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- Welcome back to Bill who renewed his membership, and welcome to Stew joining for the first time.
- Lake County Beer Fest
- Two spots to pour beer and have free entry have opened up – first come basis to those who signup via the website.
- Other local Fests NUBS is planning to participate in
- Sign up to pour / donate beer ; if roughly 6 weeks from a fest we don’t have enough commitment we will not register.
- LONG GROVE (April 28)
- Lake Zurich Craft Beer Fest ( May 11, 12)
- Mundelein Craft Beer Festival (June 9)
- North Shore, Wine, Beer, Cigar Fest (August, Libertyville)
- BIG BREW 2018
- Grain bill survey results
- Midnight Wheat
- Honey Malt
- Rye Malt
- Rest of the recipe thus far
- Saisonstein’s Monseter (Yeast)
- Barke Pilsner (Base Malt)
- Ekuanot, Mandarina Bavaria (Aroma hops)
- Next ingredient to vote on will be bittering hops. Survey to be sent out next week.
- March Meeting
- We’ll have guests from Temperance Brewing (Evanston) to talk to us and share some samples
- The club is organizing a malt sampling session using the Hot Steep Method to evaluate how various malt varieties can impact recipe development.
- Know Your NUB : Meet the Brewer
- Thomas and Ian, recent additions to the club presented about their brew setup, past successes & failures, and answered questions from the club.