March 17th Meeting Minutes
March 17, 2008 IBU Meeting Minutes
- Meeting called to order by President Steve Becker at 7:08 PM CDT.
- February meeting minutes were approved.
- Adam Draeger gave the treasurer’s report.
- If you have not paid your 2007 – 2008 IBU dues, ante up. You can pay via PayPal, check, cash, or Krugerrands. The payee for PayPal is ibutreasurer@gmail.com. The pro-rated amount for the remainder of 2008 is $12 USD.
- IBU Open wa a success. Many IBU members won medals with their entries. Additionally, the event netted $337.80 for the club! Great job Ron!
- The club agreed to continue the relationship with Jimmy Carter Happy Hour at el Bait Shop.
- There is some Rauch malt remaining from the smoked brews for the Bacon Fest. If you are interested in brewing a smoked beer, contact Steve Becker.
- There is a new website for Lift the Limit - Lift The Limit .
- Style of the Month - Wheat Beers
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- Home Brew suppliers:
- Steve Becker Wheat
- Steve Becker Baco Beer
- Brian Lenderts – Hoppy Brown
- Rob Emerson - Irish Red
- Brian Sabus - Smoked Porter
- Mike Young - Assorted 22oz bottles
- Mark Nauman - Assorted Seasonal bottles
- Ken Broadhead - Pony Express bottles
- Mike Guthier - 21st Ammendment Ale
- IBU Oktobefest - No one is too keen on having the Oktoberfest at Bevington. Currently, the desirable Saturdays are taken at Walnut Woods. This means we will either have to switch the Oktoberfest venue or have it on a Sunday. Someone is looking into the availability of Walker Johnson park.
- A motion was raised by Ron Staab, and approved. to sponsor a hole at the Stand-Up Guy golf outing. The cost of the sponsorship is $100.
- Randle Boyd was nominated to head up the IBUs Lift the Limit effort. John Martin and Brian Sabus also offered to assist.
- Adam Draeger had some questions about his Sabco brew kettle and false bottom. There was a lot of discussion on this topic.
- General melee declared at 7:57 PM CDT.
- Tabled Motions
- Jan 2008 - Lauri Glasgow suggested that we have the 2008 Christmas Party at the Red Monk.
- Mar 2008 - Steve Becker motioned that the reimbursement for Brewer of the Month be increased from $20 to $25.
- Awaiting Closure
- Mar - John Martin is contacting Fritz Maytag about speaking to the IBU.
- Feb - Jeff offered to open the Red Monk for a DRAW. He suggested that we can bring in beers those special beers that we have been hoarding, share them with your fellow brewers. Any preferences for days/dates?
- Pub crawl/bus trip
- IBU Oktoberfest location/date.
- Mar - John Martin is contacting Fritz Maytag about speaking to the IBU.
- Upcoming Events
- Chris Priebe - Millstream Brewing Speaking at April meeting.
- Speaker from Worth Brewing.
- Big Brew Day -May 3?
- Amana BrewFest
- State Fair Home Brew Contest
- June 13 - Des Moines Brew Fest at the Hessian House
- Recurring
- JCHH - Thursday Nights at 6 PM at el Bait Shop
- ABL - Meeting at Old Maine - 4th Tuesday of the month
- Lift the Limit
- liftthelimit.com is up and has an on-line petition, thanks to Joe Stutler.
- Anyone know if Mike England will give up liftthelimit.org?
- Mark Nauman has a petition at Beer Crazy
- We need to get petitions to other beer stores and events.
- Lift the limit banner to events.
- What does lifting the limit mean to retailers, brew pubs, breweries?
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