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Hops Brew Club September 2021 Meeting Minutes

9/27/2021

September 2021 Hops Brew Club Meeting Minutes
Attendance: 12
Election results:
President: Wes Aston
Vice President: Eric Berger
Secretary: Todd Snelson
Treasurer: Chris Cleveland
Congratulations to the newly elected Officers.
Offerings:

Eric B: Alt Weizen 5.8% partial grain & extract brew
John M.: Bohemian Lager Pressure fermented for 4 days
Matt D.: Blackberry Pils 5.2 %, liquid & dry malt extracts
Matt D.: Random Pils ( base for the Blackberry Pils above) dry hopped
Pete A.: British Golden Ale with Cascade & centennial hops
Brian G.: Catskill Brewery Session IPA Grass Wagon 4.9%
Matt D.: Dustinson Stout, 6.4% high mash temp, choc. Malts
Matt D.: Chai Curious Stout, ( stout above with addition of Chai tea) 1qt tazo Chai tea concentrate.
Chris & Frank.: Belgian Tripel 10.1% brewed 3/2020 fermented with 2 yeasts, white labs Trappist ale and Safale BE256
Chris & Frank.: DuClaw PastryArchy 8.7% Root beer Float Imperial Brown Ale
John M.: Saki, Steamed sushi rice, cultured Koji
Wes A.: Strawberry Wine 10%, extract kit
Chris & Frank.: Mystery Beer unlabeled bottle that has been cellaring for several years, possibly a Maple Porter

The Lions Club Event is fast approaching, Saturday Oct. 9th, Deer Haven Campgrounds. event starts at 2pm Brewers /servers should arrive early to set up, Hope to see you all there.
The outgoing officers will be meeting with the incoming officers prior to next month's meeting to ensure a smooth transition.
Brew on…….

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August 2021 Meeting Minutes

8/26/2021

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August 2021 HOPS Brew Club Meeting Minutes

Meeting was held at the American Legion in Oneonta on 8/20/21 at 6:30pm.

12 members in attendance

Discussion topics included:
1. The Lions Club fundraiser is still planned to be held at Deer Haven Campground in Oneonta on October 9th. There is no specific style for this event so there is still time to brew for it if you would like to help out. If you don’t get a chance to brew for the event, it would be great to see you all up there to support the Lion’s Club.

2. Club elections are going to take place at the September meeting with the following nominations thus far:

President – Traci Dilello / Wes Ashton / John Mason
Vice President – Eric Berger / John Mason
Treasurer – Chris Cleveland
Secretary – Todd Snelson

If you have other nominations, please send names so they can be added to the nominations list which will be sent out prior to the next meeting. Also, if you don’t think you will be able to make the September meeting and want to vote for the candidates, please send an email to the club before the meeting.

3. Traci brought up that Super Heroes in Ripped Jeans is looking for volunteers for their upcoming charity event; BriteVibes Beer & Music Festival. The event will be held at Ommegang Brewery on Saturday September 4th. There are two shifts that they need help with; 10AM-5PM and 3PM-11PM.
If you can’t volunteer but would like to attend to support, additional information about the event can be found here: https://www.ommegang.com/event/britevibes-festival/

4. Samplings

John M. – Vienna Lager. 5.5% Pressure fermented.
Tom C. – Galaxy IPA. All Galaxy hops used (8 oz total, all late additions).
Tom C. – Blueberry Hefeweizen. 6 pounds of blueberries in the secondary.
Jim G. – Cherry Wheat. 4.5% Cherry concentrate used along with all homegrown hops.
Chris C. – Unidentified SMASH. 4.5% Maybe Centennial hops, not quite sure of the malt.
Wes A. – Black and Tan. 5.5% Combination of last month’s pale ale and dark brown ale.
Eric B. – The Three Brothers Belgian Tripel. 9% Magnum and Laurel hops.
Eric B. – We’re Going Streaking Belgian Quad. 11.2%.
Chris C. – Ommegang’s Bigger and Bretter. 7.6% Farmhouse Ale – Biere de Garde.
John M. – Aldi’s Grape Juice Wine. 10.5% Lalvin Portuguese yeast used.
Chris C. – Chocolate Raspberry Port Wine. Dessert in a glass.
Chris H. / Frank W. – Cranberry Cinnamon Mead (Sparkling) 2021. 10.8% Lower ABV version of a previous recipe, kegged for the sparkling effect.
Chris H. / Frank W. – Mystery Basement Beer. No label, older Brewers Best cap. Old English malt forward.

