November 2018 Meeting Minutes

Lou Needleman hosted the November, 2018 B.A.S.H. meeting on Sunday the 11th at his home-away-from-home in Corpus Christi. El Presidente Mike Wojdyla called the meeting to order, thanked our host and welcomed new member John Fulton from Rockport. Treasurer Tom Freund confirmed that all is well with the club treasury.

In old business, Iron Mash XV was held on Saturday 11/3. Only one team (the Repeat Offenders, led by the dastardly Mark Quade) brewed this year, so they automatically win the “competition”. Join us in January to drink the finished saison and revel at the awards ceremony.

In new business, we discussed strategies to attract new members. A motion was made, seconded and approved to obtain new B.A.S.H. business cards. As we devoured Lou’s delectable Indian food, we enjoyed new homebrews by John (Belgian farmhouse ale) Paul Holder (vanilla bourbon stout) and Wild Bill Lehfeld (American amber ale, two different American brown ales). Interesting commercial beers were shared by Tom (Cigar City Tampa-Style Lager), Jack and Karen Heim (Clown Shoes Undead Party Crasher American Imperial Stout, New Belgium The Hemperor/Oakspire Boubon Barrel Ale) and Lou (Much Aloha Pacific Pils/HPA Hawaiian Pale Ale).

Only one bizarre comment was overheard:

Karen – “I’m the only person I know who runs out of anchovy paste”

November competition beers have not yet been judged. The only entries were by Wild Bill:

BJCP 30A spruce pale ale

BJCP 30A black licorice honey porter

BJCP 10B dunkles weissbier

The Homebrewer of the Year competition was for spiced beer, BJCP 30A-C. Wild Bill thus earns one point as the only entrant. After all six 2018 competitions, cumulative HBOY points are as follows:

Wild Bill – 12 points

Rob Sullivan – 3 points

Larry Sommers – 1 point

The Best of Show competition was open to any style. If at least two of Wild Bill’s beers score 30 out of 50 on the BJCP score sheet, he would earn 3 points for 1st place, 2 points for 2nd place and 1 point for 3rd place. If they each score less than 30, he would earn one point for each. He thus would earn between 3 and 6 points. After all six 2018 competitions, cumulative BOS points are as follows:

Wild Bill – 84 - 87 points

Rob – 20 points

Larry – 20 points

Paul Holder – 12 points

Mark Quade – 12 points

Steve Cook – 5 points

Tim Grace – 1 point

Chris Ackman – 1 point

Upcoming B.A.S.H. events:

13-Nov-18: Education Event “Partial grain Brewing (CC Homebrew Supply)

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

11-Dec-18: Education Event “All grain Brewing” (CC Homebrew Supply)

8-Jan-19: Education Event “Recipe Development” (CC Homebrew Supply)

13-Jan-19: B.A.S.H. meeting (Tom Freund, Iron Mash XV judging)

10-Feb-19: B.A.S.H. meeting (Jack Baker?, competition BOS open/HBOY saison, BJCP 25B)

12-Feb-19: Education Event “Water Chemistry” (CC Homebrew Supply)

Thanks again Lou, keep on brewin’ and we’ll see you at Carroll Pate’s !

December 2018 Minutes

Carroll and Judy Pate hosted the December 2018 meeting at their home in Calallen, Corpus Christi Tx. El Presedente’ Mike Wojdywla called the meeting to order thanked our hosts.  Treasurer Paul Holder, masquerading as Tom Freund, gave his usual glowing report.

Secretary Paul Holder, masquerading as Wild Bill Lefeld, gave the minutes of the November meeting which hadn’t been posted since the competition results had not been turned in.

We welcomed three new attendees, Juan Rios, Eddie Rios and Nicholes Klecha, who currently live in Kingsville.  

Jim Hildreth did a Northern Brewer Black IPA Kit Demo for the club.  Steeping grains with malt extract and lots of hops. We look forward to the results next meeting.

