<p dir="ltr">Dear Poets and Muses:</p>
<p dir="ltr">Our June 4 meeting will be at Equinox Brewing. We'll have a special giveaway in the form of grain from a local company in town called Limagrain Cereal Seeds (LCS). The first 5 people to e-mail me back will get first dibs on the 40-50 lbs we'll have. Here is some info about them from our member Zach Gaines. Check out their website for more info: <a href="http://www.limagraincerealseeds.com">http://www.limagraincerealseeds.com</a></p>
<p dir="ltr">"We breed new varieties of wheat and malt barley that we provide to American farmers. Last year we released our first malting barley with an all malt craft brewing profile. Our first Malting Barley variety, LCS Genie, is being grown now by Colorado farmers, and will be available through our northern Colorado supply chain later this year."</p>
<p dir="ltr">Our Style of the Month is American pale ale, so bring one if you've made one. Long-time club member Alex Grote will be leading this panel. (Feel free to tease him about the fact that he never got around to brewing his pale ale.) If you are interested in leading a style of the month panel, please take a look at the list below and tell me what month/style you'd like to volunteer for. Ideally, it's a style that you will be sure to bring your homebrewed version of.</p>
<p dir="ltr">June 10A. American Pale Ale<br>
July 15A. Weizen/Weissbier<br>
August 17B. / 17C. Flanders Red Ale / Flanders Brown Ale / Oud Bruin<br>
September 14. India Pale Ale<br>
October 27. Standard Cider and Perry<br>
November 9B. Scottish Heavy 70/-<br>
December 18E. Belgian Dark Strong Ale</p>
<p dir="ltr">Remember to get working on your fruit beers for our next mini comp in July. Whoever wins gets a Hops and Berries gift card and will get to pick the next challenge!</p>
<p dir="ltr">Here is our regular meeting agenda:</p>
<p dir="ltr">Beer Social: For the first half hour of the meeting we hang out, meet, and greet old friends and new members alike. Try other’s homebrewed beer, cider, and mead, and have others try yours. Essentially geek out about our hobby for a bit. New members, keep an eye out for the Board members who will be introduced during the announcements; any of them will be happy to introduce you around! And don’t forget, this is a club of homebrewers and homebrewers homebrew, so please bring in your homemade fermented beverages to share!</p>
<p dir="ltr">Tasting Panel: This is a small break-out group that gives each other direct feedback on the homebrew you bring. It will be run by an experienced, long-time member of the club. This group is more in-depth and direct than our beer social portion of the evening, but still informal. If you’d like to get and/or give direct feedback on homebrew, this is the group for you. If you have homebrew with a defect, bring it here! This is an excellent opportunity to learn about defects, to experience them, and to learn how to avoid them in the future.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Style of the Month: One of our most popular groups, this group reviews a different BJCP subcategory every month. In this group, you’ll go over the category, drink some commercial examples, and compare them with the guidelines. Then repeat with beer brewed by club members! If you’re interested in how BJCP judging works, this is an excellent group to get involved with.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Looking forward to seeing everyone on the 4th!</p>
<p dir="ltr">Cheers,<br>
Alison</p>