April 2017 Meeting

Homebrew-Only between 4:30pm and meeting adjournment. Thank you! REMINDER! Homebrew-Only between 4:30pm and meeting adjournment. Thank you!

April 2017 Meeting Agenda Meeting Format Club Status Update Upcoming Events Barrel Projects Experimental Beer Style Description Commercial Examples Homebrew Examples Club Survey Results Adjournment

Meeting Format 430-445 – Homebrew share and open time 445-500 – Club Business 500-530 – Style/Education Topic 530-545 – Break 545-615 – Style Education Topic 615-630 – Wrap-up 630-??? – Bottle Share/Hang Out/Make Trouble

Club Status Update 2017 Members – 55 2017 Competition Status New Members – 18 2017 Competition Status National Hombrew Competition Nils Imboden – 1st – Saison, 1st – Dark Lager, 2nd – American Pale Ale Chris Detrick – 1st – Double IPA – 2nd – Specialty Wood-Aged Beer Zach Belles – 1st – IPA, 3rd – Sour Ales Andrew Ayers – 2nd – Saison

Upcoming Activities May 7th – Big Brew Day @ Bohemian Brewery @ 9am 94 Fort Union Blvd, Midvale, UT 84047 Official Recipes May 7th – Lagerpalooza 3 @ Bohemian Brewery @ 5pm May 21st – LDB Meeting (moved due to Mother’s Day conflict)

Upcoming Activities June 3rd – Mountain Brewers Beer Fest @ Idaho Falls, ID 12:00pm – 5:00pm June 15th – 17th – HomebrewCon @ Minneapolis, MN September 10th – Club Annual Summer Picnic

Ongoing Activities LDB Happy Hour We will host a monthly or bi-monthly happy hour at various establishments around the valley. First event: 4/21 @ Fisher Brewing 6:00-8:00pm 320 WEST 800 SOUTHSALT LAKE CITY, UT, 84101

Mountain Brewers Beer Fest Club will pour 6-8 beers 4 tap jockey box Nitro jockey box Pin We will have multiple groups of 4 to develop a recipe and group brew 10g each for the festival.

Barrel Projects Club Solera Project “ a process for aging liquids such as wine, beer, vinegar, and brandy, by fractional blending in such a way that the finished product is a mixture of ages, with the average age gradually increasing as the process continues over many years.” This will allow the club to produce, for members, a steady supply of various sour beers with a focus on consistency and quality. These beers will be club-funded.

Barrel Projects Cabernet Barrel #1 Gin Barrel #1 Gin Barrel #2 Current – Oud Bruin (plan to pull in May) Projected – Solera Dark Sour Gin Barrel #1 Current – SO2 Soak Projected – Solera Golden Sour Gin Barrel #2 Current – Just emptied Projected – Solera Golden/Other Sour

Barrel Projects New Clean Barrel(s) Bourbon Barrel ??? These beers will still be group(12) buy-in.

Experimental Beer BCJP 2015 Category 34C “This is explicitly a catch-all category for any beer that does not fit into an existing style description. No beer is ever “out of style” in this style, unless it fits elsewhere. This is the last resort for any beer entered into a competition.” “The entrant must specify the special nature of the experimental beer, including the special ingredients or processes that make it not fit elsewhere in the guidelines. The entrant must provide vital statistics for the beer, and either a brief sensory description or a list of ingredients used in making the beer.”

Experimental Beer Commercial Examples: Epic Sour IPA – IPA base combined with Kettle Sour Technique Wasatch Snap Down IPL – IPA base combined with lager fermentation

Experimental Beer Homebrew Examples: Zach – Sour/Berliner w/ ginger and lime Andrew – 33% 2 Row/Wheat/Rye with Wai-iti Hops in mash and dry hop Anyone else?

Marty’s Beer Experiment

Survey Results 78% of members have some level of fermentation control 10g is most common batch size 91% of members are happy with style month categories 91% of members keg their beer Educational Topics Equipment Yeast Water Malt Hops

Time for BEER!!!