SSOB June Meeting: Change of Location

by John Dotter on May 19, 2012

Hey SSOB’s or anyone person interested in coming to our June meeting the location has changed.  The board voted and we decided to hold the next 3 meetings at different locations to try them out.  The goal being to set up a rotation for our meeting schedule next year.  This decision was driven by the memberships desire to have some variety in food and beer at the meetings. So instead of meeting at Fatboy’s we are having this meeting at Old School Restaurant located in downtown Redding.  Time and day have not changed.  I would like to thank Ken and Fatboy’s for letting us host our meetings there up to this point.  Hopefully we can put Fatboy’s on our next years location rotation and continue our great relationship with Fatboy’s into the future.

Shasta Society of Brewers June General Meeting

Date: Wednesday, June 6th

Time: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Location: Old School Restaurant (upstairs area)

Board Member in charge of June meeting will be John Dotter

Agenda:

  • Call meeting to Order (6:00 PM)
  • Read prior Membership Meeting Minutes (Secretary, not to exceed 5 minutes)
  • President’s Report (not to exceed 10 minutes)
    • Review beer tasting procedures with club
    • Provide a brief report on Board of Directors Meeting held in May
      • Board of Directors temporarily handling John Nagle Presidential Duties
      • Rotating Club General Meetings
      • Upcoming Events
      • Club helping to pay for beers served at events
      • Secretarie’s Report (not to exceed 5 minutes
      • Treasurer’s Report (not to exceed 5 minutes)
        • Big Brew day totals
        • Thank You letters
        • Outreach packets sent out
        • Cellar master’s Report (not to exceed 5 minutes)
        • Web master’s Report (not to exceed 5 minutes)
        • Membership Coordinator’s Report (not to exceed 5 minutes)
        • New Business (President/Membership at Large, not to exceed 15 minutes)
          • Discuss potential upcoming events and form committees if enough interest.
            • Northern California Homebrew Festival
            • Redding Beer and Wine Festival
            • Etna Brewery Road Trip
            • Sierra Nevada Beer Lab tour with off flavor tastings
            • Club Only brew day
            • Summer/Fall Club Only Social
            • Club Input on potential events
  • Open Forum for new business if time permits
  • Educational Topic (Anyone, not to exceed 20 minutes)
    • Tips and Tricks to Brewing Better Beer (John Dotter)
    • Raffle and general discussion (not to exceed 15 minutes)
      • If you have something to raffle bring it down.
      • Open Forum for general topics if time permits
      • Beer Style Education and Evaluation (Cellar Master, not to exceed 35 minutes.
        • Belgium Farmhouse Saison with Raspberry (John Dotter)
        • Hopefully five other beer styles or commercial examples
        • Adjourn Meeting (8:00 PM)
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Big Brew Day: Volunteers Needed

by John Dotter on May 2, 2012

Hey you SOB’s if you missed this  monthly club meeting we could use your help for Big Brew Day this Saturday at NorCal Brewing Solutions.  We need volunteers to help out with the booth, tastings and many other things.  Contact John Nagle if you can help out.  If you can help out on Saturday contact John  at for more details:

inwood@frontiernet.net
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Upcoming Events and Meeting: Spring into action

April 21, 2012

The Shasta Society of Brewers is teaming up with NorCal Brewing Solutions for Big Brew Day 2012.  There will be live demonstrations of brewing beer, home brew tastings and raffle prizes.  So if you’re curious about making your own beer or a seasoned pro come on out.  This should be an exciting  event for everyone.  [...]

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Club Only Competion Next Meeting: Time to Study Up

April 21, 2012

BJCP Style Guidelines Category 9 – Scottish Ales and Irish Red Ale
 
All of the Scottish ales share the same description and are differentiated mainly based on gravity and alcoholic strength. The Scottish ales follow in the English tradition of having a confusing naming convention. The names are steeped in tradition and history, one thing the [...]

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April 4th SSOB’s Meeting Agenda

April 2, 2012

FAT BOYS at 6:00 PM
Introduction and welcome guests
Board member reports as per by laws
Discussion, volunteers and brewers for May 5th Big Brew Day
Discussion of Big Brew Day / Nor Cal Grand Opening by Victor Hnyp
Outreach Folder Program discussion by John N and Bob B
Shasta District Fair Discussion by Theron Isaacson
Sanitation Demonstration by John Dotter
General Discussion, [...]

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Club Only Competion Next Meeting: Time to Study Up

February 24, 2012

BJCP Style Guidelines Category 13
Stout

A Stout was originally nothing more than a strong porter. The term “stout” was used to describe any strong version of a beer. You could get stout pale ales for example. It wasn’t until the end of the 19th century that the word became synonymous with the beer as we know [...]

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Club Only Competion Next Meeting: Time to Study Up

January 28, 2012

BJCP Style Guidelines Category 4 – Dark Lagers

Dark lagers are somewhat of an enigma to most people. These people, and there are many out there, have a mental block against dark beers. Having tasted a Guinness Extra Stout and possibly a porter, they think that all dark beers must taste the same, strong and acrid [...]

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January 4th SSOB General Meeting Agenda

January 1, 2012

Just wanted to post the meeting agenda for the upcoming meeting on January 4th.  The meeting will be at Fatboy’s and will start at 6 pm.   The main topic to be discussed in new business is to have the society as a whole brainstorm on ideas for events and activities for 2012.  From this the [...]

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SOB Club Only Competion

December 12, 2011

Hello SOB’s!
There is an upcoming club only competition that I am working to get our club involved with.  The deadline for our club’s submission is February 10th , so we will need to make our selection at the February meeting.  The style catagory is 4 Dark Lagers including sub catagories A,B,C,.  For specific details on [...]

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Mark your Calendar: “Christmas Social”

November 18, 2011

Instead of a general meeting on Dec 7th the Society will be hosting a Christmas Social.  So mark your calendar for a fun night of food, home brew, raffles, white elephant gift exchange, Karaoke and much more.  What we need from all the members is a head count of who will be coming.  Since this [...]

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