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Minutes

November 8, 2006=

CALL TO ORDER

The meeting was called to order by President DON JOSLI= NG promptly at 7:30 PM. Twenty-f= our members and four visitors were present.&nb= sp; The meeting was held at the Kansas Secured Title location at 901 River Road in the = Jetz Building.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

The minutes of the previo= us meeting were approved.

MEETING LOCATION FOR DECEMBER

The annual GREATER TOPEKA HALL OF FOAMER’S HOLIDAY= PARTY will be held at the home of Lloyd and Marti Becker. Their address is 7909 NW Rochester Road. PLEASE NOTE THE REVISED START TIME= FOR THIS MEETING ONLY: 6:30 PM. SPOUSES/SIGNIFICANT OTHERS are exp= ected at this meeting, so bring them. For this meeting, everyone brings food items to share with the group. =

The official part of the meeting will be short as the only business to conduct is the co= unting of ballets to conclude the election of officers, final collection of monies= for “Brew Your Own” magazine subscriptions, and the designations of= “munchies” for the January meeting.

TREASURER’S REPORT

Treasurer CHRIS HEDQUIST announced that $854.98 was available in the treasury. An additional $80.00 was provided = to Chris during this meeting in cash and checks as moneys collected at the BUF= FALO BOB DEAN’S MEMORIAL PARTY.

TOPICS ON THE ART OF BREWING

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS – A DISCUSSION ON BREWING

A question of efficiency = in sparging was brought up. A measure of efficiency was = given as (specific gravity) X (# of gallons in batch) / (# of pounds of grain) =3D percent efficiency. Discussion noted that efficiency would be defined as the ability to maximize the remov= al of sweet wort from the mash while at the same t= ime minimizing the tannins or other flavors given off by husks when excessively rinsed.

It was noted that an incr= ease in water temperature of the sparge water would inc= rease the ability of the water to release sugars from the grains. LLOYD BECKER noted that he often increases his sparge water temperature to 180 d= egrees for this purpose. DOUG SALSBU= RY and JOHN DEAN also noted that the Borloff procedure allows you to re-circulate water in the mash tun to ensure a uniform temperature throughout the mash before starting the sparge. In addition, ensuring that the mash is completely covered with water during th= e sparge helps to ensure this constant temperature as w= ell as ensuring that the hot water from your tank passes through the entire mash.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Caution was noted that raising the temperature too high would cause serious problems resulting from the releas= e of tannins and other poor flavors into your wort.<= /p>

OLD BUSINESS

HALL OF FOAMERS BUFFALO BOB DEAN’S MEMORIAL PARTY

Discussion was held regarding the fall party. Numerous volunteers worked to ensu= re that the party was successful. Some of those volunteers were:

JIM MADL – Reservation and Key to the park

JOHN LONG – Smoked a whole hog

JOHN DEAN & DOUG SALSBURY – Led the group br= ew and clinic that produced 20 gallons of beer for the party.

CHRIS HEDQUIST – Held the money and wrote all the checks to complete the transactions.

BILL PAYNE – Sale of wrist wraps at the campground.

JAY KETTER – Purchased a keg of BLIND TIGER beer= for the party.

JIM MADL – Purchased a keg of BLIND TIGER beer f= or the party.

JOHN DEAN – Purchased a keg of BLIND TIGER beer = for the party.

Everyone complemented Chef John Long for his excellent= work on the hog. All the food brou= ght by members was delicious and complemented the meat and beer. The weather didn’t seem to w= ant to go along well with the plans and started with cold on Friday evening, getti= ng down to 26 degrees. But, Satu= rday was much nicer and the evening was enjoyed by everyone.

BREW MAGAZINE=

Additional payments were made for subscriptions to = 220;Brew Your Own” magazine. We = now have enough to complete the purchase of subscriptions. The December meeting will be your = last chance to participate.

20^{th
ANNIVERSARY PARTY}

CHRIS HEDQUIST noted that he had identified a couple i= tems that might be positive fund-raisers for the party. He has found a 20 oz. English Glas= s and a “baseball-style” t-shirt with a ¾ sleeve.

