February 2017 – Meeting Minutes
WOW Agenda – 2017-02-21
Meeting at Will and Owen Imholte’s House
1647 Morgan Street, Mountain View CA, 94043
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6:30 – 7:00 – Social Hour – have a beer while everyone arrives!
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7:00 – 7:30 – Brewers Corner – People can request to have their beer tasted by everyone as a group with comments and questions. We’re testing out this part of the meeting that we used to have back in the MoreBeer days.
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7:30 – 8:30 – Business Meeting
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Welcome everyone – greet visitors and new members
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Let’s talk about clarity ferm & gluten removal
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Dues are Due – $25 for Individual, $35 for Family
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Check out the new face of our website!
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Club T Shirt planning – T shirt will be provided to all members who have paid dues by March Meeting, or within 3 months of joining.
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Equipment & Grain Sell Off
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John Maierhofer
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I have sacks for sale 7 months old but stored very well w/ nitro:
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1 sack of Weyerman Munich II – unopened – Scott S wants it
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1 sack of Weyerman Munich I – it was opened and is light by a just a few pounds
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1 sack of Weyerman Pilsner – same as above
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1 half sack – ~34lbs of Weyerman Vienna
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About a half of a sack of GlenEagles Marris Otter
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About 3/4 of a sack of Rahr 2-Row
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Whole bunch of smaller and larger bags and canisters (which I will keep) of almost everything – most of them never opened but they are all the same age as the ones up top.
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Chris Williams
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5 Corny Kegs – Moving to Texas on Tuesday.
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1 holds pressure and has a slightly temperamental IN poppet – $50 (keg #8)
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3 are not holding pressure for unknown reasons (kegs #7, #10, #11 (#11 also needs a new IN o-ring)) – $40 each
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1 has a faulty blow-off valve (always blows off, keg #6) – $40
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All of these are currently here in Boulder Creek. I work at 1 Almaden & Santa Clara in San Jose and could arrange for pickup there
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Officer Review
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2017 Officers
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President – John W.
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Vice President – Alvaro Garcia de Gorordo
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Secretary – Brian Schar
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Treasurer – Scott Satterthwaite
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Education VPs – Dwignt Mulcahy & Rob Conticello
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Events VP – Jim Schmalzried
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Competition VP – Jon Kissinger
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Digital Presence – Scott Angel, Bart Pichola and Lincoln Ong
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Membership VP – [OPEN]
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Competition Report – Jon Kissinger
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World Cup Next Month
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AHA/NHC dropoff March 9th
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MoreBeer can be a dropoff on the 8th before noon – Jon K. will pick up and deliver
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Cal State Fair happened already
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Drunk Monk in Chicago – Jon will help you get it here
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Oregon event coming up next month too
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Maltose Falcons May Fair – March 31
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San Mateo County fair – March 31
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BABO – In April
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Sudzers – ?
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Santa Clara County Fair – June
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Event Report – Jim Schmalzried
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Freewheel Battle of the Brews
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How was SF Beer Week for Everyone?
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What’s coming next!
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Let’s kick off Broken Hydro! – CAMPING!
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Smoke/wood!
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S’Mores
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Hotdogs
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Spruce
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“InTents” ;p
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Forgot Something – remove a secret ingredient, come up with alternative. “You forgot your ______”
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This would have to be curated
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April – Brew at a Commercial Brewery!
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Santa Clara Valley Brewery potentially in progress
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May – Bus Trip Stumble: East Bay
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Reserve Campsights for NCHF!
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Education Track – Dwight & Rob
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Break – 5 min
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Beer of theMonth – Alvaro
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8:30 – 9:00 – Discussion for the year
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Club T Shirt
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Club Camp Shirt (Grey & Yellow)
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NCHF Planning Team
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Overall – Jim S.
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Booth Design/Presentation (Camp Beer) – OPEN
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Food – OPEN
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NHC Planning – We are going, but its likely we won’t be going in enough numbers to fully participate in hospitality or have a club night booth. However, we might be able to get a few kegs there and get some guest taps at another clubs booth.
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Broken Hydro Review – Camping Theme
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Brew Ins!
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Members are encouraged to mail out to the team when they’re having a brew day if they’re open to having courteous and knowledgeable guests.
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Scott Angel is brewing on Sunday
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Club members that are open to hosting a Brew In:
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Suzie (?)
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Scott Angel
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John W.
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Owen & Will
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Alvaro
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Brew in at a Brewery!
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Need someone to Coordinate
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Calendar Events
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NHC Minneapolis MN, June 16-17
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Going & Not Going?
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SF Beer Week – www.sfbeerweek.org Feb 10 – Feb 19.
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SV Beer Week – http://www.svbeerweek.com/ –July21 – 28
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Firefighters MD Charity Competition
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Freewheel Battle of the Brews – Feb 12, 11-4pm
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Style is 17b, old ale
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Broken Hydrometer
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What will this year’s challenge be? Candy?
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NCHF
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MoreBeer Summer Sale
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MoreBeer Winter Sale
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Brew In Schedules:
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Who is open to an “open” brew day where people can drop by to brew with you
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Who could host several other brewers in their front/back yard?
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Swap Meet
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Food & Beer Pairing
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