<div dir="ltr"><div>Good summer, Poets!</div><div><br></div><div>The 4th of July looms large this week, but my high point will be the club meeting on Thursday, July 5th. Equinox Brewing will our kind host. I always encourage you to come early and support the host brewery, and this time is no different, but there's another good reason to drop in before the meeting: My group and I will be providing music from 5:30 to 7:00pm. The added bonus is that I can use the PA so everyone will actually hear the announcements this time;-)</div><div><br></div><div>July's style of the month is hoppy beers. If you have something that you think fits that description, bring it to the style table. Otherwise, we'll continue having our general tasting panel and beer talk groups. </div><div><br></div><div>To take advantage of my PA, I'm planning to start the meeting pretty much at 7pm. We'll split into groups for about 45 minutes and then set up the remainder of the time for general socialization. </div><div><br></div><div>Two more items of business:</div><div>1) Iron Brewer Challenge</div><div>The club used to have an Iron Brewer Challenge, but that seems to have died out. It used to be quite fun, so we're going to reboot it. The way it works is there's a specialty ingredient or constraint that all entries must follow. Anyone who wants to participate can chip in a $5 entry fee when we do the judging. The winner takes home the collected pot, maybe with a bonus, and they get to select the next specialty thing.</div><div><br></div><div>The inaugural specialty will be smoked beverages (if you know me, that's no surprise). We'll plan on judging these at the September meeting. Get creative</div><div><br></div><div>2) The LP Picnic</div><div>I've gotten numerous responses and we've got RSVPs for about 30 people or so to attend. The picnic will be on Saturday, July 14 at my house, from 1-5:30pm or so. If you haven't RSVP'd, please do.</div><div><br></div><div>Meeting details:</div><div>Equinox Brewing</div><div>133 Remington St</div><div>7-9pm</div><div><br></div><div><br></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><div dir="ltr"><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="font-size:small;color:rgb(17,85,204)" 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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