Summary of 11/06/09 JAB Meeting

Location: Dave's House

Attendees:

• Members: Eric Wentling, J.D. Ludford, Jim Trowbridge, Dave Manley, Kent Olsen, Jon Baldwin, Andrew Klosinski, Bill Schmeidlin, Myron Karki, Scott Crawford, Steven Mathistad, Rick Walter, Jerry Haus
• New Member: David Hodges
• Guests: Matt Sannes, Sarah Manley, SaraJo Wentling

1.      Welcome new member

a.      David Hodges from Victoria

2.      Flat Earth Tour

a.      November 7 at 4:00  

3.      Competitions

a.       Hoppy Halloween (Fargo)

·        Dave – Gold for Oktoberfest

·        Eric – Bronze for Imperial Stout

b.      AHA Club Only - European Amber Lagers

·        Our club entry (JD) did not win

c.       AHA Club Only – Belgian Strong

·        Entry due by November 27  

d.      Upper Mississippi Mashout

·        Entry/competition dates TBA

4.      National AHA Conference

a.      Held in Bloomington June 17-19, 2010

b.      Our club is registered, will have a table at club night. (Poker theme?)

c.       Need members to brew batch of their best beer to serve at this.

d.      We will set up committee to organize our club activities and to do list for this event.

·        Build booth

·        Order club Swag (shirts, cards, etc)

·        Jim is putting together club brochures

·        Jim has already produced 2 club banners! (Thanks Jim!)

e.      AHA website has details on costs, dates, etc.

5.      AHA New Website

a.      AHA has a new website, with new club pages. Need good photo of our club to be put on the site. Took a group pic at meeting – Eric to determine if that is best, or if we should use another existing pic.

6.      Andrew’s Coffee Roasting Presentation:

a.      Andrew gave good presentation on home roasting coffee beans. Gave a demonstration and roasted beans. (Dave made coffee with them on Saturday morning – very good!)

7.      Dave’s Presentation on Beer & Wood (Part 2)

a.      Fiesty crowd demanded bad puns and double entendres…no one was disappointed.

8.      2010 Presentations

a.      Need volunteers for presentation topic for 2010! Post on forum or let Eric know.

9.      Upcoming meetings

a.      December 4: Eric’s house, Yankee Swap, potluck

b.      January 8: Location TBD, Officer selection, Club Awards, Style of the month: Scottish Ales

10.  Beers sampled

·        Dave’s 2 year old Oaked IPA

·        Dave’s Mystery Beer

·        Matt’s New Belgium Tripel (commercial)

·        Jon’s 2006 Tomatillo Fizz

·        Eric’s Hibiscus Tripel

·        Eric’s Oktoberfest

·        Bill’s Spiced Tripel

·        Andrew’s Ginger Saison

·        Andrew’s Coffee Stout

·        Dave’s Wood:

1.      2009 Unoaked

2.      2009 Hungarian Medium Toast

3.      2009 French Medium Toast

4.      2009 American Heavy Toast

5.      2009 Hungarian Heavy Toast

6.      2009 French Heavy Toast

7.      2008 Oak Essence

8.      2008 American Heavy Toast

·        JD’s Sorghum (Gluten Free) Beer

·        Steven’s Big Ben Pale Ale (1^st brew)

·        Kent’s Triumph Pale Ale

·        Jerry’s Bitter (1^st brew)

·        David’s Haviestoun Old Dubh 12 yr (commercial)

·        David’s Haviestoun Old Dubh 16 yr (commercial)

·        Jon’s MN Green (fresh hop)

·        Eric’s Raspberry Mead

·        Eric’s Sweet Mead

·        Eric’s Peach Mead

·        others I did not write down

11.  Beer Of The Month:

a.      Nominees were

·        Eric’s Hibiscus Tripel

·        Eric’s Oktoberfest

·        Bill’s Spiced Tripel

·        Andrew’s Coffee Stout

b.      The winner is…………….

·        Eric’s Oktoberfest – way to go Eric

12.  Next meeting: Friday, December 4. Eric’s house, Yankee Swap, potluck.