I'll be bringing my Pastel de Choclo Pale, with raisins, hard-boiled eggs, onion, black olives and corn. It's a big hit with all of my Chilean friends.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Andrew Mitchell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andymi86@gmail.com" target="_blank">andymi86@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>I am planning on giving a brief tour before the meeting if there are enough people interested. Plan on leaving the taproom at 6:30 pm. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Andy<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><div class="h5">
<div><br>On Aug 1, 2012, at 1:53 PM, Liquid Poets President <<a href="mailto:president@liquidpoets.com" target="_blank">president@liquidpoets.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="gmail_quote">
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</div><div><br>Our next LP meeting will be at <b>Funkwerks.</b> on <b>Thursday</b> <b>August 2nd</b> @ 7:00 PM.</div>
<div> <br>We will have a beer social for the first ~ 15 min. You can bring any homebrews you would like to share with the group.</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
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</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>1) Andy Mitchell will be giving a talk/presentation on water chemistry in brewing. This should be a real treat and we will start the meeting off with this talk.<br><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></span>
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</div></blockquote><div><br></div>2) <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">We
will be doing tasting panel. If you have any beers (or meads and
ciders) that you want specific feedback on please bring them. This is
an opportunity to get very direct comments on beer attributes and style
for your good or bad beers. Also, if you have beer that you know has a
specific "problem" - bring it! This is a great educational opportunity
to train other people on beer attributes and taints.</span></div>
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</div></blockquote><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><br>3) </font> <span>Fruitbeer</span> <font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><b> </b> (BJCP: 20a) is the August style of the month. If you have a </font><span>fruit beer</span>,
please bring it for the table. There will be commercial examples 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 color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><br><br>4) AHA club only competition is Porter BJCP Category 12. We will be juding these beers at the meeting. If you have a Brown, Robust, or Baltic Porter and would like to represent the club, bring it to the meeting. Only need one bottle for judging at the meeting. The club will pay entry fees and shipping costs for the winning porter. (See <a href="http://BJCP.org" target="_blank">BJCP.org</a> for more info on the different Porter styles.)<br>
<br>5) Mike and Ashley Barnhart</font> will be hosting on Sunday, August 5th.
They can host up to 8 people. We'll have more information about directions and times at the meeting.<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>6) Doc has announced his next Iron Brewer Challenge - <u><b>Chile Pale Ale</b></u>.
Chile can be interpreted however you like, but the base style is an
American Pale Ale. We should be judging this beer on Sept. 6th so get
them brewed.<br><br>7) National mead day is August 4th! You should make some mead!<br></div>
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