Mike Dixon (mpdixon@ipass.net)
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A very high attendance once again was at the February meeting.. The crowd was at least 30 people. We welcome all the new faces and new members and hope they will continue to be a part of the club.
The upcoming Shamrock Open on March 12 was discussed. Things are progressing nicely under the organization of Jim Brewer. The competition is already listed on the AHA site and the BJCP site and should be in the next Zymurgy. If anyone wishes to participate they can visit the site and contact the appropriate person http://hbd.org/carboy/shamrock.htm, also if anyone has raffle items please contact both Dave Buning and Mike Weiss. A call for judges will be sent out soon.
The club discussed a CARBOY member private CBC tour http://www.carolinabrew.com/. The date is set as Friday, 3/18 and the time has been confirmed to be 6:00 PM. Meet at the brewery. Take a beer (if you want) to share with Joe/John/Greg. If you need directions, visit the CBC site. The brewery is located in Holly Springs, NC.
The Pop The Cap buzz at the meeting was that the bill would be introduced soon. It was introduced on February 28 as HB 392 http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H392
Pop The Cap is asking everyone to begin a letter writing campaign to their House Member and to the members of the ABC commission. Information and sample letters can be found at the PTC website March Newsletter http://www.popthecap.org/news/march05.
At the end of this Newsletter are the addresses of all the ABC Committee members.
We then went into "TELL US ABOUT THIS BEER"!
SHARED
WITH THE CLUB|
NAME |
BEER |
HOMEBREW (Yes/No) |
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Allison Earnhardt |
Irish Stout |
Yes |
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Tony Hewitt |
Imperial Stout |
Yes |
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Walt Sweeney |
Shenandoah Barleywine Shenandoah Oak BW Raspberry Lambic |
No No No |
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Glenn Waters |
Scotch Ale |
Yes |
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Mark Garwatosku |
Dopplebock Altbier |
Yes Yes |
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Richard Todd |
Sam Adams Chocolate Bock |
No |
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Aaron Prinkey |
Smoked Brown Ale |
Yes |
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Rob Gowen/Seamane Flanagan |
Pisner |
Yes |
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Dave Buning |
Pale Amber JW Dundee Pale Ale |
Yes No |
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Dave Vandine |
Czech Pilsner |
Yes |
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Steve Murphrey |
Atomic Fireball Mead CBC Dunkel Bock |
Yes No |
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Jim Navecky |
Avery Witbier |
No |
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Alan Johnson |
Porter |
Yes |
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Kevin “I got a Mack Daddy Smoker Now” Vaughn |
Smoked Pale Ale |
Yes |
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Ronald Brown |
Alagash Ambari Lager |
No |
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Robert Masson |
Oatmeal Porter Scottish Ale |
Yes Yes |
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Aaron Heaton |
Lefthand Milk Stout |
No |
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Jim Kinn |
New Belgium Triple New Belgium Biere de Mars Sam Adams Chocolate Bock |
No No No |
Next meeting is Wednesday, March 23, 2005.
A BJCP class will be held for interested parties with an exam scheduled for a NC location in July of 2005, if interested contact Mike Dixon.
Pop The Cap - Write your N.C. Congressman Campaign!
Here is a list of all the ABC members, please send letters similar to the format suggested in the Pop The Cap March Newsletter http://www.popthecap.org/news/march05/
Representative
John D. Hall
611 Legislative Office Building
Raleigh, NC 27603
Representative
Pryor Gibson
419A Legislative Office Building
Raleigh, NC 27603
Representative
W. Robert Grady
302 Legislative Office Building
Raleigh, NC 27603
Representative
Paul Miller
640 Legislative Office Building
Raleigh, NC 27603
Representative
Leo Daughtry
1209 Legislative Building
Raleigh, NC 27601
Representative
Marvin W. Lucas
611 Legislative Office Building
Raleigh, NC 27603
Representative
Tim Moore
502 Legislative Office Building
Raleigh, NC 27603
Representative
Edgar V. Starnes
513 Legislative Office Building
Raleigh, NC 27603
2005
CBoY qualifying Competitions
Here are the Carolina Brewer of the Year qualifying competitions thus far:
March
12 - Shamrock Open – Raleigh, NC -
http://hbd.org/carboy/shamrock.htm
the deadline for entries is March 6
April
23 – US Open – Charlotte, NC -
http://www.carolinabrewmasters.com/USOpen.html
June
11 – DEA Challenge – Greenville, NC
Pop The Cap
Please check the website at http://www.popthecap.org/
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Calendar March, 2005 6 – Shamrock
Entries Due April, 2005 23 – US Open Homebrew
Competition - Charlotte May, 2005 25 – CARBOY Meeting – BB&Y – 7pm
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Executive Committee Co-Presidents: Dave
Buning (ncbuning@juno.com),
Mike Weiss (mike.weiss@sas.com)
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