[IBU] May 21st IBU Meeting Minutes

[randle.boyd at mchsi.com]

If you have any corrections, let me know.  Also, I will not be at the June 
meeting.  Would anyone elsoe be willing to take notes?

Cheers,
Randle

May 21, 2007 IBU Meeting Minutes

•	Meeting called to order by President John Martin at 7:02 PM CDT.
•	April minutes were approved.
•	Leo will be picking up the clothing order this week.  There are still 
some people that have not paid for their clothing order.
•	Adam Draeger passed around the Treasurer’s Report.
•	2007 – 2008 IBU dues are due in June.  You can pay via PayPal, check, 
cash, or Krugerrands.  The payee for PayPal is ibutreasurer at gmail.com.  Perhaps 
someone can supply the amount for yearly dues.
•	Elections for Treasurer and Vice President are in July.  If you wish to 
run for either of these highly rewarding positions, make your intentions know to 
one of the current officers before the July meeting.
•	Home Brew suppliers:
o	Brian Sabus was our lone brewer of the month, with Ordinary Bitter.  
o	Brian Sabus - Vanilla Porter
o	Steve Becker – White Out Cream Ale
o	Steve Becker – Blizzard Brown
o	Jim Burgeson – Sam Adams Pale Ale clone
•	June Brewer of the Month is Dave Coy, as the meeting will be held at 
Raccoon River Brewing Company on June 18th.  There were numerous favorable 
reviews of his Mai Bock.
•	The category of the month for July has been changed to OPEN from Strong 
Ale.
•	Congratulations to Mark Simpson and John Marting for their palcings at 
the first round of the Home Brew Nationals.  Mark’s Mild and American IPA both 
finished 3rd.  John’s Bock took first.  Good luck in the second round.  
Nationals are 6/20-23.
•	Steve Becker had a very positive review of the Brick House Brewery in 
Detroit.  He was especially smitten with the brown and managed to get the 
recipe.  If you are interested in a copy of the recipe, let him know.
•	Jeff Brunning and Sam Tuttle of el Bait Shop were our guests this 
evening.  Jeff spoke of the upcoming brewfest on 6/23, how he wishes to support 
homebrewing,  and other brewing news tidbits.
o	Jeff is inviting the local brew clubs to pour 1 ounce samples of up to 
20 different home brews at the brewfest.  Four kegs would be on tap for an hour, 
then would be swapped out with four different kegs.  The brewer will pour and 
will be responsible for CO2.  Ice will be provided by the el Bait Shop.  Anyone 
bringing a keg will get free admission to the brewfest.   Homebrew will probably 
be poured during the first of two sessions.  There was a motion to include brews 
brought to IBU promotional events, such as the brewfest, to be eligible for the 
$50 Northern Brewer gift certificate.
o	Tentative brewers/brews are:
	Brian Sabus – Vanilla Porter or Kolsch
	Brian Lenderts – IPA2
	John Martin – American Wheat or American IPA
	Steve Becker – Norther German Alt
	Lauri Glasgow - Coffee Porter
	Adam Draeger -  Blonde Sticke Alt
o	Jeff will provide a link to the IBU website from the el Bait Shop 
website.
o	Jeff would also like to something similar on Thursday evenings, either 
on a weekly or monthly basis.  The only difference being that only one keg would 
be sampled on a Thursday event.  The Thursday event would also feature a DJ 
spinning rock.
o	Jeff is making the el Bait Shop beer menu a little more dynamic.  He is 
adding another tap for Raccoon River and taps for a new Iowa brewery ( didn’t 
get the name).  He also has taps for Amana, and Capitol City.  He offered to put 
IBU, RRBC, and ABL info on the back of the new beer menus.
o	The newly formed Iowa Brewers Guild is working on the “Lift the Limit” 
initiative.
o	You won’t bee seeing anymore Bells Two Hearted Pale Ale at your local 
Dahls.  It appears that this rather tasty beverage exceeds the arcane Iowa 
alcohol limit for malted beverages.  A prime example of why we need to support 
the “Lift the Limit” initiative.