<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span></span></div><div><br>Hey y'all,</div><div>I wanted to respond to this because I thought I might have some interesting insight to the Poets. I recently moved here from Brooklyn. I have only recently been getting serious about brewing and this club is the first one I have been an active <span id="misspell-0"><span>participant</span></span> in. Being new to the club, and coming from outside Colorado, I feel that the club has been a great asset in my quest to learn more about beer and brewing. I love the 'style of the month' table, the club-only competitions, and the iron brewer contests. I really enjoyed the hop talks, the Big Brew Day, and the clubs "best of show" (I won it at the meeting in March, although that was the only time I ever saw anyone voting...I may have missed the
other votes, but I would like to see this more.) I feel that, however the club operated in the past, it seems to be on the right track as far as education. </div><div> </div><div>That being said, if the club is going to get better, and we are going to learn more, it is up to the members to get involved. Joe (et. al.) do a great job, but there is only so much they can organize. I have some ideas that I would like to <span id="misspell-3"><span>implement</span></span>. </div><div> </div><div>I want to create a table with different malts (raw and mashed) so people can taste them individually and understand what they bring to the beers, and do the same with hops. <var id="yui-ie-cursor"></var></div><div> </div><div>I also am going to <span id="misspell-4"><span>sponsor</span></span> a BJCP certification test in June of 2013. I would like to start a table at the <span id="misspell-6">club</span>
meetings to review material and discuss styles and flavors. I am doing this to help further my own education about beer and I hope there will be others who want to join me. I'll send out another email with more details soon. </div><div> </div><div>I would love to see more talks from professional brewers, or anyone smarter than me. We have such a huge resource of brewers in the area. We should take advantage of it more. </div><div> </div><div>Doc,</div><div>Thanks for bringing up this topic. These discussions are how we keep the club from becoming a drunk-fest. However, it's up to the members to speak up and talk about what they want to learn and help organize how to get it done. </div><div> </div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Nick</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div
style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="hr" contentEditable="false" readonly="true"></div> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> "bestbrew@comcast.net" <bestbrew@comcast.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Liquid Poets <LiquidPoets@lists.robsims.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, May 7, 2012 8:27 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Liquidpoets] Education ..fallen by the wayside<br> </font> </div> <br>
<div id="yiv1902814800"><style type="text/css">#yiv1902814800 p {margin:0;}</style><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Hello my friends:
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<div class="yiv1902814800MsoNormal"> An Open Letter to the Liquid Poets.....<span> </span>from<span>
</span>Jim<span> </span>“Doc” Damon</div>
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<div class="yiv1902814800MsoNormal">Caution: <b>Education
has fallen into a very low priority in our club!!</b></div>
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<div class="yiv1902814800MsoNormal">There always seems to be a <span> </span>reason why we can’t have any educational
talks.</div>
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<div class="yiv1902814800MsoNormal">“The meeting place is poorly equipped for a talk”</div>
<div class="yiv1902814800MsoNormal"> </div>
<div class="yiv1902814800MsoNormal">“We got to dispose of all this beer “</div>
<div class="yiv1902814800MsoNormal"> </div>
<div class="yiv1902814800MsoNormal">“That’s the way we have done it in the past.”</div>
<div class="yiv1902814800MsoNormal"> </div>
<div class="yiv1902814800MsoNormal">“We don’t have the time”</div>
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<div class="yiv1902814800MsoNormal">Truth of the matter is that we have only had two 15 min
talks in the past 10 months.</div>
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<div class="yiv1902814800MsoNormal">What do we need to do to improve this?</div>
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<div class="yiv1902814800MsoNormal">Select meeting places where we can have a private meeting;</div>
<div class="yiv1902814800MsoNormal"><span> </span>if this means renting
a semi-permanent meeting place , so be it</div>
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<div class="yiv1902814800MsoNormal">Schedule some topics in advance...We could do <b>styles of the month</b>; pour beer for all
and have a discussion open to all about that style and even discuss the members
examples</div>
<div class="yiv1902814800MsoNormal"> </div>
<div class="yiv1902814800MsoNormal">Have panel discussions, on broad topics such as “My favorite
Yeast”<span> </span>“how I ferment”</div>
<div class="yiv1902814800MsoNormal">Or<span> </span>“my favorite
gadget”</div>
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<div class="yiv1902814800MsoNormal">Have an open forum where members can ask Brewing Questions</div>
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<div class="yiv1902814800MsoNormal">Invite guest speakers to speak on Topics we choose...of
interest to all</div>
<div class="yiv1902814800MsoNormal">We certainly have tons of<span>
</span>expertise in our local area.</div><div class="yiv1902814800MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="yiv1902814800MsoNormal">Truth is there are tons of way to improve our brewing knowledge;<br></div>
<div class="yiv1902814800MsoNormal"> But in order to make it work WE MUST PLAN to do it IN
ADVANCE, </div>
<div class="yiv1902814800MsoNormal">and take some time and dedicate it to EDUCATION.</div>
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