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Saturday, October 19, 2024

Meeting called to order

Glasses discussion

Options: mini pub, glass can, Libbey Pilsner, conique, Libbey straight
No to glass can
Quantities still need to be ironed out - maybe we can hit the common MOQ of 72

Style	Unit Price	Setup Charge	Total for 12	Unit 12	Total for 15	Unit 15	Total for 20	Unit 20
Mini Pub	$3.37	$50.00	$90.44	$7.54	$100.55	$6.71	$117.40	$5.87
Glass Can	$3.65		$93.80	$7.82	$104.75	$6.99	$123.00	$6.15
Libbey Pilsner	$4.44		$103.28	$8.61	$116.60	$7.78	$138.80	$6.94
Conique	$5.26		$113.12	$9.43	$128.90	$8.60	$155.20	$7.76
Libbey Straight	$5.43		$115.16	$9.60	$131.45	$8.77	$158.60	$7.93

MOQ from https://bargainmugs.com/customized-beer-samplers-glasses-c-229 is 12
MOQ from others is commonly 48 or 72 (depending on vendor and style)
Prices subject to change

Jason's 7-year-old German Tettnang hops (YCH 2017)
- Left in the freezer for 7 years
- Still smells pretty decent
- Lambics? They use old hops...
SK's Heart State Brewing (Columbus) "Strings" Amber Ale
- Not very pronounced
- "Tastes like beer"
- Very normal
- Some Crystal malt notes got picked up, caramel notes
JB's Bickerdyke's Oktoberfest Festbier
- Start at 62 degrees, then drift up on its own to high 70s, low 80s
- Not fermented super hot
- German lager yeast, but not lagered (not necessary with modern temperature control capabilities)
- On the drier end (compared to other commercial Oktoberfest beers)
JB's Bickerdyke's Pawpaw Hefeweizen
- Froze the fruit first, did not pasteurize, and it still didn't infect the beer
- Plan was to add at the 50% attenuation mark, but by the next day (and next measurement), it was already down to 1.019
- Phenols (clove) are noticeable, maybe some esters (banana), but not much
- Easy drinking beer
TG's Left Hand Brewing (Longmont, CO) Milk Stout Nitro
- Smokiness is immediately noticeable
- Not so soft
- Bland, but creamy
- Not a lot of odor, either
- Nitro might be contributing to its texture
- Expect bolder flavor given its colors, but it's thin
- Would be good in chilii
- Reminiscent of Speckled Hen golden nitro
CB's Bell's (Kalamazoo, MI) Two Hearted IPA and clone
- Real one is ever so slightly darker
- Lot of 2-row, probably something else (maybe crystal 40?), CB can't remember
- All centennial hops
- CO₂ is probably playing some effect in taste differences
- Bitterness is about right, flavor is about right
JB's Bickerdyke's IPA
- Simcoe, Citra
- Pilsner malt
- Little dank, probably coming from the Citra hops
- AW isn't a fan of IPAs, but this is well done
- Hides its bitterness really well
AW's Rhinegeist (Cincinnati) Skeleton Ale with Blanc Grapes
- Pineapple
- Lot of grape
- Too much "white wine" with only a dab of beer
SK's Gatorale
- Gatorade Frost Glacier Freeze (blue) and Cellar Science Cali Ale
- Looks like dirty dish water
- Smells like dirty dish water
- Alkaseltzer if it had more chemicals
- Just the chemical taste is left, no sweetness
- Somehow, it gets better after the first few sips
Next month
- Bring your commercial examples of stouts (or porters)
- Consider having your fermentation started by next meeting to have it done by the December meeting
  - Some fermentations will go faster, it depends on your yeast...