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Last night we had a small meeting but were able to accomplish quite a bit. However, we need everyone's feedback on the September Brew to be able to move forward.

Let's assume we are going with the Willy Wonka theme, everyone seems to like that idea and is on board. Our next brew will focus on making beer for the Christmas Party, centered around this theme. The idea is to have 3-4 recipes going at once at the next brew (smaller batches of course) and have them each be chocolate based. Each recipe would do something different with the chocolate/willy-wonka theme. Some of the ideas we threw around were Chocolate-Orange, A Salty Chocolate Gose, a Chocolate Cherry and a lighter Chocolate (white chocolate?) beer that is dyed Purple.

Everyone can submit recipes in the comments below and then we can all vote on them. The top 3 will be the brewmasters for that beer (or will at least be in charge of delegating the brew to someone else). On brew day we will split up into teams for each recipe.

Besides the chocolate based recipes, we thought it would also be interesting to have one more experimental recipe that would be the" Oompa Loompa beer". This could be more bizarre than the others, so feel free to submit your ideas for that as well.

Here are the current  September Brew Details.

When: Sat. 9/22/2012
Where: Ian's Place
What: 3 Chocolate Based Beers
1 Experimental Oompa Loompa beer

Submit recipes and general comments below. We should decide on the recipe's within the next two weeks, so get them in ASAP so we can start the voting process.

Hope everyone had a good time saturday and those who took home wort are happily bubbling away.  Here some pics from the days festivities.

This Saturday July 14th, baltibrewers will unite at John Jesters House to brew up a rather large batch of what we're calling BALTIBREW de GARDE.  Below are some important details:

• Here is the address of John's House (8804 Richmond Ave Carney, MD 21234)
• The brew will last from 9AM ~ 4/5PM.  The more help we have the quicker it will go.  Members taking wort: plan on being there for the entire time to help out (we promise you won't wanna be anywhere else anyways).
• This is a BYOFood event, so please add in the comments what you plan to contribute to the bounty (there will be a grill available).
• It's also rec'd to bring homebrew/beer to share (preferably some different bier de garde's to try)
• People bringing home wort (see below), please bring your clean bucket, lid, and air lock.
• Although the focus will be on brewing, there is a pool to dip into, so bring your suit and towel.

People taking home wort:

(let us know if you can't make it so we can plan accordingly)

Below you will find the minutes, instructions for good sanitation/cleaning (that we went over during the meeting), as well as various info on competitions coming up.  We had a great June meeting (with great beer shared by everyone) and i have highlighted the important stuff to remember:

• The July brew will be a Biere De Garde brewed at John Jesters House (directions forthcoming)  on July 14th and will be lead by John and Mike Pietro.  BE THERE for what's sure to be a good time.
• SIGN UP FOR WORT for the July brew! (in the comments please)
• Be sure to keep MASHOUT in mind for aug. 17-19 at Rocky Gap, MD.  We would like to have a great baltibrew turnout, and it's an amazing beer event that has to be seen to be believed.  The only req't. is you bring at least 5 gallons of brew to share.

June 2012 Baltibrew Meeting Minutes

Sanitation in the brewhouse

Upcoming Homebrew Comps

@ Dionysus.

8pm

Upstairs. (ask a bartender where to go if you can't find us.)

Agenda items include:

• Competition updates from John Jester
• July Brew Naildown
• Education Topic: Sanitation
• Mashout (update/reminder)
• Union Craft Brew Release Party @ Max's 6/29

Well folks, it's April regular meeting time, and this one will be a doozy.

Usual time: 8pm

Usual place: Dionysus.

On the agenda:

• Chilibrew V
• Big Brew/May Brew (what are we brewing? how much? who's brewing?)
• Any other upcoming events?
• Education topic: Water Profiles

Whether you're coming to Chilibrew or not, we are in need of extension cords and/or power strips. Bring any you can spare to the meeting and deliver them to Steve Hulbert, who will label your items, and ensure they are promptly returned to you following the event. 

Be prepared to pay dues if you haven't already, and as always you are welcome to bring homebrew to share after business is concluded. (Which is not to say you shouldn't purchase beers to drink during business from our fine hosts at Dionysus.)

We're meeting this Thursday, March 15^th, 8p.m. at our new Dionysus spot.

On the agenda:

• Clone Wars 2012: Are we brewing collectively for this? If so, how much, and where should we do it? Gotta' do it asap, since the deadline is 4/1.
• Chilibrew V: Chilibrew subcommittee will provide a status update, and we will begin assigning  volunteer staff assignments
• March Brew Wrapup: We'll go over how it went, talk about how we can improve process, and solidify what went well.
• March Guild Meeting Report: John Jester will let us know how this past Monday's Guild meeting went.
• May Brew/Big Brew: We'll discuss the May brew, and whether we ought to do it @ Big Brew with all the other clubs.
• Mashout: We'll go over dates, talk about who is going to go, and what we need to do to rule Mashout the way we rule every other event we're part of.
• Texas Independence Day Chili Cookoff Prize: We'll discuss how we're hooking up this lucky prizewinner with a day of Brew-ed Baltibrew style.

As always, bring homebrew if ya got it for after meeting tasting, and let us know if you have anything else to add to the agenda.

This Saturday we will be getting together to do our march brew, which will be a Dead Guy clone.  We will be starting at 9AM and, with everyone's help, hopefully wrap up around 4PM.  Here's what you need to know:

When: Saturday March 3rd 9AM-4PM

Where: Greg Slack's House -  14 N. East Ave.

What to Bring:  Beer and food to share (potluck).

Baltibrew — and pretty much every other club in Maryland — member Ben Schwalb captured the events of Max's Belgian Fest pretty well on his site. Check it out if you didn't manage to get down there last weekend.