October 2024 Meeting Minutes

Last Month

• Brewer of the Month: Ben Farhner
• Ass of the Month: Daniel Stubblefield (absent)

Guests

• Gary, Ben’s father visiting from Washington
• Isaac, Alex’s son
• Tyler, a member but has only come once before

Beers were introduced and an intermission taken to sample the beers.

Old Business

Paella on the Patio

• Big thanks for Ken Gill for putting this on in September!

Fayetteville Falltoberfest

• There was some club participation, but not much due to short notice. Hoping for more notice for next year’s event so more members can participate.
• This was not a charitable event, so bringing and serving homebrew doesn’t count toward BOTY points.

Oktoberfest NWA

• There was a good turnout with 7 homebrewers and 11 homebrews.
• This was a charitable event benefitting the Rotary Club, so let Greg Newman if you participated in order to earn BOTY points.

Iron Brewer Competition

• Q3 2024: Imperial Stout (20C), due October 17 at FLOPS
• Q4 2024: Bière de Garde (24C), due January 7 at OZ
• David Johnson and Patrick Bohannan volunteered to judge the Q3 entries.

Off-flavor Sensory Kit

• Kevin Elsken is planning for 4–5 sessions with about 15 people each.
• The sensory kit came with 25 off flavors, with each vial treating 1 quart of beer, or about 16 2 oz samples.
• Larry McCallister has experience doing off-flavor sensory tastings with OZ and will meet with Kevin Elsken to plan out the FLOPS sessions.
• Patrick Bohannan expressed interest in his Black Howler staff participating in the sessions and also volunteered to brew and supply a base lager to use for the off-flavors.

Homebrew Group Buy

• Kevin Elsken promoted the new Google Group for coordinating group buys of homebrew supplies. Request to join here.
• Anubrew in Rogers is getting Anuroof and is planning to re-open in mid-November.
• Patrick Bohannan is about to place an Imperial Yeast order; members should talk to him if they’re interested in ordering Imperial Yeast through him.

New Business

Club Administration

• Insurance snafu has been sorted out with AHA and successfully renewed for another year.
• Kevin Elsken presented the new bylaws to members and requested feedback.
• Kevin Elsken announced the new board of directors for the club, consisting of Keith Linn, Patrick Bohannan, and Greg Newman.

2025 Officer Elections

• Nominations for officers will take place at the November meeting.
• Voting on officers for 2025 will take place at the December meeting. Note that a quorum of members will be required for voting to take place.

Iron Brewer Competition Nominations

• Kevin Elsken took nominations for Iron Brewer categories for 2025–2026.
• Of 13 nominations, members voted on the following categories for FLOPS to judge over the next 2 years:
  • Belgian Dark Strong
  • Vienna Lager
  • Rauchbier
  • Irish Stout
• Club officers will coordinate with OZ on timing for each category and the full schedule between the two clubs over the next 2 years.

Hop Schedule

• FOAM Cup in Tulsa filled up with 520 entries in only 1.5 hours!
• Bière de Rock
  • February 1, 2025 in Aurora, CO
  • Entries due January 11, 2025
  • $9 per entry
  • More info here
• Bataille des Biѐres
  • February 1, 2025 in Lafayette, LA
  • Entries due January 18, 2025
  • $10 per entry
  • More info here
• Bluegrass Cup
  • February 8, 2025 in Lexington, KY
  • Entries due January 30, 2025
  • $10 per entry
  • More info here
• Kansas City Bier Meisters
  • February 22, 2025 in Kansas City, MO
  • Entries due February 2, 2025
  • $12 per entry
  • More info here
• Déjà Brü
  • February 22, 2025 in St. Paul, MN
  • Entries due February 7, 2025
  • $10 per entry
  • More info here
• Bluebonnet 2025
  • March 21–22, 2025 in Fort Worth, TX
  • Entries due January 25, 2025
  • $15 per entry
  • More info here

Miscellaneous

• Social Event
  • A motion was made and passed by the members for Randy Germann’s Germannfest to be the next club social event.
  • Germannfest is November 2 (Learn to Homebrew Day) at 2 PM.
• Holiday Party
  • Patrick Bohannan volunteered Black Howler as a location again.
  • James Harvey suggested doing a brewery crawl instead.
• James Harvey made a motion to exclude unmodified FLOPS–OZ Barrel Project beers from Brewer of the Month voting at club meetings; motion was seconded by Larry McCallister and passed by members.

Keith Linn made a motion to close the meeting, Ty Weston seconded the motion, and members passed it. Meeting closed at 8:50 PM.