L. - Brown Ale (homebrew)

●     Bob S. - Dark Ale (homebrew)

●     Dennis O - Kolsch (homebrew)

●     Dennis O - Stout

Program Speaker/Tech Talk

Terry explained that you are not allowed to drink your own beer at a meeting.

Scheduled tech talks:

●     November – Tim Dryden

●     December - need a volunteer

●     January - need a volunteer

Treasurer's Report

Dawn provided a detailed treasurer’s report to all officers that were on hand.  The report showed that we have $1550.49 in the account and 50 in the cash box.

Old Business/Recent Events

Each member that took a portion of the stein brew discussed the fementation and bottle/ kegging that each had done to this point.  We each tried Terry’s version.

The following Officers need to be sworn in at the November meeting or at learn to brew day:

President - Bryan Conway,

Vice President - Terry Laurie,

Treasurer - Dawn Jones,

Secretary - Tim Dryden,

Webmeister - Rob Jones.

Past President - This position is an advisory position and usually defaults to the most recent serving past president not holding an office in the current administration.  This was held by Terry Laurie who has been elected to Vice President but we must now refer to the president that served prior to his administration, this would now be Jeff Brungard.

Committee updates

The Monthly Club Competition Committee - Next competition will be in November where we will be judging category 12 - porter, and category 13 - stout.

Homebrew Festival Committee Chairman, Rob Jones, reported that we have a willing sponsor for the homebrew festival, “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 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 May 2015.

Judging Committee Chairman, Dennis Overby, reported that he was planning and putting together some judging classes to begin in November.  Members interested in learning more about the finer points of judging beer should make plans to attend.

New/Ongoing Business

The Crystal Coast Hop Fest, formerly known as Crafts on the Crystal Coast, has invited us again to participate.  This event will be at the Crystal Coast Convention Center in Morehead City on November 15th.  All proceeds go to support the Crystal Coast Hospice House.  The following members volunteered to attend and will supply the regular 5 gallons of homebrew to serve at the event:  Tim D., Bryan C., Terry L., Dennis O. and Mike D.  In years past, the selection of brewers at the event seemed to be more towards the upper end of the spectrum and brought in a better selection of beers to sample than many beer festivals usually provide, it should be a fun time for all.

BrewDurham is set to take place on November 8th.  A small group of representatives are planning on attending to represent the club:  Bryan C., Rob J., Dawn J.  Again this will require us to bring 5 gallons each.  I have attended BrewDurham  in the past and I absloutely enjoy it.  It is pretty much what we want to model our own homebrew festival on.

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.  Looking into the possibility of Goose Creek on Hwy 24 unless anyone has a better idea.  Dave Girard agreed to take on the challenge of collecting a selection of candidate sites to visit and their amenities, we should hear more about this soon.

Next Meeting:  November 23, 2014 from 1p to 4p.

Meeting sponsors:

●     November 2014 sponsor – Bryan Conway

●     December 2014 sponsor – need a volunteer

●     January 2015 sponsor - Tim Martin (Stout & Stogie Night)

Motion passed to adjourn the meeting and drink some beer!