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Poets!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Apologies
for the very late email!! Our September meeting will be held this week on September 1st at Pateros Creek Brewing Company from 7-9pm.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Liquid Poetry Slam:</b></p><p class="MsoNormal">Please remember that we are moving the Slam to a fall competition to be held on the last weekend of October. This fall we will be holding it on October 29-30. More details are coming soon, but you still have plenty of time to brew up some amazing beer and enter it in the comp. Local breweries will be on hand to select their 2017 GABF Pro-Am entries!<br></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Tasting
Panel:</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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"><b>Beer
Social:</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As
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!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Mini
Comp:</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The
Peppercorn beer challenge last month was won by Kyle Byerly and he has decided to take the Mini Comp back to basics a little bit so that hopefully we get some better participation. His challenge is to make the best Double IPA brewed with at least 1/2 pound of simple sugar per 5 gallons. Sugars such as honey, table sugar, molasses, Belgian Candi Sugar, etc. are acceptable. This Mini Comp challenge will judged the January 2016 meeting so you have plenty of time to brew up a big tasty batch of Double IPA! Remember, the winner gets bragging rights, a gift card to Hops & Berries, and gets to pick the next challenge.<br></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Style
of the Month:</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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">September’s
Style of the Month is Amber Lagers - Marzen (6A), Dunkles Bock (6C), and Vienna Lager (7A). 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"><b>Style
of the Month List:</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">September
– Amber Lagers: Marzen (6A), Dunkles Bock (6C), and Vienna Lager (7A)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">October
– Black IPA (21D)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">November
– Autumn (30B) and Winter Seasonal (30C)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">December
– Imperial Stout (20C) and Oatmeal Stout (16B)</p>
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I'm out of town this week, but I'm sure the rest of our Board of Directors will have you in good hands for the meeting this week!<br><div><div><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><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><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 target="_blank" href="http://www.liquidpoets.com/" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(17,85,204)">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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