<span style> Hey Poets,</span><div style><br></div><div style>Our next LP meeting will be at <b>Odell Brewing Co.</b> on <b>Thursday</b> <b>June 7th</b> @ 7:00 PM. </div><div style><br></div><div style><br></div><div style>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">We will have a beer social for the first ~ 15 min. You can bring any homebrews you would like to share with the group, however, we will also have a lot of leftover competition beers so it is not really necessary. </div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif">1) Belgian Pale Ale<b> </b> (BJCP: 16b) is the June style of the month. If you have a Belgian Pale Ale, please bring it for the table. There will one (Avery Karma) commercial example for calibration and tasting and then we will get into the homebrews. These discussions will be lead by BJCP judges and is a great opportunity to really dissect the diversity and qualification for certain beer styles. For brewers who are interested in learning how competition beer judging works - this is the table to be seated at! </font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif">2) We are looking for someone to do a follow-up brew day. If someone is interested in hosting a brew session at their house while brewing a Belgian Pale Ale please let me know. The club will offer some support for food and beer.</font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif">3) Iron Brewer Rod Simpson has brought the <u><b>Spruce Tip</b></u> beer challenge and these beers will be judged at this meeting. The winner gets to name the next challenge! Bring a bottle if you got one plus a $5 entry fee.</font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif">4) Also, congratulations to all the poets who took home medals up in Cheyenne at the 8 sec of Froth Comp.</font></div>
<div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif">5) Lastly, a special congr</font><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">atulations</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"> is in order to long time club </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">members,</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"> Rod and Anne Simpson, on the recent birth of their baby boy.</span></div>
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</u></b></div><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b><br></b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><div>6/3/12 - Liquid Poetry Slam in Fort Collins, CO ($7 and 2 bottles per entry) - DUE: 5/25/12. 7 ProAms from this comp!</div>
</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><a href="http://slam.liquidpoets.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://slam.liquidpoets.com/</a></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">For those who are unaware - this competition is hosted by us (the liquid poets). It takes a lot of work to pull this off, but it is also a lot of fun. We are still in need of stewards (mostly) and judges. If you are available on Saturday (June 2nd) or Sunday (June 3rd) please go to the website and register before midnight on Saturday or contact Alex Grote (<a href="mailto:alexgrote@grotegang.com">alexgrote@grotegang.com</a>). We will need all the help we can get. Our finally tally was <b>564 </b>beer entries which is a record for a club hosted competition in the state of Colorado. </div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Saturday June 2nd - 2 sessions</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
1:00 PM and 5:00 PM @ the Hops and Berries South store</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
Sunday June 3rd - 2 sessions</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">9:00 AM and 1:00 PM @ Odell Brewing Company</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
Lunch will be catered from 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif">The awards ceremony will start around 5:00 PM.</font></div>
<div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif">If you <b><u>can</u></b> make <u><b>any or all</b></u> of these sessions but have not been in touch with Alex (<a href="mailto:alexgrote@grotegang.com">alexgrote@grotegang.com</a>) yet, please do so immediately. Even if you can't make the judging sessions please come by and celebrate at the awards ceremony and cheer on your fellow poets for all the hard work (brewing and judging) they've done.</font></div>
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<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">I unfortunately will not be able to attend the June meeting, but you all will be left in good hands with Andrew, Alex, Matt, and Amy.</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">See you guys at Odell's on Sunday June 3rd for the LP Poetry Slam. </div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Cheers, </div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Joe</div></div></div>