Per usual, the meeting is at Pracna on Main in Northeast Minneapolis, starting at 4:00pm sharp. Agenda posted here:
- Introductions/misc. (5 min.)
- Announcements/upcoming events/new business (15 min.)
- Collect 2012 membership dues from those yet to join, $20.00
- Hand out membership cards to those who have paid dues
- By-laws update [ExComm]
- Upcoming competitions
- St. Paul Beer Dabbler on 1/28 [Tyler]
- Upper Mississippi Mashout [Grant]
- March meeting is on St. Patrick’s Day [Grant]
- Keep the date or move it to 3/10 or 3/24?
- Group experiments update (5 min.)
- Barrel-aging project update [Andrew N. and Nick]
- Bring $25 if you want in. You’ll also be asked to contribute 5 gallons of wort at a later date.
- Financial Report (5 min.)
- Banking situation update [Matt]
- Education session (20 min.)
- Brewing a high-gravity beer above 10% [Nick]
- General Q&A (10 min.)
- Break (5 min.)
- Tasting/group critique (20 min.)
- Andrew W. – pale ale or winter ale
- Tyler – pale ale
- Andrew N. – doppelbock
- Matt – ’09 russian imperial stout
- What’s on tap? (5 min.) Suggest items of discussion for next month.
- Members-only event ideas? Members-only jackets? Kidding.
- Social hour/open discussion
I reserve the right to substitute my Pale Ale for my Winter Ale, should I not have enough remaining of the Pale Ale to fill a growler. Both are pretty tasty, if I do say so myself.