Author: brewpres

Hey Everyone! The final club meeting of the year is done. This year was a weird one but I think we made the best of a bad situation. We still wait to see how things play out for the next season as COVID-19 progresses, but we still have high hopes.

I’d like to welcome Steph B as the new club Secretary as Dan M steps down. Dan has done a fantastic job but has limited time. He’ll still be a member of the club, so no worries there.

We’re also excited to announce that Mandi S is joining the executive team. Mandi (and Jeff) run the ProAm side of the club. Over time the two sections have drifted apart. This move will help merge them back together. Together we’re excited for what the future years of the club holds!

For the Rye IPA photo contest, the winners are:

• 3rd place: Drinks By The Fire – Scott Priebe
• 2nd Place: Hops from start to finish – Dan Molinski
• 1st Place: Freshly poured Rye IPA – Kurtis Edginton

Check out all the photos that were submitted

I will be connecting with the contest winners directly to arrange the delivery of their prizes.

Thank you everyone for helping to make the best of the remaining club year. I know it has helped me during the lock down to continue to enjoy our community in an online way.

Cheers,
Sean.

Hey Everyone,

The virtual club meeting / brew day starts at 11 am today. Here’s the link to join the meeting:

https://meet.google.com/uoq-wciw-xek

See you there!

Cheers,
Sean.

Hey Everyone,

Just a reminder that this Saturday (June 6th) is our final Windup meeting and Virtual Brew Day. We’ll be starting at 11 am.

After we get the brew underway (not that you have to be brewing anything, feel free to crack a beer and hangout!) we’ll get into the formal part of the meeting and discuss the typical wind up talking items. Sadly we can’t host everyone for a BBQ but are not calling it cancelled, for now, we’re calling it postponed. Perhaps we’ll do it early in the next season. We’ll see how things play out over the summer.

We’ll also be announcing the winner for the Rye IPA photo contest.

Hope to see everyone there!

Cheers,
Sean.

Hey Everyone,

Just a reminder of the club meeting tomorrow (Saturday) at 1pm. The guest speaker will be Maker’s Malt from Sask. They will do a presentation and take us on a virtual tour around their facility. It’s going to be a great one!

Here’s the meeting link: https://meet.google.com/oqu-ufyz-dri

See you at 1pm!

Cheers,
Sean.

Hey Everyone!

I hope everyone is keeping well and keeping busy.

I’ve been in touch with Maker’s Malt in Saskatchewan and they’ve agreed to speak at one of our virtual events. In case you didn’t know, Maker’s Malt is a small maltster out of Saskatchewan that focuses on smaller craft breweries. They supply mostly Saskatchewan breweries but are starting to be used more in Manitoba, Barn Hammer and Brazen Hall are two Manitoba examples.

In the presentation they’ll be talking about their Malt (obviously), the growing of the barley, and their process of malting and then a Q&A period. So it’ll be a virtual field trip. 🙂

The presentation will be next Saturday (May 23rd at 1pm CDT).

I hope to see everyone there!

Cheers,
Sean.

Hey Everyone!

Just a reminder that tomorrow (Saturday May 2nd @ 1pm CDT) We have our second presentation from Brad Smith. The topic of this presentation will be about using BeerSmith! This is a presentation you won’t want to miss.

The link to the meeting is: https://meet.google.com/vxv-qnva-iui

Please try to show up 5 – 10 mins early just in case you have any issues connecting in.

Cheers!
Sean.

Hey Everyone,

As promised, here’s the link to join tonight’s virtual beers hangout: https://meet.google.com/vhu-hutu-rwa

The hangout will start at 8pm. See you there!

Cheers,
Sean.

Hey Everyone,

Just a reminder that tomorrow (April 18th @ 1pm) is the virtual club meeting. Our guest presenter is Brad Smith, the creator of BeerSmith, and several other note-worthy items such as the BeerSmith.com blog. Brad will be doing two presentations for us, one tomorrow and the second one on May 2nd.

Tomorrow’s presentation will be about designing beers. The presentation on May 2nd will be about BeerSmith itself.

To join the meeting, simply goto this link: https://meet.google.com/egh-bjmc-oxr

Try to show up a few mins early if you can just in case you have to work out any video/audio issues.

See you all there!

Cheers!
Sean.

Hey Everyone,

The results of the polls are in and the winner for the topic is Designing Beer, with BeerSmith as a very close second.

I talked with Brad Smith about this and options and he suggested to do two meetings. So we’re going to do the Designing Beer topic this Saturday (April 18th) and then two weeks afterwards (May 2nd) he’ll do another presentation on BeerSmith.

So don’t forget, the first topic will be this Saturday (April 18th) at 1pm CST. We will be switching back to Google Meet. I’ll send out the link the night before.

See you all there!

Cheers,
Sean.

Hey Girls and Boys!

The next instalment of the Virtual Brew Day, Part Deux is here! The fun starts at 11:30am and you can join at this link: https://meetingsamer7.webex.com/meet/president4

Remember, you don’t have to be a club member to join, and you don’t even have to be brewing something! C’mon down (online, of course, haha) and socialize!

Cheers!
Sean.