September 2013
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 1:36 pm
LBG Minutes – September 2013
Business Meeting
New people – Glenn and Kyle. Welcome!
Clean-up – Michele, Jim and Steve. Thank you!
Librarian (Christen) – An LBG cookbook is in the works. Thirty recipes for the LBG cookbook have been received so far. Please send your food recipes for using spent grains or cooking with beer to Christen (Ophelia) on the forum or post it on the forum as soon as possible. Recipes should be tried first before recommending. If you have suggestions for the “pairs well with” section for your recipe, please include that information as well. The books will be spiral bound with plastic pages and cost $4.99 for the 100-page book. Get your recipes in so Christen can have these ready for distribution at the Christmas Party.
There are many great books available for check out.
If you have any ideas for new books, please let Christen know.
Treasurer (Ken) – LBG has $15,000. 155 paid members. The Treasurer will not be accepting member applications/money during the business meeting due to the disruptions this causes. If you need to talk to the Treasurer, please do so before or after the business-meeting portion.
Membership Dues:
Individual = $20
Family = $30
Check the forum in the Members Only section for the 2013 Membership Dues information.
**Only paid members will have access to the Members-Only section of the forum and the right to vote on LBG business.
Biermeister – (Duane) – Would like to have a December meeting, but the December meeting is the Christmas party. Possibly have a tasting of warming beverages in the November or January meeting.
Quartermaster – (Andy) – Angelo for Andy: LBG has a trailer full of equipment/party supplies that LBG members can checkout. Use the calendar on the forum if you wish to reserve the equipment. (Board index » Members Only Area » Library » Equipment). There are pictures of the equipment, tents and jockeyboxes on the forum as well.
New Business
Buy your LBG stickers. There are some new stickers. Purchase them at the meeting. Two stickers for $3.00.
Website – The new website is up – www.lawrencebrewers.org. If you have any LBG related pictures, pictures of events, or other content appropriate for the new website, please put those items on the Lawrence Brewer’s Guild Facebook page, or email the content to lawrencebrewers@gmail.com.
Bulk Buys – Frank Dillon (FDillon00) is in charge of the bulk grain buy. Put your order in now. To purchase a sack of grain, sanitizing supplies, or brewing equipment on the forum, go to:Board index » Members Only Area » Member Only Discussion » Group or Bulk Buying » Grain Buy 2013-E; OPEN (be sure to read all of the instructions). A grain buy will be made after Brewfest.
Equipment Buy - Frank has a Foxx Equipment account now. Contact Frank for your equipment purchases. Research your purchases first before you send your order to Frank. You are paying for what you tell Frank to purchase.
Frank is looking into buying professional workshirts for people that want them. Let Frank know if you are interested and what size you want.
New equipment for trailer: Matt said that the equipment trailer has burned out rope lights and needs a new sturdy table for the ten tap tower. A motion was made and approved to buy new rope lights and a table.
Events:
Brewfest 18: (The Dwight Burnham Memorial Brewfest) Saturday, September 28, 2013 12PM – 6PM (Friday, September 27, 2013 Members Only night).
Each member attending Brewfest is responsible for taking care of guests and other members. Don't overserve people. If you think someone is inebriated, don't serve them and get an officer to help. Everyone will be carded at the ticket gate this year – even members. BRING YOUR ID. Wrist bands will be given to those that have been carded. If someone asks for a beer pour, but doesn't have a wrist band, don't serve them. Camping is highly encouraged, as well as designated drivers.
A new procedure will be put into place so that folks who shouldn't be driving don't drive themselves out of the campground. There are new people at the Corps of Engineers this year so expect a DUI check point somewhere close to the park.
LBG may look into purchasing breathalyzers in the future and/or a rent-a-cop.
Noise controls will be in place this year. The park ranger does come to check the camp before 10PM. Keep your camp music down after 9:45PM Friday and Saturday nights. The bands will be shut down early, as well as the PA system.
Keep dogs on leashes. This is a park rule. If you can't keep your dog on a leash the entire time, don't bring your dog.
