July 15, 2021
Core Brewing Springdale
7:10 PM – Meeting called to order with toast by Forrest
New Attendees
Louis Lewis
James Harvey
Tom Maddock opened meeting with congratulations to Keith Linn for his Gold Medal in the National Homebrew Competition for his New England IPA.
Tom also encouraged members to join American Homebrewers Association.
Results of last round of Iron Brewer Competition with Oz Brew Club, Keith Linn finished 1st and Tom Maddock finished 3rd place.
Keith reported he is still trying to connect with Ivory Bill Brewing to pitch the idea of a barrel brew.
New Business
Tom reiterated that there will be a table available at Brewtober for Oz and Flops to advertise. Volunteers that man the booth will get a free Brewtober ticket.
Insurance has been paid for the year.
Filing of Non-profit report is done.
Brewtober has been registered as BJCP sanctioned event, judges will earn points.
Keith Linn mentioned a new brewery is being planned for Lowell and they are looking for a head brewer.
Natural State Brewing is having a fundraiser (Aletruistic Octoberfest?) on September 18 from 1:00 until 10:00 pm. They are looking for servers, if interested contact BJ from Oz.
Also Fayetteville Octoberfest has been officially cancelled. There is an event planned in Little Rock on November 14th that will have space for homebrewers.
Education
Brian Sorensen, author of Arkansas Beer as well as a freelance beer writer, gave an excellent presentation on the history and status of brewing in Arkansas
Ass of the Month
Unanimous vote for Kevin “there are not the droids you are looking for” Elsken for using his Jedi mind tricks to convince attendees at Greg Newman’s social that Greg’s wife was named Sandy. Even the Russian judge was heard to say, “Da, guilty!”.
Brewer of the Month
3rd Place – Patrick Bohannon
2nd Place – Larry McCalister
1st Place – Keith Linn
