What

SODZ Monthly Meeting

When

Monday, February 15th 2016
7pm

Where

Barleys Brewing Company
467 N. High Street
Columbus, OH 43215

We are meeting in the basement. Meter parking should be free.

Food

Full menu

Agenda

• Officer Report
• Officer Nominations
• Tinctures – Nick Filipow

Club Competition

British Invasion
In preparation for BBF this will be all styles British. This includes English Pale Ale (8), Scottish and Irish Ale (9), English Brown Ale (11), Porter (12), Stout (Everything but American Stout, 13E) and English IPA (14A).

Winner will get a $25 gift card from a local homebrew store.

Bring your entries to the meeting and give to Gautam.

The January meeting was held at Brew Brothers, 42 brewers were in attendance.

President Will called the meeting to order. Will gave a reminder for BBF competition. Window closes Saturday February 13th at 1:00 pm! Please register entries and to volunteer on the competition site. One subject of note, Drop-Off windows: these are listed for each of the drop off locations (for a reason), Gentiles is Jan 29 – Feb 13th, Seventh Son is SHORTER Feb 5th – Feb 12th, this is for space and logistical requirements so please DON’T drop your entries off early. If you have special needs you can contact me at shielwj@gmail.com.

Secretary Richard announced the Ohio State Fair is looking for someone to get sponsorship for category winners. This will involve calling and coordinating donations from various businesses. If interested email Jeff Berry geef24@yahoo.com.

Richard gave a reminder on all the ways members can communicate with the club:

• Website: https://sodz.org
  • Email notifications, click on the envelope link at top of the page.
  • RSS feed, click on rss symbol at top of the page.
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/54540327350/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/SODZ_Homebrew
• Yahoo Group: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/SODZ/info
• SODZ Calendar: https://sodz.org/calendar-2/
• Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/groups/2638026@N24/

Treasurer Dave reported that SODZ raised $1739.68 from the Beer for Boobs competition and was able to send our donation to Beer for Boobs for breast cancer research.

Membership director Gautam, says we have about 170 paid members.

Steve Henry gave a talk on Gruit Beers. These are beers made with various herbs and spices instead of hops. Steve had samples of various herbs laid out to see and smell as well as herbs steeped as a tea to smell and taste. For more information Steve provided a list of commonly used herbs along with how to use located here. Recommended additional reading is Sacred Herbs and Healing Beers and website www.gruitale.com

Vice President Ryan Torres talked about the next upcoming meeting, talked about some of the beers they are brewing at Brew Brothers and gave a tour of the brewery.

More pictures here.

There were 24 brewers in attendance at Gordon Biersch restaurant on 10/16/2015.

1. Will called the meeting to order.
2. New Members introduced themselves.
3. Bill Bopp gave a quick update on the Beer for Boobs competition. We had 329 entries and raised $1100 from the raffle. Total amount raised to find breast cancer is still pending. Special thanks to Sara Hagerty, White Labs regional representative for giving a presentation on yeast health.
4. Gautam gave membership update. We have 170 paid members.
5. Richard sent out a request for articles for the website.
6. Ryan talked about the upcoming Christmas party. See post
7. Jeff Lewis, two-time winner of Pilsner Urquell homebrew contest gave an extensive talk on Lagers.

SODZ’s October meeting was held at Zauber Brewing on October 19th. 37 Brewers were in attendance.

• Meeting was called to order by President Will.
• Treasurer, Dave said we have money. A little more than usual do to the shirt orders.
• Secretary, Richard needs articles for the website. Email to secretary@sodz.org
• Vice President, Ryan gave updates on upcoming events including a yet to be determined location for learn to homebrew day on Nov 7th.
• Membership director, Gautam was accepting new members, shirt orders are closed and order placed soon. Next club only contest is Smoke & Roast.
• There was talk of doing a homebrew beer soap project. If that person can email me secretary@sodz.org we can get details on our website.
• Bill Bopp talked about the upcoming Beer for Boobs. We are on track to 300 entries and need judges, stewards and entries. Sign up at http://beerforboobs.sodz.org/ Also, we need help unpacking bottles for the contest 10/31 at Weasel Boy. Email Bill at bill.bopp@att.net to attend.
• Geoff Towne owner of Zauber Brewing gave a talk on the Oktoberfest beer style as well as some history about the festival. Geoff, also spoke of his own experience from going to brewing school at UC Davis, to working at Great Lakes and Sam Adams to starting his own brewery and subsequent expansion.
• Ryan Torres gave a talk on Sour Beers. Ryan is the new head brewer of Brew Brothers at Scioto Downs. Ryan and his brewing partner Alex sent many sour beers to 2nd round of National Homebrew contest last year.