In addition to the five members in attendance, we also had three guests join us for our beer tasting. Here is a list of what everyone brought:
| Bill | Oatmeal Stout | Independence Convict Hill Oatmeal Stout |
| Eric | Chile Beer | Twisted Pine Billy's Chilies Beer |
| Jared | Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy | Oskar Blues Old Chub |
| Jason | American Amber / Red Lager | Brooklyn Lager |
| Rob | English Pale Ale | Boddingtons Pub Ale |
Our guests are homebrewers, and we invited them to join on the spot based on their enthusiasm and knowledge of beer. Welcome Giles, Emily, and Will! Needless to say, they brought some homebrews for their first meeting.
Bill will be taking a leave from the club. He has several other obligations that are limiting his personal time, so he will let us know when he will join us again
Reminder: the penalty beer should be a single 750 mL bottle
We discussed and decided to vote on the best beer of the night. Whoever brings the best beer will win a $5 Specs gift card. We will start this at the March meeting.
The next meeting will be at Jason's house on Friday March 18 @7pm.
Here is the list from last meeting's spin on the Wheel O' Beer:
David - American Porter
Emily - English Pale Ale
Eric - Belgian Strong Pale Ale
Giles - Hefeweizen
Jared - Czech Pilsener
Jason - American Strong Ale
Rob - English Pale Mild Ale
Will - Wheatwine
Giles also incurred the Broken Seal Penalty.
We have already had the following beers from the specified categories:
American Porter - Tommyknocker Cocoa Porter Winter Warmer
English Pale Ale - BoddingtonsPub Ale, Old Speckled Hen, Samuel Smith's Old Brewery Pale Ale, Wychwood Scarecrow Ale
Hefeweizen - Paulaner Hefe-Weissbier Naturtrüb
American Strong Ale - Lagunitas Brown Shugga'
Wheatwine - Boulevard Harvest Dance
If anyone is having trouble finding a beer in their category, check this site: http://beeradvocate.com/beer/style
If you can't find a beer representative of your style, you can go up or down one category. Please note that I have removed the following from our list of styles:
- American Wild Ale
- Bière de Garde
- Flanders Oud Bruin
- Gueuze
- Lambic-Unblended
- Sahti
- Gose
- Roggenbier
- Kvass
- Low Alcohol Beer
- Rauchbier
- Happoshu
- Smoked Beer
And don't forget, the first to "break their seal" once we start drinking will incur a penalty.
Prost!