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July 2021 Meeting Minutes

7/30/2021

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July 2021 Hops Brew Club Meeting Minutes

Attendance: 11

Topics of Discussion:

   We need a membership list for insurance purposes. Insurance premiums for 2021 have been renewed by the Brew Club at no cost to the membership, just email us if you consider yourself “active”.

   The Lions Club Event is being held on October 9th, 2021 at DeerHaven CampGrounds. The style is open, so brew your favorite batch of beer and join the fun. If you haven’t already, please let us know if you will be attending and pouring.

   Officer Nominations & Elections are needed. Three of the current Officers (President, Vice President and Secretary) are stepping down. We would like to have the transition take place at the Lions Club event, so nominations will take place at next month’s August meeting and voting at the September meeting.

Samplings:

Eric B: Blue Loon light Ale, kit beer in the style of blue moon. 5.7% abv. This was a nice beer with a barley and caramel sweetness and amber color.

John M: Cream Ale- 5.6% 19 IBU- Helga hops, some 2 row, Vienna, and wheat malt, Cellular Science Cali yeast produced a smooth beer that was well received.

Chris H & Frank W: Bananza Hefe 5.9% Hanks Hefeweizen Kit Beer utilizing an Omega Yeast formulated to remove spicy esters and leave only a banana flavor, with Tettnang Hops. This beer had definite banana aromas and flavors with the presence of vanilla, and was easy drinking.

Wes A: Pale Ale 5.5%, using pale malt and flaked oats, some caramel 40 and Centennial hops. A nice brew that had a nice bitterness with a silky mouthfeel from the flaked oats.

Todd S: Wes’s Triple Perfection 7.5%, Brewed on April 26, 2020, incorporated vienna & golden pils, Willamette & Saaz, with orange peel and ½ ounce of Licorice root. Overall a pleasant brew, with a dry finish. The consensus was that the Licorice was a little too prominent

Brian G: Hopscotch- Brewed in 2016, it was sweet and had a definite butterscotch flavor that benefited from being stored cold for 5 years.

Wes A: Brown Ale 6.3% 27 IBU, Pale Malt, Caramel 120, Chocolate Malt, flaked oat, baking soda and Centennial hops. The chocolate malt came through a tad strong, with a little bitterness, but overall a nice beer.

Matt B: Commercial offering, Ommegang 3 Phils Blueberry Coffee.

Eric B: Jeb’s Cider. This was a completely wild cider, made from wild grown apples and left to ferment with natural wild yeasts. This was a very tasty cider, well done Jeb….

Chris H & Frank W : Substantial Shozen one, Ginger Beer at 7.7% 3 lbs 12 oz of fresh ginger and a bunch of spices that steeped for 20 minutes, 2 lbs of turbinado sugar , and US 05 yeast. Excellent flavors and aromas, the ginger comes through with a little warmth and blends well with the steeped spices. The extra sugar added to raise the ABV may have added a bit extra sweetness but still a very good and well liked beer.

In the Fermenter:

Wes A: Oktoberfest, Strawberry wine, Dark Ale, and a few more I missed.

John M: Steam Beer

Eric B: Belgian Strong Dark Ale

Chis H. & Frank W.: Cinnamon Cranberry Mead

In conclusion, it was a nice meeting and great to see everyone that attended. We would love to see the numbers increase for the next meeting. The Legion has offered to host us again on August 20th, and will let us know a few days before what the dinner will be. Hoping to see you all there!

