September 2019 – Meeting Minutes
NCHF – Northern California Homebrewers Festival-Next week is NCHF (usually held 3rd week of Sept.)- Often attended by 1/3 – 1/2 active club members- Tonight is no crap on tap in prep for event- Vote for which kegged beers will be brought to the event to represent the club
Chili Cookoff Sumary– Raised ~$1600 in homebrew sales- 86 bottle comp entries- 17 kegs in keg comp- Score sheets handed out to entrants- Prizes handed out to winners present at the meeting: – Lorri, Jason, Anil, Howard, Arjun, Scott S., Scott A. all placed – Special congrats to Nick for winning keg comp best of show – won firefighter’s helmet & Kegtron keg monitor for his first brew!
Education Session: Kegging– Stainless beer gun: nice alternative to picnic taps- Lines: clean out your lines and take apart your keg coupler- Consider higher quality tubing (e.g. BevUltra) instead of typical vynil- Lots of tips on balancing your draft systems- Flow control devices can be a great help