Seminar:
Kevin Prescott gave us a presentation of his tour of Hop Union. We were in awe of the two-story pile of hops. We have a copy of the PowerPoint presentation and you can have a copy upon request.
We think it is great that Kevin is willing to come to your club and show us these tours on his own time.
Thanks, as always, to Kevin.
Tasting:
Tasting was done at the beginning of the meeting. Re-organizing the troops was difficult, much like herding cats.
1 shiner hefe
2 franziskaner hefe weiss
3 Paualaner
4 Granite City wiezen
Announcements:
Sean brought up the list for the grain by. Andy said we need to fill up some splits to get the 36-sack minimum. (order is now full. See Group/Bulk Buying thread on the Forum)
Sherry?s Learn to Brew:
They did a Milk Stout for the first Learn to Brew session. 6 people showed up. Next lesson is on Bottling. Check the forum for details.
Library:
Added Tent, the tap towers, and the fruit press to the Library for checkout. Checkout is done via the Forums.
New Business:
Mead day:
John is not running mead day this year as he will be out of town. He was 'voluntold' to have it on another day. Mead day will be held at John?s on Sun Aug 12th 2:00pm. See the Forum discussion for details.
Business card designs need to be completed and printed up. Need 1000 of them. Matt Bechtold states that they should be done soon.
Old Business:
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Brewfest:
Tickets:
Purchased tickets:
Ticket distribution was derived by taking the number of tickets (300) divided by the total number of paid members (~67). So each member is guaranteed up to 4 tickets to purchase in the first round. Leftover tickets go to a pool for first come first served.
You can pay online w/ PayPal (service fee will be added) or you can pay at the August 9th meeting with cash/check. Tickets are $25 each, $10 for designated drivers (DD) and kids 12 and over. DD and kids get a plastic cup.
Tickets for beer donations:
5 full gallons of drinkable brew gets you 1 comp ticket with a maximum of 2 tickets for a single membership, and a maximum of 4 for a family membership
Comp tickets will not be given until the beer has been delivered. Those that commit to beer donation but do not turn in beer (due to infection, beer loss, consumption, etc) will be allowed to purchase a ticket.
Even if you get 4 comp tickets for beer donation, you are still allowed your 4 tickets for purchase.
To register for tickets online:
Go to lawrencebrewers.org and click ?Brewfest? on the bottom left hand side. Once you click you will be welcomed by Andy and Rob from Brewfest 11.
Read what information you like, then go to ?Ticket reservations can be found Here? and click the link, then fill out the form.
August 9th is the payment deadline. You can always pay Joe if you feel like it.
Friday 21st is for members only. This is a chance for us to catch up with each other and to get some of the setup out of the way.
Sat 22nd the taps open to public. As usual, all-you-can-eat buffet, brew, sodas, water and great music! Present your ticket or your donation for your glassware.
Committees: (please let me or the committee Chair know if you are or want to be on a committee)
Entertainment: Chair Joe, Amy
Logistics. Chair Jeff, Ellen, Andy
Food. Chair Sean, Tom, Russell
Beverage. Chair John, Bill, Shane, Amy, Andy, Jarrell
Brewfest Books: Sean handed out copies to the chairs to work with. They are rough, he didn?t have much of a chance to work with them. So mark them up with changes as you progress through your separate meetings and let Sean know what should be changed.
We need a refer Truck. Jeff Jensen, Chair of Logistics says he?s got it under control.
Tags for kegs will be done by John Monoghan.
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Sunflower Competition:
Sunflower competition is on Nov 3rd and is the same day as Homecoming for KU. Judges are coming in from out of town to judge our competition and the hotels are full. If you are willing to give up a room for the judges, this would be greatly appreciated.
Roller derby and boulevard tour canceled. Events didn?t match up to pull it up.
BJCP:
First meeting of the BJCP study group met at Johns, planned to meet every couple of weeks, taste some beer, judge, and assigned reading. Details on the forum
(http://lawrencebrewers.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=689)
Possible trip to ?St Louis Hops in the City?. Leave Sept 14, stay 15th and return16th.
Financials
Joe- $2000 in the kitty
Odds n Ends:
Clean-up Josh and Heather. (if I get names incorrect, just let me know)
New faces: (if I get names incorrect, just let me know)
Tom Thresh - from ZZ Hops.
Chris - knows guys from ZZ Hops. Been doing AG for a while.
Luke - New brewer at FreeState
Jonathan Carroll - brewing for 3 weekends
Chris - friend of 'these guys'
July 2007
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