Old Business:  Competition Results would have been announced but the officers responsible didn’t provide them.  Final year end totals will be out at the January meeting.

New Business: As a result of a resolution at the November meeting, we began a discussion of why the attendance is declining.  We identified 4 areas that should be addressed: 1) how can we increase attendance, 2) How can we improve competitions, 3) How can we increase the number of members who actively brew and 4) how can we provide the best educational service to our members?

The membership agreed that this fell into the one year review that we discussed after our last major revision to the competition program and needed to be addressed.,  After a long period of discussion of how we did it in the past and what had worked, we agreed unanimously that we needed to move judging to the whole club judging that we had in the past and that BJCP Judges should have a major role to play in the education of the club and the results of competitions.  This means judging at meetings and scheduling food around the judging as we have done in the past.

A committee was formed to meet at B&J’s Pizza, SPID, Monday, 17 December at 7 PM to develop a proposal for future competitions.  Any club member who wish to contribute are invited to attend and contribute. The committee is tasked to develop a competition program for the next year (and after if successful).

By then the food was cold (really just warm as Judy really took care of us) and we adjourned to feast on the briquet and beans that we had all been craving.  I was worth the wait and, to be honest, some of the info above was shared in the post prandial discussions that evolved. We closed out the evening with the following new homebrews: an ESB from John fulton, a mead from Maek Quade, a Brown from Carroll Pate (made with brown ale malt) and a Dunkel Weiss from Paul Holder.  At the very end, we held a toast for Daniel Nutting who has just received his U.S. Citizenship. Congratulations, Daniel and don’t forget to vote.

Our only quote (sort of) is from Pres Mikey: “My roof fell in,  I still have missing drywall and why does all this club stuff have to happen this year: “     (Author’s comment: “Only those who can handle adversity, have adversity.”, Texas Strong).

12 December Education Event, Recipe Development (CC Homebrew Supply)

17 December, 7 PM, BASH Committee Meeting B&J’s Pizza  Beer Competion Program

13-Jan-19: B.A.S.H. meeting (Tom Freund, Iron Mash XV judging)

10-Feb-19: B.A.S.H. meeting (Jack Baker’s? competition BOS open/HBOY saison, BJCP 25B)

14 Jul 19: B,A.S.H. meeting ( B&J’s Pizza Brew Pub hosted by Paul Holder.  No competition)

Thanks again Carroll and Judy, keep on brewin’ and we’ll see you at Tom’s !

Iron Mash XV minutes

Iron Mash XV was held on Saturday, November 3rd at B&J’s Pizza on Staples at Timbergate. For the first time in Iron Mash history, the event was not really a competition. One by one the teams dropped out, leaving the Repeat Offenders as the only “competitor”. Who are these guys? Head perp Mark Quade has a rap sheet so long it runs to several volumes. His partner in crime, Jim Hildreth, strikes fear into the hearts of law enforcement everywhere.

The weather cooperated this year – high temperatures in the 70s, partly cloudy and breezy. The shade canopy was erected outside B&Js at 11:20 a.m. and the Offenders began setting up their equipment. At high noon, Paul Holder revealed the ingredients for this years’ declared Saison style. Malts consisted of 6 lb extra light dried malt extract (DME), 1 lb wheat DME, 1 lb corn sugar, 1 ib light Munich malt and 1 lb pilsner malt. Several spices and flavorings were included – peppercorns, ginger root, coriander seeds, sage flowers and allspice. The teams were allowed to supply one mystery of their own choosing. The Offenders used all of the malts, few of the spices and added about ¾ lb of honey to their recipe.

The brewing proceeded without incident. The Offenders took their wort home and added yeast offsite to begin the fermentation process. We will all get to enjoy the results at the January meeting and congratulate the Repeat Offenders as they hoist the Iron Mash Trophy and don their bling medals.