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2019 December HOPS Brew Club Meeting Minutes

1/7/2020

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December 2019 HOPS Brew Club Meeting Minutes

Attendance: 18

Thank you Todd & Susan for hosting the annual December meeting/Christmas Gift exchange party. Thank you to all the participating members for all the wonderful food, treats, and fun gifts that were shared.

There were no old or new topics of discussion brought up, which led to the beer style tastings of the month.

Style was Belgian Dubbel : overall Impression: A deep reddish-coppery, moderately strong, malty, complex Trappist ale with rich malty flavors, dark or dried fruit esters, and light alcohol blended together in a malty presentation that still finishes fairly dry.

1: Matt B. : Commercial beer: La Trappe Trappist Dubbel by Koningshoeven Brewery, which happens to be one of only a handful of authentic Trappist Breweries remaining in the world. This was good, with some sour notes, maybe due to age, as it was cellared for a few years.

2. Frank W. : Commercial Beer: Ommegang Dubbel Merlau, with merlot grape juice and aged in red wine barrels. This was dry with a little oak and definitely finished with wine flavors.

3. Eric B. : Dubbel Labrador Dubbel: a mix of Pilsner, Pale, and Munich malts, with some Light DME, Caramel Crystal, and a Pound of light Belgian candi syrup, made for a very tasty beer. Eric harvested the yeast from his Brett beer which added to the complexity. Well done, excellent, its damn good, were heard across the table.

4. Chris H & Frank W. : Belgian Dubbel   14lbs of grain including Marris Otter, red wheat, Special B. and cara munich were brewed with some Dark candi sugar, then fermented with White labs 530 Abbey Ale yeast and produced a well liked brew. Good job, nice, I like it.

5. Alden B. : German Dunkle was about 1 year old. Fermented with a lager yeast. Had a nice dark color, robust aromas, with a mild mouth feel. Almost like a porter, very nice, well received.

6. Brian G. : The last of Brian's Super Mario Rye Cereal Beer. Rye Malt, Honey Malt and 4#’s of sugar, aged very well with the fruity cereal flavors predominately coming through. Nice beer, very good.

7. Tood S. : Bliss McGirr, A Scotch Ale, came in at 7%, with 10 #’s 2 row, 1.5 #’s of Brown sugar, Hallertau and East Kent hops. Brewed on Oct 6th it was a tasty Ale for a festive occasion. Very good, I like it, and well done, could be heard among the christmas clamor.

8. Topher. : Belgian Golden Strong Ale, kit beer used DME (dry malt extract) candi sugar, East Golding and Saaz hops. A relatively young beer (only brewed in September), was very nice and should age well for the style. Nice Job.

9. George M. : Commercial Beer: St. Bernardus ABT 12 Abbey Belgian Quadrupel, a very nice beer. Got good remarks around the table.

10. Eric B. : Thor’s IPA with Cascade & Chinook, A Black IPA. using wet locally grown hops, from Catskill Hops Farm, 14 #’s of Pale malt, & 1 # caramel 60. A very nice beer, and surprisingly not as bitter as one would think based on the amount of hops. 16 oz of chinook, and 8 oz of cascade. Really good.

11. Chris H & Frank W. : Mixed Berry Cider, A Cider House Select cider kit got the thumbs up. Fruity, berry, raspberry comes through. Brewed on oct 13th, kegged Oct 28th. The overall volume was reduced from 6 gallons to 4.5 to increase the ABV’s to 6.8%. This was very good, and paired well with the cobbler. Nicely done.

12. Chris H. : Mystery Beer: a bottle found in the basement with no label. Light amber color, slightly bitter, not unpleasant, alcohol prominent, astringent, with fruity/solventy aromas. Style still unknown.

