May 2015 Meeting Agenda

ATF!

It is almost time for our May meeting.

The details:
What: Monthly meeting, style demonstration, tech talk, updates and sampling of all fermented libations available. 
Where: The Bruin, New Bern, North Carolina
When: Sunday May 17, 2015 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:
Beer School - A style discussion by Dennis O.
Tech Talk by Terry L.
CCBO 2015.
Rocky Mt. Brew Mill meeting.
AHA Big Brew - May 2.
Brewer of the month.
Stein Brew.
Clawson’s tasting
Boom Town Beerfest - May 9.
Brew Bern June
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!). If you are going to sample (and we usually do), bring a designated driver or make arrangements to get home. If you don't have any homebrew, try to bring a commercial example of one of your favorite beers to share with the group.

See you there,
Bryan

April 2015 Meeting Minutes

ATF Homebrew Club

Apr 2015 Meeting Minutes

By Tim Dryden

Here are the meeting minutes from the April gathering held at 1pm on Apr 19, 2015 at the Beer Army Outpost.

We would like to thank everyone in the Beer Army family for allowing us to come in to their establishment and have a Homebrew!

Introduction of Officers and Guests

A roster of all club members/ guests was taken and is as follows:

Bryan Conway - President

Rob Jones - Webmeister

Dawn Jones - Treasurer

Tim Dryden Secretary

Mike Dawson

Phil Smith

Jason Stone

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

• Rob J – Scottish Wheat (homebrew),
• Dawn J. - Pineapple Wheat (homebrew),
• Mike D. – Alt (commercial),
• Phil S. – Stout (homebrew), Heather Ale (homebrew),
• Jason S. – Oyster Stout (homebrew), Hefe (homebrew).

Beer Style Talk

Jason Stone discussed the Gose style and gave us some pointers what to look for in a good example.  We sampled Victory Kirsch Gose and Anderson Valley’s Highway 128.

Program Speaker/Tech Talk

• May - Terry L.
• Jun - ??
• July - ??
• August - ??
• Sept. - Jason S.

Treasurer's Report

Dawn provided a detailed treasurer’s report to all that were on hand.  

Old Business/Recent Events

-Clawson’s tasting event was a success

-Stein Brew was a success

Committee updates

Crystal Coast Brew Off Committee  - Tim discussed where the club stands with regard to the CCBO.   Beer Scores will go live on June 6.

Homebrew Festival Committee – No update.

Judging Committee:  None

New/Ongoing Business

-All current events that the Club is facing were brought to the floor and discussed.

-Club By-Laws are currently with a CPA in order to move forward with the decision to apply for 501c(7) status.

-Boom Town Beer Fest

1. Tim D.
2. Dennis O.
3. Terry L.

-AHA Big Brew.  To be held on May 2, location to be announced.

Monthly Club Competition

Homebrew contest winner was Phil Smith with his Stout, also awarding him homebrewer of the month.

Next Meeting:  New Bruin Craft Beer 17 May 2015

Meeting sponsors:

• May 2015 – New Bruin Craft Beer (Stein Brew Tasting???)
• June 2015 – Clawson’s Restaurant
• July 2015 – New Bern Homebrew Supply

Motion passed to adjourn the meeting and drink some beer!

March 2015 Meeting Minutes

ATF Homebrew Club

March 2015 Meeting Minutes

By Tim Dryden

Here are the meeting minutes from the March gathering held at 1pm on Mar 15, 2015 at New Bern Home Brew Supply.

We would like to thank Megan and Luke for allowing us to come in to their establishment and have a Homebrew!

Introduction of Officers and Guests

A roster of all club members/ guests was taken and is as follows:

Bryan Conway - President

Terry Laurie - Vice President

Rob Jones - Webmeister

Dawn Jones - Treasurer

Tim Dryden Secretary

Dennis Overby

Pete Frey

Mike Dawson

Jason Stone

Megan and Logan

Joe Digby (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

Dennis Overby discussed the Baltic Porter style and gave us some pointers what to look for in a good example.

Brews Available for Sampling at the Meeting

• Rob J.- Resurrection Rye (homebrew), American Wheat (homebrew)
• Tim D. – IPA (homebrew)
• Megan H. – Thai Pepper (homebrew).
• Terry L. – Milk Stout (homebrew)
• Mike D. – Parti Brown (homebrew), Hefe (homebrew)
• Dawn J. – Stout (homebrew)  
• Bryan C. – American Wheat (homebrew), Raspberry Wheat (homebrew),
• Dennis O. - Belgian Dark Strong (homebrew),
• Pete F. - Partigyle (homebrew),
• Tim M. - IPA.

Monthly Club Competition

Homebrew contest winner for February was Dennis Overby with his Belgian Dark Strong, also awarding him homebrewer of the month.

Program Speaker/Tech Talk

Tim D discussed water profiles.

Scheduled tech talks:

• April - Dennis
• May - Terry.
• Sept. - Jason S.

Treasurer's Report

Dawn provided a detailed treasurer’s report to all that were on hand.  

Old Business/Recent Events

Clawson’s tasting - comments?

Committee updates

Crystal Coast Brew Off Committee  - Tim discussed where the club stands with regard to the CCBO.   Donations and judge reservations are coming in.

New/Ongoing Business

• All current events that the Club is facing were brought to the floor and discussed.

• Club By-Laws are currently with a CPA in order to move forward with the decision to apply for 501c(7) status.

• We will be meeting up at Clawson’s Restaurant again on the 17th of April to support a beer tasting.

• Stein brew will be held on 18 April
• Subject of having one person responsible for refreshments at the meeting and charging/accepting donations to cover costs.  Jason Stone volunteered and has been dubbed “Burgermeister”.
• Boom Town Beer Fest on May 9.

Next Meeting:  Beer Army, 19 April 2015

Meeting sponsors:

• May 2015 – New Bruin Craft Beer
• June 2015 – Clawson’s Restaurant
• July 2015 – New Bern Homebrew

Motion passed to adjourn the meeting and drink some beer!