<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hello Poets!<br><br></div>I hope you had a nice relaxing holiday weekend, I know I did, and that's why this email is going out a bit late. Apologies for that!<br><br></div>Our June meeting will be held this week on June 2nd at Snowbank Brewing Company from 7-9pm.<br><div><br>
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Panel:</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Since
we seem to always have a lot going on at meetings, and those wanting feedback
on beers may not always remember to bring 2 bottles, we are going to try
something new with the tasting panel over the next couple of months. We
are going to ask those who are BJCP certified judges if they would be willing
to give one-on-one feedback to other members who are seeking it. Those
BJCP members who are willing will have a special name tag denoting that they are
willing to take a minute or two and review your beer with you. If you are
BJCP certified, and you are willing to help out other club members at our
meetings, please let one of the Board Members know and we will get you setup
with the special name tag.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>Beer
Social:</b></p>
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usual, we will gather around the beer table for the first 15-20 minutes of the
meeting and greet new and old friends alike. Bring something you have made recently, something you have had aging for a while, or anything in between. Let's sample some great home brew!<br></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>Mini
Comp:</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">The Black IPA challenge was won by Ben Gentry and he chose Peppercorn beers
as the next challenge. They will be judged according to the Spice category and
all base styles are acceptable. The
next Mini Comp judging will be at the August
meeting. Get brewing your best pepper corn beer and enter to win and pick the next challenge!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>Style
of the Month:</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Overall
the goal this year will be to have a couple of commercial examples and a number
of home brewed examples at each meeting. The focus of the table will be
to examine the examples based on the BJCP Guidelines and see how will they
compare. Hopefully this will be in informative table where members can
get down and dirty with the details of the chosen style.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">June’s
Style of the Month is Light Belgian Strongs: Blond Ale (25A), Golden Strong Ale (25C), and
Tripel (26C). Below is
the full list for Style of the Month. If you are interested in leading
one of these tables, please let me know and I'll get you penciled in.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>Style
of the Month List:</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">June
– Light Belgian Strong’s: Blond Ale (25A), Golden Strong Ale (25C), and
Tripel (26C)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">July
– Dark Belgian Strong’s: Dubbel (26B) and Dark Strong Ale (26D)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">August
– American Pale Ale (18B)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">September
– Amber Lagers: Marzen (6A), Dunkles Bock (6C), and Vienna Lager (7A)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">October
– Black IPA (21D)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">November
– Autumn (30B) and Winter Seasonal (30C)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">December
– Imperial Stout (20C) and Oatmeal Stout (16B)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="">I hope to see everyone on Thursday!<br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><br></p><div><div><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small">Cheers!</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">Alex<div><br><div>The Liquid Poets</div><div>Homebrewing Society<br></div></div></div><div><a href="http://www.liquidpoets.com/" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.liquidpoets.com</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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