Meeting held at the Snelson’s house in Oneonta with (15) HOPS Members in attendance.
Many orders of business were discussed including:
Many orders of business were discussed including:
- On Saturday 3/26 starting about 3:30 p.m., Bob and Barb at Willow Creek Farm Brewery on Bliss Gulf road in Milford could use some help in preparation for the upcoming TAP NY festival. Barb/Bob will provide food and beverage. Members are encouraged to bring cleaning/sanitizing equipment and racking/carbonating equipment.
- “Teach a Friend to Brew Day” at Sweet Meadows is scheduled for Saturday, April 2 and will be open to the public. Chris is going to start brewing an all grain batch at 9:00 a.m. Todd and Matt are to start brewing at noon, and Steve will start when it is convenient. Steve will also setup a grill. All are welcome to help and answer questions from the public.
- TAP NY is at Hunter Mountain and on Sunday, April 24, there is a signup on the Binghamton Brew Works website to join their bus group.
- HOPS for Heroes will take place on Sunday, May 22 from 1:30 to 4:00 under tents out in front of Council Rock. Chris will put a signup sheet on the website for participating brewers. The styles of beer for the competition part of the event are American Pilsner or American Pale Ale.
- HOPS (32) ounce howlers have been ordered and will be available for purchase by club members as well as at club events for $10 each.
- There were many interesting beers sampled this meeting including:
- Wes’ Honeycomb Belgian Honey Ale cereal beer that was quite good.
- This meeting there were nine batches of the big brew day brown beers with different yeasts and other added flavors as follows:
- Chris’ 060 and Matt also with 060 – Both tasted the same with a coffee and slight bitterness taste
- Steve used a lager yeast and resulted in a much lighter brown beer
- Wes used Mangrove Jack Newcastle that gave the beer a fruitier taste
- Todd had a standard S-04 along with a slight remnant of root beer flavor gave the beer a sweeter taste
- Frank used Thames Valley #2 and dry hopped it with four types of hops to make it more of a hoppy brown beer
- Brian had T58 yeast with added spices of sage, cumin, rosemary, and coffee to get more of a spiced winter beer
- Jim used Nottingham yeast and added black cherries for a fruity brown
- Chris split the beer from his earlier entry and added hazelnut flavoring to get a smooth and buttery beer
- This meeting included the grilling of burgers, brauts and hot dogs along with many tasty side dishes and desserts brought along by the club members.
- A spirited game of Cards Against Humanity followed (thanks to Matt for bringing the ultra-expanded version) with Mike edging out others for the close win.
- The next meeting is scheduled for April 22 at 6:30 p.m. at the Oneonta Theater.
