Summary of 10/10/08 JAB Meeting @ Eric's house

Attendees:

• Members: Eric Wentling, J.D. Ludford, Dave Manley, Kent Olsen, Jon Baldwin,  Bill Schmeidlin, Myron Karki
•  New Members: Steven Mathistad, Rick Walter and Scott Crawford
  • All 3 new members have paid dues for remainder of 2008 and all of 2009.
  • Jim needs to update member roster and get contact information from the new members.

1.      Group Brew from June:

a.      Before meeting started, Eric, Jon and Dave bottled the group brew that we did at Chris’ house back in June. The beer was split into 3 batches, using 3 different yeasts. We tasted during the meeting and after meeting; several members took bottles home with them. Interesting how an identical beer can vary so widely in taste by using different yeasts.

2.      Competitions:

a.      Upcoming contests:

·        Muddy Waters, entry deadline November 7. (see club forum for entry information)

·        Hoppy Halloween, entry deadline has passed, 3 members submitted entries

·        AHA Club Only IPA: none brought to meeting; none will be submitted from our club.

3.      Upcoming Club Brews:

a.      November meeting: Wood Aged Beers

b.      December meeting: Spiced/Holiday Beer. Open recipe, but should have a spice of some sort in it.

c.       February meeting: Bock Beers

4.      You Win Jack Awards

a.      Will be awarded at January meeting.

b.      Categories at this point are:

·        Best Beer

·        Best Non-Beer

·        Most Unusual

·        Most Improved

·        Rookie of The Year (First year member, not necessarily first year brewer)

·        Best Presentation

·        Club MVP

·        Most Golden Paddle Wins

·        Most Competition Wins

c.       Would like to have 3 nominees for each category.

d.      Winners determined by votes at January meeting.

e.      Prized to be determined by club officers.

5.      Hop Exchange

a.      Since Jon was the only member who brought hops, no exchange took place. However, Jon does have dried Cascades for sale if anyone is interested.

6.      Group Cider Pressing

a.      Approximately 6 people showed up at the Group Cider pressing on Saturday, 10/13 at Dave’s Grandpa-in-law’s farm.

b.      There were lots of apples to pick and yield was very good. We ended up with about 25 gallons of pressed cider.

c.       It was a fun event, and the process is efficient when there are enough members to pick, clean, grind, press, clean, etc.

d.      There are still lots of apples to pick, so if our group wanted to organize another pressing in the next couple of weeks, we could do that.

e.      See website and/or forum for pictures.

7.      Beers sampled

·        Group Brew:

1.      Dave’s English Ale Yeast

2.      Eric’s Papazian Yeast

3.      Kent’s Yeast (sorry, I forgot what type it was)

·        Dave’s Grumpy Troll Erik The Red (commercial)

·        Eric’s Pumpkin Porter

·        Kent’s Pale Ale

·        Dave’s 2003 Smoked Porter

·        Bill’s Bitter Orange Peel Wheat

·        Rick’s English Bitter

·        Dave’s 2001 Grand Cru

·        Eric’s Orange Blossom Mead

·        Kent’s Pale Ale II

·        Scott’s Nutbrown

·        Scott’s Irish Red

·        Kent’s Goose Island Bourbon County Stout (commercial)

8.      Beer Of The Month:

a.      Nominees were:

·        Eric’s Pumpkin Porter

·        Dave’s 2001 Grand Cru

·        Dave’s 2003 Smoked Porter

·        Scott’s Nutbrown

·        Eric’s Orange Blossom Mead

b.      After several “runoff votes”, the winner is…………….

·        Eric’s Pumpkin Porter – way to go Eric!

9.      Next meeting: Friday, November 14, Dave’s house. Presentation by Dave and tasting on Wood Aged Beers.