We had our March meeting on Zoom this year with a bottle exchange. The style of the month was Scottish/Scotch Ales.
OLD BUSINESS: 1) Our February meeting was to support MD breweries and it was quite successful as we purchased a lot of beer (84 unique beers, 122 all together). We will have a unique raffle in June for those that participated and the prizes will be donated by local breweries.
2) We’ve had 2 Tech Corners since last month: one on gadgets, one showcasing the style for May, which is Mexican Lager.
NEW BUSINESS: 1) Next Tech Corner is on 3/18/21 and will be on what brewing steps may be non-essential.
2) Next month’s April meeting will hopefully be in-person, either at the Barn or at a local brewery. It is an open style.
3) LABS is having their Tripel Karmeliet meeting on 3/27/21 at Linda and Adi’s. Next style will be hosted by Marc this summer.
4) Next years’s March style was voted to be Belgian Dark Strong. The other choices were West Coast IPA, Pilsner, IPL.
5) Marc offered to have water tests. Reach out to him for details.
FINANCIAL REPORT: we have $1,283 and 26 paying members.
BEERS: We had another successful bottle share hosted by Marc at Growing Smiles. We had 2 commercial examples. Ken, Gregg, Myke contributed Scottish Ales. Linda+Adi, Marc+Mike, Kelly, Matt, Dave contributed Scotch Ales. We also had a black IPA from Steve, a West Coast IPA from Claire+Art, a fruited IPA from John, a gingersnap cookie ale from Dave, a stout from Kevin and a Belgian Dark Strong from Chris.
Happy Brewing! Cheers!