Thursday, April 12, 2018
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Homebrews
Randy Braden - Cinco de Mayo, Barleywine
Jim McGovern - Rye Porter
Imperial Tangerine IPA
Visitors - none
Clean-Up Crew
Steven Frittz, Josh Lake, Lynette Good
Upcoming Events - see slides for full list
Celebration of life gathering for Aneita Burton on Saturday, April 14 at Wayne & Larry’s
Parkville Microbrew Festival - still need one more keg, Saturday, April 28th
Big Brew Day Brew-Off Judging - Thurs & Fri, May 3-4th
Maifest/Big Brew Day - Saturday, May 5th at Yankee Tank Production Facility
Pints for Pets - Saturday, May 18th @ Clint & Xan’s
June Hoppy Hour - Thursday, June 7th at Lucia Beer Garden + Grill
Brewfest - Saturday, Sept. 22nd
Great Taste of the Midwest
August 11 in Madison Wisconsin
Tickets are $60, we have 15 of them
Please sign up on the forum
LBG Big Brew Day Brew-Off
- All spots taken within two hours of registration opening
Cinco de Mayo category is up now - make sure your beers are categorized correctly
Would love to have you volunteer - sign up on the website
- How many bottles do you need to turn in? Two of each entry
Where is it? Yankee Tank, see website for drop off locations (Courtney or Leigh’s houses)
Can you submit cans? No.
Waiting list of people to bring beer at last minute if people drop out? According to BJCP rules we are not allowed to do that
In order to print labels you have to pay
- Tickets are $2/each or 3/$5
Can buy tonight or at Maifest, cash or paypal
Must be at Maifest to win
Over 25 awesome prizes to win
Great fundraiser for LBG
Hosted by Yankee Tank, 807 E. 23rd Street
- 9:00 a.m. - begin Big Brew Day
12:00 p.m. - lunch & group toast
2:00 p.m. - Big Brew Day Brew-Off awards ceremony
Bruce Murrish will smoke brats
Bring side dishes (nothing that requires refrigeration)
Taps provided for your homebrew kegs
We’ll celebrate Big Brew competition and winners, awards ceremony at 2:00 p.m.
Logistics Coordinator - Brick has volunteered!
Big Grain Buy - close, order grain!
Ernst & Sons Hardware
They are maintaining brewing supplies
Not sure how long it will last
They are hoping for a buyer for the business or the inventory
Proposal: Brewery Tour
Stenger, Rebecca Mosley, and Dale Wheeler are working on a KC tour and pub crawl event
July/August timeframe
More details next month
Treasurer’s Report - see slides for more details
At 103 paid members so far in 2018, trending down
- 134 in 2016/17
187 in 2015
$25 individual/$35 household membership dues
Library Report - Kindle edition deals, see slides
Secretary’s Slide - cleaned out nametags, let Leigh know if yours is missing or needs corrected
April Seminar - Show Me Your Rig
See slides, featuring Chuck Ferguson, Ryan Metcalf, Courtney Servaes, Andy Booth, Blind Piper
April Tasting - Spring Seasonals
Upcoming tastings:
May - competition beers
June - out of market
July - guild brew summer lagers