Upcoming B.A.S.H. events:

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

13-Nov-18: Education event “Partial Grain Brewing” (CC Homebrew Supply)

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

11-Dec-18: Education event “All Grain Brewing” (CC Homebrew Supply)

8-Jan-18: Education event “Recipe Development” (CC Homebrew Supply)

13-Jan-19: B.A.S.H. meeting (Tom Freund, Iron Mash XV judging)

10-Feb-19: B.A.S.H. meeting (need host, competition BOS open/HBOY saison, BJCP 25B)

12-Feb-19: Education event “Sour Beers” (CC Homebrew Supply)

October 2018 Minutes

Brad Klager hosted the October, 2018 B.A.S.H. meeting on Sunday the 14th at his home in Corpus Christi. El Presidente Mike Wojdyla called the meeting to order and thanked our host. Treasurer Tom Freund gave his usual glowing report.

In old business, Iron Mash XV is Saturday 11/3. This year, the teams will brew to a declared style – saison. In addition to the supplied box of ingredients, the teams can supply one of their own. In new business, Paul Holder reported that Liquid Town on Airline near Toys ‘R’ Us has closed due to a fire. Homebrew supplies will move to the store at Nile and McArdle. Steve Cook gave a presentation on “Quick and Easy Fermentation Using Basic Grocery Store Ingredients” at CC Homebrew Supply on Tuesday night 10/9. The schedule for the next several education events has been set and is shown below.

As we feasted on Brad’s smoked pork stuffed with cheese and bacon, we enjoyed new homebrews by Steve (“Skeeter Pee” lemon wine/sour cherry cider) and Paul (raspberry wheat). Interesting commercial beers were shared by Steve (Oskar Blues Dale’s Pale Ale/Saint Arnold Oktoberfest), Jack Heim (Rebel Toad Angry Man Porter), Paul (Pizza Port Pickleweed Point IPA), Brad (Sierra Nevada Otra Vez), Mark Quade (Czech Pils) and Phil Sims (101 North Heroine IPA).

As the evening wore on, the usual bizarre comments were overheard:

Paul – “A shift chemical engineer is kinda odd”

Wild Bill Lehfeld – “ANY chemical engineer is kinda odd”

Adam Klager – “It depends how long it has FERMENTATED”

Mike – “I’ve got a BUNGOVILLIA”

October competition average judges scores:

Wild Bill – BJCP 19C American brown ale #1 42 points

Steve Cook – BJCP 25A Belgian blond ale 38 points

Wild Bill – BJCP 19A American amber ale #2 36 points

Wild Bill – BJCP 19A American amber ale #1 30.5 points

Wild Bill – BJCP 19C American brown ale #2 30.5 points

Chris Ackman – BJCP 19C American brown ale 26 points

The Homebrewer of the Year competition was for American amber and brown ales, BJCP 19A and 19C. Wild Bill earned 2 points for 1st place and 1 point for 2nd place. After 5 of 6 2018 competitions, cumulative HBOY points are as follows:

Wild Bill – 11 points

Rob Sullivan – 3 points

Larry Sommers – 1 point

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

Wild Bill – 81 points

Rob – 20 points

Larry – 20 points

Paul Holder – 12 points

Mark Quade – 12 points

Steve Cook – 5 points

Tim Grace – 1 point

Chris – 1 point

Upcoming B.A.S.H. events:

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 (Lou Needleman, competition: BOS open/HBOY spiced beer, BJCP 30A-C)

13-Nov-18: Education Event “Partial grain Brewing (CC Homebrew Supply)

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

11-Dec-18: Education Event “All grain Brewing” (CC Homebrew Supply)

8-Jan-19: Education Event “Recipe Development” (CC Homebrew Supply)

13-Jan-19: B.A.S.H. meeting (Tom Freund, Iron Mash XV judging)

10-Feb-19: B.A.S.H. meeting (Jack Baker?, competition BOS open/HBOY saison, BJCP 25B)

12-Feb-19: Education Event “Sour Beers” (CC Homebrew Supply)

Thanks again Brad, keep on brewin’ and we’ll see you at Iron Mash and at Lou Needleman’s !

