July 2012

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July 2012

#1 Post by Steve Brown » Mon Jul 16, 2012 11:20 am

LBG Minutes – July 2012

Business Meeting
New people – Andy, Jerry, and Allan. Welcome!

Clean-up was by Frank, Jim, Paul, and many more. Thanks!

Librarian – Jeff went over check-out procedures; we acquired four new books.

Treasurer – Ken reported that we have about $6100.

Secretary – Distributed Great Taste tickets.

QM – Andy went over some of the equipment for new people. Upgrades to the ten-tap worked well. Guild approved a recirc pump to cool through the towers, as well as a jockey box cleaner.

Trip to Blind Tiger and Tallgrass is scheduled July 14. We plan to leave at 9:45am from the parking lot of the I-70 business center (former outlet mall near the entrance to the turnpike in north Lawrence). We’ll take Jeff of Tallgrass to lunch in Manhattan, tour Tallgrass at 1:00pm, tour Blind Tiger on the way back.

Brewfest – Please follow the threads online, get on the forum and volunteer for something!
Food committee (Heads: Jake and Linzi): there’re lots of things that need done ahead and day-of. Sign up to pull Chuck’s pork!
Logistics: Rob has the folder.
Beverages (Andy and Frank): announced that the new and improved online donations form is up and running. See the donations thread for complete rules; basics – at the August meeting single members can buy three tickets @ $40/each with a keg pledge; family membership allows six tickets with two kegs pledged. Round two will start immediately after round one. (At Ken’s discretion it could begin after the August meeting.) The comp ticket will be distributed in exchange for the keg at the Brewfest site.
Music (Joe): Brewfest bands are: Lonnie Ray Blues Band, Rumble Jets, Truckstop Honeymoon, Dean Monkey & the Dropouts, and Lance Fahy.

Mugs for Juggs – Kim thanked the guild for helping to raise $4300 this year!

Aaron and Caryl Hale are selling Colorado peaches again this year. Please see the forum if interested.

Jeff brought hops from Free State for free distribution to all interested.

Seminar
Members offered tips for brewing in hot weather. Suggestions included: start early, use frozen water bottles to save ice, swim!, use post-chiller to save ice, use an immersion chiller with submersible pump.

Tasting
This month’s tasting featured honey wheat beers. We started with a commercial example, Blue Moon Summer Honey Wheat. Angelo, Bowe, and Christen brewed two identical except for the honey; one used Bowe’s honey and the other used orange blossom honey. It was 52% Maris Otter, 19% Bowe’s home-malted wheat(!), 9.5% Carapils, balance (??); 21IBUs of Magnum and 25g Simcoe, 1272 Wyeast. Fourth was a honey lager with 2-row and honey. Chuck’s honey lager with Cascade was the fifth sample. Angelo suggested using 0.26 lb carapils or maltodextrin for mouthfeel/body and head retention per pound of honey.

Upcoming events:
*Great Taste of the Midwest: August 11.
*Brewfest 17: Sept. 22.

Thanks to everyone who brought snacks!
Life begins at 100. 100 IBUs, that is!

"Hard work may not kill you - but why take the chance." -- B. Franklin

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Re: July 2012

#2 Post by Tuck » Tue Jul 17, 2012 9:59 pm

Chuck and I are not the heads of food again this year :shock: . Jake and Linzi are, but in their absence we were getting the conversation started for food. I am going to do the Shrimp boil on Friday night and will have money details soon... :mrgreen:
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Re: July 2012

#3 Post by Steve Brown » Tue Jul 17, 2012 10:55 pm

Oops, and thanks for the correction. I was confused by all the emphasis Chuck was putting on helping him pull his pork.... :lol:
Life begins at 100. 100 IBUs, that is!

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