Summary of 8/07/09 JAB Meeting

Location: Ty's House

Attendees:

• Members: Eric Wentling, J.D. Ludford, Ty Harrison, Kent Olsen, Jon Baldwin, Bill Schmeidlin, Scott Crawford, Steven Mathistad, Andy Bateman, Tim Bliss, Mike Gray, Jerry Haus
• Newbies: Gary ?
• Guests: Sarajo Wentling, Tim Wentling (Eric's dad)

Note:      J.D. filled in for Dave taking minutes so they aren't as concise...

1. MN State Fair and RenFest comps coming up...Get your beers in!  Check forum for links on registering and dropping off.

2. Eric passed around sample good and bad score sheets to exemplify variations in judging.

3. Ty gave a good presentation on dry hopping.

4. Andy B did 6 samples of dry hopping with various hops (awesome example of experimentation!)  They were...

    * Simcoe

    * Amarillo

    * Cascade

    * Ahtanum

    * Centennial

    * Warrior

It was interesting to see the variations in aroma as well as flavor and bitterness (even though dry-hopping is generally practiced to add aroma).

5.  Upcoming meetings/presentations:

6.  Beers sampled

• Andy B's American Wheat Dry-Hopped

• Eric's Mild

• Mike's Bitter

• Andy B's Experimentals (see 4 above)

• Gary's Hard Cider

• Scott's Smooth Nut Brown

• J.D.'s 2007 Mead

• J.D.'s Cider Gone Wrong (I + II)

• Jon's Juneteenth

• Eric's IPA

• Andy B's Triple

• Andy B's IPA

• Mike's Belgium

• Mike's Hefeweizen

• Kent's Amber

• Scott's Aussie Light

• Fitger's Eisbock (brought by Andy B)

• J.D.'s "Hot" Dunkelweizen

• Gary's Mystery Mead

7.  Beer Of The Month:

a.      Nominees were:

• Andy's Experimental

• Eric's Mild

• Jon's Juneteenth

• Mike's Hefeweizen

b.      The winner is…………….

• Mike's Hefeweizen – way to go Mike!

8.  Next meeting: Friday, September 10th. Jon’s house (Andy K Coffee Roasting)