April 2005
http://www.hbd.org/carboy
Mike Dixon (mpdixon@ipass.net)
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March 2005 Meeting Minutes
Attendance was a bit smaller at the March meeting. However, we welcome all the new faces and new members and spent some time introducing everyone.
The Shamrock Open was a complete success. Everyone was thanked for their participation and reminded that we are truly in the running for Carolina Club of the Year with our wins thus far.
The club discussed the CARBOY member private CBC tour that was on March 18. It was a great success with about 40 people in attendance.
The Pop The Cap buzz at the meeting was that the bill was introduced on February 28 as HB 392 http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H392
Also the Senate has a similar bill S735 introduced by the Head of the Senate.
A quick reminder that anyone interested in becoming and officer should be ready for the election in June. If you want to run, just let any officer know. Some of the officers expressed that they will not run again next year for an office in a effort to get some of the newer members involved and to gain new input.
National Homebrew Day big brew was briefly discussed. Edenton has been approached, but it probably will not occur until later in the year. The club will be continually updated as things progress. The suggested beer would be a Sticke Alt.
The US Open homebrewing competition was discussed and everyone was encouraged to enter as many beers as possible into the competition.
We then went into "TELL US ABOUT THIS BEER"!
SHARED
WITH THE CLUB
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NAME |
BEER |
HOMEBREW (Yes/No) |
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Mark Garwatoski |
Pilsner Dopplebock Altbier |
Yes Yes |
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Aaron Heaton |
Cherries Aren’t Forever Stout |
Yes |
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Dan Singer |
Oktoberfest that thinks it’s a pale ale |
Yes |
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Kevin Vaughn |
Barleywine |
Yes |
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Michael Welch |
Nut Brown |
Yes |
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Mike Weiss |
Dopplebock |
Yes |
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Robert Masson |
HBA Ram’s Head Weizenbock Hobgoblin Clone |
Yes Yes |
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Dave Buning |
CBC Stout (keg) Various Shamrock Entires |
No Yes |
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Robert Mason |
Youngs Oatmeal Stout Clone |
Yes |
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Colin Cox |
Double Bag Alt |
No |
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Oak Miller |
New Belgium Abbey Heavyweight Perkuno’s Hammer |
No No |
Next meeting is Wednesday, April 27, 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.
The ongoing Boycott of Mutual Distributing
It turns out that Mutual Distibuting Company has decided to use a lobbyist to work toward changing and potentially defeating HB392. Make up your own mind whether or not to support a boycott of any beer, wine, and soft drink distributed by Mutual.
If you want to let Mutual know how you feel about their postion, please visit www.beerinator.com and follow the links presented there or visit http://www.beeradvocate.com/forum/list.php?group_id=20 and follow the links presented there. Please let all businesses know you support HB392 and that you do not agree with Mutual’s postion and if you are in agreement with the boycott that you will not be purchasing those Mutual products.
The owner is Mr. William Kennedy and his direct line is 919-828-3842 ext 1125. Please note that Mutual is partially owned by Representatvive Leo Daughtry http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=House&nUserID=26 and it is the lobbyist from Mutual that is causing issues within the General Assembly.
(As your newsletter editor I should point out that CARBOY as an organization has not publicly decided to support a boycott but may do so in the future.)
2005
CBoY qualifying Competitions
Here are the Carolina Brewer of the Year qualifying competitions thus far:
April
23 – US Open – Charlotte, NC -
http://www.carolinabrewmasters.com/USOpen.html
(results
not posted by press time)
June
11 – DEA Challenge – Greenville, NC
Pop The Cap
Please check the website at http://www.popthecap.org/
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Calendar April, 2005 27 - CARBOY Meeting - BB&Y - 7pm May, 2005 25 – CARBOY Meeting – BB&Y – 7pm June, 2005 11 – DEA Challenge –
Greenville |
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Executive Committee Co-Presidents: Dave
Buning (ncbuning@juno.com),
Mike Weiss (mike.weiss@sas.com)
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