FLOPS Club Meeting Minutes
May 20, 2021
Core Brewing Springdale
7:15 PM – Meeting called to order with toast by Forrest
New Attendees:
Shawn Titel & Guest – moved to NWA about 1 year ago,
Oberin(?) – new employee at Core Brewing
Officer Reports
Treasurer – Chris – we have money
Greg Newman – Social – looking for brewer profiles – Randy will be June
Randy German – Hop Scheduler – no new competition this summer
Home Brew Showcase in Siloam Springs in June
Question about Foam Fest – no ads so assuming it is not happening
There are Octoberfests planned for Bentonville, Fayetteville, and at Natural State Brewing. There may be a table set aside for homebrewers at Fayetteville?
Everyone introduced the beers they brought to the meeting.
Brewtoberfest is October 9th. More details to come.
National Homebrew Competition – winners will be announced during Homebrew Conference in June.
FLOPS vs. OZ Homebrew competition is Amber Ale. This will be judged at OZ meeting July 6th at Natural State Brewing.
Keith Linn – Education – encouraged brewers to submit topics of interest for education presentations
Core Brewing has SS Brewtech system available to interested parties.
Keith Linn – trying to set up meeting with Jack McAuliffe to discuss potential brew project.
Larry McCalister reported OZ is planning to fill a wine barrel that their club has acquired.
New Business – set up officers meeting to discuss club scope – should we reach out to new members who are interested in craft beer and beer tasting but not necessarily in brewing?
Randy German proposed Homebrew Showcase in Siloam Springs as next social. Motion was seconded and approved.
8:05 pm Keith motioned to end meeting discussion and proceed woth tasting and judging. Motion seconded and approved.
Homebrewer of the month – Kevin Elsken for his Saison
Ass of the Month – Randy German for many reasons.
