May 2013 meeting minutes

May has started off in a big way. Not only did Greeley get 8" of snow dumped on us on May 1st, but that very weekend saw 11 club members brew on Big Brew Day on May 4th out front in the Crabtree Brewing parking lot. Things got started early due to the Crabtree's holding their 7th Anniversary party for the brewery later that afternoon.  More pictures of Big Brew Day can be found on the club's Facebook page.

The following members participated during Big Brew: Bob Biffle, Erik Briscoe, Curt Covelli, Paul Dolan, Alex Drayer, Jeff Graber, Jeremy Fusco, Michael Hinton, Mike Lurbe, Steve Skinner, & Dennis Swingler.

Then on Monday, May 6th, the club held their regular monthly meeting at Crabtree Brewing in Greeley.

The members in attendance voted for club competitions will be held in the months of April, August and December. We voted to give Jeremy (of Juice of the Barley) free membership in exchange for 3 presentations throughout the year. Jeremy also offered to give an additional discount to club officials. This was also voted in and will start next year after our election vote in January.

Greg suggested that club officials should get free membership and this was also voted in. The club members present also voted for limiting the number of beers to be tasted during a meeting. If you want to share a beer at an upcoming meeting you need to let one of the officers know.

We decided to put a limit on 7 beers, but if you want to bring a beer to share after the meeting that will be fine. For those sharing during a meeting please bring your recipe and notes, if any, to share with club members. If all 7 slots have not been filled during the meeting the number of available slots will be posted for those who were unable to attend.

As of now we have 5 members that would like to bring something in next month so we still have room for 2 more. Let Steve Skinner know if you have something you want to bring in.

Beers tasted during the meeting:

John Coan - Ginger Citrus Saison
Dave McGinley - Apple Crabapple Cider
Ken Kramer - E. S. B.
Jeff Graber - American Brown Ale
Ken Kramer - Breakfast Stout

Please welcome Sean Denning as our newest member. He has not started brewing yet but
is interested in getting started soon.

The next meeting will be held on June 3rd at 7pm at Crabtree Brewing Company.