August 2018 Minutes

William Lee hosted the August, 2018 B.A.S.H. meeting and pool party on Sunday the 12th at his home in Corpus Christi. El Presidente Mike Wojdyla called the meeting to order and thanked our host. Treasurer Tom Freund gave his report and collected dues for 2018 – 2019 from a few more members.

Vice President For Other Stuff Elizabeth Ackman announced our upcoming suite party at the CC Hooks game on Thursday, September 6th. For details, see the club Facebook page or stay tuned for the announcement e-mail. Vice President for Competitions Kyle Hotz collected last-minute entries for this months’ AHA-sponsored competition. All entries are eligible for Best Of Show points. Extract beers are eligible for Homebrewer Of The Year points. Results will be announced at the September meeting.

Erin from the Art Center of CC announced the upcoming 1/2K By The Bay Beer Run at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 1. A sign-up sheet was passed around for volunteers who are encouraged to show up at the Arts Alive festival grounds from 8-8:30 a.m. on race day.

Cory Mathews of Lazy Beach conducted the brewing education with a report on fermentation. He discussed yeast starters, diacetyl rests, secondary fermentation and lagering. Yeast and bacteria were available for viewing under a microscope.

As we wolfed down William’s pulled pork and ribs, we enjoyed new homebrews from Tim Grace (IPA), Wild Bill Lehfeld (Czech premium pale lager/amber lager/dark lager), Larry Sommers (watermelon wheat/jalapeno cilantro watermelon wheat/Big Brew honey pilsner), Jeremy Van Horn (cherry cider) and Scott Wilson (azacca pale ale/bacon beer). Commercial beers were shared by Tim (Half Acre Tuna Extra Pale Ale), Joe Haug (Shiner Oktoberfest), Cory (Lazy Beach Poblano Wit/Skinny Dipper Kombucha/Summer Stout), Phil Sims (101 North Brewery Naughtyaud Imperial Stout) and Scott (Karbach Hopadillo).

Several members cooled off in William’s pool. No one impersonated Esther Williams.

Upcoming B.A.S.H. events:

6-Sept-18: Hooks suite party

9-Sept-18: B.A.S.H. meeting (Mark Woerner)

14-Oct-18: B.A.S.H. meeting (need host, competition: BOS open/HBOY amber and brown American beer, BJCP 19A, 19C)

3-Nov-18: Iron Mash XV (B&J’s Pizza on Staples at Timbergate, team brewing competition)

11-Nov-18: B.A.S.H. meeting (need host, competition: BOS open/HBOY spiced beer, BJCP 30A-C)

2-Dec-18: B.A.S.H. meeting (Carroll Pate NOTE: 1ST SUNDAY)

Thanks again William, keep on brewin’ and we’ll see you at the Hooks suite party and Mark Woerner’s!

July 2018 Minutes

The July, 2018 B.A.S.H. meeting was held on Sunday the 8th at B&J’s Pizza on Staples, hosted by Paul Holder. El Presidente Mike Wojdyla called the meeting to order, thanked Paul and B&J’s and welcomed new members Sean Clair, Scott & Maggie Wilson and Tim & Mary Kay Schultz..  Treasurer Tom Freund gave his report and collected dues for 2018 - 2019.

Jessica Fearn reported on the club outings in May and June to see the CC Hooks. Another outing was held on July 26th. No brewing education was conducted this month, but Cory Mathews will report on fermentation next month. Jack Heim and Carroll Pate recently attended founding member Jake Garrett’s burial at sea. We made a final toast to Jake. William Lee has some baseball cards to give away to anyone with interest.

As we eagerly devoured B&J’s pizza courtesy of Paul, we enjoyed Paul’s rye stout and German blonde from Jim Hildreth and Carroll. We also made a dent on B&J’s inventory of draft, bottled and canned beers.

Judges scores from the June competition are in:

Wild Bill Lehfeld – BJCP 3D Czech Dark Lager 41.5 points

Wild Bill Lehfeld – BJCP 3C Czech Amber Lager 39 points

Wild Bill Lehfeld – BJCP 26D Belgian Dark Strong Ale 37.5 points

Mark Quade – BJCP 3B Czech Premium Pale Lager 35 points

Wild Bill Lehfeld – BJCP 3B Czech Premium Pale Lager 32.5 points

The Homebrewer of the Year competition was for Czech lagers, BJCP 3A-D. Wild Bill earned 2 points for 1st place and 1 point for 2nd place. After 3 of 6 2018 competitions, cumulative HBOY points are as follows:

Wild Bill – 5 points

Rob Sullivan – 3 points

Larry Sommers – 1 point

The Best of Show competition was open to any style. Wild Bill earned 5 points for 1st place, 4 points for 2nd place, 3 points for 3rd place and 1 point for 5th place. Mark earned 2 points for 4th place. After 3 of 6 2018 compeitions, cumulative BOS points are as follows:

Wild Bill – 52 points

Rob – 20 points

Larry – 20 points

Mark – 12 points

Aggie Bill Hughen – 8 points

Carroll – 4 points

Paul – 3 points

Our upcoming August competition will be AHA sponsored.

Upcoming B.A.S.H. events:

12-Aug-18: B.A.S.H. meeting AND POOL PARTY (William Lee, competition: BOS open/HBOY >51% extract challenge)

9-Sept-18: B.A.S.H. meeting (Mark Woerner)

14-Oct-18: B.A.S.H. meeting (need host, competition: BOS open/HBOY amber and brown American beer, BJCP 19A, 19C)

3-Nov-18: Iron Mash XV (B&J’s Pizza on Staples at Timbergate, team brewing competition)

11-Nov-18: B.A.S.H. meeting (need host, competition: BOS open/HBOY spiced beer, BJCP 30A-C)

Thanks again Paul and B&J’s, keep on brewin’ and we’ll see you at William Lee’s pool !