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Carolina Brewmasters Club
Meeting November
2, 2005
President
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The next meeting will be held at the Mellow Mushroom
on North Davidson Street at 6:30 on Wednesday December 7
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It appears that the
Oktoberfest didn’t keep people from brewing during October judging
from the poll taken at the beginning of the meeting
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Needless to say the
Oktoberfest was an overwhelming success. I want to personally thank
every member, most especially the committee members, who dedicated
long hours to make the event a success
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It’s almost election
time!! Thus far the nominees for 2006 officer positions are:
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President – Todd Bowman
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VP Oktoberfest – Wayne
Fricke
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VP Competitions – Bill
Lynch
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VP Social Activities –
Justin Mitchell, Jason Randall
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VP Education – Mike Ruff
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VP Recruiting – Ben
Dolphens, Steve Morgan
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Secretary/Treasurer –
Felton Dengler
Nominations will continue to be accepted
by Roman Davis up until next meeting
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October beer events: A few members attended the world
Beer Festival in Durham and the Asheville Brewgrass Festival and all
reported that the events were very successful
Competitions
- The TRUB Competition was held this past
Saturday. A total of 0 CBM members were in attendance
- Winners included Bill Lynch (3rd
place, Specialty Beer), Wayne Fricke (1st place,
Fruit Beer), Spencer Stubbs (1st place IPA) and
Jessica Mitchell (2nd place American Barleywine;
Justin assisted!). Kevin Martin took 1st, 2nd
and 3rd in meads.
- Next CBOY events are Palmetto State
Brewers on December 3rd , CARBOY in early March and
the US Open on April 22
- Reminder: The schedule for 2005 AHA Club
Only Competitions is:
- January 2006 – Belgian Strong Ale –
Category 18
Recruiting
- As has been a growing custom, we welcomed
a few new members
Education
- BJCP study sessions. Session 10 will be
held on November 16. The beers to be discussed are Lambics,
beers to be evaluated are Belgian/French Ale, sour beers and the
reading material covers Belgian Strong Ales
- Club will subsidize any exam takers
whether first timers or judges looking to move up in the ranks
- Wayne Fricke will be holding a brew
session at his home on Saturday November 12. Details and
directions will be posted on the club website
- It’s time to start thinking about holding
2006 brew sessions. Anyone interested in January or February?
Social Events
- This year’s holiday party will be held at
Bruno Wichnoski’s home on Saturday December 10. Information
will be posted on the club website
- Pint Night will be held on Friday 11/25
Oktoberfest/Treasurer
- Complete report by Felton Dengler
- Attendance was just under 5,000
- Complete financial details are not
available at this time but it is estimated that the club will
contribute approximately $9,300.00 to charity
- A lot of people put forth an awful lot of
effort to pull this off. The committee chairs and volunteers
are to be highly commended; we couldn’t have done it without
you!
- At this time, we have set aside Saturday
September 30 as the date for the 2006 Oktoberfest.
- We’ve been approached by numerous
organizations wanting to ‘assist’ us in putting on next year’s
Oktoberfest. We will weigh each offer carefully and do what we
feel is in the absolute best interest of the club
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