Minutes from Aug. 21, 2025

Friday, August 22, 2025

Meeting called to order
T-shirts
- Dark heathered grey
- If you have not sent SK your size, please do so ASAP!
SK's Little Fish Brewing (Athens) Hippie Soufflé
- Weed themed (but no actual weed)
- Can't miss it
- Comes from the terpines, but unsure as to what stage those flavonoids are added
AW's Hoof Hearted Brewing (Marengo) Rose Gose
- Doesn't taste like beer
- Hibiscus comes off strong
- Not too salty (compared to other goses)
TS's Ghost Tree (Cincinnati) Coffee Blonde
- Smells like coffee
- It's a coffee beer!
- First sip has a lot of coffee, but it goes away the more you drink
JB's Masthead (Cleveland) Coffee Stout
- Coffee beer
- Tastes like a coffee beer
- Pretty standard, especially as coffee stouts go
- Ethiopian single origin coffee added
CB's Modest (Minneapolis) Breffix Breakfast Stout
- Has more of a full body compared to the Masthead
- Still sweet
- The subtle (but noticeable) molasses note adds something
- Different, but not necessarily better than the Masthead
TG's Founder's (Grand Rapids) Breakfast Stout
- Drier, especially compared to the Modest
- Coffee notes are slightly muted
- Less sweet
- Oats give it body without giving it sweetness
CB's Zaftig Brewing (Columbus) Breakfast Stout
- Hot
- Sour
- Alcohol overpowers the coffee
JB's Drekker (Fargo) Bloody Brains Double Fruit Smoothie Sour
- Smells and tastes like candy, but not in an offputting way
- Compared to other "candy" sours (the Warheads and Sour Patch Kids gimmick beers come to mind), this still counts as "beer"
- Strawberry is very strong
- Discovery: the ABV can be printed on the bottom of the can
JB's Little Fish Brewing (Athens) x Seventh Son Brewing (Coluumbus) My Many Smells Sour
- Dry
- After the initial "stench," actually pretty good
- Tropical notes definitely come through
Next meeting
- Club funds were used to purchase a Siebel sensory training kit, which includes five common off-flavors.
- An email will be sent for RSVPs, since the kit is single-use, and we want to maximize use!
- Please respond!