NEW BUSINESS

INTRODUCTION = OF VISITORS

President DON JOSLING welcomed our visitors. JOHN DEAN introduced AMY SUTTON an= d TY ARMSTRONG. JIM MADL introduce= d ADAM MADL and WILLIE MADL.

DEATH IN EXTE= NDED FAMILY

The death of Kenny Butler was mourned by brewers acros= s the Midwest in late October. Kenny, who was a member of the KC = Brewmeister’s, and a partner in “Baccus and Barleycorn,” was very active in the brewing community and helped The Greater Topeka Hall of Foamer’s during judging contests put on in Topeka.&= nbsp; Everyone expressed their sorrow in his passing.

NOMINATIONS F= OR OFFICERS

President DON JOSLING opened the floor for nominations= . When nominations closed for all positions, the following persons had been nominated:

PRESIDENT:         &= nbsp;   DON JOSLING     //<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>     JACK PETERSON

VICE-PRESIDENT: = JOHN LONG     //     JACK PETERSON     //     PAT DELAPP

SECRETARY:  =          WALT DARLING

BREW MEISTER: &nb= sp;   DOUG SALSBURY     //=      LLOYD BECKER     //     AL CALIZALES

TREASURER:  =          Position not open to election this year.

Voting will be by secret ballot. A ballot is attached to these minutes. Please complete the = ballot PRIOR to the December meeting = and bring it to the meeting folded. A committee of three will count the ballots and announce the person selected =

MUNCHIES FOR DECEMBER

            <= /span>ALL MEMBERS

ADJOURNMENT

            <= /span>Noting that there was no further business to come before the club, the meeting was adjourned. The President decl= ared the motion to adjourn for social tasting passed at 8:40 PM.

HOUSEKEEPING SPECIAL NOTES

TASTER GLASSES: T= he glasses used for tasting during the meetings must be cleaned at the end of = each meeting. Please don’t r= eturn your glasses to the storage box until after the glass has been cleaned.

FACILITIES: As we= use “free” facilities, we do our best to keep the facility as clean= as possible. All members are exp= ected to help police the area prior to leaving to ensure that our relationship wi= th our facility “host” remains friendly.

BOTTLE RECYCLING: At the end of meetings, please dispose of glass bottles separately from dishes= and food scraps so that they can be recycled.&= nbsp;

Hall of Foamers=

DECEMBER Meeting Agenda

6:30           Ca= ll to Order / Approval of the Agenda

6:32           Ap= pointment of an Election Committee to Count Ballots

6:37           Ap= proval of the Minutes

6:39           In= troduction and Welcome of Visitors

6:40           Re= port of the Election Committee

            &n= bsp;            = ;    2007 President

            &n= bsp;            = ;    2007 Vice-President

            &n= bsp;            = ;    2007 Secretary

            &n= bsp;            = ;    2007 Brew Meister

6:45           Th= anks to those that served this past year

6:46           Co= llection of monies for “Brew Your Own”

6:48           Mu= nchies for Next Month

6:50           Ad= journ for Holiday Party

Ballot for 2007 Election of Officers<= /span>

PRES= IDENT:         VOTE FOR ONE
=

=   &nbs= p;      DON JOSLING
=

<= /pre>

= ;        JACK PETERSON=

VICE= -PRESIDENT:    VOTE FOR ONE=

<= /pre>

= ;        JOHN LONG

<= /pre>

= ;        JACK PETERSON=

<= /pre>

= ;        PAT DELAPP

SECR= ETARY:         = VOTE FOR ONE

<= /pre>

= ;        WALT DARLING<= /span>

BREW= MEISTER:      VOTE FOR ON= E

<= /pre>

= ;        DOUG SALSBURY=

<= /pre>

= ;        LLOYD BECKER<= /span>

<= /pre>

= ;        AL CANIZALES<= /span>

PLEASE FOLD THIS BALLOT AND SUBMIT AT THE DECEMBER MEETING.