ALL MEMBERS: VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
Volunteer to help by contacting Frank Dillon (Beverage) or Russ Brickell (Food) or Matt Bechtold (Logistics). See the forum for more details (http://lawrencebrewers.org/lbgforum, board index>members only area>brewfest). Frank, Russ and Matt and their committees have done a great job of getting everything planned. Members should do their part by helping out. See the sign up areas on the forum under Brewfest (Beer, Food, Logistics).
Your beer keg should only contain liquid – no hop bags, or other solids should be in your keg. If the line gets clogged while serving, your keg will be removed from the flight. Watch the carbonation in your keg. Look for carbonation charts on the web if you need help, or contact Frank.
Friday, September 27 – bring your keg to donate and pick up your ticket.
Music:
Old Country Death Band will play early on Friday night (and will shut down early)
Saturday bands (order has not been determined):
Lance Fahey
DeWayne Brothers
40 Watt Dream (Truckstop Honeymoon’s other band featuring Katie Euliss)
LaBretta Suede and the Motel Six
Rumblejets
Food: Members are required to bring a side dish to Brewfest for Saturday. It is suggested that you double your recipe. You are responsible for keeping your side dish cold. It is best not to use raw eggs and/or dairy ingredients, as your dish will sit out for a few hours. Sign up to work a shift at the food table too – it goes by fast and you get to visit with all the guests. See the forum to sign up.
Logistics: If you have any empty coffee cans or other small buckets that can serve as cigarette receptacles, please let Matt know, or bring them with you on Friday night.
Friday night shrimp boil: Tucker Craig will cook a shrimp boil on Friday night. You must purchase a ticket in advance in order to eat. Contact Tucker for a ticket.
Cost is $11/ticket.
Band members will also be required to have a ticket to eat. Band members receive one comp ticket per member for Saturday.
Remember that this is not an all-you-can-eat buffet. Take only your share of food and leave some for others.
Friday night pro-brewers:
Free State Brewery
Blind Tiger
Boulevard
Tall Grass
O'Dell
Cinderblock (maybe)
Camping and Cleanliness – LBG is responsible for keeping the campground clean. Please keep your campsite clean and help clean up after the less responsible on Sunday morning. We should leave the campgrounds cleaner than we found them. Be responsible stewards of the park so we can continue to use it.
Thank you to everyone that is working on Brewfest 18! Keep up the great work.
Other Events:
GABF – Denver, CO 10/10/13-10/12/13
See the LBG website for other events [http://lawrencebrewers.org/wp/?page_id=7]
LBG Christmas Party: Suzanne will contact the Union Pacific Depot to reserve the Community Room on Saturday, December 7 or 14.
LBG T-Shirts – Angleo is purchasing American Apparel t-shirts with the bottle cap logo. The cost will be around $10/ea. See the forum to order one.
You can also purchase a Brewfest 18 t-shirt on zazzle.com in time to wear to Brewfest. Coozies will also be available on zazzle.com.
Other News:
JWL supply store closed. Two new craft beer supply stores have opened and are opening soon in Topeka.
Beer Tasting: The tasting this month is Bockbier. Thank you to everyone that donated ingredients. Bock in German means “male goat” and is a sweet, malty, lighter, drinkable beer with a good balance.
1. Blind Tiger Maibock – notes of sulfur, spring-y, light beer with floral tastes.
2. Dave's bock – darker, balanced, astrigent.
3. Weitzen bock (Schneider and Sons) – wheat bock, notes of cloves, cinnamon, ripe bananas, roasty and carmel tastes. (the only bock from Germany)
4. Doppelbock style (Capitol Brewery, Madison, WI)– carmel, smooth.
Duane will post his tasting notes.
Seminar:
Jared lead a seminar on kegging. Thank you, Jared.
Next meeting:
October 10 at 7PM. Unitarian Fellowship, 1263 N 1100 Rd, Lawrence, KS 66047.