So that wraps up another awesome year of Homebrewing fun. We’ve welcomed a few newcomers, shared a lot of laughs, drank a lot of good brews and ate some good food. It’s always a pleasure. I believe we are an awesome group of people, from all walks of life, who have been brought together by our common love of beer and the brewing process. We’ve created friendships, that like a fine wine, only get better with age. Cheers, and Happy New Year to all.

Upcoming styles of the month:

January 2020 is Wheat wine
February Cereal beer: It’s the annual cereal beer competition. Remember 25% of Grain bill must be cereal, Still time to make one. Have some fun and make it now. You can always make a small batch.
March is open
April is SMASH
May is Kellerbier

November is wood-aged
December 2020 is Belgian Tripel
December 2021 is Belgian Quad

Other styles mentioned: herb/spiced, rye, gruit, wine. Let us know what style you want to try!

January meeting will be on January 17th, at the American legion. There will be a Chicken & Biscuits dinner, so bring your appetite and tasting glasses.

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November 2019 HOPS Brew Club Meeting Minutes

11/29/2019

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October 2019 HOPS Brew Club Meeting Minutes

11/8/2019

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October 2019 HOPS Brew Club Meeting Minutes

Meeting was held at the American Legion Post 259 in Oneonta on 10/18/19 at 6:30pm. Members in attendance: 12

We have another New Member John M.; welcome to the Club!

Topics of Discussion:

Todd & Susan have once again graciously offered to host the December meeting (date TBD), and we will be doing our Cutthroat Christmas Gift Exchange. If you wish to participate, bring a beer/homebrewing related gift (wrapped). Try not to spend more than $20.00.

We are looking for beer style suggestions for the months of 2020. Bring your ideas to the next meeting or feel free to contact us before then. The upcoming month’s styles we do have are:

November style is Brett
December is Belgian Dubbel
January is Wheat Wine
February is Cereal Beer (25% of the grain bill must be boxed cereal; Oatmeal and Grapenuts don’t count)

The HOPS for Sight Lions Club event held on September 28th was a great success. It grossed around $3500.00. Thank you to all of the brewers who supported this event by donating your time and beer!

George M. discussed doing an event with the Cooperstown Lions Club on Columbus Day Weekend of 2020 in Cooperstown, possibly in conjunction with Professional breweries. With the Cooptoberfest festival being pulled from the area, this would be a nice way to help raise funds for a great charity. Ommegang is tentatively onboard. Also mentioned was maybe holding one combined Cooperstown & Oneonta Lions Club event if it could be arranged, rather then trying to do two events so close together. Further discussions are needed. Please bring your ideas on this to the next meeting.

This month’s beer style was Dunkle which is traditionally a dark lager, characterized by depth, richness and complexity typical of darker Munich malts. Deeply bready-toasty, often with chocolate-like flavors, but never harsh, roasty, or astringent; a decidedly malt-balanced beer, yet still easily drinkable.

Member offerings and samples:

George M.: Commercial beer, Sloop Brewing, No Pumpkin IPA, 6%.
Commercial example: Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier-Dunkel 5.3%, 14 IBU
Commercial example: Schloss Eggenberg Doppelbock Dunkel; malt liquor 8.5%, hop bitter followed by malty caramel sweetness.
Eric B.: Winter Dunkel's Bock 2017; 6.04%, dark Munich malt, special B. Taste great, aged well, delicious
John M.: Cider, Aldi’s apple juice, brown sugar, Oslo Yeast. Made right in the Aldi's juice bottles. Good, on the sweeter side, not dry.
Tom C.: Crabtree Red Wedding Ale (2019); 4.99%, 23 IBU, Red Ale, Maris Otter, Crystal 40, 90, 120, roasted Barley, Kent Golding @60 & 15, WLP 004 Irish Ale. Nice dry finish.
John M.: No Lactose Milkshake IPA, 6.6%, pilsner, Munich, wheat, rolled oats, chocolate malts. Summit, cascade hops. Yeast: Omega Yeast 061 Voss Kveik (northernbrewer.com); a traditional Norwegian “kveik” strain from the farmhouse brewery of Sigmund Gjernes. This yeast is capable of fermenting across a broad range of temperatures with little change in the flavor profile (68-98 degrees F). John said he typically uses only 1 tsp. per 5 Gal batch.
Frank & Chris: Braggot, 13.1%, pale malt, wheat, caramel 60, with 8#’s honey, angelica and mug wort replaced the hops in this brew. Held up well, very good.

