Brandon OBrien

July 2022 Meeting Minutes

As they tend to be for mid-summer meetings, we had a small turn out last night, only 6 of us, but we still enjoyed several great beers. We had Ponderosa’s gold medal winning Italian pilsner. It was simply divine. Big thanks to Corey for bringing a fresh growler of it. The star hit of theContinue reading “July 2022 Meeting Minutes”

June 2022 Meeting Minutes

We held our quarterly mini club competition this meeting. The theme of this competition was honey and we had 8 entries into the competition to choose from. There was a wide range of styles, everything from Belgians and Blondes to Porters and British Milds. The winning beer by a large margin was David G’s BlondeContinue reading “June 2022 Meeting Minutes”

May 2022 Meeting Minutes

We had another great meeting at Santa Fe Brewing Co this month. The number of beers brought was a little more manageable this time, with a total of 18. We tested out a new beer flight system by streaming the beers to a TV in the party room. With some adjustments, I think this willContinue reading “May 2022 Meeting Minutes”

Big Brew 2022 at Beer Creek

We had a great Big Brew event this year at Beer Creek Brewing Company! There were seven different beers (plus one mead) being brewed this year. The weather was perfect for spending the day outside and Beer Creek was an amazing location. They provided 165’F water which was perfect for mashing in. There were alsoContinue reading “Big Brew 2022 at Beer Creek”

April 2022 “Meading” Minutes

We had a great turnout at our April meeting which took place at the Santa Fe Brewing Co Beer Hall. There were fifteen members who showed up, including two which was their first time coming to one of our meetings. David dubbed this the “meading” since we had 12 different homebrewed meads to sample! SomeContinue reading “April 2022 “Meading” Minutes”

March 2022 Meeting Minutes

We had a really nice meeting at Chili Line last week. We’re sad to have missed anyone that wasn’t able to make it. Xander set us up with a nice area on the patio. We had 8 members show up to the meeting with a total of 21 beers! We were also happy to haveContinue reading “March 2022 Meeting Minutes”

February 2022 Meeting Minutes

After skipping a meeting in January due to the massive surge in COVID cases, we were back in February to hold our monthly meeting plus mini club competition. The competition for this month was to brew any beer using some hops grown by a local farmer in the Pecos. We had 6 entries for theContinue reading “February 2022 Meeting Minutes”

December 2021 Meeting Minutes

The last meeting of 2021 was a great one! We had 10 members show up with a whopping 24 beers to sample. BJCP Practice Update: The second practice will be held on Thursday January 13th at 6:30pm at Tom’s house. If you’re planning on attending, a $5 donation would be appreciated to help with theContinue reading “December 2021 Meeting Minutes”

November 2021 Meeting Minutes

Brandon was out of town this month so Ken did double duty. We had a light turn out this month, only five of us, but the beer was very good as always. As Tom stated in his email a couple of days ago, we need bylaws to establish a bank account. I just saw David GContinue reading “November 2021 Meeting Minutes”

October 2021 Meeting Minutes

We held our quarterly mini-club competition as well as an Oktoberfest party. We had a great showing of members, beers and food! A huge thanks goes to Ted and Jo Ann for hosting the meeting and firing up the grill for all the brats. Festbier competition results: There were 7 entries in the festbier competition.Continue reading “October 2021 Meeting Minutes”