[Liquidpoets] 2012 Year in Review

[Jason Connor]

Thanks for everything Joe. It was a great year!

Jason L Connor


On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Liquid Poets President <
president at liquidpoets.com> wrote:

> Hey Poets,
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> I can’t believe we have already finished another year.  As a club and part
> of the Northern Colorado brewing community, we had several milestones and
> accomplishments that are worth highlighting.
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> Here are a few that come to mind:
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>    -  2012 was the largest membership for the Liquid Poets
>    -  Club member Andy Mitchell (of Funkwerks fame) won a Gold medal at
>    the National Homebrew Competition in Seattle
>    -  We produced the largest volume of beer in club history at 2012 Big
>    Brew (I forget the number).
>    - The 2012 Liquid Poetry Slam was largest club hosted homebrew
>    competition (576 entries) *ever* in Colorado.
>    - Three club members Taylor Caron, Nate Boot, and Jay Shambo all
>    participated in GABF Pro-Am brews.
>    - We donated $1000 dollars to the Red Cross High Park Fire Relief fund.
>    - Fort Collins and Loveland brought home 8 GABF medals from 6 separate
>    breweries.
>    -  Funkwerks received high honor with Small Brewery of the Year at the
>    GABF.
>    - Club member Jay Shambo won a gold medal in the GABF Pro-Am
>    competition with New Belgium Brewing Co.
>    - We beat our previous record donation to the Larimer County Food Bank
>    ($961, I think) at the December holiday party.
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> I’m sure I missed a few, but overall I feel this is an impressive list.
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> As the year comes to a close I would like thank the 2012 Board of
> Directors for all the hard work and great ideas they offered over the past
> year.
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> Andrew Lawerence - VP
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> Matt Kunze – Events Coordinator
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> Alex Grote – Comp Coordinator
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> Amy McLean - Treasurer
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> Ted Manahan - Board at Large
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> Jason “Jester” Goldman – Board at Large
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> Jim “Doc” Damon – Board at Large
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> Janna Kregoski – Board at Large
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> Chris Kregoski – Board at Large
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> I also would like to thank all the breweries that helped us out through
> the year.
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> CB & Potts Restaurant & Brewery
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> Equinox Brewing Co.
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> Funkwerks
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> Grimm Brothers Brewhouse
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> New Belgium Brewing Co.
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> Odell Brewing Co.
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> Pateros Creek Brewing Co.
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> I would also like to thank Matt Smith and Hops and Berries for hosting and
> sponsoring our big brew day, Matt Kunze for hosting our Summer BBQ, and
> Paul Davis for hosting/arranging our holiday party.
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> I look forward to another great year with the Liquid Poets in 2013 led by
> Matt Smith and the new Board of Directors.
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> Cheers,
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> Joe Bowden
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> P.S. I will no longer be using this email address; any
> email intended specifically for me should go to Breakdownproject at aol.com
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