November meeting will be held at the American Legion on 11/15/19 at 6:30pm. A Chicken & Biscuit dinner will be offered for $11.00. Hope to see you there.

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September 2019 HOPS Brew Club Meeting Minutes

9/27/2019

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September 2019 HOPS Brew Club Meeting Minutes

Meeting was hosted by Deborah & Alden Banks. Thank you for the warm welcome. Members brought a dish to pass, and plenty of good eats and treats were enjoyed.

23 members were in attendance.

We also gained two new members. Welcome aboard Andrew & Mary

Topic of discussion: The Lions Club Oktoberfest event is on September 28th, from 2-5 p.m. as of now we have 10 Brewers, some are bringing two beers to offer. Still room for more if you have any stashed brew. No shirts this year, but feel free to wear your shirt from last years event.

September beer style was open so here are the members offerings:

Wes A: His cereal Lager- made with Golden Grahams, not bad
Andrew & Mary: Cream Ale: 4.9%, this was a kit beer. Nice brew, very good
Chris & Frank: Rhubarb Lambic, brewed 7/15/15, bottled 10/15/16, very good,
Chris & Frank: Cherry Lambic, fresh cherries, not bad, a little medicinal,
Todd S.: Dolce Grano: Super Mario Cereal beer, sweet with a Belgian yeast spice, 4.9% like the maltiness
Brian G.: Super Mario beer, 4 lbs of table sugar, rye malt, fruity at the end, not bad
Matt B.: Chili Lime Gose: Smoked poblano and Hungarian waxed peppers, lime zest and juice, Himalayan pink salt. Warm, heat, good
Jim G: Quiet Brown: Pilsen, roasted barley, Nottingham yeast, smooth, palatable
Eric B.: 3% Amber Ale: had a carbonation issue, a little flat
Eric B: 3% Spiced: with paprika ¼ c crushed red pepper flakes, basil. Very red pepper forward with some heat to follow.
Eric B.: Belgian Wit: Kit, 4.5% Pilsen, flaked wheat, wyeast Belgian, tasty, nice
Andrew & Mary: Belgian Wit, kit: very sour, infected. Not sure what the cause was
Topher: Belgian Saison: Kit: 5.78% Vienna, cara Munich, Saaz hops, Banana/clove flavor, may have fermented to hot, but good
Matt D.: Lavender Saison/Farmhouse: Pilsen, Biscuit, Caramel 120, and 100 sprigs of fresh lavender...yes, 100. Extremely perfumy, body lotion, hand soap aromas, lavender forward flavor
Chris & Frank: 3% Atitlan Kape Coffee Brown: Maris otter, Crips pale choc. Malt, cold brew coffee. very good, tastes like coffee
Matt D.: Crane Hill Milk Stout: Centennial & Kent Golding hops, good
Alden B: Dunkle Danger: 6.7% roasty, Black Patent, nice
Brian G.: On Fleek, Stilwater Artisanal Imperial/double Stout, 13% sweet & Boozy
Matt D.: Ian’s Pale Ale: Maris, Flaked Oat, Munich, Nugget & Centennial. Very good, Hoppy, I like it
Mike W.: NEPIA, Galaxy, Centennial, Ariana hops. Very hoppy, nice.
Matt D: Dr. Pepper Mead: 10.5% made with 2 gallons Dr. Pepper soda, honey and champagne yeast, sweet and smooth
Matt D: Fresca Mead: 2 gallons Fresca soda. 11.5% also sweet

Styles for remaining months:

Oct: Dunkel
Nov. Brett Beer
Dec. Belgian Double
Jan. Wheat wine
Feb. Cereal Beer

The next meeting will be held October 18th at the American Legion on Chestnut Street in Oneonta. This will most likely be a steak dinner night.

