July 15, 2021

Core Brewing Springdale

7:10 PM – Meeting called to order with toast by Forrest

New Attendees

Louis Lewis
James Harvey

Tom Maddock opened meeting with congratulations to Keith Linn for his Gold Medal in the National Homebrew Competition for his New England IPA.

Tom also encouraged members to join American Homebrewers Association.

Results of last round of Iron Brewer Competition with Oz Brew Club, Keith Linn finished 1st and Tom Maddock finished 3rd place.

Keith reported he is still trying to connect with Ivory Bill Brewing to pitch the idea of a barrel brew.

New Business

Tom reiterated that there will be a table available at Brewtober for Oz and Flops to advertise. Volunteers that man the booth will get a free Brewtober ticket.

Insurance has been paid for the year.

Filing of Non-profit report is done.

Brewtober has been registered as BJCP sanctioned event, judges will earn points.

Keith Linn mentioned a new brewery is being planned for Lowell and they are looking for a head brewer.

Natural State Brewing is having a fundraiser (Aletruistic Octoberfest?) on September 18 from 1:00 until 10:00 pm. They are looking for servers, if interested contact BJ from Oz.

Also Fayetteville Octoberfest has been officially cancelled. There is an event planned in Little Rock on November 14th that will have space for homebrewers.

Education

Brian Sorensen, author of Arkansas Beer as well as a freelance beer writer, gave an excellent presentation on the history and status of brewing in Arkansas
Ass of the Month

Unanimous vote for Kevin “there are not the droids you are looking for” Elsken for using his Jedi mind tricks to convince attendees at Greg Newman’s social that Greg’s wife was named Sandy. Even the Russian judge was heard to say, “Da, guilty!”.

Brewer of the Month

3rd Place – Patrick Bohannon
2nd Place – Larry McCalister
1st Place – Keith Linn

FLOPS Club Meeting Minutes

June 17, 2021

Core Brewing Springdale

New beer cards and trays in use for the first time. 

7:15 PM – Meeting called to order with toast by Forrest

New Attendees:

Debbie 

Tom Maddock opened meeting by reviewing procedural changes aimed at reducing the business portion of the meeting down to 30 minutes maximum. The biggest change is the addition of the beer cards and the elimination of beer introductions during the business segment of the meeting. There was also strong encouragement to stop side conversations during the business portion of the meeting so that we can get onto the drinking portion of the meeting.

Voting for Brewer of the Month – each attendee should vote twice, and can vote for the same beer.

Officer Reports

Keith Linn – Education – Brian Sorenson will present a talk on the history of beer in Arkansas at the July meeting. Also Keith is still working with Jack McAuliffe to finalize a recipe for brewing a big barleywine.

Treasurer – Chris Abel – we have money to pay insurance dues. Tom reminded us to note if we are members of the AHA, as they will pay the insurance if 75% of FLOPS members belong to AHA

Greg Newman – Social – looking for brewer profiles. Also encouraged continued Facebook participation. Greg is planning an End of Covid social event at his place, July 10th at 2 pm

Randy German – Hop Scheduler – calendar on website has been updated with events. Also a potential event to include FLOPS, OZ, and ZOO. We agreed to consider, but put off any decisions until we got back on schedule with the normal Iron Brewer competition.

Old Business 

This was our second meeting at Core Brewing. Direct any comments or suggestions to Tom or any of the officers, or if you have an idea for a better location please let us know.  

Iron Brewer at Natural State Brewing on July 6th – Amber Ale

Brewtober blah blah blah. Oh and OZ and FLOPS will have a booth available

New Business

Keith will set up education calendar

Larry McCallister announced OZ’s plans for an Ark-toberfest event.

Motion was made to close business portion of meeting. Seconded and adopted. 

Keith Linn provided education about the Amber Ale style of beer.

Homebrewer of the month – Patrick Bohannon for several beers, Barleywine and Flanders Red in particular

Ass of the Month (in abstentia) – Kat McGraw – where is our banner?

FLOPS Club Meeting Minutes
May 20, 2021
Core Brewing Springdale

7:15 PM – Meeting called to order with toast by Forrest

New Attendees:
Shawn Titel & Guest – moved to NWA about 1 year ago,
Oberin(?) – new employee at Core Brewing

Officer Reports
Treasurer – Chris – we have money

Greg Newman – Social – looking for brewer profiles – Randy will be June

Randy German – Hop Scheduler – no new competition this summer
Home Brew Showcase in Siloam Springs in June
Question about Foam Fest – no ads so assuming it is not happening
There are Octoberfests planned for Bentonville, Fayetteville, and at Natural State Brewing. There may be a table set aside for homebrewers at Fayetteville?
Everyone introduced the beers they brought to the meeting.
Brewtoberfest is October 9th. More details to come.
National Homebrew Competition – winners will be announced during Homebrew Conference in June.
FLOPS vs. OZ Homebrew competition is Amber Ale. This will be judged at OZ meeting July 6th at Natural State Brewing.

Keith Linn – Education – encouraged brewers to submit topics of interest for education presentations
Core Brewing has SS Brewtech system available to interested parties.

Keith Linn – trying to set up meeting with Jack McAuliffe to discuss potential brew project.

Larry McCalister reported OZ is planning to fill a wine barrel that their club has acquired.

New Business – set up officers meeting to discuss club scope – should we reach out to new members who are interested in craft beer and beer tasting but not necessarily in brewing?

Randy German proposed Homebrew Showcase in Siloam Springs as next social. Motion was seconded and approved.

8:05 pm Keith motioned to end meeting discussion and proceed woth tasting and judging. Motion seconded and approved.

Homebrewer of the month – Kevin Elsken for his Saison

Ass of the Month – Randy German for many reasons.