July 2005
http://www.hbd.org/carboy
Mark Garwatoski (mark@food4dogs.com) & Mike Dixon (mpdixon@ipass.net)
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June 2005 Meeting Minutes
The first item of business was the new officer slate was elected and announced. Serving the club in the next year will be:
President
- Rob Gowan (robertgowen@earthlink.net)
Vice-President for Education - Jim Kinn (jameskinn@earthlink.net)
Vice-President for Social Activities - Gary Morgan (gmorgan18@cox.net)
Finance Director - Mike Wallace (ncmike27609@yahoo.com)
Communications Director - Mark Garwatoski (mark@food4dogs.com)
An update was given on National Mead Day which will be August 6. Plans are to "mead in" for the event.
Introductions was given with a few new faces and about 25 folks in attendance.
Announcements of upcoming competitions were made. A recap of DEA was given. They had 180 entries and not enough judges and went late into the night.
Eric Galamb gave a Pop The Cap update. The bill should hit the Senate floor after July 4.
A recap was given by Mark Garwatoski and Walt Sweeney of the AHA Homebrewing Convention that was held in Baltimore, MD. The next event will be in Orlando, FL and our entire club should strive to make the trip and have a showing at the event.
Mark Garwatoski has setup Montague Lake for the CARBOY Oktoberfest for September 18th.
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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Jim Navecky |
Vienna |
Yes |
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Mark Garwatoski |
IPA Dogfish Head Liquor de Malt |
Yes No |
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Dan Singer |
Nut Brown Ale |
Yes |
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Seamane Flannagan/Rob Gowen |
Witbier |
Yes |
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Steve Stoller Bob Feth |
Allagash Grand Cru Clone Spitfire Ale Clone |
Yes Yes |
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Alan Johnson |
Trappist |
Yes |
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Jim Kinn |
Lite Scotch Ale German Pils Very Hoppy Ale |
Yes Yes Yes |
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Walt Sweeney |
Moylans Tipperary Pale Ale |
No |
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Gary Morgan |
Mead (pyment) |
Yes |
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Eleanor Hallam |
DuPont Foret Lemongrass Wheat |
No Yes |
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Michael Welch |
Dutch Lager |
Yes |
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Brian Sico |
Kolsch |
Yes |
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Mike Dixon |
Middle Ages Grail Ale Sam Adams Black Lager |
No No |
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Robert Masson |
Mead |
Yes |
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Brian Scalia |
Dunkelweizen Saison |
Yes Yes |
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Erik Galamb |
Tripel |
Yes |
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Todd Wenzel |
Alaskan Smoked Porter Clone Avery Marharaja IPA |
Yes No |
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Walter Haulenbeek |
APA |
Yes |
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Mark Robbins |
Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout |
No |
Next meeting is Wednesday, July 27, 2005.
A BJCP class will be held for interested parties with an exam scheduled for a NC location in 2005 or early 2006, 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.
For a listing of Mutual's Products go here http://www.mutualdistributing.com/brands.html
(CARBOY as an organization has not publicly decided to support a boycott but may do so in the future.)
Pop The Cap and House Bill 392 recent events
House Bill 392 went before the Senate recently and was sent back for a Fiscal Note and to the Finance Committee. Senator Kerr was the cause of these actions and he represents District 5: Greene, Pitt, and Wayne Counties. If you know anyone who lives in these counties please have them contact Senator Kerr about supporting House Bill 392.
Several remarks were made by Senator Jacumin from District 44: Burke and Caldwell Counties. Many remarks were inflammatory and will not be repeated in this newsletter. All the proceedings can be heard on this large MP3 file http://www.news-record.com/audio/beerdebate7_7.mp3
Please contact anyone you know that is a constituent of Kerr. Stay tuned and up to date at Beerinator.
2005
CBoY qualifying Competitions
Here are the Carolina Brewer of the Year qualifying competitions thus far:
Pop The Cap
Please check the website at http://www.popthecap.org/
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