FLOPS Club Meeting Minutes
June 17, 2021
Core Brewing Springdale
New beer cards and trays in use for the first time.
7:15 PM – Meeting called to order with toast by Forrest
New Attendees:
Debbie
Tom Maddock opened meeting by reviewing procedural changes aimed at reducing the business portion of the meeting down to 30 minutes maximum. The biggest change is the addition of the beer cards and the elimination of beer introductions during the business segment of the meeting. There was also strong encouragement to stop side conversations during the business portion of the meeting so that we can get onto the drinking portion of the meeting.
Voting for Brewer of the Month – each attendee should vote twice, and can vote for the same beer.
Officer Reports
Keith Linn – Education – Brian Sorenson will present a talk on the history of beer in Arkansas at the July meeting. Also Keith is still working with Jack McAuliffe to finalize a recipe for brewing a big barleywine.
Treasurer – Chris Abel – we have money to pay insurance dues. Tom reminded us to note if we are members of the AHA, as they will pay the insurance if 75% of FLOPS members belong to AHA
Greg Newman – Social – looking for brewer profiles. Also encouraged continued Facebook participation. Greg is planning an End of Covid social event at his place, July 10th at 2 pm
Randy German – Hop Scheduler – calendar on website has been updated with events. Also a potential event to include FLOPS, OZ, and ZOO. We agreed to consider, but put off any decisions until we got back on schedule with the normal Iron Brewer competition.
Old Business
This was our second meeting at Core Brewing. Direct any comments or suggestions to Tom or any of the officers, or if you have an idea for a better location please let us know.
Iron Brewer at Natural State Brewing on July 6th – Amber Ale
Brewtober blah blah blah. Oh and OZ and FLOPS will have a booth available
New Business
Keith will set up education calendar
Larry McCallister announced OZ’s plans for an Ark-toberfest event.
Motion was made to close business portion of meeting. Seconded and adopted.
Keith Linn provided education about the Amber Ale style of beer.
Homebrewer of the month – Patrick Bohannon for several beers, Barleywine and Flanders Red in particular
Ass of the Month (in abstentia) – Kat McGraw – where is our banner?
