ABNormal Brewers May Meeting

What:    ABNormal Brewers monthly meeting
When:   Monday, May 14, 2012 @ 7 PM
Where:  Fat Jack’s
Why:     Business meeting - Technical presentation TBA - Style presentation by Mark C. Lewis & Brian Gebhart & Bill Gebhart on Three Floyds Brewing Co
Who:     You and any friends and neighbors!
 
American Homebrewers Association Club Only Competitions:
May - Scottish and Irish Ales…Abnormal club judging will be at the meeting
 
Abnormal Dues for 2012 are $15 and can be paid at the meeting to our treasurer, John Yoder
 
Notes on Barrel Project from Tom Pankonen:
– Official registration page is http://barrelproject.abnormalbrewers.org/participants/
– Please register ASAP which will also have updates on the homepage to keep everyone up to date
– As soon as Tom can meet with Destihl folks he should have a rough estimate for the total price for each 5 gallon share…hoping to have that at the meeting on Monday…Tom will make both electronic and paper payments available

ABNormal Summer Picnic

The annual club picnic at the Yoder Country Estate will be Sat.6/23 from 11am until ??? Please bring a dish to pass and homebrew to share.
The club will be providing the meat. If you will be attending, please send an email to secretary@abnormalbrewers.org and let us know  how many guests so the we can plan accordingly. The link below will get you to Daniel Manufacturing, which is about a mile or so from the cabin. You’ll travel past Daniel’s, a house on the right, until the road turns into gravel. The drive back to the cabin will be on the right just after a fence row.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Bloomington,+IL&daddr=County+Road+1850+E,+Carlock,+IL+61725&hl=en&geocode=FWu9aQIdaRCy-inBmgg5cAgLiDEevCNKpUpCLg%3BFSLMawId3Sev-inz2KOrWKcLiDGFcz9wr8o56g&mra=ls&sll=40.619042,-89.184291&sspn=0.008746,0.022466&g=273+County+Road+1850+E,+Carlock,+Woodford,+Illinois+61725&ie=UTF8&ll=40.593621,-89.088821&spn=0.139996,0.359459&z=12

 

 


ABNormal Bus Trip

The bus trip has been postponed until fall due to lack of interest.

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ABNormal Brewers April Meeting

When:   Monday, April 9, 2012 @ 7 PM

Where:  Fat Jack’s

Why:     Business meeting - Technical presentation on Tips and Tricks - Style presentation by Bryan Clausen on Greenbush Brewing Co. – Lottery for August 11th Madison Great Taste tickets for members who have paid 2012 dues with cost of ticket $50

Who:     You and any friends and neighbors!

American Homebrewers Association Club Only Competitions:

May - Scottish and Irish Ales…Abnormal club judging will be at the meeting

Abnormal Dues for 2012 are $15 and can be paid at the meeting to our treasurer, John Yoder

ABNormal Bus trip to St. Louis…Saturday May 19, 2012 – Cost is $45 / person. $40 for club members – We plan to visit
- Urban Chestnut
- Perennial Artisan Ales
- Civil Life Brewing
- Schlafly Bottleworks
- If we have time on the way home we will stop at Wine & Cheese Place in Clayton
- Stan Hieronymus, author of “Brew Like a Monk” and many other publications, will be joining us at some point on the trip. He is a wealth of beer and brewing knowledge, and will be a gret asset on the trip

***** Contact Mark Hill to reserve your spot *****

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Steering Meeting – 3/28/2012

The ABNormal Steering meeting will be held this Wednesday at 7 pm at Fat Jack’s in Bloomington.  We’ll discuss the plans for the next meeting as well as upcoming events.

Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend to contribute to the future of the club.

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