September 2018 Minutes

Mark Woerner hosted the September, 2018 B.A.S.H. meeting on Sunday the 9th at his home in Corpus Christi. El Presidente Mike Wojdyla called the meeting to order and thanked our host. Treasurer Tom Freund gave his usual report and collected some more 2018 – 2019 dues.

Secretary Wild Bill Lehfeld presented the results from the August AHA-sponsored competition.

Paul Holder – BJCP 14C Scottish Export 39.75 points

Wild Bill – BJCP 27 Roggenbier (extract) 37.5 points

Paul – BJCP 25A Belgian Blond 34 points

Wild Bill – BJCP 10C Weizenbock (extract) 32.5 points

Wild Bill – BJCP 25A Belgian Blond 31 points

Tim Grace – BJCP 18B American Pale Ale (extract) 18.25 points

Wild Bill – BJCP 26A Trappist Single 17.25 points

The Homebrewer of the Year competition was for extract beers. Wild Bill earned 2 points for 1^st place and 1 point for 2^nd place. After 4 of 6 2018 competitions, cumulative HBOY points are as follows:

Wild Bill – 8 points

Rob Sullivan – 3 points

Larry Sommers – 1 point

The Best of Show competition was open to any style. Paul earned 7 points (AND A FUTURE MENTION IN ZYMURGY MAGAZINE) for 1^st place and 5 points for 3^rd place. Wild Bill earned 6 points for 2nd place, 4 points for 4th place, 3 points for 5th place and 1 point for 7^th place. Tim earned 1 point for 6^th place. After 4 of 6 2018 competitions, cumulative BOS points are as follows:

Wild Bill – 66 points

Rob – 20 points

Larry – 20 points

Paul – 12 points

Mark Quade – 12 points

Tim – 1 point

Phil Sims gave an educational presentation on the history of Oktoberfest. Steve Cook announced that Kyle Hotz will host an educational event at CC Homebrew Supply during the 1^st week of each month. Details to follow. Tom Freund reminded us to start forming teams for November’s Iron Mash XV. He’ll pass around a sign-up sheet next month.

Mark served his usual wild game cornucopia – elk steak, nilgai summer sausage, nilgai rollups, venison rollups and elk sausage. Besides competition beers, we enjoyed new homebrews from Steve (patersbier Belgian single and Belgian blond), Paul (hefeweizen), Larry (“Throat Chop” IPA) and Scott Wilson (IPA). Commercial beers were shared by Chris Ackman (Independence High Boy Double IPA/Odell Cloud Cutter Milkshake IPA), Steve (Lakewood Hop Trapp Belgian IPA/Victory Golden Monkey), Tom (Boulevard Tasting Room Belgian-Style IPA), Aggie Bill Hughen (Prairie Artisan Ales Blueberry Boyfriend/Russian River Damnation Belgian Golden/Russian River Consecration/Rogue Marionberry Sour), Daniel Nutting (Shiner Oktoberfest) and Phil Sims (Coop Ale Works F5 IPA).

As the quaffing peaked, the usual stupid comments were overheard –

Paul – “The write-up that I read was scientifically beyond me”.

Wild Bill – “I’m the pivot man”.

Lou Needleman – “The service here sucks – I’ve got to get up off my fat ass”.

Upcoming B.A.S.H. events:

14-Oct-18: B.A.S.H. meeting (Brad Klager, 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: 1^ST SUNDAY)

13-Jan-19: B.A.S.H. meeting (Tom Freund, Iron Mash XV judging)

10-Feb-19: B.A.S.H. meeting (need host, competition BOS open/HBOY saison, BJCP 25B)

Thanks again Mark, keep on brewin’ and we’ll see you at Brad Klager’s !

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 !