November 20, 2025
Fossil Cove Brewery, Fayetteville, AR
- Attendance: 13
- Homebrews: 20
Kevin Elsken started the meeting at 7:10 PM with a toast.
Last Month
- Brewer of the Month: Keith Linn
- Beer of the Month: Keith Linn’s Doppelbock
- Ass of the Month: James Harvey & David Johnson (both cheeks)
Guests
- Marcus from Siloam Springs, recently moved back from Springfield, MO
Beers were introduced and an intermission taken to sample the beers.
- James Harvey brought the AHA flyers and Kevin Elsken brought the FLOPS stickers for members to assemble during tasting
- Kevin Elsken discussed the flaw in Tom Maddock’s Doppelbock during tasting
Old Business
Iron Brewer Competition
- Q3 2025: Doppelbock (9A) results:
- 1st: Steve Offut (OZ)
- 2nd: Randy Germann
- 3rd: Ty Weston
- Q4 2025: Belgian Dark Strong (26D), due January 15, 2026 at FLOPS
- Q1 2026: Vienna Lager (7A), due April 16, 2026 at FLOPS
- Q2 2026: Irish Red (15A), due July 7, 2026 at OZ
- Q3 2026: Rauchbier (6B), due October 15, 2026 at FLOPS
Barrel Project Update
- Saturday, December 6 at 10 AM at Doc Farmer’s house
- Taking out:
- Doc Farmer
- Kevin Elsken
- Randy Germann
- Steve Offut
- Putting in:
- Davie Kapple
- Jason Kanak
- Kevin Ricter
- Ty Weston
Christmas Party
- Sunday, December 7 at 2 PM at The Fermentary
- Main dishes will be provided and sides will be potluck. Members should sign up here to bring an appetizer, side, or dessert. Members can also bring beer to share.
- There will door prizes, trivia, dirty Santa beer exchange ($15+), and possibly karaoke. There will also be a comparison of the winter warmer ales brewed at Black Howler and fermented by members.
Weiz Guys Big Brew Day Competition
- No winner from FLOPS or OZ this year
Subcommittees
- Website migration and update
- Greg Newman offered to lead a user training session for the officers who are responsible for updating and maintaining the website.
- Club awareness
- AHA brochures are here! Members added FLOPS club stickers to the flyers during the meeting. Flyers were divvied up to members to be taken around town to various breweries and to Anuway.
- Volunteering
- Kevin Elsken opted to save this for the next president to address.
Hop Scheduler
- Happy Holiday Homebrew
- Saturday, December 13 in St. Louis, MO
- Entries are almost full
- More info here
- Arkansas State Fair
- The club is looking for someone to wrangle entries from FLOPS and OZ for the Arkansas state fair next year in order to get more local beers entered.
- Randy Germann is wrangling for Little Rocktoberfest next year
- David Johnson is wrangling for HAM Hop-Off in Little Rock next year
- David Johnson shared that now is the time to think about brewing for Blue Bonnet in January
- James Harvey shared about a beer festival happening in January or February 2026 in association with Wright’s Barbecue. They want to be “Benton County’s Frost Fest” and there is an opportunity for FLOPS to have a tent there.
New Business
2026 Officer Nominations
- President (open)—Kevin Elsken is stepping down
- David Johnson was nominated, and motion to approve his nomination was seconded and approved by vote
- Vice President (open)—David Johnson is stepping down as VP from both clubs
- Ty Weston was nominated, and motion to approve his nomination was seconded and approved by vote
- Treasurer (incumbent)
- Secretary (incumbent)
- Social Media Chair (open)—Ric Bailey is stepping down
- Alex was nominated, and motion to approve his nomination was seconded and approved by vote
- Hop Scheduler (incumbent)
- Mug Watcher (incumbent)
Miscellaneous
- Kevin Elsken proposed the Christmas party as the next club social event. A motion was made to accept the proposal, which was seconded and approved by a vote.
Education
- David Johnson presented on sake & koji
Meeting closed at 9:04 PM, opening up to GODS, the Greater Ozark Drinking Society.
Brewer of the Month
- Randy Germann
- Ben Farhner
- Ty Weston
Beer of the Month
- Ty Weston’s Doppelbock
Ass of the Month
- Kevin Elsken for spilling beer at the meeting
Meeting concluded at 9:18 PM.