JJanuary 2019 HOPS Brew Club Meeting Minutes.
17 Members were in attendance.
Discussion topics included:
- Member Dues. They were kept at $5.00 per member. One of the benefits of membership is insurance. Dues are also sometimes used to purchase commercial beers for style representation/comparison.
- The Lions Club Charity event held in October at Deer Haven Campground, "Hops for Sight" was a success. They are considering doing it again this year.
- Also mentioned was another "Hops for Hounds" event for the Superhero’s in ripped Jeans Animal Shelter on Winney Hill Road.
- Reminder that some of the 2019 beer styles take a long time to condition/develop specifically November: Brett Beer, December: Belgian Dubbel, and January 2020: Wheat Wine. Its not to early to get them going.
- February is the annual Cereal beer challenge, looks like we have 7 brewers entering a beer this year.
- Financial report from Chris C. the Brew club has $1785.41 in our account, not including the $70.00 collected in member dues at this meeting, so @ $1855.41 total.
- Some upcoming events include: a. 2/2 Central NY Brew Fest in Syracuse. b. 2/23 Binghamton on Tap, and the 8th Saratoga Beer Summit, Saratoga NY.
c. 3/9 Snommegang (Oneonta), and the NY Craft Brewers Festival at the Desmond Hotel in Albany.
d. 4/27-28 Tap NY at Hunter Mountain. - January beer style was open, so we had quite a variety of samplings:
a: Jim G. : Nut Brown Ale, this was a kit beer, 4.5% ABV
b: Eric B. : Gose with .5 oz. of Hallertauer hops, and 6 tsp of Lactic Acid came in at 4% abv
c: Frank W.: a commercial beer from New Mexico: Marble Brewing's Passionate Gose 4.8% with passion fruit
c: Eric B. : Commercial Beer: Duvel Strong Belgian Golden Ale 8.5% abv
d: George M. : Commercial beer: Ommegang 21st Anniversary Farmhouse Saison fermented with NY State Apple Cider 6.8%
e: Matt B. : Strong Belgian Golden Ale 9% abv brewed 2/13/17
f: Todd S.: commercial beer: Stone "Todd Haug" 9%: Ground breaking collaboration #9 sour Berliner Weisse with Ginger and Hystrix leaf ( from the kaffir lime of south east Asia)
g: Matt D.: Porter, with Marris Otter, Black Patent, Drk Choc. Malt, Madagascar Vanilla Bean in secondary, 6% abv
h: Chris H. & Frank W. : 9.6% 2017 Dopple bock, brewed 8/2017 kegged & cellared for 9 Mo. 2 row, Vienna malt, New Zealand Dr. Ruby hops had a classic European malt flavor
i: Alden B. : Gorby's Ghost kit beer: Russian Imperial Stout with 1# Crystal 120, Choc. Malt, Roasted Barley, 6#'s light DME, Chinook and Brewers gold hops @ 8% abv
j: Matt D. : Stout with 2#'s molasses, 1# Maple Syrup, 1# honey, crystal 80 and Drk Choc. Malt. 12% abv. comments included an irony or metallic taste, possibly from the amount of molasses used
k: Matt D. : Choc. Orange Stout: Same base as #11 with Orange peel and cacao nibs 12 % abv the orange was prominent, but the metallic taste was not as detected. So the simple addition of the orange and cacao nibs may have resolved that issue.
l: Matt B. : 2017 Imperial Stout (again)
m: Topher H. : Double IPA, Brewers Best Kit 9.9 #'s DME, Amarillo & lemon Drop hops.
In the fermenter:
a. Jim G. : Wee Heavy, Choc. Orange wine
b. Matt D. : Cereal Beers, 2 meads using Dr. Pepper & Fresca Soda
c. Alden B. : Porter and a Mead
d. George M. : Cereal Beer
e. Todd S.: Cereal Beer
f. Chris H. & Frank W.: Cereal Beer & English Bitter
g. Matt B. : Cereal Beer
h. Eric B.: Mead with a stuck fermentation, added a gallon of water and it took off, Cereal Beer, and a Pilsner
Reminder of the beer styles for the months of 2019:
February: Cereal Beer – Needs to have at least 25% of the grains from off the shelf cereals.
March: English Bitter
April: open
May: Pilsner
June: Cream Ale
July: open
August: 3% ABV or as close to 3% as you can get.
September: Dunkel
October: open
November: Brett Beer
December Belgian Dubbel
January 2020: Wheat Wine
February Meeting is 2/15 starting at 6:30p.m. at the Legion, Ziti dinner will be offered, hope to see you all there.
