<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Hail brewers!</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Our next meeting is this coming Thursday (5 April) at Rally King Brewing (</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span> </span></span><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">1624 S Lemay Ave #4</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">) from 7-9pm. As always, it's good to show some support to our hosts and drop by a little early to try some of their beer.</span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal">Over the last couple of months, we've gotten feedback and suggestions on how we might make the club better. To that end, we're going to do something a little different this month. Our meetings are great for socializing and I think that hanging out with other brewers is an important part of community. For this meeting, though, we're going to add some structure. We'll start out with our usual free form time, but after announcements, we'll have three different groups set up. </div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal">The first group will focus on the style of the month, which is saison. We'll have some commercial examples and if you have one, please bring it to share. </div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal">If you don't have a saison, but still have something to share, the second group might be where you'd like to go: we're resurrecting the tasting panel. Whether you have a problem beer or something you're proud of, it's a good opportunity to share your beer and give it the attention it deserves.</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal">The third group will be more focused on discussion: if you have a brewing question or topic of interest, join in. We'll have a mix of experienced brewers on hand to help out. Don't worry that this will be the dry table because I'll be bringing a single hop experiment I brewed to get a good sense of Ekuanaut hops. I'm sure others will contribute as well.<br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal">We'll run these three groups for about an hour or so and we ask everyone to join one or bounce between them rather than continue the freeform social time. We'll still have plenty of time at the end for you to catch up with anyone you missed.</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal">I hope all of you will come and give this a try. We also want feedback on whether this change is a good idea or not. Please let me or anyone else on the board know.</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal">One other quick topic: we're still looking for a volunteer host for Big Brew. This is one of the key events of the year, so it would be shame if we can't find anyone to host. Please drop a line if you're interested.</div><br clear="all"><div><div class="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><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small">Cheers,</div><div style="font-size:small">Jester</div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" dir="ltr"><div><div>The Liquid Poets</div><div>Homebrewing Society<br></div></div></div><div><a style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:small" href="http://www.liquidpoets.com/" 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></div></div>
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