July 2023 Meeting Notes

Star City Brewers Guild
July 2023 Meeting Notes
Sunday 7/30
Home of Pete Heyroth

• Thank you Susan and Pete for hosting!
• Future meeting host volunteers (Need location ideas for December)
  • August 20th – James and Joan
  • September – Harry Montoro
  • October – John and Kathy
  • November – Southern Hills Homebrew Supply
• Financial Report
  • $7787.42 in the bank
  • Income 7/30/23
    • $40 50/50
    • $40 Dues
    • $15 Guild Hat
  • Expenses 7/30/23
    • $26.31 Q3 Competition Style Examples
• Upcoming Events
  • September 2023 – Q3 21A American IPA Competition
  • October 2023 – Q4 10C Weizenbock Style Presentation
  • November 4, 2023 – Learn to Homebrew Day
    • Need brewers, beer donors, ABC license, food etc
  • December 2023 – Christmas Party and Q4 10C Weizenbock Competition
• Feeding Southwest VA
  • Keith will reach out to Randy to see if there are available events with at least 2 weeks notice
• 50/50
  • John Thompson won $40
• Open Floor
  • John Thompson brought up an idea for a brew experiment where multiple beers are brewed with identical SMASH recipes except for the base malt. The purpose will be to determine the difference in premium , standard and extracts of the same grain family. A proposal to be presented by John at the August meeting.
    • Harry has offered for BLBC to donate some items in support of the base grain SMASH comparison  brew. Potentially yeast, hops and base grain.
    • We discussed the Guild covering the ingredient costs for members that participate not exceeding $400 total.
    • It was also discussed that all participants supply the beers brewed to the Learn to Homebrew Day event in November.
  • Homebrew Swap Meet
    • Date TBD but there appears to be some interest
• Q3 21A American IPA Style Presentation
  • John Thompson gave a style presentation with two commercial examples
    • Bells Two Hearted
    • Alpine Duet

Attendance: 12