It was cold outside but the ample array of delicious food, tasty beer and generous hospitality of our hosts kept 20 SCBG members and three guests warm for the 17 October meeting. Thanks again to Jeff and Cindy F. for hosting and an extra thanks for Jeff for roasting coffee beans and treating us to the delicious results.
Treasurer Will L. reported current paid membership at 53 with a bank balance of $494.92.
Teach a Friend to Home Brew Day is November 7th. Fran reports they have approval on the ABC license. Will and Harry report that ads are in City Magazine and The Roanoke Times. For the beer and food pairing, Will is asking for people to donate 12 bottles of the same homebrew. If you are willing, call or email Will so Fran can pick a food item to pair the beer with. Don't worry if you only have a mish mash of beers in inventory, bring them. And if you are not available to be there, please arrange to have someone else bring them. Bryan S, Chris M., Will L., and possibly Jeff F. will be doing the brewing demonstrations. From those in attendance it seemed we had about 10 volunteers. We still need more of you. The public event is from 11 to 4 so even if you could only help a few hours that would be fine. Reminders: Club tables - James. Bryan will bring the club tent. This needs to be up by 10:30. Big Willie (Doug please arrange to get it to the site) will be present but will still need to have someone make sure it is ready to accept kegs on the event day.) Be ready for more e-mails as this date gets closer.
Chuck G. was able to enlist a graphic artist to do the design for the BOTY tee shirt. Thanks Chuck. Payment will be one case of homebrew. If you would like to donate a couple of bottles to the cause please bring them to TAFTHB or the next meeting and I will collect. It would be nice if you could put the style of beer and your name on a piece of paper secured with a rubber band around the bottle – that way he will have some idea what kind of beer he is about to open.
Chuck rewired the email address on the website so anyone using the 'General Questions - Guild Mailbox' form from the website will have his email sent to all of us via the googlegroups email list. I suggest that only the Vice President respond to questions on membership. Anyone can respond to the other emails like equipment for sale or questions about brewing.
Selecting beers for the 2010 BOTY Competions. Between now and the November meeting each member may submit their 4 choices for the 2010 competition styles. Some of you have been out front of me on this one and I have saved all the ones already emailed so no need to email again unless you want to make sure your vote is counted or you have a change. All of the written choices I receive will be summarized and the members will then vote from the total list at the November meeting. The top 4 choices will be the competition styles and members will then vote to determine which quarter to feature each choice. Below are the competition beers for previous years.
Past Beer in SCBG BOTY Competitions
2009-American brown, saison, oatmeal stout, imperial anything
2008-dunkleweizen, esb, specialty beer, and robust porter
2007-bohemian/czech pils, apa, american IPA, sweet stout
2006-dry stout, american amber, dubbel, scottish 80 shilling
2005-munich helles, IIPA, oktoberfest/marzen, and mead
2004-CAP, fruit beer, brown ale, bock
2003-apa, hefeweizen, IPA, Imperial stout
The report on the Bramwell Octoberfest was that it was a good event with good weather. The homebrew competition went a bit smoother this year as there were two tables of judges working. Our own Bryan S. won 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes in the general beer category and took 2nd and 3rd prizes in the specialty category. Way to go, Bryan!!
The Blacksburg Brew Do is Saturday, October 24, 2009, from noon to 6:00 pm. Online tickets are cheaper than those purchased the day of the event. Will L. reported that they are expecting a BIG crowd and suggested that one would benefit from going earlier rather than later in the day. There are 55 homebrew entries for the competition with entries from 5 SCBG members.
If you want a shirt with a SCBG logo on it, get it to Will L. PDQ. He plans on making another run to the shirt shop and will turn them in for you.
John M. announced he will be stepping down as SCBG President due to other commitments in 2010. Nominations for 2010 will be held at the November meeting. Prospective officers may nominate him/her self or may be nominated by a member.
After a very short break, Bryan S. led the Everything Imperial tasting of no fewer than 10 beers.
Future Meeting Sites:
November: Date is the 21st. Carrie & Justin (Chris to present info on Siebel Sensory Kit versus AHA Flavorist for club decision)
December 19th: Will & Jen L. Imperial Anything Competition
January:
February: (This will likely be the Tech Talk on Off-Flavors)
