FLOPS Meeting Minutes – November 21
Opening Toast – Dave Gulliver
Here’s to the girl who gave it to me. It hurts like hell whenever I pee. If she’s still got it when I get well, I’ll get it again sure as hell.
Officer Reports
Primary – Ash Goodwin
Secretary – Chris Abel
October meeting minutes are up.
Treasurer – Shaun Servoss
We have money. $1800 ish. Time to pay annual dues. $20 per.
Hop Scheduler – Brad Schmidt
Winterbrew 2014 – 01.18.14
Entry Fee: $10/entry Entry Deadline: 01/10/2014 Location: Chicago, IL, US Contact Email: Winterbrew2014@gmail.com
Kansas City Bier Meister’s 31st Annual Competition – 2.22.14
Entry Fee: 7.00 Entry Deadline: 02/07/2014 Location: Kansas City, MO, US
Contact Email: amanda.kertz@gmail.com
28th Bluebonnet Brew-Off – World’s Largest Single Site Competition – 3.22.13
Location: Dallas,Tx Entry Fee: Commerative Score Sheet for $8 Entry Deadline: 02/20/2014
Schlafly St Louis MO – 7.13.14
Event Type: AHA Rallies Time: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
We need to start hosting brew-ins again. If you are willing please let an officer know.
Brew Master – Tim Keltner
We are developing a spreadsheet to serve as a catalog and to keep track of equipment checkout. It will be located on flopsclub.com.
Secondary – Kyle Gibson
BJCP style examples will be a permanent addition to the meeting. This will be in addition to our education segment.
Ambassador at Large – Keith Besonen
Just glad to be here. Nothing to report.
Education – Keith Lynn
How to make a two stage temperature controller to maintain fermentation temperature.
BJCP Style Guide – Kyle Gibson
Strong Ales
Old Business
Teach a friend to homebrew day – Thanks to those members who went to the Homebrewery and brewed.
Club Social Fossil Cove –Fossil Cove Brewing Co. once again served as our destination. Brats were grilled. Thanks to Ben Mills for hosting again.
Brewery Reports
Apple Blossom –
Fossil Cove – Releasing their pumpkin beer October 18th.
Ozark Beer Company – Officially open. Social soon.
Saddlebock – Look for Brian Sorensen’s review.
Tanglewood Branch – Serving Jammin Java coffee in the AM. Mondays, beer and bacon happy hour.
West Mountain –
Two new breweries rumored to be going in up north. Bike Rack and Bentonville Breweries are in the works.
New Business
Club Social – December’s social will be held at Andy’s house, Saturday, December 7th at 7 p.m. A keg of Sierra Nevada Celebration among others will be available.
Chai is December’s Iron Brewer ingredient.
January, SMASH + 1, the malt is Munich and you choose the hop for January’s Iron Brewer challenge.
Reminder New Meeting Venue – Several months ago FLOPS approached the owners of Fayetteville’s newest brewing establishment in hopes that we might be able to change the location of our meetings from our long standing home at the Home Brewery, thank you Andy, to a slightly more spacious and comfortable venue such as exists at the Apple Blossom Brewing Company. We have been given the green light to utilize their “back room” on the third Thursday of each month and so it was proposed that we hold October’s meeting in this new space. The motion was passed and the next meeting on Thursday, October 17 will be held at the Apple Blossom Brewing Company. Please bring your homebrew. Please do not bring commercial beers for the time being as we need to support our hosts for their generous offer of a very pleasant meeting space.
Awards
Brewer of the Month – All those who brewed for Teach a friend to homebrew day. Alan Gann, Mike Lennox, David Rios, Tony Canova, ….?
Ass of the Month – David Rios.
Iron Brewer – Tim Keltner.
October’s Beer Board
Tony Powell Imperial Stout
Alan Gann Black + Stout (Stout)
FLOPS Club Pliny Clone
James Walker IPA
Tim K Pomegranate Imperial Russian Stout
Tom Maddock APA
Tim Kincade Rye IPA Ale
Keith Brown
Forrest Brown
Justin Saison
Mike Koon Gumballhead clone
Howe Pecan Brown
Areet APA
