FLOPS Meeting Minutes – January 16, 2014
Opening Toast – Tony Canova
May misfortune follow us all the rest of our days and never catch up.
Secondary Fermenter, Kyle Gibson presiding.
Officer Reports
Primary – Ash Goodwin
Unavailable
Secretary – Chris Abel
December meeting minutes are up on flopsclub.com.
Treasurer – Shaun Servoss
Unavailable.
Hop Scheduler – Brad Schmidt
Unavailable but based on previous reports we have,
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. If you have equipment to donate you can drop it off at the Home Brewery where the club stores its collection.
Ambassador at Large – Keith Besonen
At large.
Secondary – Kyle Gibson
Presiding.
Education – Andy Sparks
Brewing Software. BeerTools Pro was demoed.
BJCP Style Guide – Kyle Gibson
Belgian and French Ales. Several commercial examples were provided and sampled.
Old Business
Club Social December – Thanks again to Andy for hosting and opening his magic beer fridge. Honorable mention goes to Ben Mills and Andy Coats for showing up with kegs. A good time was had by all who braved the roads to attend.
Brewery Reports
Apple Blossom –
Fossil Cove – Kort Castleberry reported that Fossil Cove will return the Imperial Stout to it’s lineup. A SMASH beer with Munich 10 and Chinook hops is also available. Kort also brought a sample of a Coconut Porter homebrew which will be available tomorrow.
Ozark Beer Company –
Saddlebock –
Tanglewood Branch –
West Mountain –
We are still looking for information on the two new breweries rumored to be going in up north, Bike Rack and Bentonville Breweries.
New Business
Club Social – February’s social will be held at Tanglewood Branch, Saturday, February 8th at 3 p.m.
Iron Brewer
February’s style is Strong Ales.
March’s style is ?.
If you have ideas for t-shirt designs for a FLOPS shirt please talk to Keith Lynn.
The House of Hope sent a nice letter of appreciation for the clubs holiday donation.
Awards
Brewer of the Month – Keith Lynn for brewing two SMASH beers.
Ass of the Month – Ash Goodwin.
Iron Brewer – Forrest, Keith and BJ Larsen submitted entries.
Winner – Keith Lynn for his SMASH X.
Congratulations on your first anniversary Greg and Mandy. Thanks for spending part of it with the club.
January’s Beer Board
Gibby Grunion, Pale Ale
Geoff Zahn Russian Imperial Stout on Oak, Saison
David Johnson Glacier Belgian IPA
Forrest SMASH
Bruce McCain Molassas Holiday Porter
Woody Brown IPA
Tony Canova Hoppy Wheat
Robert Bacon Belgian Dubbel
Tom Maddock IPA, ESB
Keith SMASH IPA X, SMASH IPA Y
Brant Bishop Stout, Hatch Pepper Ale, Pale Ale with Arbol chili
Jamie Walker Pale Ale
Dave Gulliver Kitchen Sink Ale
BJ Larsen SMASH
Kort Castleberry Coconut Porter
