Sudzers February 2019 meeting notes

Hello, Sudzers! In February’s meeting, we met some new members and welcomed back some old-timers, learned about the Tilt Hydrometer, and tasted seventeen delicious brews. Thanks to everyone who showed up!

Business:
– Derek collected membership dues. Dues must be paid each calendar year and can still be made to Derek via paypal at derek@sudzers.org
– Derek had shirts for sale: $5 for t-shirts and $10 for polos. What a deal!
– Cliff, Chet, and others brewed at Freewheel’s Battle of the Brew Clubs (https://www.facebook.com/events/2151931768203552/). Thanks for representing the club!
– Kevin gave a presentation on the Tilt Hydrometer (https://tilthydrometer.com/). The presentation can be found at http://www.sudzers.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Tilt-presentation.pptx
– Steins will be holding a competition in the coming months. We’ll let you know when we get more details.
– California State Fair Homebrew Comp bottle drops are due soon: http://www.castatefair.org/homebrew/
– The National Homebrew Competition’s registration and payment is due February 15: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/national-homebrew-competition/
– Registration is open for SaisonFest: http://saisonfest.daytondraft.org/
– All shared recipes can be found at https://sites.google.com/a/cloudyforecast.com/brewme/home. If you’d like to have your recipe shared on the site, then please email it in any format to recipe-share@sudzers.org. Full info can be found at http://www.sudzers.org/?page_id=2910
– For a list of all upcoming competitions, check out WoW’s awesome calendar: http://www.wortsofwisdom.org/calendar/upcoming-homebrewers-competitions/

In all, we had seventeen brews:

BREWER              BEER                           IBUs  ABV
Cliff               Table Beer Saison              20    4%
David W.            Brett C. Golden Sour           NA    6%
David W.            Meyer Lemon Citra Saison       -     7%
Elan                Raspberry Barrel Aged Brown    low   low
Chet                Porterish                      38    5.4%
Danny               Cafe Con Leche                 20    4.7%
Danny               Brett IPA                      40    5%
Adam                Hazy Eight's NEIPA             -     ~6%
Mikael              Jucy Brut NEIPA                37    5.5%
Mikael              Lightening NEIPA               69    6.3%
Mikael              Julius NEIPA                   80    6.8%
Stephan and Regina  Melon Man NEIPA                -     7%
Adam C. & Tim K.    Kviek NEIPA                    -     7.3%
Cliff               Sour Funky Tripel              20    10%
Derek W.            German Barleywine              80    9.6%
Kevin W.            Hipster Scientist Sweet Stout  59    11.4%
Sudzers             "The Barrel" Flanders Red      -     ??

Thanks to Steins and everyone that showed up!