March 2020 Meeting Agenda

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Rock Hoppers Brew Club Agenda

03/12/2020 6:45 PM – The Brew Hut, Aurora

President’s Report – Mike Bostwick

Welcome New Members!

Tell us a bit about yourself:

  1. Your name and where you’re from
  2. How long have you been brewing?
  3. What do you like to brew?
  4. What would you like to learn?

Milestones

Anyone have a brewing-related milestone from the last month or two they’d to share  (e.g., first all grain batch, totally kickin’ recipe creation)? Let’s talk about it.

Officer Elections – Mike Bostwick

  • Further Nominations
  • Candidate Vision Statements
    • Communication Director Nominees
    • Competition Director Nominees
    • Education Director Nominees
    • Events Director Nominees
    • President Nominees

Election Voting – Geoff Humphrey

  • Only members who are current on their dues can vote
    • “Current” meaning you’ve paid 2019-2020 dues OR paid 2020-2021 dues
    • One vote per member
    • Write-in candidates will be accepted
  • Online voting
    • Members will receive a link to the election ballot on Friday evening via mail from Election Runner (check your spam folder)
      • Using the member email addresses that are on our MailChimp list
    • If you don’t receive our club email communications, sign up via the website by 5:00 PM March 13, 2020 to be eligible to vote
    • Voting opens March 13 at 6:00 PM and closes March 20 at 6:00 PM
    • Results will be emailed after voting ends on March 20
  • Candidate statements will be provided for review

Treasurer’s Report – Jim Morgheim

  • State of club finances
  • Dues
    • 2019-2020 dues are good through March 31
    • 2020-2021 dues good from April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021
    • Dues increased to $40 per year
    • Can pay 2020-2021 dues now via the website or here at the meeting

Event Director’s Report – John Webber

Upcoming Hopper Events

  • Hopper Happy Hour: March 19
  • March Madness + Bottle Share

Keep up-to-date on all events on the website calendar.

Education Director’s Report – Rob Kausch

  • Brett, Brett, and Mo’ Brett!

Competition Director’s Report – Geoff Humphrey

Visit the competitions page for complete competition listings.

BJCP Me!

A new spin on an old idea…

  • Members are invited to bring beers to the meeting to be formally evaluated by a member who is a BJCP certified judge.
  • Bring 2 bottles of each beer.

Create an account and add your entries for next time at bjcpme.rhbc.co!

Past Competitions

Reggale and Dredhop (Boulder, CO)

  • Best of Show Mead: Ed Moore
  • 1st Place, Heavy Medal Brewer: Ed Moore
  • 1st Place, Heavy Medal Club
  • Jim Allen
    • 1st – Dark Euro – Munich Dunkel – Drei Dirndls
  • Ed Moore
    • 2nd – Pale/Amber Bitter, Strong Euro – Baltic Porter – Miss Kitty Baltic Porter
    • 3rd – Strong British/American  – English Barleywine – Rhonda English Barleywine
    • 2nd – Fruit Beer – Creta Mango Trippel
    • 1st – Mead – Sweet Mead – Sparkles Firewood Blossom Mead
    • 2nd – Mead – Berry Mead – Sparkles Raspberry Mead
    • 3rd – Mead – Stone Fruit Mead – Sparkles Blood Orange Orange Blossom Honey
  • Jim Morgheim
    • 2nd – Spiced Beer – SHV – Pumpkin Dubbel

Sweetheart’s Revenge (Loveland, CO)

