January Meeting Minutes

Prairie Schooners

January 10, 2024

Meeting Presentation Slides

• New Attendees/New Members
  • Two new members

• Membership Report
  •  80 paid members
  • 480 Facebook members

• Loanable Assets are available (See Website)

• Treasurer’s Report = $2086 (excluding calendar sales Dec.)

• Yearlong Competition
  • First Round in March
    • Round 1 (Dark Styles)
    • Round 2 ( Floral/Herbal)
    • Round 3 (Fruit/Vegetable)
    • Round 4 (German styles)
    • Final Round (Top 4 – Best of)
  • Individual or Teams can enter
  • Feel free to ask about other guidelines and timeline

• Brewpubs, Breweries, etc.
  • Industry Brewing – Peoria, IL
  • Great Revitalist – Clinton, IA

• Featured Topic
  • Water Chemistry – Lance
    • Campden Tablet – Regular tap water in Springfield
    • Use Google, free software, Beersmith
    • Flavour Profile – Minerals and Salts
      • Calcium, Magnesium. Sodium, Chloride (fuller bodied beer, Sulfites (accentuates the hop flavors)
    • Recommended Water – RO water 
    • Brew in Water software (free spreadsheet)
      • Determine your Profile (free spreadsheet)
      • Set up your additions (pH – Lactic acid
    • Minerals add them before mash

• Additional – Omega Yeast price going up
  • Ideas on other options/share thoughts on FB

• Homebrew Tasting
  • Smalley – Parti Gyle Small Beer 
  • Jeff K. – Festbier
  • Ryan L. – Kentucky Common 4.9%
  • Amy – Hint of a Vanilla Porter
  • Jeff K. – Gruit 
  • Smalley – Fresh Pressed Pear Mead 
  • Smalley – Chianti Mead