December 2018 meeting notes

  • A huge Thank You to Chaos Mountain for hosting!
  • Next Meeting
    • Tentatively at Blue Ridge Hydroponics either January 19th or 20th
    • I will send out an email as soon as we have an answer
    • Backup plan is for Harry to host this meeting.

  • Treasurer’s Report
    • $4573.91
    • 138 paid members coming into year’s end
  • Competition Updates
    • She Brew in Oregon- If any of our ladies have any entries Steve will do his best to get them shipped out there.
    • Throwdown! This is the big one in March. Registration will be open in January.
  • Throwdown Updates
    • No Updates at this time
    • Grovelers need to grovel.
  • Meeting Locations 2019
    • January: Blue Ridge Hydroponics (Tentative) (Dunkels Weissbier Presentation)
    • February: Rudy & Diane (Belgian Dark Strong Presentation?)
    • March: James & Joan Brown (Dunkels Weissbier Competition)
    • April: Chris & Robyn Stevens (Fruit Beer Presentation?)
    • May: Southern Hills Homebrew Supply (Big Brew)
    • June: Adam & Marcie Kendall (Fruit Beer Competition)
    • July: Hammer and Forge (Strong Bitter Presentation?)
    • August: Open
    • September: Harry & Lynn (Strong Bitter Competition)
    • October: Carrie & Justin Cox
    • November: Brian & Vanessa Rorrer
    • December: Chaos Mountain (Belgian Dark Strong Competition)

 

  • Iron Brewer
    • Our Iron Brewers got together to try and come up with a consensus on who used the ingredient best.
    • They decided it was a push and the $10 gift card to Southern Hills would be raffled off.
    • Congrats, Iron Brewers on creating amazing beers with non-traditional ingredients.
    • Thanks to Takumi for the great idea and making it happen.
  • Competition Results
    • We had 13 entries for the Imperial Stout Competition Results are as follows:
      • 3rd Place- Mike Czernicki
      • 2nd Place- Carrie and Justin Cox
      • 1st Place- Ken and Jen Sharp-Knott
    • Raffles
      • Paul Mahoney won the Judge/Steward Raffle for a $40 gift card to Southern Hills
      • John Merkwan won the Entry Raffle for a beer-stained $40 gift card to Blue Ridge Hydroponics
    • Brewer of the Year
      • Carrie and Justin Cox won Brewer of the Year with 142 points. That’s an average of 35.5 points per competition. Great job!
      • Andy Pascarella was a close 2nd with 137 points
      • Steve Lusk was right behind in 3rd overall with 136 points
    • Election Results
      • Board of Directors (1 year term to finish the vacated seat): Harry Montoro
      • Vice President by default: Adam Kendall
      • President: Chris Gray
      • The Board of Directors now welcomes Allen F. to a 3 year term per the bylaws to join Rudy L. (2 years remaining) and Harry M. (1 Year)
    • 50/50
      • $181.00 collected
      • Scotty Anderson won $90.50! Congrats, Scotty!
    • Open Floor
      • The guild joined in song and cheered for Rudy’s birthday. Happy Birthday, Rudy!
    • Dirty Santa Exchange
      • We had 20 participants in the Dirty Santa exchange. The Collective Arts Bourbon Barrel Imperial Porter was a very popular gift. Consequently, Barrel Chest was out on Sunday.
      • Matt and Rachel Klumpp wound up with the most interesting gift- Budweiser Copper Lager in collaboration with Jim Beam in a very fancy wooden box.
      • Thanks to everyone who participated this year!
    • From Allen
      • It’s been an honor serving as president this year. We’ve had many successful events and I hope we continue to move forward and grow even more next year. The craft beer scene is evolving and so too is the guild. As a board member I will continue to be growth and innovation focused. I will make it a point this coming year to reach out and grow our industry membership in order to open the door to more opportunities. I am confident that our new leader, Chris Gray, will bring some exciting ideas to the table in 2019.

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