Thank you to everyone who brought beverages and snacks tonight!
Business Meeting
New people – Glenn and Kyle. Welcome!
Clean-up – Michele, Jim and Steve. Thank you!
Librarian (Christen) – An LBG cookbook is in the works. Thirty recipes for the LBG cookbook have been received so far. Please send your food recipes for using spent grains or cooking with beer to Christen (Ophelia) on the forum or post it on the forum as soon as possible. Recipes should be tried first before recommending. If you have suggestions for the “pairs well with” section for your recipe, please include that information as well. The books will be spiral bound with plastic pages and cost $4.99 for the 100-page book. Get your recipes in so Christen can have these ready for distribution at the Christmas Party.
There are many great books available for check out.
If you have any ideas for new books, please let Christen know.
Treasurer (Ken) – LBG has $15,000. 155 paid members. The Treasurer will not be accepting member applications/money during the business meeting due to the disruptions this causes. If you need to talk to the Treasurer, please do so before or after the business-meeting portion.
Membership Dues:
Individual = $20
Family = $30
Check the forum in the Members Only section for the 2013 Membership Dues information.
**Only paid members will have access to the Members-Only section of the forum and the right to vote on LBG business.
Biermeister – (Duane) – Would like to have a December meeting, but the December meeting is the Christmas party. Possibly have a tasting of warming beverages in the November or January meeting.
Quartermaster – (Andy) – Angelo for Andy: LBG has a trailer full of equipment/party supplies that LBG members can checkout. Use the calendar on the forum if you wish to reserve the equipment. (Board index » Members Only Area » Library » Equipment). There are pictures of the equipment, tents and jockeyboxes on the forum as well.
New Business
Buy your LBG stickers. There are some new stickers. Purchase them at the meeting. Two stickers for $3.00.
Website – The new website is up – www.lawrencebrewers.org. If you have any LBG related pictures, pictures of events, or other content appropriate for the new website, please put those items on the Lawrence Brewer’s Guild Facebook page, or email the content to lawrencebrewers@gmail.com.
Bulk Buys – Frank Dillon (FDillon00) is in charge of the bulk grain buy. Put your order in now. To purchase a sack of grain, sanitizing supplies, or brewing equipment on the forum, go to:Board index » Members Only Area » Member Only Discussion » Group or Bulk Buying » Grain Buy 2013-E; OPEN (be sure to read all of the instructions). A grain buy will be made after Brewfest.
Equipment Buy - Frank has a Foxx Equipment account now. Contact Frank for your equipment purchases. Research your purchases first before you send your order to Frank. You are paying for what you tell Frank to purchase.
Frank is looking into buying professional workshirts for people that want them. Let Frank know if you are interested and what size you want.
New equipment for trailer: Matt said that the equipment trailer has burned out rope lights and needs a new sturdy table for the ten tap tower. A motion was made and approved to buy new rope lights and a table.
Events:
Brewfest 18: (The Dwight Burnham Memorial Brewfest) Saturday, September 28, 2013 12PM – 6PM (Friday, September 27, 2013 Members Only night).
Each member attending Brewfest is responsible for taking care of guests and other members. Don't overserve people. If you think someone is inebriated, don't serve them and get an officer to help. Everyone will be carded at the ticket gate this year – even members. BRING YOUR ID. Wrist bands will be given to those that have been carded. If someone asks for a beer pour, but doesn't have a wrist band, don't serve them. Camping is highly encouraged, as well as designated drivers.
A new procedure will be put into place so that folks who shouldn't be driving don't drive themselves out of the campground. There are new people at the Corps of Engineers this year so expect a DUI check point somewhere close to the park.
LBG may look into purchasing breathalyzers in the future and/or a rent-a-cop.
Noise controls will be in place this year. The park ranger does come to check the camp before 10PM. Keep your camp music down after 9:45PM Friday and Saturday nights. The bands will be shut down early, as well as the PA system.
Keep dogs on leashes. This is a park rule. If you can't keep your dog on a leash the entire time, don't bring your dog.
