Thursday, March 8, 2018
Link to slide presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/ ... sp=sharing
Homebrew
John Pepin -IPA
Floral IPA
Visitors
Dan Rusinak, been a member, grandkids live in Lawrence but never in town on meeting days
Ryan Shaughnessy, been a member but never come
Clean-Up Crew
Leigh, John & friends
Upcoming Events
Yankee Tank Open House & 3 Year Anniversary — Saturday, March 31
April Hoppy Hour — Thursday, April 5, Wakarusa Brewing Company in Eudora
April Meeting — Thursday, April 12
Craft & Compassion Beer Maze — Thursday, April 19
Parkville Microbrew Festival — Saturday, April 28
LBG Big Brew Day Brew-Off Judging — Thursday & Friday, May 3-4
LBG Big Brew Day Brew-Off and Maifest — Saturday, May 5; entries accepted Mar. 17-Apr. 21
Dwight Burnham Memorial Brewfest XXIII — Saturday, Sept. 22
LBG Big Brew Day Brew-Off
Prizes include: Blickman beer gun, stainless steel conical fermenter, 7 gal stainless steel kettle, lots of schwag, grain, hops, & much more!
Scale Ups
- Yankee Tank: Cinco de Mayo category winner
Free State: Best in Show
Talk to Jim about judging
Entries accepted 03/17-04/21
- Encourage members to enter early since it is limited to 100 entries
$7 entry fee for non-members
$5 entry fee for members with discount code: lbgmember2018
Proposal: Logistics Officer
Keep track of guild assets - where is everything stored
Maintain inventory
Recommend needed upkeep or purchases
Arrange to have materials delivered and returned for guild events
- Brewfest (lead logistics committee)
Big brew day brew-off/maifest
Holiday party
Not required to
Appoint position, to become elected position in 2019
Proposal: Brewery Tour
KC location with a concentration of breweries
Participants will split cost of van/bus Lawrence to KC and back
Funded mostly by participants. Guild arranges tours and schedules, buys first rounds, etc.
July/Aug timeframe
Volunteers to help plan/present
Rebecca: Taptour passport, has map with breweries
Stenger, Rebecca & Dale will work on this
Treasurer’s Report - see slides
Not a lot of change
Sent 3 emails to Phil
Heard back this morning, no payments yet
Net for month: $251.08
Membership Cards
Missing member details:
- Mark Shrock
Jake Endres
Caryn Stockwell
Matt & DanaComi
Wolfgang Johanning
Ryan Shaughnessy
$25 individual/$35 household
Cash/check/paypal
Still active after 10 years
- DJ & Sara Albrecht
John Bowden
Chris Stenger
20 years - Dale Wheeler
Founders
- Ellen & Jeff Jensen
Joe Yoder
Barry Fitzgerald
Clint Wedel
New book: Big Book of Mead Recipes
- Lots of recipes - including PBJ, bacon
Includes info about BJCP mead categories
On Saturday, May 19th
Donate a keg, let Clint or Xan know, drop it off the day before
Grain Buy - See forums, we are at 8 sacks in 40 days. We used to buy 42 sacks 5X/yr
Secretary’s Slide
Printed new name tags & got rid of inactive member ones
Let Leigh know if there is an error on your nametag - name misspelled, go by “Rob” instead of “Robert”, missing forum name, etc.
If you don’t receive the newsletter, give us your email address and we’ll get you added
Seminar - Bottling, see slides
Off Flavor Detection - Jim McGovern
Tasting - Competition beer styles