April 2018 Minutes

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April 2018 Minutes

#1 Post by LeighK » Tue Apr 17, 2018 12:43 pm

Lawrence Brewers Guild Meeting
Thursday, April 12, 2018


Link to slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/ ... sp=sharing

Homebrews
Randy Braden - Cinco de Mayo, Barleywine
Jim McGovern - Rye Porter
Imperial Tangerine IPA

Visitors - none

Clean-Up Crew
Steven Frittz, Josh Lake, Lynette Good

Upcoming Events - see slides for full list
Celebration of life gathering for Aneita Burton on Saturday, April 14 at Wayne & Larry’s
Parkville Microbrew Festival - still need one more keg, Saturday, April 28th
Big Brew Day Brew-Off Judging - Thurs & Fri, May 3-4th
Maifest/Big Brew Day - Saturday, May 5th at Yankee Tank Production Facility
Pints for Pets - Saturday, May 18th @ Clint & Xan’s
June Hoppy Hour - Thursday, June 7th at Lucia Beer Garden + Grill
Brewfest - Saturday, Sept. 22nd

Great Taste of the Midwest
August 11 in Madison Wisconsin
Tickets are $60, we have 15 of them
Please sign up on the forum

LBG Big Brew Day Brew-Off
  • All spots taken within two hours of registration opening
    Cinco de Mayo category is up now - make sure your beers are categorized correctly
    Would love to have you volunteer - sign up on the website
Questions?
  • How many bottles do you need to turn in? Two of each entry
    Where is it? Yankee Tank, see website for drop off locations (Courtney or Leigh’s houses)
    Can you submit cans? No.
    Waiting list of people to bring beer at last minute if people drop out? According to BJCP rules we are not allowed to do that
    In order to print labels you have to pay
Raffle at Maifest
  • Tickets are $2/each or 3/$5
    Can buy tonight or at Maifest, cash or paypal
    Must be at Maifest to win
    Over 25 awesome prizes to win
    Great fundraiser for LBG
Maifest: May 5th
Hosted by Yankee Tank, 807 E. 23rd Street
  • 9:00 a.m. - begin Big Brew Day
    12:00 p.m. - lunch & group toast
    2:00 p.m. - Big Brew Day Brew-Off awards ceremony
You can brew! Bring your equipment and ingredients. YT provides water and power.
Bruce Murrish will smoke brats
Bring side dishes (nothing that requires refrigeration)
Taps provided for your homebrew kegs
We’ll celebrate Big Brew competition and winners, awards ceremony at 2:00 p.m.

Logistics Coordinator - Brick has volunteered!

Big Grain Buy - close, order grain!

Ernst & Sons Hardware
They are maintaining brewing supplies
Not sure how long it will last
They are hoping for a buyer for the business or the inventory

Proposal: Brewery Tour
Stenger, Rebecca Mosley, and Dale Wheeler are working on a KC tour and pub crawl event
July/August timeframe
More details next month

Treasurer’s Report - see slides for more details
At 103 paid members so far in 2018, trending down
  • 134 in 2016/17
    187 in 2015
Reminder - Jon cleaned up forum access, see me if your forum account died
$25 individual/$35 household membership dues

Library Report
- Kindle edition deals, see slides

Secretary’s Slide - cleaned out nametags, let Leigh know if yours is missing or needs corrected

April Seminar - Show Me Your Rig
See slides, featuring Chuck Ferguson, Ryan Metcalf, Courtney Servaes, Andy Booth, Blind Piper

April Tasting - Spring Seasonals
Upcoming tastings:
May - competition beers
June - out of market
July - guild brew summer lagers
Leigh

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