Meeting held at Roots Brewing in Oneonta
(17) HOPS Members in attendance
Many orders of business were discussed including:
(17) HOPS Members in attendance
Many orders of business were discussed including:
- Dues were collected for 21 members. The dues this year were only $1 as the balance of the insurance was to be from the HOPS brew club funds. If you did not sign up as a member, please bring $1 to a future meeting and officially sign up.
- The HOPS for Harmony event was a success with $370 added to the HOPS Club account.
- This month’s presentation was by Wes Nick discussing the details of water that can directly affect one’s beer making.
- There will be an informal Cereal Beer home brew competition at the February meeting, so look to get those going shortly. Grape Nuts and Oatmeal do not count as “cereals” for this competition, and someone has already claimed Boo Berry, but other than that all ideas are open.
- There were many interesting beers samples this meeting including:
- Chris’s Sweet “As” Kolsch that was bottled prior to completing the fermentation process for a sweeter taste.
- An ale with Amanda’s Old Yeast and Oxidation that was not as bad as the name suggests.
- There were some other’s that were quite good, but the favorite of the night went to Chris’s Super Spiced Pumpkin with fresh ginger and four additional spices.
- The next meeting is to be held on the third Friday of the month on December 18, tentatively at My Father’s Place restaurant in Oneonta, at 6:30 p.m.
