FLOPS Meeting Minutes – September 19
Opening Toast – Tony Canova
A fine beer may be judged by just a sip but it’s always best to be thoroughly sure.
Officer Reports
Primary – Ash Goodwin
Elections to be held this evening.
Secondary – Kyle Gibson
It’s my birthday and don’t forget to go see Hunkr Down at the Phoenix on Sept 27th, FLOPS members get in free.
Treasurer – Shaun Servoss
Our account currently stands at $1656.56
Brew Master – Tim Keltner
Our collection grows. We are developing a spreadsheet to serve as a catalog and to keep track of equipment checkout. It will be located on flopsclub.com.
Elections
Yearly officer elections are held in September. Officers elected as follows,
Primary – Ash Goodwin
Secondary – Kyle Gibson
Secretary – Chris Abel
Treasurer – Shaun Servoss
Hop Scheduler – Brad Smith
Mug Watcher – Tony Canova
Nerdus Optimus – Keith Linn
Education
Kyle Gibson provided a brief description and history of the Porter beer styles and its variations, robust, Baltic and imperial.
Old Business
Club Social at Saddlebock – Several members attended our last social at Saddlebock Brewing Co. Owner Steve Rehbock was on hand to give a tour with tastings. The new decks were open and the weather cooperated. A good time was generally had by all.
Ozark Beer Company- The freezer is built, the floors are painted and the brewhouse is in position. Brewing may commence mid October. Look for beer in November.
New Business
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.
Club Social – October’s social will be held at Fossil Cove on Saturday, October 5th at 3 p.m.
There is now a FaceBook feed on the flopsclub.com website. Items posted to the website should post to our Facebook presence as well. Keith is also working on setting up a PayPal mechanism to allow club members to pay their dues online. Use the hash tag #flopsclub to post pictures to the website via twitter.
David Gulliver proposed that we start a mentor program for new brewers. It was suggested that brewers could be club members or non members looking for guidance as they begin their experimentation with the brewing process. Non club members would be made aware of the program via a sign at the Home Brewery, word of mouth, or via our various web presences. Those club members interested in serving as a mentor please let David know so we can develop a pool of participants. Other members commented that we renew our commitment to holding regular brew ins as a supplement to this program.
FLOPS wishes Kyle Gibson a happy birthday. Don’t forget to go see Hunkr Down, for free, at the Phoenix on Friday, Sept 27th, 9 to 11 p.m.
Awards
Brewer of the Month – Tony Canova.
Ass of the Month – Anyone who did not attend the meeting.
Iron Brewer – David Rios for an excellently crafted Octoberfest.
September’s Beer Board
Tim K Imperial Stout
Alan Wheat
David Johnson Aurora Belgian IPA
David Rios Octoberfest
David Brown Octoberfest
David Gulliver Ale with home grown hops
