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October 2023 Meeting Minutes

Posted by on October 22, 2023

October 19, 2023

Fossil Cove Brewery, Fayetteville

  • Attendance: 23
  • Homebrews presented: 26

7:16 PM – Meeting called to order with toast by Keith Linn

New Attendees

  • Dan (Ken’s older brother)
  • Detlef (actually not new, but been awhile)

Miscellaneous

Kim and Tim brought sausages with sauerkraut and red cabbage. Curry powder in your mustard, who’d a thunk?

Beer intros completed.

Black Howler will be looking for helpers to move things into the brewery. Watch social media if interested on helping out.

New Business

Iron Brewer Info

Iron Brewer Competition style for 3rd quarter was Kölsch. Results:

  1. Randy Germann
  2. Larry McAlister
  3. Alex

Style for 4th Quarter in English Porter. Entries turned in at FLOPS January meeting.

Also Ty and Randy (best of show) placed well in the Girls on the Run competition. Thanks to Darin Dickson for running a good event. 

Various upcoming beer competitions and events

FOAM Cup – Tulsa, OK – registration open October 8th thru November 5th. Judging week of November 13th

Happy Holidays – St. Louis, MO – registration open November 13th thru December 1st

Officer Nominations

In November we need to nominate members for officer positions. All existing officers, except for President, are available to serve another term. You can still nominate someone to run against the incumbent. But we will definitely need to elect a new President for 2024.

Social events approved for remainder of 2024

  • October – Brewtoberfest, October 28th
  • November – Germannfest, November 4th from 2 to 8 at Randy’s
  • December – Xmas party at Black Howler, dates TBD

Selected styles for the 1st and 3rd quarter Iron Brewer: Pepper Beer and Bier de Garde

Education

Kevin talked about Real Ale.

Brewer of the Month

  1. Alex
  2. Kevin
  3. Matt

Ass of the Month

Tiger Woods could not equal Jack Nicklaus’s record of 18 major golf championships. Can Daniel equal Tom Maddock’s record for Ass of the Month selections? He is giving it one hell of a run.