ALL MEMBERS: VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
Volunteer to help by contacting Frank Dillon (Beverage) or Russ Brickell (Food) or Matt Bechtold (Logistics). See the forum for more details (http://lawrencebrewers.org/lbgforum, board index>members only area>brewfest). Frank, Russ and Matt and their committees have done a great job of getting everything planned. Members should do their part by helping out. See the sign up areas on the forum under Brewfest (Beer, Food, Logistics).
Your beer keg should only contain liquid – no hop bags, or other solids should be in your keg. If the line gets clogged while serving, your keg will be removed from the flight. Watch the carbonation in your keg. Look for carbonation charts on the web if you need help, or contact Frank.
Friday, September 27 – bring your keg to donate and pick up your ticket.
Music:
Old Country Death Band will play early on Friday night (and will shut down early)
Saturday bands (order has not been determined):
Lance Fahey
DeWayne Brothers
40 Watt Dream (Truckstop Honeymoon’s other band featuring Katie Euliss)
LaBretta Suede and the Motel Six
Rumblejets
Food: Members are required to bring a side dish to Brewfest for Saturday. It is suggested that you double your recipe. You are responsible for keeping your side dish cold. It is best not to use raw eggs and/or dairy ingredients, as your dish will sit out for a few hours. Sign up to work a shift at the food table too – it goes by fast and you get to visit with all the guests. See the forum to sign up.
Logistics: If you have any empty coffee cans or other small buckets that can serve as cigarette receptacles, please let Matt know, or bring them with you on Friday night.
Friday night shrimp boil: Tucker Craig will cook a shrimp boil on Friday night. You must purchase a ticket in advance in order to eat. Contact Tucker for a ticket.
Cost is $11/ticket.
Band members will also be required to have a ticket to eat. Band members receive one comp ticket per member for Saturday.
Remember that this is not an all-you-can-eat buffet. Take only your share of food and leave some for others.
Friday night pro-brewers:
Free State Brewery
Blind Tiger
Boulevard
Tall Grass
O'Dell
Cinderblock (maybe)
Camping and Cleanliness – LBG is responsible for keeping the campground clean. Please keep your campsite clean and help clean up after the less responsible on Sunday morning. We should leave the campgrounds cleaner than we found them. Be responsible stewards of the park so we can continue to use it.
Thank you to everyone that is working on Brewfest 18! Keep up the great work.
Other Events:
GABF – Denver, CO 10/10/13-10/12/13
See the LBG website for other events [http://lawrencebrewers.org/wp/?page_id=7]
LBG Christmas Party: Suzanne will contact the Union Pacific Depot to reserve the Community Room on Saturday, December 7 or 14.
LBG T-Shirts – Angleo is purchasing American Apparel t-shirts with the bottle cap logo. The cost will be around $10/ea. See the forum to order one.
You can also purchase a Brewfest 18 t-shirt on zazzle.com in time to wear to Brewfest. Coozies will also be available on zazzle.com.
Other News:
JWL supply store closed. Two new craft beer supply stores have opened and are opening soon in Topeka.
Beer Tasting: The tasting this month is Bockbier. Thank you to everyone that donated ingredients. Bock in German means “male goat” and is a sweet, malty, lighter, drinkable beer with a good balance.
1. Blind Tiger Maibock – notes of sulfur, spring-y, light beer with floral tastes.
2. Dave's bock – darker, balanced, astrigent.
3. Weitzen bock (Schneider and Sons) – wheat bock, notes of cloves, cinnamon, ripe bananas, roasty and carmel tastes. (the only bock from Germany)
4. Doppelbock style (Capitol Brewery, Madison, WI)– carmel, smooth.
Duane will post his tasting notes.
Seminar:
Jared lead a seminar on kegging. Thank you, Jared.
Next meeting:
October 10 at 7PM. Unitarian Fellowship, 1263 N 1100 Rd, Lawrence, KS 66047.
Thank you to everyone who brought beverages and snacks tonight!