FLOPS Meeting Minutes – February 21st, 2013
OPENING TOAST – Tony Canova
Here’s to those old drinking days
and the haze of it all which I shall never forget
though I really can’t recall
OFFICER REPORTS
Treasurer – Shaun Servoss
We have money.
Hop Scheduler – Brad Schmidt
Saddlebock Competition: Congrats to Tim Keltner.
Celtic Brew-off Arlington TX April 12-14
The Celtic Brew-Off is the largest homebrewing competition in the country devoted exclusively to beers, mead, and cider with origins in Celtic nations of the world.
Registration for the 2013 17th Annual Celtic Brew-off will open February 28, 2013 and will close on April 5, 2013.
Entries will be accepted March 22, 2013 through April 4, 2013. All entries must be received by our shipping location or at a drop-off location by April 4, 2013
Bluff City Brewers and Conniosseurs Homebrew Extravaganza
Memphis TN http://bluffcitybrewers.com
The 2013 Extravaganza will be Saturday February 23rd, 2013
We’ll be accepting entries January 1st – February 2nd. Entries will be $5 until January 15 2013, then the price is $7.
Hoppy St. Patrick’s Day
Friday, March 15, 2013 at 6:00 PM, CST Springfield MO
Entries will be accepted between Friday, February 8, 2013 at 5:00 PM, CST and Friday, March 8, 2013 at 5:00 PM, CST. All entries must be received by our shipping location or at a drop-off location by Friday, March 8, 2013 at 5:00 PM
Registration open: Saturday, December 29, 2012 at 6:00 AM, CST.
Registration close: Thursday, March 7, 2013 at 11:55 PM, CST.
Club only Competition the style for March is Extract Beer, at lest 50%, of fermentable sugar must come from extract. Styles 1-23 only What to do:
Competition will take the place of Iron Brewer
By following the AHA Club only schedule, we can send the winner’s beer to the AHA Club only finals, each quarter. So I would bottle at least 6, just in case you are declared the winner. The AHA competition, for Extract Beer will be held in May.
AHA Club-Only Competition, Extract Beers
Entry Fee: One entry per club, $7 (make check payable to AHA)
Entry Deadline: 05/13/2013
Brew Master – Brad Schmitt
Donations continue to come in. Let the borrowing and brewing begin.
Ambassador at Large – Keith Besonen
Currently at large.
Education – Chris Wiken
Calibration of thermometers using ice water.
OLD BUSINESS
Scotch Ale Project – Andy Sparks
Test batch in progress. Tim will bottle the small, 2 Penny, beer. Samples should be available at a future meeting.
FLOPSclub.com – Andy Sparks
The new improved club website is nearing completion. Will provide a means to check a non Facebook calendar for upcoming FLOPS events. Keith Linn has done a great job. If anyone has older existing FLOPS graphics please get them to Keith.
The Iron Brewer Style / Flavor for March is extract beers. Brew an extract beer for potential entry into the Quarterly AHA Club Only competition to be held in May. 50% of the fermentable sugars must come from extract.
The Iron Brewer Style / Flavor for April is spring flowers.
Social Report – The Saddlebock / FLOPS IPA competition hosted at US Pizza served as February’s social. Congrats to Tim Keltner and Tony Canova for the top 2 vote getting recipes. Saddlebock’s Helen Ames took third. It was generally agreed that the competition was a rousing success. It was great to see the general public out in force sampling and voting for their favorites and we hope to hold / sponsor / participate in similar competitions in the future. Thanks go to Steve Rehbock for pulling it all together and to all those who assisted and participated.
NEW BUSINESS
Iron Brewer
February’s Iron Brewer competition featured beers brewed utilizing the ingredient star anise. This month’s winner is Tim Keltner. Congratulations Iron Brewer Keltner.
Brewer of the Month
For his victory at the Saddlebock / FLOPS IPA completion, Tim Keltner was affirmed as February’s Brewer of the Month. Way to sweep the awards this month Tim.
Ass of the Month
Thanks Gibby.
Thanks to Tony Canova for providing delicious Stromboli as sustenance for this month’s meeting.
Thanks to all who brought their homebrew….
- Dave Uhl IPA
- Tony C Belgian IPA
- Hazelnut Brown Ale
- David Gulliver AAAPA
- Tony Canova IPA
- Tim Keltner Porter
- Eric Vester American Stout
- Strong American Ale
- Shaun Pale Ale
