[Liquidpoets] June 4th meeting at Equinox at 7pm

[Liquid Poets President]

Dear Poets and Muses:

Our June 4 meeting will be at Equinox Brewing.  We'll have a special
giveaway in the form of grain from a local company in town called Limagrain
Cereal Seeds (LCS).  The first 5 people to e-mail me back will get first
dibs on the 40-50 lbs we'll have. Here is some info about them from our
member Zach Gaines. Check out their website for more info:
http://www.limagraincerealseeds.com

"We breed new varieties of wheat and malt barley that we provide to
American farmers.  Last year we released our first malting barley with an
all malt craft brewing profile.  Our first Malting Barley variety, LCS
Genie, is being grown now by Colorado farmers, and will be available
through our northern Colorado supply chain later this year."

Our Style of the Month is American pale ale, so bring one if you've made
one.  Long-time club member Alex Grote will be leading this panel. (Feel
free to tease him about the fact that he never got around to brewing his
pale ale.)  If you are interested in leading a style of the month panel,
please take a look at the list below and tell me what month/style you'd
like to volunteer for.  Ideally, it's a style that you will be sure to
bring your homebrewed version of.

June 10A. American Pale Ale
July 15A. Weizen/Weissbier
August 17B. / 17C. Flanders Red Ale / Flanders Brown Ale / Oud Bruin
September 14. India Pale Ale
October 27. Standard Cider and Perry
November 9B. Scottish Heavy 70/-
December 18E. Belgian Dark Strong Ale

Remember to get working on your fruit beers for our next mini comp in July.
Whoever wins gets a Hops and Berries gift card and will get to pick the
next challenge!

Here is our regular meeting agenda:

Beer Social: For the first half hour of the meeting we hang out, meet, and
greet old friends and new members alike. Try other’s homebrewed beer,
cider, and mead, and have others try yours. Essentially geek out about our
hobby for a bit. New members, keep an eye out for the Board members who
will be introduced during the announcements; any of them will be happy to
introduce you around! And don’t forget, this is a club of homebrewers and
homebrewers homebrew, so please bring in your homemade fermented beverages
to share!

Tasting Panel: This is a small break-out group that gives each other direct
feedback on the homebrew you bring. It will be run by an experienced,
long-time member of the club.  This group is more in-depth and direct than
our beer social portion of the evening, but still informal. If you’d like
to get and/or give direct feedback on homebrew, this is the group for you.
If you have homebrew with a defect, bring it here! This is an excellent
opportunity to learn about defects, to experience them, and to learn how to
avoid them in the future.

Style of the Month: One of our most popular groups, this group reviews a
different BJCP subcategory every month. In this group, you’ll go over the
category, drink some commercial examples, and compare them with the
guidelines. Then repeat with beer brewed by club members! If you’re
interested in how BJCP judging works, this is an excellent group to get
involved with.

Looking forward to seeing everyone on the 4th!

Cheers,
Alison
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