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August 2019 HOPS Brew Club Meeting MInutes

9/2/2019

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Meeting was Hosted by Wes & Tracy at their place. Thank you. They also put on a Low Country Shrimp Boil, which was delicious.

Attendance 14

Topics of discussion:

The Lions Club event is scheduled for Sept. 28th. Style is open, we still need brewers. If you can't make the event, but are able to brew, we can have someone serve your beer for you. This was a fun & successful event last year, we’d like to see it be successful again.

Cooperstown on Tap on Main Street in Cooperstown between Pioneer and Fair Street. Saturday, October 10th from 5pm to 8pm with VIP beginning at 4 pm. www.cooptoberfest.com.

The fourth annual Hudson River Craft Beer Festival is coming Saturday, September 17th at Riverfront Park in Beacon, New York. • General Admission Ticket ($45*) includes: 4 hours of sampling, souvenir glass, live music entertainment • VIP Ticket ($75*) includes: 5 hours of sampling, souvenir sampling glass, official HRCBF t-shirt, live music entertainment. *Ticket prices increase by $10 at the door. https://americaontap.com/event/hudson-river-craft-beer-festival/

3rd Annual NYS Cask Ale Festival at Woodland Farm Brewery is October 13th, 3-6 p.m. First 200 Guests receive a commemorative glass. $45 General Admission ($50 at the door), $10.00 for Designated Drivers. $55 VIP gets you in an hour early/glass and discounted food and merchandise.

New Brewery called “Faith America Brewing Co.” will be opening its doors on Sept. 4th, 2019 from 11 am to 7 p.m., 607 Ruff Road, Margaretville, NY Visit their website for more info at www.FaithAmerica.com Kelsey Grammer is the Owner.

New local brewery in the planning stages: Sanctuary Farm Brewing, 164 Loucks Road, Milford https://www.sanctuaryfarmbrewingcompany.com/

We have two new members, Mike W. and Tom C. Welcome to the club!

August style of the month was a club challenge: 3% ABV, or as close to 3% as you could get.

Here were the offerings:

Matt B. : Cream Ale 3.0. @3.1% Some pilsner, flaked corn & rice, Hallertau & saaz with a cali ale yeast. Tasty, corny, good job.
Wes A. : One & Done: Amber Ale Second run with Limes, red pepper flakes, lactic acid, white sugar. Aroma of cider, not bad, has some heat.
Frank W & Chris H.. : Atitlan Kape.. Coffee Brown Ale 3% Maris Otter, Crisp Pale Choc. Malt, Saaz at 60 & 20, US 05, ½ Gal of Cold Brew Coffee. Delicious, very good, Breakfast of Champions. Tastes like black Iced Coffee, Coffee Dominant.
Commercial 3% beer, Hermit Thrush Party Guy sour ale.
Wes A. : My Sister Amber’s Ale 5.3%, I like it.
Tom C. : Boojahideen pale ale 5.2%, Pils, caramel malts, Horizon @45, Dry Hopped for 5 days in primary Centennial/Cascade, 8 days secondary Eldorado/Citra. Nice Color, Good Flavor, nice job.
Chris H. Frank W.: Werther’s Original Butter ESB, 5.7%, Butterscotch aroma still there, but slightly diminished, bitter
Commercial beer, Ipswich 1620 Ale, nice
Commercial Beer, Konkey Dong, Quad dry hopped Triple IPA 9%.
Hidden Springs Porter @4%
Alden B. : Porter 6%, nice, very good. Alden reminisced and said that his first brewing experience was in 1995. Way to go Alden.
Tom C. : Blue Stallion 10.5% Long Time Lurker, bourbon barrel aged. Sweetness, finishes dry, Vanilla

Alden Banks (255 White Hill Road, Oneonta, NY) will Host the September meeting: tentative date Sept.20th, Friday evening at 6:30 p.m.

