Thursday, May 10, 2018
Link to slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/ ... sp=sharing
Homebrews
Jenalea - Great White Stout
Kevin - whiskey barrel cider, mole stout
Clean-Up Crew
Dale, Josh, Ryan & Rebecca
Hoppy Hour
Lucia Beer Garden + Grill
$3 draft Kansas craft beers
$4 jerk chicken egg rolls
LBG 23rd Street Collaboration
Australian sparkling ale
Steve Fritz, Rebecca Mosely, Josh Peterson, Mark Hutchinson
Going for a lawnmower beer but didn’t want a hefe so tried an australian
Actual BJCP style
Selling a lot of it at 23rd Street, was on tap at the competition & Maifest
Upcoming Events
Pints for Pets, Sat. May 19th
KC Nanofest, Courtney has a booth
Hoppy Hour @ Lucia on June 7th
Great Taste of the Midwest, Aug 11th - talk to Steve Brown if you want to go
Brewfest on Sept. 22nd
Festival of the Lost Township on Sept. 29th
LBG Holiday Party on Dec. 8th
Pints for Pets
Saturday, May 19th, 5:00-10:00 p.m. at Clint & Xan’s, 700 Ohio
See slide for more info
LBG Big Brew Day Brew-Off
- 97 total paid entries
95 total received entries
32 brewers
2.97 entries per entrant
9 entries is most per entrant
14 judges
21 stewards
- 42 entries (44%)
13 entrants
3.23 average entries per entrant
- 53 entries (56%)
19 entrants
2.79 average entries per entrant
Category 1: Standard American Beer (10 entries)
2nd place Bowe Neuenschwander (co-brewer Karl Neuenschwander) - 1A American Light Lager
Category 21: IPA (16 entries)
1st place Jarrod Lynds - 21B: Specialty IPA (NEIPA)
Category 29 & 30: Fruit and Spiced Beer (20 entries)
3rd place Courtney Servaes - 30A Mexican Chocolate Stout
Category 35: Cinco de Drinko (13 entries)
2nd place Jenalea Myers (co-brewer Courtney Servaes) - 35A Strawberry Margarita Gose
27 homebrew-related businesses sponsored prizes
- Collected more than 250 prizes valued at more than $1,500
Top prizes
Ss Brewtech 7-gallon Chronical (retail $399)
Coolbot (retail $349)
Spike 10-gallon stainless steel kettle (retail $200)
Blichmann BeerGun (retail $100)
Will be meeting in June to begin working on 2019
If you are interesting in being a part of the planning committee let Courtney know
Need more certified judges
June seminar will be about BJCP certification
Brewfest Financials
Music options
$200 - no live music, use a playlist with sound system
$1,500 - 3 bands instead of 4
$2,000 - 4 bands like last year, cut budget in other areas
Discussion
Dale: do we like live music?
- Overwhelming ‘yes’
Chuck: used to be brewfest, not music fest. We had a damn good time without live music. Music controversial in several years - family picnic versus brewfest.
Live music adds a lot X 5
Camping is good, no driving back
Josh: beer was still focus but without live bands we would be losing out
Percentage of total cost? $5,500 total, $2,000, 2nd biggest expense after food
Frank: I’ve never once described brewfest as a festival for drinking beer. Friday night is member night, bring in professional breweries, comradery. Saturday is the day we bring friends & family to the lake to experience our hobby and have a good time.
Brick: one other option to consider, KKFI band auctions - bid on one of those
John McClure: hybrid
Clint: discussion several years ago to make brewfest for members and have a separate event for a blow-out
Frank: it is hard for commercial breweries to come to us when we have a small audience compared to other festivals. If we want more commercial breweries we need to show marketing values for them
Guy I don’t know: MOTION - cut to 3 bands
- McClure: is this a fundraiser or party?
Peterson: don’t we need to hold back this year
McGovern: how many active members do we have right now?
Jon: About the same as last year….
Clint: amend: include KKFI
…: dollar cap $1500
John Bowden: is the point to make money or have fun?
MOTION CARRIES on visible hand vote
$5,541.11 as of 2018-05-07
Checking: $1,227.92
Savings: $4,000.80 (reserve)
PayPal: $244.39
Cash: $68.00
Courtney: re: competition budget - postage is missing. I delivered all the medal winners to various clubs. One envelope will be mailed. As we get bigger we will likely have more postage expenses.
Library Report
New books:
Great Beers of Belgium, MIchael Jackson
Cider Hard and Sweet: History, Tradition, and Making Your Own by Ben Watson
Kombucha! By Eric and Jessica Childs
Seminar
Elliot Pees, Owner, Kanbucha
Tasting
Beers submitted to the Big Brew Day Brew-Off
Bowe - Summer Quencher #5
Jenalea & Courtney - Strawberry Margarita Gose
Bowe - JeIPA
Leigh - BBD Brew-Off IPA
Leigh - BBD Cinco de Drinko
Josh - Imperial Stout
Upcoming Tastings
June - Heroic IPAs
July - Guild Brew Summer Lagers
August - Something Bob finds in Wisconsin