February 2017 Minutes

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February 2017 Minutes

#1 Post by LeighK » Wed Feb 15, 2017 9:16 pm

Lawrence Brewers Guild
Thursday, February 9, 2017

Link to power point: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d ... p=sharing

Visitors
Bob Ditson, Bonner Springs, friends with Marlowe
Dennis Styman, Lecomptom, looking to start a distillery
Sam Schwermann, Nathan’s wife

Clean-Up - Marlowe, Dennis, Rob(?)

Things that were brewed this month - orange pale, heady topper clone, tripel & others

Chuck’s yeast tips, try different yeasts with your ciders, 1388 in a smash pack = cider tastes like apples

KCMB - LBG contributed 9 stewards & 4 judges

Hoppy Hour
Jenalea reached out to beer bars.
March 2nd, Gaslight Gardens
April 6th, Merchants - 10% off food w/ LBG card

Upcoming Events
Pints for Pets -- Saturday, May 20
Raised $3,400 for Lawrence Humane Society last year
Take beer donations & serve homebrew
Taco bar
Kid friendly but prefer no pets

Parkville Microbrewfest
April 29th
Homebrew tent
Give us 12 free tickets
Look for 9-10 keg donations for a ticket
Need to help pour
3,000+ attendees, 70 breweries, 9 homebrew clubs

Maifest
At Yankee Tank, Haskell & 23rd
If people can bring equipments & brew that would be great
May 6th
More details to come

New for 2017
Homebrewer of the Month
Bring beers, provide recipes & tips
Volunteers needed
Courtney will be the March Brewer of the Month
Back Porch brewing at Ernst & Sons
Probably May & Oct on a Sat morning
Volunteers needed to lead each session
John K: first weekend in Nov is national learn how to brew day

Quartermaster
Still looking….
Committee to discuss options?
Joe Yoder: a monumental task for one person, willing to help
Jim McGovern: what kind of shape does this equipment come back in?
Each event, like Maifest, should have a cleaning committee
Tara: Perhaps rotate every few months
Bob: why aren’t we charging a deposit?
Frank: we used to
Yoder: people might forfeit their deposit & return dirty equipment
Phil will have data compiled for next meeting on storage unit prices

Treasurer’s Report
Additional 15 paid members
Current membership expires Feb. 28th
Avoid paypal fees by sending money to a friend

LBG Library
Have you seen me?
If you have interests or books you are interested in, let Marlowe know

Norsemen presentation + Belgian Dubbel tasting

Woot woot

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