October 2024 Meeting Minutes

  • Welcome
    • New members and attendees introduced themselves.
  • Board Updates
    • Jim
      • Beers and Bikes 2024 – A brief report about the outing
      • Proposed November 9 Beer Train to Highwood Update
    • Leah
      • Seeking feedback for Educational Topics of Interest
      • Pre-Meeting Beer Feedback
    • Clint
      • Current Balance ~$2K
      • Still working to transition ownership of bank account.
    • Matt
      • Amendment of Bylaws will occur over next few months with future vote for approval.
    • Dan
      • 10 th Anniversary Party/Fundraiser – Call for volunteers
      • Food at Meetings – Last meeting was pretty fancy. Food at meetings doesn’t always need to be that fancy. Volunteers welcome.
      • Themed Meetings?
      • Brews, BBQ, and Bonfire – October 26 th 7:00pm Aurelio’ House, +1s welcome
      • Learn to Homebrew Day – November 2 nd at the shop at 11:00am
      • Beer of the Quarter Q4 – Category 14 Scottish Ales: Only 63 days left until the meeting!
  • Guest Speaker
    • Mark Procter – Adventures in Norway and notes on Norwegian Farmhouse beers/yeast
  • Smoked Beer Sensory Experience
    • A variety of smoked beers were brought as a sampling panel.