  • 2nd Place, Heavy Medal Club
  • Geoff Humphrey
    • 1st – Imperial Stout – Imperial Stout – Stalin’s Skidmarks
  • Matt Lawlor
    • 1st – Sweet Stout – Nipple Mountain Milk Stout
  • Ed Moore
    • 1st – Strong British Ale – English Barleywine – Rhonda English Barleywine
    • 3rd – Belgian Ale – Biere de Garde – Carey Biere de Garde
    • 3rd – Smoked Beer – Specialty Smoked Beer – Miss Kitty Smoked Munich Dunkel
    • 2nd – Traditional/Spiced Mead – SHV – Sparkles Horchata Mead
    • 2nd – Specialty Mead – Braggot – Sparkles Wit Braggot
  • Brian Pramov
    • 1st – Trappist Ale – Belgian Dark Strong – Grow-er Not a Show-er
  • Dax Rush
    • 2nd – Belgian Ale – Witbier – Wit-ney Brewston
    • 1st – American Wild Ale – Lambic – This is Mary’s Little Lamb-ic
    • 3rd – American Wild Ale – Oud Bruin – Bill Cosby Says “Drink This”
    • 2nd – Spiced Beer – SHV – Your Mom Liked It
  • Geoff Schideler
    • 3rd – German Wheat Beer – Dunkles Weissbier – Cerveza de Trigo Oscura
  • John Webber
    • 2nd – Pale Bitter European Beer – German Pils
    • 3rd – IPA – American IPA

She Brew (Clackamas, OR)

  • Judging: 02/29/2020
  • Pat Ludwig with Moira Quinn
    • 2nd Place – American IPA – American IPA – My Fav

Peak to Peak ProAm (Longmont, CO)

  • 1st Place, Heavy Medal Brewer: Dax Rush
  • 1st Place, Heavy Medal Club
  • Pro-Am with Beyond the Mountain Brewing Company: Ed Moore
  • Pro-Am with Kokopelli Beer Company: Dax Rush
  • Mike Bostwick
    • 1st – Bock – Eisbock – Don’t Bock Block Me Bro
    • 2nd – Dark British Beer – Foreign Extra Stout – Whup Ass Stout
    • 3rd – Strong Belgian Ale – Belgian Blonde Ale – Blonde Joke
  • Dan Croll
    • 2nd – Irish/Scottish Beer – Wee Heavy – To Wee or Not to Wee, That is the Question
  • Eric Gould with Phil Whited, Dax Rush
    • 2nd – Sour and Wild Ale – Wild Specialty Beer – Expanding Symmetry
  • Geoff Humphrey with Mike Bischoff
    • 3rd – Bock – Baltic Porter – Jievaras
  • Scott Ludwig with Eric Menchen, John Ojala, Jeff Overturf, Jared Abraham
    • 1st – Sour and Wild Ale – Oud Bruin – Niche Bruin
  • Ed Moore
    • 2nd – Bock – Doppelbock – Asha Doppelbock
    • 1st – British Beer – Dark Mild – Rhonda Mild ** Pro-Am **
  • Dax Rush
    • 3rd – British Beer – Mild – Tounge Sweater
    • 1st – American Porter and Stout – Imperial Stout
    • 1st – Strong Belgian Ale – Belgian Golden Strong ** Pro-Am **
    • 1st – Smoke and Wood Beer – Speciality Wood-Aged Beer – Stranahan’s Folly

Upcoming Competitions

Mazer Cup (Broomfield, CO)

  • Judging: 03/20/2020
  • Entry Deadline: 03/06/2019
  • Entry Limit: 700
  • Bottles Required: 3
  • All BJCP mead styles

National Homebrew Competition First Round (Denver, CO)

  • Judging: 04/05/2020
  • All BJCP beer, mead, and cider styles

Eight Seconds of Froth (Cheyenne, WY)

  • Judging: 04/25/2020
  • Entry Deadline: 04/11/2020
  • Entry Limit: 400
  • Bottles Required: 2 (a 3rd is suggested, for Pro-Am consideration)
  • All BJCP beer, mead, and cider styles
  • Pro-Ams: Accomplice Beer Company, Altitude Chophouse and Brewery
  • Scale-up Brewery: Freedom’s Edge Brewing, One-Eyed Buffalo Brewing

Making a Mockery (Denver, CO)

  • Judging: 05/31/2020
  • Entry Deadline: 05/10/2020
  • Entry Drop-Off: 05/10/2020
  • Bottles Required: 2
  • Scale-up at Mockery Brewing
  • Buy wort and pick up at Mockery Brewing on March 15, 2020 from 12-3 PM.
    • $15 for 5 gallons; $25 for 10 gallons.
    • 1.050 wort from 100% Root Shoot Genie Pale Malt

Intra-Club Competitions

Tasting and Socializing

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