Thanks to everyone that came out to our May meeting to share beer and knowledge.

New business

Keg buy
-The kegs have been ordered and will shipped to Golden Valley, thanks to Chad O. for providing a loading dock, this saved us significant money. If you have ordered kegs you will be contacted directly.

T Shirts
-We have ordered t-shirts as the 2014 NBA merch item. They are slate with the NBA art in white block letters with our logo and motto on the back.  Prices are $15 for S-XL and $17 for 2XL-3XL. They are available at the monthly meetings and at the Farmers Market.

 Events

Posters and Pints June 21st
-Posters & Pints is a combination art/beer fest, with the proceeds going to Art Buddies, a program of the non-profit Creatives for Causes.  $20 gets you a ticket and beer samples, beer-themed posters will be available for $30.  Go check it out at PostersandPints.com

-The NBA is proud to be a partner for this event.  We will be serving handcrafted sodas and educating folks about brewing. We need volunteers if you would like to see a beer event from the opposite side of the table contact nba.operations@gmail.com

June Meeting a.k.a. The Summer Party and Low Gravity Competition
-Every June the club hosts a summer party and low gravity competition. It is a pot luck event, bring some food to share and a beer brewed in 2014 under 6% to enter into the informal competition. The party is on Saturday June 28th at Matt P’s place in Northeast. Be on the look out for additional information soon.

Farmers Market
–We have again secured space at the NorthEast Farmers Market for each Saturday in June (7, 14, 21, 28). What do we do at the NorthEast Farmers Market? Brew beer of course! We also serve homemade soda. If you would like to Brew beer onsite, make soda to serve or just show up to talk beer then enter your info here: Sign Up Sheet

NHC
–We are going to the National Homebrewers Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan! Six members have confirmed they are attending, they will be bringing barrel beers(see below) and non-barrel beers. If you would like to show off your beer and represent the club we will bring your beer to NHC! Contact the Executive Committee if you are interested.

Barrels

Recent Activity
– Barrel #2, Saison 2.1 was filled on 3-29, it currently does not have a strong brett flavor, the bubble gum esters are currently dominating.

– Barrel #4, Belgian Dark Strong 2.1 was emptied on 4-26 and refilled with the same recipe. The participants of the first fill were gracious enough to let the club have 5 gallons to serve at NHC, thanks all! One thing to note is the Wee Heavy that was in this barrel first has developed a pediococcus infection. This may be in the barrel and may be in the first Belgian Dark. We may have to put brett into this barrel…

– Barrel #1, Barley/Rye Wine 2.1 is developing some floral and funky flavors which we are attributing to brett. if you are in on this beer and haven’t had to a chance to taste it let Aaron D. know and we can make arrangements.

–Barrel #3, Flanders Red will be going to NHC, the rest of the beer will be ready late summer to early fall. Its really good and we will be putting the same beer back in so be on the look out of the sign up later this year.

NHC
– We will be bringing at least 8 different barrel beers to NHC, totaling 50 gallons. We will be serving Saturday afternoon while we present our Club Barrel Aging Program poster. We are looking for members to brew beer to replenish the beer being removed, the ingredients will be funded by the club. We need Barley Wine and Rye Saison. Contact the Executive Committee if you would be willing to help out.

Experiments

Single Hop Experiment
The Single Hop Experiment is right around the corner and sign up is open. Aaron H. and Steve M. have stepped up to chair this experiment, thanks guys! They have changed up the recipe a bit, check out the post for more details: Single Hop Experiment

Mini Experiments
Be on the look out for the first mini experiment tasting in August: Specialty Malt.

If you would like to organize an experiment of your own let us know at a meeting!

Education

This month’s education topic was presented by Perrin on the BrewPi fermentation temperature control system. This computer based temperature controller is highly powerful. Check out the PDF Presentation here: BrewPi Presentation

Next Month

Next month there is no official meeting, June is our summer party, which is on Saturday June 28th. We hope to see you there!