02/13/2017 – Overmountain Brewers Meeting
Members:
Steve Paulson
Donna Dingus
Brent Dingus
Crystal Davidson
Paul Davidson
Joe Wentz
Jim King
John McGill
Caleb Jacobs
Ben Tolton
John Kelly
Guests:
1. Financial Status – 483.60
2. Upcoming Events –
a. Several Items listed for the upcoming year.
b. See schedule below for meeting month specifics.
c. March 25, 2017 – Club Outing in Asheville, NC
d. Howling Festival – Possible Local Homebrew club competition
e. November 2017 – Club Only Competition
3. Education Topic – Triangle Test (Didn’t have time to do this item, we will look at this next month
4. Meeting Highlights / Walk on Items
a. Joe Wentz – February issue of National Geographic covers the 9000 year love affair
(with alcohol) https://issuu.com/rainbowglasses/docs/national_geographic__february_2017
b. Freight order being placed.
i. If you need grains, hops or other items now would be the time to place that
order.
ii. The more items ordered, the better the overall shipping rate will be.
iii. Joe needs to know by 2/28/2017.
iv. Contact him here: [email protected] (underscore between names) or
at this phone # 276-889- 2741
c. Paul and Crystal will have 4 wines in a competition at a wine conference in Goodlesville
2/18/2017
d. John Kelly – Wants to locate an Argon tank to use for welding
e. Where to fill CO2 tanks?
i. Airgas in Bristol/Kingsport is most commonly used by many in the club
ii. Joe McGill alerts everyone that the tanks must now be certified every 10 years
5. Fellow Clubs:
a. State of Franklin Homebrewers - http://www.franklinbrew.org/wp/
b. Tri-Cities Beer Alliance - https://www.facebook.com/TCBAlliance/
Thoughts from the February Meeting:
Since we have club funds available and no major immediate expenses, it has been proposed to
spending some funds on something fun for the club. These are the proposed ideas, and in the
March meeting the members will vote to decide. If you can’t make it, be sure to reply and let
your wishes be known.
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Club Shirt Purchase – Shirt Sleeve, Long Sleeve? Custom Ink has 8.50 for 25 order
quantity for short sleeve Hanes 100% cotton https://www.customink.com/products/styles/hanes-100-cotton-t-shirt/297300
Club Glasses Purchase – Two options proposed, others could be considered http://egrandstand.com/drinkware.html?limit=all
o Straight Glass – Min 72 - http://egrandstand.com/libbey-149-5-oz-heavy-baseside-water.html - 139+shipping
o Belgian style – Min 48 - http://egrandstand.com/libbey-3816-5-oz-belgian-beertaster.html - 181 + shipping
Participant gift for Big Brew – And a Guest gift - Gift Card for Joe’s shop?
Bottle Opener – 72 for 170 + shipping +45 setup cost http://www.logobarproducts.com/bottle-openers-1/screen-printed-stainless-steelspeed-opener-7865
Buy ingredients for a group brew at a local brewery?
Magnets – Vista Print 500 for ~ 90.00 + shipping ~ 6.00
Stickers – Vista Print
200 ~ 70.00 + shipping
Barrel brew – Steve wants to brew and fill the Corsair Smoked Whiskey barrel
Where to print beer labels? GrogTags - http://www.grogtag.com/beer-labels-home
Meeting Topics and Focus for 2017
Date
Presenter
Topic
Jan
N/A
Club Officers/Items for the New Year/Club History
February
Round Table
Club Events/Thoughts
Style Focus: Grisette and French Sasions
March
Round Table
Intro to Kegging - equipment needed, how-to:
operation, cleaning, maintenance, troubleshooting and
Triangle Testing
April
Round Table
Equipment Recommendations (must-haves, highquality, good value, etc.) open discussion
May
All Members
Beer Style Focus: wheat beers/ varieties/ both all
grain and extract – Brew and Bring it.
June
TBD
Explanation of Commercial Brewhouse equipment –
Possible Brewer Tour
July
Paul Davidson
How are the CO2 tanks tested? And other high
pressure cylinder testing
August
Joe Wentz
Possible River House Meeting
September
Justin Dick
Hops/Hop farm visit
October
Ben Cowan
TBD
November
All Members
Officer Nominations
December
All Members
Elections and Specialty Bottle Share