Also in September, the Lions Club Event on September 28th, 2019. If you haven’t yet signed up we still need brewers.

Upcoming beer styles/challenges for the remaining months of 2019:
    Sept: Open
    Oct: Dunkle
    Nov: Brett
    Dec: Belgian Dubbel
    Jan 2020: Wheatwine

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July 2019 HOPS Brew Club Meeting Minutes

8/5/2019

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July 2019 HOPS Brew Club Meeting Minutes

Meeting held at Jim & Teresa’s house. Thank you for hosting, always appreciated. Brats provided by the Club, Plenty of excellent dishes to pass were provided by the members, making for a wonderful meal.

14 members in attendance.

Topics of discussion:

SHIRJ Event grossed around $1300.00, minus their expenses, net was about $350.00 to the charity.

Lions Club Event is September 28th, at 1:00 p.m. Style is Open, No Pumpkin beers.
Based on the style being Open for this event, we are switching Dunkle from Sept to October.

3% beer style winner will get to submit a sample to Phil Leinhart at Ommegang for analysis to see how close it is to 3%.

July Style : Cream Ale: BCJS Style Guideline 1C. Cream Ale: Overall impression: A clean well-attenuated, flavorful American “ lawnmower” beer. Easily drinkable and refreshing, with more character then typical American Lagers. Aroma: Medium-low to low malt notes, with sweet, corn-like aroma. Low levels of DMS are allowable, but not required. Hop aroma medium low to none, and can be of any variety although floral, spicy, or herbal notes are most common. Overall, a subtle aroma with neither hops nor malt dominating.

Samplings (1-5 were Beer of the Month style):

Genesee Cream Ale: The classic for Upstate NY.
Matt B.: Jekyll Brewing Co. Mama Pajama, can flavor, more hoppy then Genny, light, watery.
Jim G. Hazy Days, 5.5 ABV, Mt Hood, flaked corn, table sugar. Very nice, has good flavor
Frank & Chris: Cream Ale 2019: 10 IBU, 6.2%, Wakatu Hops, very good, well liked, unique flavor-maybe attributed to the hops.
Wes A.: Creamed Corn: Pilsen Malt, 2#’s corn, tiny amount of Black Patent for color (.005 oz ?) not bad
Chris C.: Honey Wheat: 5.5% 1# Honey in boil, S06 Yeast, honey came through in the taste.
Eric B.: ESB: London Ale Yeast, Vienna, Marris Otter, Blk Patent, Challenger hops, nice, smooth
Chris C.: ESB: 9#’s Marris Otter, Special B, Nice, Good.
Chris C.: Raspberry Honey Brown, Kit beer. Pretty tasty.
Frank & Mike Duheme Collaboration: Pale Ale, Mosaic. Nice
Alden B.: Dunkle Saflager 23 yeast, good
Eric B.: 4 bottles of unlabeled Ommegang crew beer.
Chris C.: Licorice Stout: 9%, 17#’s 2 row, 2#’s coffee, 1 cup Sambuca to flavor. Licorice very prominent in aroma and taste.
Frank & Chris: Comsi Comsa by Savauge, bottled by Sara, very sweet.
Chris C.: Mead, Blueberry Peach: Fresh Fruit used. Alcohol flavor a little hot yet.
Wes A.: Lemon Wine: 12%, 12 large lemons and 10#’s sugar, Very Lemony aroma & flavor, slightly bitter.

August Meeting Will be held on Aug 24th, 2019 2:00 p.m. at Wes & Traci’s 400 Airport Rd, Oneonta.

