August 2025 Meeting Minutes

August 21, 2025

Kevin Elsken started the meeting at 7:14 PM. Keith Linn opened the meeting with a toast.

Beers were introduced and an intermission taken to sample the beers.

Big Blimp! Barleywine Release
- Kevin Elsken proposed hosting a release party on Saturday, November 1 (Learn to Homebrew day) and conducting a giveaway to encourage participation (Pinter + 2 ingredient kits). Ben Mills agreed to the proposal. Lewie Lewis made a motion to move forward with the proposal, and the motion was seconded and approved by a vote.
Weiz Guys Big Brew Day Competition
- Lewie Lewis, Keith Linn, and Ty Weston sampled submission candidates during the meeting and selected Randy Germann’s version to submit to the competition.
- Members had no objections to combine FLOPS and OZ as a single club entry for the competition.
- More info here

Kevin Elsken paid for this year’s club insurance. Chris Abel will reimburse Kevin for the expense from club funds.

Club awareness
- James Harvey is working with Experience Fayetteville to get FLOPS info into the Fayetteville Ale Trail booklet. They would like to cross-promote on Facebook.
- The AHA brochures that James Harvey ordered have arrived. They have a 2″ x 3″ location for placing a sticker with club information. Kevin Elsken brought samples of what could go in that space.

September 12: Arkansas State Fair entries close
October 3–5: GiveCamp (see below)
October 11: Rocktoberfest
- CAF wants FLOPS to participate
October 18: Rogers Oktoberfest
- They are looking for homebrewers to participate
October 16–19: Tulsa Oktoberfest
- Some people are going to this on Thursday

Greg Newman found this organization, which creates websites for non-profit organizations. Keith Linn put together some information about the club’s website needs, Kevin Elsken submitted it, and they accepted it. Kevin Elsken committed to a $200 donation from the club.
- Greg Newman said they would appreciate the club bringing some kegs of homebrew to share.
- Kevin Elsken will coordinate a meeting between interested members to meet and decide club goals for the website ahead of time. Greg Newman, Ric Bailey, Keith Linn, Kevin Elsken, Chris Abel, and Ben Farhner volunteered.

Discussed the need to change access to the Facebook group, Google Group, etc. when officer transitions occur. Keith Linn made a motion to continue the discussion offline, Greg seconded, and the motion was approved by a vote.
Discussed starting a FLOPS barrel project to complement the OZ barrel project. A survey of members present showed sufficient interest to move forward. The club will need to determine who would house the barrel, which style to brew, and other logistics.
James Harvey shared that the Shiloh Museum, where he volunteers, is interested in doing a historic brewing event similar to what the Historic Arkansas Museum does.
The Historic Arkansas Museum typically does their historic brew days on a Friday, but if there is sufficient interest from the club, they would be willing to move it to a Saturday or Sunday to accommodate the group.
Discussed planning for the Christmas party. Randy Germann is on the Christmas party committee for OZ and proposed doing a combined Christmas party between the two clubs. This would be a cost to the club of around $300. Kevin Elsken made a motion to combine parties, Keith Linn seconded, and the motion passed with a vote.

Arkansas State Fair
- Saturday, October 4 in Little Rock, AR
- John from New Province has offered to take entries down
- More info here
Brew in the Lou
- Saturday, October 11 in St. Louis, MO
- More info here
Red Coat Challenge
- Saturday, November 8 in Denton, TX
- Limited to British-style ales, braggots, and ciders
- More info here
Happy Holidays Homebrew Competition
- Saturday, December 13 in St. Louis, MO
- More info here

Meeting closed at 8:27 PM, opening up to GODS, the Greater Ozark Drinking Society.

Meeting concluded at 8:49 PM.