February Meeting Notes

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I, for one, am looking forward to warmer days and brewing outside again! How many more weeks did that groundhog say?

In the meantime, here are some highlights from this month’s club meeting:

  • Membership renewal is due. Renewing (and new) members get a few bottles from the club solera. There will be a clean-up of the Google Group of inactive members coming in March/April, so please make sure your payment is in.
  • Recent Events
    • Taproom Takeover at La Doña Cervecería — a good turnout with great beers!
    • Dickel Barrel Dark Sour transfer — keep an eye out for the new batch being shared at upcoming meetings and events!
  • Upcoming Events
    • Taproom Takeover at Dangerous Man, Fat Pants, and Waldmann over the next couple months. Keep an eye on the Club Calendar for these social hours every First Thursday. All are welcome!
    • Club bike rides. Nick M is planning out some taproom rides potentially starting in April. Check out the thread in the Google Group emails to sign up!
    • Learn To Homebrew Day on Saturday, May 7. Nothing officially planned yet, but keep an eye out for likely a brew day with our friends at Midwest Supplies.
    • HomebrewCon in Pittsburgh on June 23-25. The NBA will surely have a contingent representing our great beers. Let’s meet up for a beer!
  • Barrel update: We are refreshing the names/numbers of the barrels for better tracking. Surely they will continue making great beers. Keep an eye out for a couple coming due very soon for transfers:
    • #2 French Oak Lambic-style
    • #10 Rittenhouse Rye stout
  • Upcoming Education: Every month we have an education and/or experiment topic including guest speakers, blind triangle tests, and hands-on equipment.
    • March: Irish Styles on St. Patrick’s Day. Please bring Irish-style homebrew to the meeting to go along with this education topic exploring a few styles!
    • April: Two Track Malting guest speaker and sample beers
  • Beginner’s Corner: During the monthly meeting we make space for any questions that members may have — and no question is too simple!
    • Nick M asked what people are using for heat sources in fermentation chambers. A heat wrapper is not working well enough in his garage. The most popular answer from the club was a small ceramic heater. What do you use?
  • New business: Anything new that needs to be addressed.
    • The club now has a Discord server for real-time chat between members! This is available to any current member.
    • The Craft Brewers Conference is in Minneapolis this year, May 2-5. This is for professional brewers and it is great to see our city getting some recognition!
    • The Northern Ale Stars put on their Terry Sarne Memorial Brew-Ha-Ha competition recently and a couple club members took home awards!
      • Aaron D won First and Third place in the Wild and Sour Beer category with NBA Flanders and NBA Kriek beers.
      • Jason B and Adrian S took home Second place in Light Belgian with a Turbid Saison collaboration from this past summer.
    • Jim I brought a few books from his library to share. We keep a spreadsheet available in the NBA Knowledge Base with myriad books for members to borrow from each other.

All are welcome to join the club! Please follow us on this blog, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for updates. The Club Calendar also shows our upcoming meetings and events. The club benefits everyone from new brewers starting a first batch to seasoned veterans looking to hone their skills and get feedback on new styles and techniques. Feel free to drop by a Taproom Takeover social hour or stop by a meeting any time to check us out first.

Cheers! 🍻