Alden Banks will Host the September meeting: tentative date Sept.20th, Friday evening at 6:30 p.m.

Upcoming beer styles/challenges for the remaining months of 2019:
    Aug: 3% or as close to 3% as you can get
    Sept: Open
    Oct: Dunkle
    Nov: Brett
    Dec: Belgian Dubbel
    Jan 2020: Wheatwine

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May 2019 HOPS Brew Club Meeting Minutes

6/4/2019

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May 2019 HOPS Brew Club Meeting Minutes

Meeting held at the American Legion in Oneonta
Attendance: 13

Topics Of Discussion:

We have 8 Brewers for the June event, we would like to have 10, So if anyone is interested please show up the day of. Last minute entries are always welcome.
Event Shirts are in, $10 for Brewers, $20 Non Brewers
Event date is June 8th, Brewers should be there by 12 noon. Bring your own ice to get started. There will be no band.
July meeting location has yet to be determined. If anyone is interested in hosting let us know.
Lions Club Event will be late September. They are looking at September 28th. The Style is open, but they request no pumpkin beers.

Beers Sampled: Style Pilsner: Commercial offerings Pilsner Urquell, Dinkel Acker CD-Pils.
The Pilsner Style originated in Pilsen, Czech, by Urquell in 1842

Matt D. : Sappy Pils. Made with Maple Sap, very clean, tasty, head retention a little low, only 2-3 weeks in the bottle.
Matt B. : Sunday Pils: Flaked corn, and some Munich Malt added. Corn/malt flavors nice, very good.
Eric B. : Bailey’s Birthday Beer. Pils/vienna, Spalt Hops, wyeast Czech pilsner yeast, good, I like it.
Chris H., Frank W. : India Pale Lager, Magnum/Pearl hops, 5.6%, Brewed in January, Dry hopped with El Dorado/Northern Brewer. Extended boil to hit target created a darker more bitter result. 60 IBU’s, Caramel, burnt creme Brulee flavors, very good.
Matt D.: BS ESB 2.5%, Flaked Barley, Biscuit, Maris Otter, Sterling Golding hops. Green pepper flavors. This was a recipe modified from Ken Shales' book "Brewing Better Beers."
Matt D. : Cafe Latte Stout, 1# Lactose, ¾ cup coarse ground coffee @ flameout & left in primary. Very good, balanced.
George M. : IPA 3.5%, Citrus IPA, passion fruit, nugget/mosaic/citra hops, dry hopped with 1 oz. mosaic, 1 oz. citra. Sorghum aroma, citrus flavors, good. A ton of carbonation (blew the flip top right off the bottle).
Brian G. : Commercial beer, Lord Hobo- Museum Triple IPA 11%, formaldehyde Flavor, strong alcohol.
Wes A. : Lemon Wine #3, 15.8%, 192 oz. Welch's white grape juice, 10# sugar, 14 lemons. Additional zest & juice of 16 lemons in secondary. Very lemon forward.
Chris H. & Frank W. : Mead, Rhodomel 13%, Rose Hip, Elderberry, Chamomile. Made 8/8/15, bottle 5/17/2016, aged well, very mellow, awesome.

Eric B. is interested in placing an order with Catskill Hops, So if you want any hops let Eric or the Club know.

Upcoming beer styles/challenges for the remaining months of 2019:
    June: open
    July: Cream Ale
    Aug: 3% or as close to 3% as you can get
    Sept: Dunkle
    Oct: Open
    Nov: Brett
    Dec: Belgian Dubbel
    Jan 2020: Wheatwine

June Meeting will be on Saturday, June 22nd, @ 2 p.m. at MeadowLark Inn, 5759 US Route 20, East Springfield, NY. Brats and Buns provided by the Club, Bring a dish to pass (optional) & beer to sample. We will also have a special guest, Phil Leinhart from Ommegang. Bring brew/beer related questions that you might have

"Do you know the muffin man? "

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